22.5″x20″; digital collage using: Unidentified Woman by Matthew Brady Studio, active 1844–1894 from National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Fredrick Hill Meserve Collection (npg_NPG.81.M3559.2), artist photograph of tree, and found historic papers. Inkjet print on polypropylene; 2026
COLLAGE ON VIEW
Light on Cut Paper: Photography & Collage
at The Art Spot in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
in conjunction with the New Orleans Photo Alliance, Kolaj Institute and Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2026
10 June-10 July 2026
Opening Reception: Wednesday, 10 June 2026, 5-8PM
Photography and collage have a long history of being in dialogue with one another; however, the intersection of these two mediums is poorly explored. New Orleans Photo Alliance and Kolaj Institute are working together to investigate the intersection of this medium. They sought work by artists who collage their own photographs, make photomontage, use a collage-like process in either the composition of photographs or in the dark room.
10″x8″; found digital image sourced from Ebony magazine June 1961 issue and found film images from Library of Congress; 2026
Included in this show is work from artists who took part in the Kolaj Institute Virtual Collage Residency, Making, Taking, Finding, Cutting: Material Explorations at the Intersection of Photography and Collage, in April and May 2026. The artists are: Amanda Olivia Woolery, Muriel A. Smith, Sasha-Kay Nicole, Shannon Nahara, and Lori Petchers.
The juror was Jan Kather, who has been teaching media arts and humanities courses at Elmira College in Elmira, New York since 1979. Branching out from traditional darkroom photography, she became involved in global collaborations, including Berkeley Commonplace projects such as “Fragments”, “Subject Matters”, and the “Round Table Collaboration Postal Collage Project”. She has been a board member of Berkeley Commonplace since its founding in 2021. After participating in Kolaj Institute’s 2024 Photography and Collage Virtual Artist Residency, she developed a new awareness about her own history as a photographer, and seriously explored the concept of “in-camera” collage. Three of her pieces from this study are currently on exhibit at City Hall in Elmira, New York.
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