WORDS TO LIVE BY
“Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.”
― Robert Henri
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NEWS
CUT IT OUT: our next bi-monthly art as therapy workshop in collaboration with Julia Volonts from Art Therapy Lab will take place online on Sunday, March 24th. This month’s theme is INNER/OUTER SELF EXPLORATION. It’s as always free to attend. Please get in touch with Julia directly via hello@arttherapy-lab.com
OPEN CALL: The International Collage Festival Rezh da kley FEST (Cut and Glue FEST) is accepting applications for participation in the exhibition «WOW!». The festival will be held in Moscow from June 29 to July 28, 2024 at the ARBUZZ Gallery. All information here
OPEN CALL: Color Roulette Collage Edition is a zine that uses color theming for each of its 7 issues that will be published monthly from June to December of 2024. The zine will be available in two formats: digital and print. The digital version will be free to access by anyone on a flipbook format. The print version will have a folded design, and will cost 3 euros, plus additional shipping fees if outside of the EU. If you are selected to participate, you will receive a free copy with free shipping included. All information here
Palmer is a 2021-2023 Jungian Studies Program Cohort Graduate from C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. Participants studied the fundamentals of Jungian theory grounded in experiential learning. She is currently studying in the Exploring Psychoanalysis Program at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. She was selected to participate in Kolaj Institute’s virtual “Curating Collage Workshop ‘’ which was designed to train artists as curators, according to the release. - St. Charles Public Library to showcase art of local resident - via Shaw Local
The name of the exhibition isn’t accidental either. Threading the Needle implies the careful, precise manoeuvring women have had to navigate through history to make it in the art world. Employing a variety of techniques, from embroidery and collage to analog photography, printmaking and painting, the nine women artists explore their female identity and tell their stories through their art. - Wall Space Gallery’s exhibition Threading the Needleon 03.08—03.23.2024 - via apt613
Through his collages, Ahmed dismantles the masks of societal expectations, inviting viewers to confront the intricacies of selfhood as they pertain to hypermasculinity and class, and the legacy of colonialism in enforcing them. - A Photographer Deconstructs Masculinity and Colonialism - via aperture
“He's making sort of an imperfect artifact of a contemporary moment,” Malone said. “He's using collage and fragmentation to make a commentary about how we hold memory, how we understand the culture or the place that we're living. And so it's a reference to the deeper past, but also to our present moment.” - St. Louis artist Kahlil Robert Irving explores modern life and loss - via stlpr
The exhibition features over 60 pieces of work set out over two gallery spaces. Paolozzi’s obsessive creativity is there to be seen in all forms of its glory. From his early paper collage work, inspired by the surrealist style of Kurt Schwitters and Max Ernst, to his seminal involvement with the pop art movement. The exhibition highlights how Paolozzi was clearly a man ahead of his time. - Paolozzi at 100: exhibition highlights the revolutionary work of Britain’s leading pop artist - via The Conversation
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A selection of challenge submissions from last week is up on our website and can be seen here, the image prompt for next week is available to download here
Our 2024 Workbook is out and available for sale on our website. Our weekly creative challenge remains free and open to everyone and everything, digital or analog artists, French or not. The workbook is an optional add-on for those who prefer to work with paper and don’t want to print our images themselves. Like every year, the book is designed so that you can either take it apart or create your collages in the book itself. Week numbers and image sources are on the back of each image, so even if your books falls apart at one point, you will always know what’s what!
And last but not least, have a look at and/or submit to our ‘other’ Instagram account Paris Collage Collective Unlimited where we showcase collages that have absolutely nothing to do with our weekly creative challenge.
If you have any news about exhibitions, publications or events you want so share with the community, please send an email with all relevant information and at least one link to a website or venue to: hello@pariscollagecollective.com