FROM THE PRINT ISSUE I Came for the Street Art, I Found a Community In Kolaj 39, Madeline Sorel shares her experience of the Kolaj Street Krewe Residency in New Orleans. “This year I’d been thinking a lot about the word ‘devotion’ and all the resources I wanted to devote to my practice, or really all the ways I wanted to show up for it. I got muddled as I spoke (as I do) but what I really wanted to get at was how grateful I was for the ways that the Krewe showed up through all the challenges of the week.” Read More ***************************** Kolaj Magazine, a full color, print ma ..read more

COLLAGE BOOKS Coffee Table Book of Pride Flags Discover pride flags from across the LGBT+ community with handmade designs to accompany each description. Coffee Table Book of Pride Flags features over one hundred art pieces featuring different identities within the queer community with descriptions of what each word means and, where possible, well known present day and historical figures who fall under that identity. Read More ***************************** Kolaj Magazine, a full color, print magazine, exists to show how the world of collage is rich, layered, and thick with complexity ..read more

FROM THE PRINT ISSUE The Nebraska Collage Project Takes Shape In Kolaj #39, we report on artist Carol Fettin’s organizing in Nebraska. “The Nebraska Collage Project is an ongoing effort. To me it has no end. I’m identifying and archiving interviews with established collage artists while seeking out newer and younger artists to answer this question. Of course, Nebraska curators and gallery owners are an important part of this project. They offer another perspective.” Fettin is working towards a May 2024 exhibition, “Collage Nebraska,” that will take place at the Hot Shops Art Center ..read more

COLLAGE ON VIEW Poetry of Perception Dunia Barrera in the show window at Marienplatz 1 in Munich, Germany through 26 May 2024. “Poetry of Perception” is a body of work that explores how we perceive others and what we believe to be the truth. These works show sections of images with symbols such as status objects, words, social roles, people, emotions. We do not see the whole picture. This is an invitation to think about how we think about others. The narratives we tell ourselves and firmly believe in. Read More ***************************** Kolaj Magazine, a full color, print magazine, exists ..read more

KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE In Conversation: Solace & Sisterhood Tuesday, 7 May, 5PM EDT. Free Virtual Program. “Solace and Sisterhood” at Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington brings together the work of three artists of African descent who are friends and “sisters.” Through their artwork, viewers are given an intimate look into their experiences and their sisterhood, which has developed over several years. At this Kolaj LIVE Online event, exhibition artists Lavett Ballard, Amber Robles-Gordon, and Evita Tezeno will be joined by curator Dr. Lauren Davidson for a discussion about collage made f ..read more

FROM THE PRINT ISSUE Preservation Stations “Preservation Stations” reports on how Mark Vargo won a grant to make a series of collage-themed public sculptures that celebrate wildlife in Northern California. “I’m a collage artist… I’ve developed a passion for the potential this art form has to communicate. That’s why I chose this as my medium for the project.” Read More ***************************** Kolaj Magazine, a full color, print 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 ..read more

COLLAGE ON VIEW I Was a Different Person at Apaixonarte in Lisbon, Portugal through 4 May 2024. “Eu sou outra pessoa” (I am another person) celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Carnation Revolution on 25 April 1974, the historic moment when Portugal freed itself from an authoritarian regime and paved the way for democracy, freedom and human rights. The work on display was made by Hilda Reis with the Art & Craft Refúgio collective, which represents a contemporary symbol of this freedom. Read More ***************************** Kolaj Magazine, a full color, print magazine, exists to show h ..read more

FROM THE PRINT ISSUE Samuel Fleming Lewis’s Artist Portfolio Palm Springs, California, USA. “Collage has a unique quality of being able to time travel while imagining a distant past or a new future…When all of the elements come together as one, I feel the magic of collage.” Each issue of Kolaj Magazine features portfolios of contemporary artists alongside critical commentary as a means of developing a deeper understanding of collage as both a medium and a genre. To be considered, register with the Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory. Read More ***************************** Kolaj Ma ..read more

FROM THE ARTIST DIRECTORY Twists, Turns, Ups, and Downs Kailua, Hawaii, USA. Over the past decade, Elysé Jokinen’s life and travels have led her to several places around the world. New locations, people, and moments. In many ways, creating collage brings her the much-needed feeling of home. She begins each piece with a bit of spontaneity, just like her early journey. Then, she deconstructs the found material to depict the twists, turns, ups, and downs. Like wandering, some pieces are precisely chosen while others end up in her hand by total happenstance. Finally, she begins to combine the fra ..read more

COLLAGE ON VIEW Phantasies-Dreams-Nightmares Steven Specht at The Other Side in Utica, New York, USA through 27 April 2024. Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Utica College in Utica, New York and a Signature Member of the National Collage Society. Originally trained as a psychobiologist, he recently re-focused his research on investigating the factors which influence how individuals perceive artwork. His collage work has won several awards and has been shown, since 2001, in group and solo shows in Australia and the U.S., including National Collage Society ex ..read more