World Collage Day

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NOTE: This is a World Collage Day History Page we are preserving as a document of the past. To see the current World Collage Day website, CLICK HERE

World Collage Day was May 12th, 2018.

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Collage Rocks! We love collage so much, six years ago we created a magazine dedicated to contemporary collage.

Collage connects our eyes, our minds, and the muscles in our hands. Collage is accessible and democratic. All you need is some paper, some glue, and a pair of scissors. Collage gets us thinking differently. In the past 100 years, the medium has played a vital role in the advancement of art. Enthusiastic groups of artists come together to make collage regularly. Collage builds communities. Collage makes beautiful contemporary art.

"Part of what makes collage unique in the art world today is the enthusiastic, dedicated, friendly group of people who come together as a community. In the past six years of publishing Kolaj, we have seen countless collaborations, group exhibitions, meet-ups, and events," writes Ric Kasini Kadour in Kolaj #22. "On a regular basis we witness dialogue and a spirit of cooperation and care for one another. Sometimes the art world can be cold, competitive, money-driven, and frankly inhumane. But in this corner of it where artists hang out and make and share collage, we often find the opposite. We think that is awesome and we think the rest of the world should know about it."

To celebrate collage, Kolaj Magazine declared Saturday, May 12, 2018 World Collage Day.

We invite artists, art centres, museums, galleries, schools, and communities to celebrate the day by hosting events that bring communities together. Ideas include collage making meet-ups, docent-led tours of collage in a museum or gallery, activities for kids, slideshows or talks that appreciate collage's role in contemporary art & art history, exhibitions of collage, and more. We invite people to come together around collage in their own communities and to connect to the world digitally using the hashtag #WorldCollageDay.

2018 WORLD COLLAGE DAY EVENTS

Kolaj Magazine will host events in
MONTREAL & NEW ORLEANS

Image: Don’t Play with Your Food
by Michael Pajon

Kolaj Magazine Announces Michael Pajon as the 2018 World Collage Day Poster Artist

For World Collage Day, Michael Pajon composed an image of an anthropomorphized bird, his human hands hold a pair of scissors and a banner heralding the day. Pajon’s image will grace the cover of a Special Edition being prepared by Kolaj Magazine that features Cut Out Pages, artist profiles, and stories about collage. The image will also be made into an enamel pin.

READ ABOUT THE ISSUE

World Collage Day
Special Edition

"A love letter from collagists..."

In honour of World Collage Day on May 12, 2018, Kolaj Magazine is releasing a special edition for World Collage Day. The edition has Cut Out Pages, artist profiles, and stories about collage.

Also available is an enamel pin designed by Michael Pajon featuring the World Collage Day image.

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World Collage Day
Promotional Materials

Kolaj Magazine is working with PRINTSHOP to make World Collage Day promotional materials available. Posters and postcards can be general or customized to a specific event.

If you would like to print your own poster, CLICK HERE to download a pdf.

If you would like to order printed posters and postcards, CLICK HERE

If you would like to customize the materials with your event information, send an email to PRINTSHOP after you place your order with the following information: Event title, location, address, time, and 5-7 word description.

About Kolaj Magazine

Kolaj Magazine is a quarterly, printed magazine about contemporary collage. We are interested in how collage is made, how collage is exhibited, and how collage is collected. We are interested in the role collage plays in contemporary visual culture. Kolaj is a full colour, internationally-oriented art magazine. Kolaj is published in Montreal, Quebec by Maison Kasini. Visit Kolaj Magazine online.

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