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FROM THE ARTIST DIRECTORY
Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia. Goran Tomic’s collages are a manifestation of the chaotic mayhem of modern life in a big city. Tomic writes, “The latest series of collages was constructed when my immediate living environment changed from a wonderful old house with a large workshop to an apartment block existence. With hardly any space or storage, I had to downsize my work to smaller-sized cardboard, manila envelopes, and various second-hand children’s and nature book covers. The idea was that they could fit into a folder in a carry bag/satchel and be worked on wherever I was.”
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FROM THE PRINT MAGAZINE
Kolaj Magazine exists to report on the International Collage Community and how collage is making its way into the world. In Kolaj #41's round-up of collage news, we report on a seed packet designed by New York-based artist Elizabeth Castaldo.
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COLLAGE ON VIEW
Pluri-identiats/KRAK
at the Museum of the University of Alicante in San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain through 13 July 2025. In the 4th Pluri-Identitats Visual Arts Contest, art becomes a tool to combat discrimination, prejudice, stereotypes and stigma, a vehicle for social transformation. These projects are concerned with gender identity, sexual diversity and affective-sexual orientation, but also with multiculturalism, digital identity or the differently abled, as a meeting point where everyone is on an equal footing. "Pluri-identitats" encourages minorities to make their voices heard, promoting inclusion and diversity, respect and freedom. READ MORE
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NEW PUBLICATION
Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide
The book combines the text of a Polish human rights activist with the artwork of seven collage artists to create a space in which we can think about the rise of authoritarianism and how to navigate the troubling, difficult times in which we find ourselves. Organized as a series of lists, the book illustrates what to expect under authoritarianism and offers rules for surviving authoritarian regimes and engaging their supporters. The introduction traces how the text came into existence and how the artists came together to make collage about it. Ric Kasini Kadour shares historical examples of artists responding to authoritarianism; John Heartfield's anti-fascist collage and a 1979 exhibition in East Germany that was described as a "victory over false consciousness." The Guide will be launched at a Kolaj LIVE Online event on Saturday, 26 July 2025 at 3PM EDT. On hand will be the artists, Martin Mycielski, and Kolaj Institute Director, Ric Kasini Kadour. READ MORE
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CALL TO ARTISTS
Starts 20 July 2025. Apply Today. The practice of collage takes on many forms and is shaped by the artist’s goals and what they want to achieve with their artwork, how they want to diffuse their artwork in the broader ecosystem of art. The Collage in Practice Workshop is designed to give artists a working understanding of artist practice and how this understanding informs approaches to professional and artistic development. Participants will explore critical concepts and collage taxonomies as a way to develop and refine the language they use to talk about their own practice and to develop a broad view of the creative landscape in which they operate. 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 artwork (or a plan to make one); and tools for growing or developing their practice. READ MORE
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FROM THE ARTIST DIRECTORY
Brooklyn, New York, USA. Daphne Silbiger considers character and scene in their collage work, and is interested in the medium’s principle of recontextualization as a method of storytelling. They are interested in the viewer’s experience of creating connections within a work, and rely on strategic relationship-building between “subjects” (i.e. collaged images) to suggest active theatrical effects like gesture and intention. Silbiger works exclusively with found paper materials, and creates many of their works using a single source like a magazine or book to try and tease out the gestalt meaning of that source–or, to isolate and investigate concepts such as obedience, mechanization, and dance. READ MORE
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FROM THE PRINT MAGAZINE
In Kolaj #41, we review Freya Gowrley’s new history of collage, Fragmentary Forms. Gowrley wrote, “In this book, collage is neither a medium nor genre, but a mode; a means of processing the world as it was encountered by individuals across cultures and geographies.” In his review, Ric Kasini Kadour wrote, "The history of collage comes with a series of problems...Gowrley confronts this challenge head on and tackles it brilliantly." READ MORE
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SUBSCRIBE TO KOLAJ MAGAZINE TODAY
Kolaj Magazine exists to show how the world of collage is rich, layered, and thick with complexity. By remixing history and culture, collage artists forge new thinking. To understand collage is to reshape one's thinking of art history and redefine the canon of visual culture that informs the present. Your support of this magazine keeps us going and makes it possible for us to investigate and document collage and to promote a deeper, more complex understanding of the medium and its role in art history and contemporary art.
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CALL TO ARTISTS
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. LEARN MORE
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CALL TO ARTISTS
Kolaj Institute Solo Residencies
Next Deadline: Tuesday, 30 September 2025. Kolaj Institute’s Solo Residencies are designed to provide artists, curators, and writers with dedicated time and space to work on a project. Kolaj Institute Gallery in New Orleans includes a fully fitted bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen that allow us to provide housing for artists who come to New Orleans to develop their practice and make artwork. Solo Residencies take place at Kolaj Institute’s new home in the New Orleans Healing Center and help further Kolaj Institute's mission to support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, and disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. LEARN MORE
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Since 2011, Kolaj Magazine has documented, reported on, and explored the amazing artists who make up the international collage community.
Inside Kolaj #41, you will learn about a collage series that unpacks a painful history, collaged seed packets, an exploration of Louisiana's forgotten women, a review of a book on the history of collage, the reissue of a book about collage on screen, a curated selection from Kolaj Institute's collection of collage, collage at the intersection of art and community history, a two-story collage in Miami, 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.
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JOURNAL
PoetryXCollage
Volume 7
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PoetryXCollage is a printed journal of artwork and writing that 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.
PoetryXCollage, Volume Seven includes artwork and writing by Pablo Cabrera Ferralis (Leipzig, Germany); Natalie W Schorr (Greenville, North Carolina, USA); Hanna Madej (Wroclaw, Poland); Dianalog (Palm Springs, Florida, USA); Christy Sheffield Sanford (Saint Augustine, Florida, USA); and a selection of Asemic Writing Collage Poems from Anthony D Kelly, Laura Tafe, Thomas Mayer, and Janice McDonald, with commentary by Ric Kasini Kadour. On the Cover is a detail of BY CHANCE/LA DÉRIVE by Pablo Cabrera Ferralis.
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PUBLICATION
World Collage Day 2025 Special Edition
In honor of World Collage Day, Kolaj Institute is releasing a special edition of Kolaj Magazine. The Special Edition is full of Cut-Out Pages and stories from inspiring collage artists.
Highlights include "Light in the Darkness," an Editorial by Ric Kasini Kadour about World Collage Day; collage book recommendations; “The Irrational Stage,” a profile of World Collage Day 2025 Poster Artist Rosita Schandy from Montevideo, Uruguay; “Paths of Engagement,” an article about how Victoria, British Columbia collagist Phyllis Schwartz developed ways to engage her community with collage in exhibition and publication; “Rasga Tijera: Collage Collective,” Mayboll Vargas's reporting on how Costa Rica’s first celebration of World Collage Day led to a new collage collective; and eighteen Cut-Out Pages from International Collage Artists.
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NEW PUBLICATION
Frankenstein
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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.
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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, 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.
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ARTSHOP
"I Cut Therefore I Kolaj" T-shirt
Since we started Kolaj Magazine in 2011, people have been asking about t-shirts. Well, we finally made one. We are pleased to announce the "I Cut Therefore I Kolaj" T-shirt. We hope you like it and wear it with pride.
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TRADING CARDS
Kasini House Artshop works with the Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory to produce curated packs of the Collage Artist Trading Cards. Each card is a full color, 5.5” x 3.5” postcard with rounded corners. An example of an artist’s work is on the front of the card and the artist’s public contact information is on the back. Collage Artist Trading Cards come in packs of 15.
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About Kolaj Magazine
Kolaj 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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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.
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