Janice McDonald's Blog (16)

Some of you may be wondering why not all of the images that you've uploaded have been posted.Please review the guidelines below, necessary because this is a group site for the global collage community with fairly limited resources...

Please put a representative group of your works on the site and then, for vast numbers of images, put them on flickr, your website, or another image archive. You can then link to the more of your images from your profile page or even on the description of…

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It's been very quiet here of late... wanted to draw attention to this call to participate in the programming of the first ever Kolaj Fest, scheduled for July in New Orleans and sponsored by Kolaj magazine.

Submissions must be in by April 29. Details…

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Hi, all --

More people are documenting their work with video these days but it takes up a lot of space when posted directly to this site. Consider posting your videos to YouTube or Vimeo, then giving us some info and a link instead. 

Thanks,

Janice

Some of you are probably wondering why not all of the images you've uploaded have been posted.We've recently had a tremendous number of new images uploaded so please review the guidelines below, necessary because this is a group site for the global collage community with fairly limited resources...

Please put a representative group of your works on the site and then, for vast numbers of images, put them on flickr, your website, or another image archive. You can then link to the more…

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Entries due 8/22. Details: http://nationalcollage.com/entry_forms/juriedform.html

Excited that this show will be in Denver this year -- looking forward to seeing some amazing work!

Ruling has liberating implications for collage / appropriation artists...

NY Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/arts/design/appeals-court-ruling-favors-richard-prince-in-copyright-case.html?smid=pl-share

I'm pleased to be included in this show, juried by Peter Yumi, at NEXT Gallery in Denver, Colorado. Thought you might like to see the works in the online gallery exhibition book here.

Artists include: Andrea Burgay, Bibbiana Tanina…

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Some of you are probably wondering why not all of the images you've uploaded have been posted.We've recently had a tremendous number of new images uploaded so please review the guidelines below, necessary because this is a group site for the global collage community with fairly limited resources... 

Please put a representative group of your works on the site and then, for vast numbers of images, put them on flickr, your website, or another image archive. You can then link to the more…

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It's great to see all the activity on the site! We've recently had a tremendous number of new images uploaded so we're proposing some guidelines, because this is a group site for the global collage community with fairly limited resources... 

Please put a representative group of your works on the site and then, for vast numbers of images, put them on flickr, your website, or other image archive. You can then link to the rest of the images from your profile page or even on the…

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If you happen to be in the Huntington, NY area... exhibition on view through January 28, 2012

"Collage was the first medium in the twentieth century to challenge the sanctity of the age-old forms of painting and sculpture.  Derived from the French word "coller" (to glue), collage uses bits of torn and cut paper, sometimes taken from trash, to create a sense of dislocation,…

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I've not seen Kate Rivers' collage work in person, but would like to. Looks like it'd be worth a visit if you are in the area! Interesting work.

"Pastiche" exhibition information

Kate Rivers website

 

Here's a link to a good article about the Kurt Schwitters exhibition on view at Princeton University Art Museum through June 26th, 2011. 

Kurt Schwitters: Color and Collage marks the first major U.S.…

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Is everyone aware of the Yahoo discussion group of the International Museum of Collage,… Continue

Excerpt from New York Times article by Roberta Smith, February 4, 2010:…

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Weaver/sculptor Lenore Tawney's collage mail art was collected into a book titled Signs on the Wind, published in 2002. It is quite a wonderful collection of work. I'd looked for it in the past to no avail, but it seems to be back in… Continue

If you get an opportunity to see this film about two charming and quirky collectors, Herb and Dorothy, go! "The incredible true story of a postal worker and a librarian who built a world-class art collection." The film includes commentary by many artists in their studios about their relationships with Herb and Dorothy as well as interesting historical art world footage. I'm not affiliated with this film... but am so glad I saw it.… Continue