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mixed media

American  

noun

  1. multimedia.

  2. artistic media, as pen and ink, chalk, and graphite, used in combination.

    an old master drawing in mixed media.


mixed media British  

noun

    1. the integrated use of different forms of media, esp within the arts

    2. ( as modifier )

      mixed-media musical presentations

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of mixed media

First recorded in 1960–65

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An anonymous art dealer purchased it and the mixed media piece will be up for sale at an auction in October.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

While the main exhibition pays tribute to “Girlfriends,” there’s only one artwork — a mixed media piece by Jillian Thompson that uses acrylic, thread and collage — that displays the beloved friends group’s actual faces.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025

I’m in the portfolio stage, so I do a lot of mixed media, and then I usually do a layer of oil over it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025

On Tuesday, the library association announced that Ward’s novel was a fiction nominee, along with Amanda Peters’ “The Berry Pickers” and the mixed media “Denison Avenue,” by author Christina Wong and illustrator Daniel Innes.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023

They were installed by the Jamaican-born mixed media artist Ebony G. Patterson for her show, “ … things come to thrive … in the shedding … in the molting.”

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

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