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PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Collage Day 2026 Special Edition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In honor of World Collage Day, 9 May 2026, Kolaj Institute is releasing a special edition of Kolaj Magazine<\/em>. The Special Edition is full of Cut-Out Pages and stories from inspiring collage artists. Order before World Collage Day and the printed magazine also includes a printed poster and collection of World Collage Day Postcards designed by World Collage Day 2026 Poster Artist Jessa Dupuis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ORDER YOUR COPY<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0WORLD COLLAGE DAY WEBSITE<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EDITORIAL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Be Your Own Algorithm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An Editorial by Ric Kasini Kadour about Technologies of the Self on World Collage Day. “Art, the making, viewing and enjoyment of it, offers us and our neighbors an opportunity to escape the tyranny of the feed….We need to make life off our phones as engaging, as connected to others, and as fulfilling as scrolling. We need weird art, interesting art, informative art. We need art that connects us to other people.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE BOOKS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Weedy Garden<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A new book by writer Margaret Renkl and her collagist brother Billy Renkl takes young readers on a tour of a garden brought to life by Billy\u2019s collage, which uses the viewpoint of a small child in the artworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE COMMUNITY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Restrictions”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For World Collage Day 2026, the Belgian collage group, Coupee Collage Collective, is setting up \u201can accessible and large-scale, collaborative project to promote the objectives of World Collage Day worldwide and in Belgium.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXHIBITION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Michael Eble’s “Mod Sampling”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Opening on World Collage Day at Cole Pratt Gallery in New Orleans. \u201cMod Sampling\u201d is a solo exhibition by Michael Eble featuring a new body of collage and paintings that use acrylic, drawn elements, and found materials to reflect on architecture as a vessel for memory, place, and cultural identity, grounding modernist forms in the distinctive visual history of New Orleans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ARTIST<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“You Need Weird Art in Your Life…”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An Interview with 2026 World Collage Day Poster Artist Jessa Dupuis. “Art helps remind us that we\u2019re human, that we\u2019re special, and that we can create things out of nothing. That\u2019s a powerful thing that makes life more manageable.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE COMMUNITY <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ten Years of the Eclectic Collage Collective<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Story of the London, Ontario Collage Community by Sarah Cowling. “So, in 2015, I decided to create a collage group\u2014for interaction with like minded artists and for opportunities to learn new ideas and techniques…2025 marked the tenth anniversary…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE TATTOO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Living Collage<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jerome Bertrand shares his experience of a day-long performance at Atelier Galerie 2112 in Montreal, Quebec Canada that took place on World Collage Day in 2024. “In the end, we covered Juliette\u2019s body down to just below the knees, using 783 individual temporary tattoos.” He wrote, “This living collage became not only a visual accumulation of seven years of material, but also a manifestation of shared labor, trust, and spontaneous community.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CUT-OUT PAGES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What Defines Us?<\/strong>
Elzbieta Zdunek | Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elzbieta Zdunek is inspired by 20th century Italian philosopher and writer Umberto Eco who once said, \u201cEvery story tells a story that has already been told.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Range of Emotions<\/strong>
Lindsey Boss | Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI consider collage an obsession of mine,\u201d wrote Lindsey Boss. \u201cI\u2019m addicted to the way it feels to hold scissors and making even the tiniest cut, to glue sticks, and to the shadows created by layering of paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Common Thread of Experience<\/strong>
Lisa Sheets | Kenmore, Washington, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI often use repetition and digital manipulation of source images to emphasize key imagery and create symmetrical compositions,\u201d wrote Lisa Sheets. Transportation infrastructure mingles with butterflies and jello in her Cut-Out Page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Safety Becomes a Prison<\/strong>
Robyn Bragg | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robyn Bragg wrote, \u201cMy work is rooted in my love of storybooks, myths, and archetypal imagery. My practice is a part of the surrealist tradition, which uses the process of collage to connect to the world of dreams, emotions, and the unconscious.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Specific Theater of Events<\/strong>
Maria Filek | Wadowice, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria Filek offered some advice to budding collage artists: \u201cCreating collages can be compared to a laborious journey through the world of fantasies, associations, or through a specific theater of events.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joy Is Weapon<\/strong>
Marite Norris | Scarborough, Western Australia, Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marite Norris constructs surreal collage worlds where eyes, symbols, and fragments assemble into narratives of feminine power and joyful resistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Metaphor of Ourselves<\/strong>
Marta Janik | Warsaw, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shiny brass instruments, an antique victrola, stars and musical notes make up Marta Janik\u2019s Cut-Out Page. When I see it, I hear old jazz and I feel collage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dense Compositions that Weave<\/strong>
Michelle Bowers | Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michelle Bowers is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and educator, specializing in lettering and collage work that blends handmade and digital processes. \u201cMy studio art practice centers on experimental projects that move between conceptual inquiry and material exploration.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Playful & Engaging<\/strong>
Phyllis Schwartz | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ever generous Phyllis Schwartz offers us a series of Cut-Out Pages: one of wrist watches, one of shoes and boots, and then an eclectic one where a pink sprinkled donut mixes with a woman laughing, a hot air ballon, an electric drill, a glass of whine, a mismatched pair of socks and a green cat licking his paw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butterflies in the Stomach<\/strong>
Stefano Carbone | Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefano Carbone\u2019s visual work is tied to his poetry, both of which are meditations on \u201cintrospection, solitude, and relationships.\u201d He wrote of the queerness in his work that it \u201cis not merely a theme but a method: a way of assembling divergent materials, emotions, and origins into new constellations of meaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universal Emotional Burdens<\/strong>
Virginie Maltais | Montreal, Quebec, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virginie Maltais \u201coperates both in abstraction and in symbolism. Her works embrace depth and invite viewers to discover her visual language full of polarity. Her universe is full of contrasting and nuanced colors, geometric and flowing lines, as well as overlayed and minimalist areas.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zoom Zoom Zoom<\/strong>
Ric Kasini Kadour | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA & Montreal, Quebec, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ric Kasini Kadour\u2019s Cut-Out Page draws on fragments from vintage Japanese lottery tickets, fabric swatches, and an old Jazz poster, elements that make their way into his graphic design and digital collage work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humanity’s Collective Psyche<\/strong>
Martin Do\u0161ek | Pardubice, Czech Republic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin Do\u0161ek spends his working life at a computer making advertisements. His collage work is a different passion. \u201cThis is just a play,\u201d wrote the artist. \u201cI enjoy the lightness with which anything can be composed, at the same time creating stories that I think up.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remaining Allegorical<\/strong>
Robyn Dansie | London, England, United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robyn Dansie wrote, \u201cI aim to examine society\u2019s lusts and the desire for fortune and fame and, consequently, to highlight our insecurities.\u201d Her collage, Feast of Languages, goes from silly to serious real fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Glabella & The Naison<\/strong>
Gayle Gerson | Grand Junction, Colorado, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gayle Gerson \u201cenjoys the medium of collage because it allows her to use the stuff of everyday life in the form of the paper scraps, advertising, text and ephemera to embed evidence of our culture directly into the art pieces she creates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT World Collage Day 2026 Special Edition In honor of World Collage Day, 9 May 2026, Kolaj Institute is releasing a special edition of Kolaj Magazine. The Special Edition is full of Cut-Out Pages and stories from inspiring collage…<\/p>\n

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