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Radical Reimaginings Exhibition Virtual Opening & Book Launch

Saturday, August 22, 2020 | 8PM-EST / 5PM-PST

516 ARTS, in partnership with Kolaj Institute, invited selected artists from New Mexico and around the world to reflect on our shifting world using collage, a medium that has been historically used by artists to directly engage with the visual narratives of their time. The exhibition and book features forty artists from nine countries and multiple Indigenous peoples—Salish-Kootenai/Métis-Cree/Sho-Ban, Tlingit/Nisga’a, Oglala/Lakota, and Seneca Nation—who offer a variety of perspectives. The voices of Black, Latinx, Native, and white Americans mingle with those from Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Canada, France, and Germany. 

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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.

COLLAGE EVENT

Latin American Collage with 516 ARTS

Saturday, August 15th, 2020 4PM-EST / 1PM-PST

516 ARTS and Kolaj Institute present a special online talk with Lima, Peru-based Enrique “Kike” Congrains, who, since January 2020, has been reporting on collage in Latin America. In his fellowship at Kolaj Institute, Congrains has been surveying the history of collage, profiling contemporary artists, and reporting on collectives, events, and galleries in Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, and Brazil. His work tells stories about how collage is made in Latin America and the role collage plays in various cultures. A talented collage artist himself, Congrains has been on a mission to make collage popular in his home country of Peru. In an event hosted by 516 ARTS Founder and Executive Director Suzanne Sbarge, Congrains will speak about his fellowship at Kolaj Institute and the research he is doing on Latin American Collage. He will share some historic and contemporary examples and take questions. 

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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.

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Meet the Gallerist

Christy S. Wood at LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 7PM-EST / 4PM-PST

Located in Arts District New Orleans, LeMieux Galleries has brought together "seasoned collectors and new art enthusiasts with artists who are committed to their vision" since 1983. This summer, Gallerist Christy S. Wood is celebrating her 20th year at the gallery (and five years as owner) with an exhibition of artists she has worked with over the last two decades. Wood will lead a tour of collage artists in the "Family" exhibition. Michael Pajón, featured here, makes dense compositions with meticulously hand-cut materials are sourced from heavily illustrated antique books and ephemera. The event is free and open to everybody.

(image: The Folly of Prometheus (detail) by Michael Pajon (13"x52"; mixed media collage on antique book covers; 2017. Courtesy of the artist and LeMieux Galleries.) 

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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.

KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE

Meet the Gallerist

Christy S. Wood at LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 7PM-EST / 4PM-PST

Located in Arts District New Orleans, LeMieux Galleries has brought together "seasoned collectors and new art enthusiasts with artists who are committed to their vision" since 1983. This summer, Gallerist Christy S. Wood is celebrating her 20th year at the gallery (and five years as owner) with an exhibition of artists she has worked with over the last two decades. Wood will lead a tour of collage artists in the "Family" exhibition. David Lambert, featured here, paints on vintage postcards in humorous and serious ways.  The event is free and open to everybody. 

(image: Soylent Green, On Sale by David Lambert (3.5"x5.5"; mixed media postcard; 2020.) Courtesy of the artist and LeMieux Galleries.)

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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.

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Collage Castell

Artist communities, networks, partners are as integral to the creation of art as the materials we use. While we may work alone, the diffusion of art, the presentation of art to the community, is a complex collaboration with gallerists, art writers, museum directors, and others. Art is a human activity and humanity is nothing but one great collaboration. Part of Kolaj LIVE Online, Collage Castell is a collaborative collage making project and exchange. The deadline to join is August 25, 2020. 

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Image: Family Affair was started by Krysia Kolodziej and finished by Phyllis Famiglietti

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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.

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Collage Castell

At festivals in Catalonia, Spain, large groups of people come together to build human towers. Slowly and carefully people position themselves to form a base. Then a band plays the Toc de Castells and the rest of the people take their positions up the tower until the final person reaches the top. The crowd cheers and the castellers quickly disassemble, returning everyone safely to the ground. These athletic feats are noted for their skill and strength, but they celebrate our capacity as human beings to work together. People are amazing. This tradition inspired Collage Castell, a collaborative collage making project and exchange that is part of Kolaj LIVE Online.

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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.

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Plagues, Monuments & Going Big with EveNSteve

Saturday, July 25th, 2020. 2PM-EST/11AM-PST

When they were called to quarantine, artists EveNSteve made a six-panel artwork that combines in-camera collage with handwritten texts to explore the idea of plagues in history. As lockdown continued, they began to display art across the street from their home in a roadside hayfield. Kolaj LIVE Online presents a virtual tour of their outdoor art gallery and artist talk about their recent work. The event is also the book launch of A Wonderful Plague. Registered attendees will be sent a link to a 22-minute film about A Wonderful Plague. MORE INFO & REGISTER

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.

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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.