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Poetry & Collage Residency December 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A month-long, virtual\/online residency with Kolaj Institute in December 2024<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Early deadline to apply: Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Final deadline to apply: Wednesday, 13 November 2024<\/strong>
Submit your application HERE<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In January 2022, Kolaj Institute issued a call to artists for a Poetry & Collage Residency and received so many excellent responses that we organized a series of three residencies. In the residencies, we challenged artists to move beyond taxonomical debates. Ric Kasini Kadour said, \u201cWhat is a poem? We do not need to have a singular answer to that question. Individually we must each answer that question for ourselves. In practice, every poem we make will be an example of what a poem is. In considering other people\u2019s work, we should ask ourselves, How is this a poem?\u201d During the residencies, artists interrogated each other\u2019s artwork, collaborated, and shared ideas. And at the end of it, they sent us more page spreads than could fit into a single book. Impressed and moved by the volume and quality of cultural output and a deep belief that this practice, how ever you want to describe it, at the intersection of collage and poetry deserves a platform, we decided to create a new journal dedicated to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PoetryXCollage<\/em><\/a> is a printed journal of artwork and writing that operates at the intersection of poetry and collage. We are interested in found poetry, blackout poetry, collage poems, haikus, centos, response collages, response poems, word scrambles, concrete poetry, scatter collage poems, and other poems and artwork that inhabit this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After releasing several volumes of the journal and opening an ongoing call for submissions<\/a> we are returning to this residency program as a way to help artists develop their ideas, explore the intersection of collage and poetry, collaborate and form community, and prepare submissions for the journal. This project-driven residency is open to artists and poets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kolaj Institute Coordinator Christopher Kurts<\/strong> will lead the residency and guide artists in collaborative activities, research and discussion, and understanding the technical needs of design and layout necessary to submit page spreads to the PoetryXCollage <\/em>Journal. Ric Kasini Kadour<\/strong> will talk about artist practice, the book as a place for collage, and how Kolaj Institute works to diffuse collage and poetry. Rod T. Boyer <\/strong>creates art and poetry under the moniker our thomas, exploring themes of redemption, mystery, and transformation. In Kolaj<\/em> #32, his article, “Mind the Gap,” explored how collage and haiku share similar mechanisms of juxtaposition and disjunction. He will speak to these themes during the residency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In four virtual meetings over the course of the month (see schedule below) and through ongoing, online discussion, artists will leave the residency with a deeper understanding of the intersection of collage and poetry. Individual participants will each be invited to create and submit 3-5 page spreads to the PoetryXCollage <\/em>Journal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHO IS THIS FOR?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Collage Artist Residencies are intended for self-motivated artists, at any stage in their career, who want to develop their practice by exploring a topic or working method and collaborating with others to produce a final product. Residencies are open to any artist over the age of 21 from anywhere in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

COST<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The cost of the residency is $500 per artist. Limited financial aid is available to offset the residency fee. Organizers will support artists as they seek additional funding as needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HOW TO APPLY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Submit your application HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RESIDENCY LOGISTICS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dates: 2 December 2024 to 2 January 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SESSION DATES
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 4-6PM EST
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 4-6PM EST
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 4-6PM EST 
Thursday, 2 January 2025, 4-6PM EST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop will begin with an invitation to join the Slack workspace on Monday, December 2nd. Introductions and Orientation will take place during our first meeting on Tuesday, 3 December, 4-6PM EST. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remaining sessions will take place on the 10th and 17th of December and the 2nd of January, from 4-6PM EST. After the final session, artists will be invited to submit page spreads to the PoetryXCollage Journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artists are expected to attend all scheduled sessions and complete assignments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

APPLICATION PROCESS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The submission process asks applicants for:
\u2022 Contact information
\u2022 Artist Bio (50-250 words)
\u2022 Statement of Artist Practice (50-300 words)
\u2022 5-7 images of artwork
\u2022 Statement of expectations
\u2022 Asks questions about your work and needs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have questions, send an email<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FACULTY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Christopher Kurts<\/strong> is a storyteller and artist in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the Coordinator for Kolaj Institute, where he has organized artist labs, residencies, workshops, and forums which have often led to exhibitions and publications. In this role, Kurts acted as the Art Director for Kolaj Institute\u2019s Oh, Money! Money!<\/em> by Eleanor H. Porter, illustrated and interpreted by contemporary collage artists. Kurts is also the co-founder and lead organizer for the Mystic Krewe of Scissors and Glue<\/a>, a group of creatives in New Orleans who meet monthly to collage, converse, and foster community. Along with the Krewe, Kurts helped organize the inaugural Paper Parade in January 2024, a Mardi Gras walking parade devoted to collage. His work recently appeared in PoetryXCollage Volume 6<\/a> and in the exhibition, \u201cSewage & Water Board Billing Issues: Collage by New Orleans Artists\u201d which debuted in June 2024 during the Kolaj Fest in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. christopherkurts.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ric Kasini Kadour<\/strong>, a 2021 recipient of a Curatorial Fellowship from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, is a writer, artist, publisher, and cultural worker. With the Vermont Arts Council, he curated \u201cConnection: The Art of Coming Together\u201d (2017) and Vermont Artists to Watch (2018, 2019, 2020). In New Orleans (2018-2019), he curated \u201cRevolutionary Paths\u201d at Antenna Gallery and \u201cCultural Deconstructions\u201d at LeMieux Galleries. As Curator of Contemporary Art at Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, Vermont (2019-2020), he curated \u201cRokeby Through the Lens\u201d, \u201cStructures\u201d, and \u201cMending Fences: New Works by Carol MacDonald\u201d. At the Southern Vermont Arts Center (2019), he curated \u201cContemporary American Regionalism: Vermont Perspectives\u201d and \u201cWhere the Sun Casts No Shadow: Postcards from the Creative Crossroads of Quito, Ecuador\u201d.  With Frank Juarez, he co-curated “The Money $how: Cash, Labor, Capitalism & Collage” at Saint Kate-The Arts Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (April-September 2021). Kadour is editor and publisher of Kolaj Magazine. His writing has appeared in Hyperallergic, OEI, Vermont Magazine, Seven Days, and Art New England (where he was the Vermont editor). In Winter 2020, he was artist-in-residence at MERZ Gallery in Sanquhar, Scotland. He holds a BA in Comparative Religion from the University of Vermont. www.rickasinikadour.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rod T. Boyer<\/strong> creates art and poetry as our thomas, exploring themes of redemption, mystery, and transformation.  Like the rest of the world, he\u2019s trying to make sense of the endless and overwhelming stream of flotsam (physical and metaphoric) that accompanies his life. His collage work has been exhibited in his local area and his haiku have recently appeared in the journals Modern Haiku, Acorn, is\/let, Sonic Boom, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, Trash Panda and Failed Haiku among others.  He was named a finalist in the first annual Trailblazer Contest and has had work selected for the forthcoming The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2021.  He can be found wandering the streets in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA and, online, at ourthomasart.com<\/a> and Instagram: @our.thomas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poetry & Collage Residency December 2024 A month-long, virtual\/online residency with Kolaj Institute in December 2024 Early deadline to apply: Wednesday, 30 October 2024Final deadline to apply: Wednesday, 13 November 2024Submit your application HERE In January 2022, Kolaj Institute issued…<\/p>\n

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