COLLAGE EVENT
World Collage Day is Saturday, 10 May 2025!World Collage Day is an annual, international celebration of collage on the Second Saturday of May. Initiated by Kolaj Magazine in 2018, we invited artists and art venues to hold events on that day to celebrate collage. World Collage Day is about artists connecting across borders against a global context of entrenchment and separation. And the day is about an art medium that excels at bringing different things together to create new forms and new ways of thinking. Artists are invited to host in-person events in their local communities, submit a Cut-Out Page for the World Collage Day Special Edition, or celebrate the day by posting collage on social media using the hashtag #WorldCollageDay.
CALLS TO ARTISTS
CALL TO ARTISTS
Joy & Grief Virtual Collage Residency
Deadline: Friday, 28 February 2025 at Midnight PST. In the Joy & Grief Virtual Collage Residency, artists will explore joy and grief and how to make artwork about these subjects. The premise of the residency is that artists who successfully make art about joy and grief have a working theory, bring context to their artwork, embrace the dialectic of joy and grief, and share their work with others. Artwork made during the residency will be included in the exhibition, “Joy & Grief” that will take place 12 April to 31 May 2025 at Kolaj Institute’s Gallery in New Orleans and be published in a book that will be released at Kolaj Fest New Orleans.
CALL TO ARTISTS
Poetry & Collage Residency-New Orleans 2025
Early Deadline: Friday, 28 February 2025 at Midnight PST. To support artists working at the intersection of poetry and collage, Kolaj Institute is organizing an in-person artist residency at Kolaj Institute Gallery. The residency will coincide with the New Orleans Poetry Festival. From 10AM on Tuesday, 8 April to 2PM on Saturday, 12 April, artists will have 24-hour access to the gallery, studio, and material library where they can work in community to make collage poetry. In daily meetings, artists will share work and get feedback from one another. Prior to the residency, artists will meet virtually where Kolaj Institute Director Ric Kasini Kadour will make presentations on the history of the project, artist practice, and the ecosystem of Poetry & Collage. Through in person discussions, artists will explore how the art they make at the intersection of poetry and collage exists on the printed page and on the wall of a gallery.
CALL TO ARTISTS
Curating Collage
Final deadline to apply: Wednesday, 5 March 2025. Curating is a vital part of art’s function: a curator creates a bridge between artwork and audience. For artists, this process can be confusing and mysterious. The goal of the Curating Collage Workshop is to equip artists with the tools to curate their own work, to work with curators, and build exhibitions that connect with diverse audiences. We do this by curating artwork from Kolaj Institute’s Collection and curating the artwork of other workshop participants. Artists complete the workshop with an exhibition proposal or prospectus. Tuesdays, 25 March and 1, 8, and 15 April 2025, 6-8PM EDT
CALL TO ARTISTS
Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2025: Call for Artists, Projects, & Papers
Next Deadline to apply: Sunday, 23 February 2025. How do you want to manifest at Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2025? Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day festival and symposium, 25-29 June 2025. Our mission is to create a platform that allows us to explore critical issues around collage including how it is curated and presented, its role in contemporary art, and the tensions between collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a movement.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
PoetryXCollage
PoetryXCollage is a printed journal of artwork and writing that operates at the intersection of poetry and collage. Artists and writers interested in submitting should prepare 3-5 page spreads for consideration. Page spreads must conform to exact specifications and include a general artist narrative and a short page spread narrative. Submissions are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
CALL TO ARTISTS
Cut-Out Page
Deadline: Friday, 28 February 2025 to be considered for the World Collage Day 2025 Special Edition. A Cut-Out Page is a selection of fragments that one can use to make a collage. The feature reflects artists’ styles and approaches to collage making and shows how artists select and organize fragments. People use the Cut-Out Pages to make collage. Go HERE to see some examples. Kolaj Magazine invites submissions of Cut-Out Pages for an occasional feature in the magazine or for the World Collage Day Special Edition.
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Kolaj Institute Gallery in New OrleansKolaj Institute Gallery in New Orleans is an exhibition gallery, residency center, artist studio, library and archive. Located at 2374 Saint Claude Avenue, Suite 230, at the corner with St. Roch Avenue above the Peach Cobbler Factory. The Gallery is open Thursday-Saturday, Noon-6PM or by appointment. Join us on Second Saturday for the Bywater Art Walk from 6-8PM. Through 29 March 2025, collage by Caroline Alterman, David Chalmers, and Ric Kasini Kadour is on view alongside Selections from Kolaj Institute’s Collection curated by participants in the Artist Development Program.
EVENT
Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2025Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day festival and symposium, 25-29 June 2025. Our mission is to create a platform that allows us to explore critical issues around collage including how it is curated and presented, its role in contemporary art, and the tensions between collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a movement.
Our goal is to create an event that attracts a variety of people working in various capacities, such as art professionals at museums, galleries, and centers as well as academics, writers, and artists. The general public is invited to join us for gallery visits, evening presentations, and collage making.
RECENT TITLES
NEW PUBLICATION
Frankenstein
This new version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s classic 19th century novel Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus features seventy-six illustrations by International Collage Artists who delved into the novel’s rich narrative and visual potential and created thought-provoking artworks that reflect the essence of Frankenstein in a 21st century context.
NEW PUBLICATION
Magic in the Modern World
Taking a broad view of magic and drawing from multiple histories, the book, Magic in the Modern World by Ric Kasini Kadour, proposes a way to think about magic in the 21st century, what it means to communities, and how it negotiates itself in systems of power. Generously illustrated, the book features the artwork of fifteen collage artists and dozens of historical images. The book asks, What role can artists play in nurturing and supporting magic traditions?
CURRENT ISSUES
CURRENT ISSUE
Kolaj #40
Since 2011, Kolaj Magazine has documented, reported on, and explored the amazing artists who make up the international collage community.
Inside Kolaj #40, you will find large scale collages from Australia, an installation in Finland, a collaborative book of dog collages, activist assemblage art, reimagined fiber, a collage festival in Ukraine, an interview with Dutch collagist Anneke Stil, reviews of exhibitions in Houston, Texas & County Mayo, Ireland, collage books, news from Kolaj Institute in New Orleans, and artist portfolios.
Our goal with every issue is that Kolaj Magazine is essential reading for anyone interested in the role of contemporary collage in art, culture, and society.
CURRENT ISSUE
PoetryXCollage: Volume 7
PoetryXCollage is a printed journal of artwork and writing which operates at the intersection of poetry and collage. We are interested in found poetry, blackout poetry, collage poems, haikus, centos, response collages, response poems, word scrambles, concrete poetry, scatter collage poems, and other poems and artwork that inhabit this world.
Each issue presents six movements of work by artists and curators. Page spreads are meant to be free zones of thinking where the contributor has chosen all elements of the layout: font, image place, composition, etc.
Artist Development at Kolaj Institute
At Kolaj Institute, our philosophy is that if we bring artists together, explore ideas and concepts, share knowledge, we can stretch and develop as artists. When we bring that knowledge and skill into our communities, we raise the standing of collage and contribute to the civic discourse. Kolaj Institute’s Artist Development Program is a collection of three core workshops for self-motivated artists, at any stage in their career, who want to develop and expand their collage-based artist practice and work towards professional goals, particularly in the areas of exhibitions and publishing.
Collage Publishing Workshop
Early deadline to apply: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Final deadline to apply: Tuesday, 11 February 2025
In this four-week workshop, artists will turn a body of work or a project into a zine, art catalog, monograph, or book. We will explore different models of publishing and types of book projects. We will walk through the steps and support one another as we create publishing projects and prepare to put them out into the world. Participants will present and receive feedback on page spreads. Presentations will speak to issues around copyright and appropriation, getting the book printed, and launching and marketing the book.
Curating Collage Workshop
Early deadline to apply: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Final deadline to apply: Wednesday, 5 March 2025
Curating is a vital part of art’s function: a curator creates a bridge between artwork and audience. For artists, this process can be confusing and mysterious. The goal of the Curating Collage Workshop is to equip artists with the tools to curate their own work, to work with curators, and build exhibitions that connect with diverse audiences.
Collage in Practice Workshop
Final deadline to apply: Monday, 13 January 2025
Intended as a clinic for working artists at any level, participants in this workshop will explore how they go about making art and putting it out into the world. Participants will finish the workshop with a deeper understanding of their practice; a strong statement of practice that can be used to communicate with curators, editors, and art professionals; a portfolio of consistent artwork (or a plan to make one); and tools for growing or developing their practice.
EVENTS
Kolaj Institute in New OrleansKolaj Institute Gallery is an exhibition gallery, residency center, artist studio, library and archive. Located at 2374 Saint Claude Avenue, Suite 230, at the corner with St. Roch Avenue. Kolaj Institute also manifests in other locations and art institutions around New Orleans with the intent to activate community centered around collage.
ABOUT KOLAJ INSTITUTE
The mission of Kolaj Institute is to support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, & disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. We operate a number of initiatives meant to bring together community, investigate critical issues, and raise collage’s standing in the art world.
Kolaj Institute works in partnership with Kolaj Magazine to communicate, market, promote, publish, and distribute the work of the Institute. Kolaj Institute is the recipient of Kolaj Magazine‘s archives and collections.
Kolaj Institute is decentralized and works in partnership with a number of art venues and other organizations around the world to manifest its programs.
Kolaj Institute Publications
Consider this: The book, not the gallery, may be the best place to experience collage. This sentiment has broad implications for how collage artists work and how their work is received by an art world whose orientation is decidedly fixed on the gallery wall. Can the book provide the functions that the exhibition has historically provided to artists? Unlike an exhibition where original work is on display, a book depends on reproduction for its distribution. Will the public accept a book as an experience of artwork or even as an object of art in and of itself? And if we accept the book as being on par with the exhibition, how does that affect how we think of the history of art publishing that has come before?
Kolaj Institute works with Kasini House to publish books that document and diffuse ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. Books are often the outcome of residencies, fellowships, and other projects.
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