Nonsensical Beasts Collage Workshop

Kolaj Institute supports artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, & disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement

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Solo Resident Maria Turner hosts an in-person collage workshop to make "Nonsensical Beasts" and share made up stories about their creatures.

NOTE: This is an in-person event. It will neither be recorded nor simulcast online. Please do not reserve tickets unless you will be in New Orleans on May 11th. "My nonsensical beasts are deformed creatures—composed of various objects including wings, heads, tails, table legs, skirts, boots, and abstract shapes—that are endearing and sometimes charming," writes Montreal-based artist-in-residence Maria Schamis Turner. "I use elements from fashion and design combined with animal or human appendages to draw the eye to a specific shape or gesture within an abstract form. I playfully encourage the viewer to confront the uncomfortable, to discover something beautiful or familiar in what could otherwise be seen as peculiar or even tragic." In celebration of World Collage Day, Turner will host a collage making workshop where participants make "Nonsensical Beasts" and share made up stories about their creatures. The workshop is open to all ages. Materials will be provided.ABOUT KOLAJ INSTITUTE'S SOLO RESIDENCIESThe mission of Kolaj Institute is to support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, and disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. We operate a number of initiatives meant to bring together community, investigate critical issues, and raise collage’s standing in the art world. Kolaj Institute’s Solo Residencies are designed to provide artists, curators, and writers with dedicated time and space to work on a project, develop their practice, and make artwork.ABOUT WORLD COLLAGE DAY<a href="https://kolajinstitute.org/worldcollageday/" title="https://kolajinstitute.org/worldcollageday/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">World Collage Day</a> is an annual, international celebration of collage on the Second Saturday of May. Initiated by Kolaj Magazine in 2018, we invited artists and art venues to hold events on that day to celebrate collage. World Collage Day is about artists connecting across borders against a global context of entrenchment and separation. And the day is about an art medium that excels at bringing different things together to create new forms and new ways of thinking. <a href="http://rickasinikadour.com/main/" title="http://rickasinikadour.com/main/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ric Kasini Kadour</a>, the editor of <a href="http://kolajmagazine.com/content/" title="http://kolajmagazine.com/content/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kolaj Magazine</a>, writes, “We created World Collage Day because we wanted to honour this community of artists and to remind the world what a spirit of cooperation, mutual support, and creativity can look like.”

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