Tiny Tin Worlds: A Visual Arts Workshop with artist Robin Roberts

by | Sep 9, 2026

Join us on Wednesday, September, 9th at 7 PM Eastern Time for Tiny Tin Worlds with artist Robin Roberts.

 

Step into the world of small-scale storytelling as we transform simple tin boxes into intimate works of art. In this workshop, you’ll create a collage/assemblage inside an small tin container, using a variety of vintage and contemporary papers, found objects, and mixed media. We’ll explore composition, layering, and the art of creating meaning within a small space. you are encouraged to collect personal treasures or ephemera to make your piece even more unique. No prior experience is necessary—just curiosity and a love of making.

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Two small tin containers display mixed‑media assemblage art created by Robin Roberts: one with patterned red paper, jeweled bird figures, a tiny cannon, and a paper strip reading “An Item of Wearing Apparel,” and the other with a clothespin figure topped with a vintage portrait cutout, gold foil, and numerical markings.

Suggested Supplies:

  • Small metal tin   Can be an ‘altoid’ type tin or similar

  • Collage papers: vintage book pages,  magazines, sheet music, maps, decorative papers, patterned scraps, personal photos

  • Small found objects:  small keepsakes, pressed flowers, feathers, miniatures, old jewelry pieces, etc

  • Adhesives: (white glue or glue gun or epoxy)

  • Tools: scissors

  • optional: Paints & drawing media: acrylic paints, fine-tip pens, markers (optional for detail work)

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A headshot of artist Robin Roberts smiling

Robin Roberts is an artist and theatrical scenic designer working in three dimensional sculpture, models and mixed media. She has designed scenery for multiple theatres including the Old Globe Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage and Broadway. She holds a degree in Architecture from LSU and a MFA in Scenic Design from UCSD. She also studied at the Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Fontainebleau and at Sir John Cass School of Art, London Polytechnic. Robin teaches and designs scenery for the Department of theatre at University of San Diego and has a studio practice at “Art on 30th” in San Diego. She recently was awarded the Denis Diderot grant for an International Artists & Writers Residency at Chateau d’Orquevaux in France.

About Mission Belonging Visual Arts Workshops

Join Veteran Artists Valerie Acosta-Gonzalez & Joe Merritt, along with special guests to learn new art techniques on Wednesdays at 7 PM ET. Come hang out in a collaborative group setting and bring what materials you have. No experience necessary!

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