THE WEEKENDER 47 | 2024
Collage News & Inspiration
WORDS TO LIVE BY
“To be an artist means not to compute or count; it means to ripen as the tree, which does not force its sap, but stands unshaken in the storms of spring with no fear that summer might not follow.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke
The latest collage news and inspiration!
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NEWS
VIRTUAL STUDIO SERIES: The next session of the PCC Virtual Studio Series with Julia Volons of Art Therapy Lab will take place on Sunday, November 24th. This will be our last online workshop of 2024. More sessions for the Winter/Spring season of February, March, and April will be announced soon. All info below.
BERLINAGE #2 - For the second time the Berlinage Residency brings together Collage Artists from different countries for ten days to explore Berlin, make art and exhibit together. This time, the focus will be on the tension between imaginary cities, utopias and their relationship to the reality of everyday urban life. More info here
“She was a force of nature and I somehow thought she would live forever, but 108 is an amazing run,” John Olbrantz, director of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University, told Hyperallergic. He described Parsons as “an artist who lived her life on her terms” who “took the medium [of collage] to new heights of technical virtuosity and sophistication.” - Eunice Parsons, Who Elevated Collage to New Heights, Dies at 108 - via Hyperallergic
“Spirit Keepers” runs until December 21 at New York’s Eric Firestone Gallery and puts Jackson’s work in conversation with two other Black artists also born in the U.S. prior to the civil rights movement: Marie Johnson-Calloway, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 97, best-known for mixed-media collages incorporating fabric, and David MacDonald, born in 1945, a ceramic artist interested in the spiritual qualities of the vessel. Collective memory and African traditions play a role in all three artists’ work. - ‘Spirit Keepers’ Showcases Three Black Artists’ Vivid Invocations to Other Realms - via artnet
From paper, thread, and gouache, Chattanooga-based artist Hollie Chastain combines ephemera and found materials into vibrant collages. Strips of paper are cut, woven, and stitched into playful, abstract compositions. - Hollie Chastain Lands a Playful Series of Collaged UFOs - via Colossal
María Berrío’s new works are a whirlwind of energy. A mix of collage and painting, The Spectators (2024) shows a mass of women in what appears to be both expressive costume and regimented uniform. - María Berrío on Masks, Migration, and the Chaotic Magic of Her New Work - via artnet
Bill Healy’s three collages cover three subjects, from the real to the imaginary, but are united by their distinctive personalities, half playful, half unsettling. In each face, there are a few delightfully recontextualized shapes. - Artists Take Free Reins - via New Haven Independent
PCC
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