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Kolaj Fest New Orleans--Call for Papers

Type: Calls For Papers [View all]
Posted by: Kolaj Magazine
Deadline: Sun, April 29th, 2018

Kolaj Magazine is an internationally-oriented art magazine dedicated to contemporary collage. WEBSITE

Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day festival and symposium July 12-15, 2018. Our mission is to create a platform that allows us to explore critical issues around collage (how it is curated and presented, its role in contemporary art, and the tensions between collage as a medium, a genre, and a phenomenon).

Our goal is to create an event that attracts a variety of people working in various capacities, such as art professionals at museums, galleries, and centers as well as academics, writers, and artists. The general public will be invited to join us for gallery visits, evening presentations, and collage making.

The program at Kolaj Fest will be a unique opportunity for academic researchers, art programmers, curators, gallerists, critics, and writers to share their research and engage with an enthusiastic community. Our aim is to breakdown hierarchy and foster dialogue among art professionals working in a variety of capacities. To that end, the editorial staff of the magazine and the advisory board of the event will work with artists and presenters to craft a program. That program will involve short presentations and ample Q&A and discussion with the event’s participants. In seeking presentations, we wish to know what stories you have to share. 

We are particularly interested in: historical perspective, art world economics, the role collage has played artist’s practice (particularly when their final work isn’t collage per se); mash up culture; the relationship between contemporary art and society; museum issues; surveys of how collage was presented in exhibition; collections where collage plays a central role; the role of collage various art movements (Modernism, Surrealism, Pop Art, etc); utopian and dystopian imagery in art; art’s role in the current political moment and, in particular, how art responds to sexism and racism; notions of power in the art world and its impact on collage. This is by no means an exhaustive list.

Papers will be published in a Symposium Summary Book after the event.

Sign-Up Process

The registration process will ask you for:
Bio (100-200 words)
Abstract (200-300 words)
& has the option to submit support materials

The deadline to submit is April 29, 2018. Submissions will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Kasini House will notify Submitters no later than May 5th, 2018.

About Kolaj Fest New Orleans

Kolaj Fest New Orleans is produced by Kolaj, an internationally-oriented, printed magazine about contemporary collage. Kolaj Fest New Orleans would not be possible without the support of Press Street, Antenna Gallery, Kolaj Magazine and Kasini House. Kolaj Fest New Orleans is made possible through a generous gift from Laurie and Doug Kanyer. WEBSITE

To Submit, please use our Submittable page: HERE

Posted on Wed, March 14th, 2018
Expires on Sun, April 29th, 2018

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