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Kolaj LIVE Online is a series of virtual programs in the form of forums, panels, workshops, artist talks, studio visits, and other activities that allow people to come together, learn and talk about collage, and connect in real time to the collage community. Our goal is to bring the community together in a spirit of mutual support and fellowship. The series began in July 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This page is an archive of PAST EVENTS and PAST ACTIVITIES. |
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Past Events |
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COLLAGE ARTISTS Celebrating Women Past & Present: The Collage Art of Jann Haworth & Liberty BlakeSaturday, January 16th, 2020. Jann Haworth was a leading figure in the British Pop Art scene of the 1960s when the Beatles asked her and her then-husband, Peter Blake, to make the album cover for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which won four Grammys in 1967. The cover became one of the most famous album covers of all time. Over time, Haworth came to see a problem. Of the seventy-five luminaries in the collage, only twelve were women. In 2016, Haworth teamed up with her daughter, collage artist Liberty Blake, to make The Work in Progress mural to correct the oversight. A community-driven effort, Haworth and Blake created workshops that taught people how to turn a photograph into a stencil. The women in the mural span time and geography. The iconic image of Rosa Parks holding her arrest number stands between Cleopatra and Queen Elizabeth I. Princess Diana peeks over the shoulder of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Celebrities mingle with scientists and mathematicians. Yayoi Kusama appears in her polka dot dress. An article about the mural appears in Kolaj #31. In this virtual event, Kolaj Magazine Editor Ric Kasini Kadour interviewed Haworth & Blake about The Work in Progress mural; collage's role in the British Pop Art scene of the 1960s; making art as a mother-daughter team; and how art can teach us and help us remember our history. |
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COLLAGE FORUM How-To KolajSunday, December 6, 2020. At Kolaj Magazine, we are often asked by artists how to be featured in the magazine or how to list an exhibition or how to get a book listed on Collage Books. In this forum, Editor and Publisher of Kolaj Magazine Ric Kasini Kadour walked attendees through the various ways in which one can both submit to the magazine and be featured. Kadour offered a brief presentation, after which he took questions about the magazine, upcoming events, and various initiatives and projects. |
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COLLAGE FORUM Collage Communities ForumSaturday, November 21, 2020. Collage is unique in the larger art world in that communities and collectives play an important role in the production and promotion of the art form. Collage groups organize exhibitions, run online calls to artists, facilitate exchange across borders. In this virtual forum, leaders of collage communities in North America, Europe, and Latin America shared their experience bringing artists and collage enthusiasts together. |
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COLLAGE WORKSHOP Navigating Digital and Analog Worlds: Collage and PrintmakingWednesday, September 30, 2020. David Wischer and Lisa Wicka discussed how printmakers work with the repeatable image and how printmaking and collage are natural partners. |
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COLLAGE FORUM Women in Collage: An International Round Table of ArtistsThursday, September 24, 2020. Dafna Steinberg, Lory Ivey Alexander, Ainize Txopitea, Lisa Wicka, and Marie-Pier Lopes discussed the role of women in collage as artists and subjects. |
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COLLAGE WORKSHOP Cat & Paste Workshop: Cats, Art History, & CollageCaturday, September 12, 2020. Cat & Paste Club's Dafna Steinberg exploreed cats in art history and showed contemporary cat collage. |
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COLLAGE CONVERSATION The Future of CollageSaturday, September 5th, 2020.The Weird Show's Max-o-matic and Kolaj Magazine Editor Ric Kasini Kadour discussed what makes and defines collage and how technology and social media are used to organize community and diffuse artwork. |
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COLLAGE FORUM Collage Beyond the Art Form: Collage as Therapy, Education, & Community EngagementWednesday, September 2nd, 2020. Hope Amico, Anila Babla, Anna Innocenti, Stacie Speer Scott, Julia Volonts, Holly Wherry, and Christine Sloan Stoddard discussed collage as therapy, education, community engagement, and how the medium can serve the needs of the community. |
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COLLAGE TELEVISION Collage Cast: What Would A Television Show about Collagists Look LikeThursday, August 27th, 2020. Artist Daniel Lynds presented the pilot of a collage-focused show he produced. In the twenty-minute episode, host Michele Fanfair-Steury interviewed collage artist Dafna Steinberg about her artwork and life as an artist. |
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EXHIBITION Radical Reimaginings
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COLLAGE STUDIES Latin American CollageSaturday, August 15th, 2020. From Lima, Peru, Kolaj Institute Fellow Enrique “Kike” Congrains spoke about collage in Latin America with 516 ARTS Director Suzanne Sbarge. |
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EXHIBITION Was, Is, An Eclipse at Thompson GalleryTuesday, August 11th, 2020.Curator Todd Bartel gave a virtual tour Kasem Kydd's "Was, Is, An Eclipse" exhibition of assemblage, collage, installation and video at Thompson Gallery and then, with the artist, discussed the exhibit. |
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COLLAGE PERFORMANCE Chaos To Order: Collaborative Collage in PerformanceSaturday, August 8th, 2020. The Mystic Krewe of Scissors & Glue live collaged a 6-foot tall obelisk in the atrium of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. |
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GALLERY ISSUES Meet the Gallerist: Christy S. Wood at LeMieux Galleries, New OrleansTuesday, August 4th, 2020. LeMieux Galleries co-owner Christy S. Wood gave a virtual tour of the "Family" exhibition and spoke about her work as a gallerist. |
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STREET COLLAGE Public Space, Street Art, & Collage: Kolaj Street KreweThursday, July 30th, 2020. What is the role of collage in street art? Rosie Schinners and FANCLUB13 presented a history and contemporary survey and invite others to consider the art practice. |
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COLLAGE ARTISTS Plagues, Monuments & Going Big: In-Camera Collage in a Hayfield GallerySaturday, July 25th, 2020. Artists EveNSteve offered a virtual tour of their outdoor art gallery and talk about their recent work, in-camera collage and their practice. |
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COLLAGE COMMUNITY Kolaj Fest New Orleans: Tales from the BayouMonday, July 20th, 2020. At this virtual reunion of Kolaj Fest New Orleans, Rosie Schinners, Danielle Cole, Sarah Cowling, Ben DiNino, Kevin Sampsell, Paloma Trecka, Christopher Kurts, and Ric Kasini Kadour told stories about annual event that was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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EXHIBITION OPENING Kolaj LIVE Online & Fundraising Exhibition LaunchSunday, July 19th, 2020. Kolaj Magazine Editor Ric Kasini Kadour spoke about the series and artists in the Fundraising Exhibition to Support Kolaj Institute spoke about their artwork. |
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ACTIVITY Collage CastellInspired by a tradition at festivals in Catalonia, Spain, Collage Castell is an experiment in Human Tower building. The project is a collaborative collage making project and exchange. Here's how it works: Enclosed with your Kolaj LIVE Online Program Book are four Bauhaus-inspired starters on which we invite you to start a collage and then send to another artist to complete. Completed collages emailed to us will be posted in an online exhibition. MORE INFO & JOIN |
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EXHIBITION The Fundraising ExhibitionOnline, July 15th, 2020 to September 30th, 2020. As part of Kolaj LIVE Online, Kolaj Institute is hosting a Fundraising Exhibition to support the organization's residencies, publications, fellowships, and traveling programs. The artwork on sale benefits both the artist and the organization. VISIT Artists: Meikel Church | Danielle Cole | Vanessa Compton | Enrique "Kike" Congrains | Ben DiNino | David Crunelle | Michael Pajón | Haley Sanborn | Jill Stoll | Athena Petra Tasiopoulos | Bianca Walker | Bredt Bredthauer | Andrea Burgay | Paola de la Calle | Guillaume Chiron | Katie McCann | EveNSteve | Olivia Descampe |
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PUBLICATION Kolaj LIVE Online Program BookThe Kolaj LIVE Online Program Book is your guide to the event. The 62-page book includes in-depth descriptions of the fourteen Kolaj LIVE Online events along with biographies of the presenters and institutional partners. The book serves as the catalog for the Kolaj Institute Fundraising Exhibition. It also comes with four starter collages to participate in the Collage Castell activity, a cat-themed Cut Out Page for the Cat & Paste Workshop, and a commentary about the creation of the event. MORE |
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About Kolaj InstituteThe 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. ABOUT | PROGRAMS | PUBLICATIONS | NEWS | SUPPORT About Kolaj MagazineKolaj Magazine is a quarterly, printed, art magazine reviewing and surveying contemporary collage with an international perspective. We are interested in collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century art movement. Kolaj is published in Montreal, Quebec by Maison Kasini. Visit Kolaj Magazine online. |
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