14″x10″; mixed media collage; 2025. Courtesy of the artist.
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Merged: A National Juried Exhibition of Collage and Assemblage
at d’Art Center in Norfolk, Virginia, USA
10 January- 7 February 2026
“Merged” is an exhibition of original 2D and 3D collage and assemblage artworks that includes mediums specifically (but not limited to) found objects, recycled materials, paper, fiber, wood, and metal. This will be the “Merged” exhibit’s 4th iteration at the center.
This exhibition features The Words They Told Us We Cannot Use by Jennifer Myhre, which was made during Kolaj Institute’s 2025 Politics in Collage residency. The artist writes, “This collage is made from deconstructed text of the words that folks in government agencies were told to remove from websites and other documents: anti-racism, racism, allyship, bias, DEI, diversity, diverse, confirmation bias, equity, equitableness, gender, gender identity, pronouns, transgender, injustice, intersectionality, prejudice, privilege, racial identity, sexuality, stereotypes, equality, inclusion, inclusive, all-inclusive, inclusivity, racism, feminism. The material for the letters is deliberately luscious and shimmery to evoke their power as conceptual tools. They can be read as either spilled out or as a river whose flow cannot be dammed.”
(text adapted from material provided by the gallery and artist)
INFORMATION
d’Art Center
740 Boush Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23510 USA
(757) 625-4211
Hours:
Tuesday-Wednesday, 10AM-5PM
Thursday, 10AM–7PM
Friday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM