A Biographer’s sketchbook:
Artistic Exchanges

Join us for two events with author Carolyn Burke and Artist Ian Everard

First Friday Reception, May 1, 5-8pm
Reading by Carolyn Burke, May 15, 5pm

This collaboration (part one in the Spring 2026 issue of Zyzzyva), began when Ian Everard accepted Carolyn Burke’s invitation to illustrate her stories about moments of aesthetic and moral choice. A series of exchanges ensued. Now, at Tumbleweed Found, a mosaic of images from the stories—an avocado, a lop-sided gravestone, hands enigmatically poised in the air, a gleaming art deco nude, a showjumper on horseback, meticulous paintings of books as objects —trace steps in what has become a back-and-forth between artist and writer. . . . to be continued.

Carolyn Burke’s LEE MILLER, hailed by The Observer as “one of the great books on an artist’s life,” has helped inspire the resurgence of interest in Miller as model and photographer. Having also published biographies of Mina Loy, Edith Piaf, and FOURSOME: ALFRED STEIGLITZ, GEORGIA O’KEEFFE, PAUL STRAND, REBECCA SALSBURY, Carolyn is writing non-fiction stories sparked by encounters with creative artists. After completing a Ph.D in English Literature at Columbia University, she lived in Paris before settling in Santa Cruz, where she reviewed art for the Santa Cruz Express. Her books are published in the U.S. (FSG, Knopf), the U.K. (Bloomsbury), various European countries, and her birthplace, Australia.

Ian Everard has exhibited nationally and internationally. Born in St. Ives, UK. he has degrees in painting from Stourbridge College of Art, UK, in Natural Science Illustration from UCSC and an MFA from SFSU. While primarily known for his reconstructions and paintings of books as objects, he has also illustrated books, journals and magazines. His work is in many collections, including The Achenbach Foundation San Francisco, The Crocker Museum ,Sacramento, The Oakland Museum, UCSC Special Collections, The Farhat Collection, Santa Cruz, and the Lawrence B. Benenson Collection, Connecticut. He has received a Rydell Fellowship, a Tree of Life Individual Artist Grant, and a George Sugarman Award. He is represented by Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco.

Limited copies of Zyzzyva will be available for sale at both of the above events.
This show will be up through May.

collage
at tumbleweed Found

Weekly collage at Tumbleweed Found, in our new workshop space

Wednesdays;

MAY

5/6
11:00-2:00 (1 space available)
2:00-5:00 (1 space available)

5/13
11:00-2:00 (4 spaces available)
2:00-5:00 (6 spaces available)

5/20
11:00-2:00 (7 spaces available)
2:00-5:00 (7 spaces available)
5:00-8:00 (6 spaces available)

5/27
11:00-2:00 (5 spaces available)
2:00-5:00 (5 spaces available)


Limited to 8 per session.
$10 fee (cash preferred)


We provide everything, just bring yourself (and a friend)!
maps • stamps • postcards • vintage photos • handmade papers • broken books • magazines • artist magazine clippings • scissors • glue • blank cards and envelopes, 8×10 card stock paper and more.

Contact us to secure your spot, text or call 831-419-3130
See parking information in Contact page.
No food please.


Have a three-hour private collage gathering with 8 friends or co-workers. We set up and provide all the materials. Contact us to learn more. (not instructor led)

remixing & Reimagining:
An Art History Collage Workshop

Thursday, May 28, 11am-2pm‍ ‍(1 spot left!)
Wednesday, June 10, 5:30-8:30pm (6 spots left)

Join collage artist and photographer Iris Weaver (@irisweavercollage) for a hands-on workshop exploring how contemporary collage artists reinterpret images from art history.

Participants will look closely at famous artworks and study how contemporary artists borrow, remix, and transform elements from them to create new visual narratives. By isolating details, shifting scale, repeating imagery, and introducing unexpected elements, we will explore how historical images can be reimagined through a contemporary lens.

Participants will create their own collages inspired by artworks from the past, experimenting with techniques such as cutting, layering, repetition, and juxtaposition.

All materials will be provided, including a curated selection of copyright-free art history images.

All levels welcome. No prior collage or art-making experience is necessary.

About the Instructor
Iris Weaver studied art on weekends at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam while living and teaching in the Netherlands. Her work has recently been exhibited at Gallery 881 with Broad Magazine in Vancouver, British Columbia (2024) and Postales desde el Limbo in Zaragoza, Spain (2025). Her work has also been featured in Contemporary Collage Magazine, Kolaj Magazine, and Why Collage? Magazine.


Materials
All materials will be provided, including papers, tools, and a visual image prompt.

Participants are welcome to bring family photographs, vintage papers, or personal imagery to incorporate into their collage. If you would like to use personal photographs, you may send digital copies to Iris ahead of time and she can print them for the workshop.

at Tumbleweed Found

Limited to 8 participants
Introductory Workshop Rate: $35
Register with Tumbleweed Found to secure your space

estate clearance sale
at tumbleweed found

NEXT SALE May 29-31, 9am-2pm

Estate Sales run Friday, Saturday and Sunday out of our garages on Chestnut St. (right by the back of @11thhourcoffee —look for the green garages and our pop up tent).

Books always 50% off. Sunday 50% off everything 
(cash preferred, credit card and Venmo fees apply)



See parking options. Parking strictly enforced.