THE WEEKENDER 46 | 2024
Collage News & Inspiration
WORDS TO LIVE BY
“For an artist to be interesting to us he must have been interesting to himself. He must have been capable of intense feeling, and capable of profound contemplation.
He who has contemplated has met with himself, is in a state to see into the realities beyond the surfaces of his subject. Nature reveals to him, and, seeing and feeling intensely, he paints, and whether he wills it or not each brush stroke is an exact record of such as he was at the exact moment the stroke was made.”
― Robert Henri
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NEWS
First things first: we finally confirmed the dates for our end of year COLLAGE NOTES exhibition – December 14-21, 2024. You have two more weeks to participate in our open call. The deadline is November 30, 2024. So far we had over 200 people sign up and have received over 100 postcards all the way from Australia to Argentina. We have some exciting events and workshops planned too. More about that soon. In the meantime, please spread the word about this open call & exhibition. We hope to see as many of you as possible during the vernissage and exhibition. If you want to contribute to this project, you can take out a paid subscription to this newsletter, sign up to our Artist Directory or make a donation. Your help is very much appreciated.
In a society that assigns merit to most of our actions, there’s something to be said for expression for the simple fun of it. Lately, a messy but invigorating movement has emerged: adults returning to their childhood silliness and freedom through what’s known as “chaotic crafting.” Think unhinged friendship bracelets, fake three-tiered cakes adorned with rhinestones, homemade polymer magnets, and collage- or zine-making meetups at gathering places like galleries and breweries. - Atlanta arts groups are encouraging you not to be afraid of “chaotic crafting” - via Atlanta Magazine
EXHIBITION: Modern Flux Mail Art currently on show at Little Gallery. All info below or here. Modern Fluxus consists of art from the archive of curator Stephen Tomasko, which he has amassed as a practicing mail artist over the last few decades, especially highlighting work sent in response to a recent global call for new work. The gallery explodes with an abundance of correspondence art, over one hundred images made by contemporary artists from twenty-five countries, an astounding creative outpouring made and sent outside of the commercial realm in the spirit of Dada, Fluxus, and Mail Art. Most of the work in the exhibition is being displayed for the first time.
My technique is digital collage and I create illustrations from images that already exist, I usually download images from paid stocks, such as Adobe Stock or Shutterstock, however when I don't find what I'm looking for I use AI to create specific elements that I then integrate into my illustrations - that involves retouching, colour adjustment, and more. - Digital artist Guillermo Flores Pacheco is "very proud" to be the first Mexican artist to design a Adobe Photoshop splash screen - via Creative Bloq
EXHIBITION: COLLECTive Concerns: Collage and Assemblage:
Twelve artists explore collage and assemblage as a coping mechanism, siren call, or cautionary warning for collective concerns that impact culture. Their collections are focused on environmental, emotional, and societal stressors; collective concerns that address climate change, covid, grief, identity, and politics. List of venues.EXHIBITION: collage exhibition in Grenoble, all info below:
Zoë Charlton’s collage of flora and fauna stickers cover up a woman’s torso, either growing out of her or consuming her. A portrait generously bedecked with gold leaf by Rozeal is rendered in the artist’s signature ukiyo-e style and shows a pattern across the woman’s face, perhaps a mask, a face tattoo, or a reflection of her true state. - Kreeger’s The DMV Collects the DMV Examines the Ecosystem of D.C.’s Print Arts - via Washington Citypaper
There is a delightful buoyancy in the mixed media collages by local artist Mary Cara Bates whose solo exhibition “Harborwalk” opens at the Radius Gallery at Arc Stages in Pleasantville this Sunday. - Enticing Collages Captivate Arc Stages’ New Exhibit - via The Examiner News
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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 2025 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