{"id":15142,"date":"2024-05-03T14:56:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T18:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=15142"},"modified":"2024-06-10T10:33:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T14:33:49","slug":"wangechi-mutu-intertwined-tour-at-kolaj-fest-new-orleans-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/kolaj-fest-new-orleans\/wangechi-mutu-intertwined-tour-at-kolaj-fest-new-orleans-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"“Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined” Tour at Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"
People in Glass Towers Should Not Imagine Us<\/em> by Wangechi Mutu
102″x140″ (diptych); collage on paper; 2003. Collection Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Nicolas Rohatyn, New York. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

MUSEUM TOUR AT KOLAJ FEST NEW ORLEANS 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined” Tour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, 13 June 2024, 11AM-Noon
New Orleans Museum of Art
Jennella Young and LaVonna Varnado-Brown\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EVENT WEBSITE<\/a> | REGISTER<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society, 12-16 June 2024. Visit the website<\/a> to learn more, see an overview of the program, and register to attend.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediately following the Daily Collage Congress, Jennella Young, LaVonna Varnardo Brown and Aisha Shillingford will introduce the exhibition, \u201cWangechi Mutu: Intertwined\u201d<\/a>, and lead a tour. Speakers will highlight “how the exhibit explores Mutu\u2019s evolution as a collage artist, as she pursues an inquiry related to the representation of Black women\u2019s bodies.” Shillingford writes, “She does this through her early collage work and goes on to explore scale and power in a way that is really literal as well as metaphoric in terms of her subject matter. What does it look like for us to use collage to really take up space as Black women?” Mutu “is a real teacher” with how she “uses the detritus of collage (the detritus of detritus) to incorporate into sculptural work and assemblage that is really quite three dimensional relative to her earlier collage and film work” and “how she centers her own image in the work and also combines photography and collage eventually.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennella Young<\/strong> is a Brooklyn-based artist and educator who is deeply committed to embedding arts, cultural, and community knowledge into the everyday experiences of the young people she works with. In her art practice, Young primarily focuses on portraiture, creating meditative spaces that bring forgotten stories of Black and Brown women back into existence. She draws inspiration from magical realism and artists who create figure drawings and portraits of people of color in everyday genres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Orleans-based LaVonna Varnado-Brown<\/strong> is a socially-engaged multidisciplinary artist, teacher, and community worker who makes AfroFuturistic collage with odes to history, the Divine Feminine, and floral daydreams abounding. She writes, “AfroFuturism is a cultural aesthetic that explores the intersection of art and history with intention to inspire action in the now by healing beyond trauma.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT THE ARTISTS GIVING THE TOUR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennella Young<\/strong> holds a BA in Psychology from Lehigh University, an MA in Counseling Psychology from New York University, and advanced graduate work in Art History and Library and Information Science at Pratt Institute. Her artistic journey includes work with the Apollo Theater Oral History Project, Guggenheim Museum, and Weeksville Heritage Society. The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Instagram @jennebella<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
As Above So Below, Feminine Amphibian<\/em> by LaVonna Varnado-Brown
14″x11″; ribbon, printed media, glossy photograph; 2023. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

LaVonna Varnado-Brown<\/strong> holds a BA from Southeastern University Louisiana with a focus on Theatre and Liberal Arts, with studies in London and Paris. She has worked as an installation artist, artist advocate, teaching artist, and tutor in and around New Orleans. At Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2023, LaVonna presented her collage workshop, \u201cUses of the Erotic\u201d, and was a panelist for the symposium, \u201cThe Mystical, the Esoteric, & the Magical\u201d. For 2022-2023, she was Artist in Residence at Longue Vue House & Gardens in New Orleans. The artist lives and works in New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society, 12-16 June 2024. Visit the website<\/a> to learn more, see an overview of the program, and register to attend.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MUSEUM TOUR AT KOLAJ FEST NEW ORLEANS 2024 “Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined” Tour Thursday, 13 June 2024, 11AM-NoonNew Orleans Museum of ArtJennella Young and LaVonna Varnado-Brown\u00a0 EVENT WEBSITE | REGISTER Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage…<\/p>\n

Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mutu_People-in-Glass-Towers-Should-Not-Imagine-Us.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2QTD7-3We","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15134,"url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-events\/wangechi-mutu-intertwined-film-screenings\/","url_meta":{"origin":15142,"position":0},"title":"“Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined” Film Screenings","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"3 May 2024","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The End of carrying All (still) by Wangechi Mutu3-channel animated video, color, sound, 10:45 min; 2015. Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, Victoria Miro, and Vielmetter Los Angeles. COLLAGE EVENT \"Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined\" Film Screenings at the New Orleans Museum of Art in New Orleans, Louisiana, USAWednesday, 12 June\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Events"","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/category\/content\/collage-events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mutu_The-End-of-carrying-All.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mutu_The-End-of-carrying-All.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mutu_The-End-of-carrying-All.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mutu_The-End-of-carrying-All.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15113,"url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/kolaj-fest-new-orleans\/kolaj-fest-new-orleans-heads-to-the-new-orleans-museum-of-art\/","url_meta":{"origin":15142,"position":1},"title":"Kolaj Fest New Orleans Heads to the New Orleans Museum of Art\u00a0","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"3 May 2024","format":"gallery","excerpt":"AT KOLAJ FEST NEW ORLEANS 2024 New Orleans Museum of Art Day at Kolaj Fest New Orleans EVENT WEBSITE | REGISTER Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society, 12-16 June 2024. Visit the website to learn\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Kolaj Fest New Orleans"","block_context":{"text":"Kolaj Fest New Orleans","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/category\/kolaj-fest-new-orleans\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/KFNOLA-Day-at-the-Museum.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/KFNOLA-Day-at-the-Museum.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/KFNOLA-Day-at-the-Museum.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/KFNOLA-Day-at-the-Museum.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15227,"url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/wangechi-mutu-intertwined\/","url_meta":{"origin":15142,"position":2},"title":"Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"7 May 2024","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Lizard Love by Wangechi Mutu25\"x21.5\"; mixed media, ink, spray paint, and collage on Mylar; 2006. Courtesy of the artist, Gladstone Gallery, and Victoria Miro Gallery. COLLAGE ON VIEW Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined at the New Orleans Museum of Art in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA31 January-14 July 2024 \"Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined\" traces\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Exhibitions"","block_context":{"text":"Exhibitions","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/category\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wangechi-Mutu_Lizard-Love.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wangechi-Mutu_Lizard-Love.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wangechi-Mutu_Lizard-Love.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wangechi-Mutu_Lizard-Love.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16561,"url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/kolaj-fest-new-orleans\/sacred-mother-space-gallery-walk-at-kolaj-fest-new-orleans-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":15142,"position":3},"title":"Sacred Mother Space Gallery Walk at Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2025","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"12 May 2025","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Float by LaVonna Varnado-Brown12\"x8\"; digital media; 2024. Courtesy of the artist. MUSEUM TOUR AT KOLAJ FEST NEW ORLEANS 2025 Sacred Mother Space Gallery Walk EVENT WEBSITE | REGISTER Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society, 25-29\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Kolaj Fest New Orleans"","block_context":{"text":"Kolaj Fest New Orleans","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/category\/kolaj-fest-new-orleans\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/VarnadoBrown_LaVonna_title3.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/VarnadoBrown_LaVonna_title3.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/VarnadoBrown_LaVonna_title3.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/VarnadoBrown_LaVonna_title3.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2709,"url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/wangechi-mutu-brooklyn-museum\/","url_meta":{"origin":15142,"position":4},"title":"Wangechi Mutu at Brooklyn Museum","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"26 February 2014","format":"gallery","excerpt":"11 October 2013-9 March 2014 Wangechi Mutu at Brooklyn Museum \u201cA Fantastic Journey\u201d is the first U.S. survey of Kenyan-born and Brooklyn-based artist Wangechi Mutu. Mutu\u2019s work \u201cscrutinizes globalization by combining found materials, magazine cutouts, sculpture, and painted imagery.\u201d She is perhaps best known for her collages depicting female figures\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Articles"","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/category\/content\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mutu-Yo-Mama-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mutu-Yo-Mama-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mutu-Yo-Mama-web.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mutu-Yo-Mama-web.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15298,"url":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/uncategorized\/street-art-walking-tour-at-kolaj-fest-new-orleans-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":15142,"position":5},"title":"Street Art Walking Tour at Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2024","author":"Christopher Byrne","date":"20 May 2024","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Street art on Spain Street below Saint Claude Avenue, New Orleans. Image by Lance Rothstein. WALKING TOUR AT KOLAJ FEST NEW ORLEANS 2024 Street Art Walking Tour Saturday, 15 June 2024, 3:15-4:30PMdeparting from the Kolaj Institute GalleryLance Rothstein and residency artists EVENT WEBSITE\u00a0|\u00a0REGISTER Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Events"","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/category\/content\/collage-events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/street-art-on-spain-below-st-claude.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/street-art-on-spain-below-st-claude.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/street-art-on-spain-below-st-claude.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/street-art-on-spain-below-st-claude.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15142"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15412,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15142\/revisions\/15412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}