Kolaj Institute Solo Residencies
Dates: One or Two-Week Residencies with dates mutually agreed with Kolaj Institute
DEADLINE: Submissions are being reviewed on an ongoing basis
The 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 in New Orleans are designed to provide artists, curators, and writers with dedicated time and space to work on a project.
Projects may include things like:
- Completing a series of collage artworks
- Using the archive and collections to researching collage
- Exploring and making art about New Orleans as a place
- Working on a book project
- Creating a collection of collage poetry
- Making a stop motion collage film
- Preparing art for an exhibition
- Developing one’s practice to work on a larger scale
- Or taking a moment to review, organize, and document one’s art practice.
We are open to your ideas. We are looking for artists with an articulated goal for their time in New Orleans. That goal need not to be explicitly related to New Orleans, though priority will be given to those artists whose projects need time in New Orleans.
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
Residencies may be 1 or 2 weeks. Kolaj Institute provides housing and studio space. Once accepted, Kolaj Institute meets with the resident for a pre-residency assessment where we identify community partners and other resources that can support the project. We then work with the resident to design a plan for their time in New Orleans.
Residents stay in Kolaj Institute’s space at the corner of Saint Claude and Saint Roch Avenues, where they will have their own bedroom, and a shared kitchen and bathroom with shower. (Alternative off-site housing is also available.) Residents work in Kolaj Institute’s Gallery that includes access to collage making supplies and a printer. The Gallery and Resident space is located on the second floor of a building in the Marigny neighborhood. The wrap-around balcony overlooks St. Roch Market. Residents work independently to complete their plan. At the end of the residency, we meet with the artist to review their progress with them and discuss next steps.
COST
The cost of the residency is $900 US for one week (including 6 nights accommodation) or $1400 US for two weeks (including 13 nights accommodation). If the artist is traveling with a partner or companion, there is an additional fee of $400 US per week. A limited number of grants are available in order to offset the fee and reduce barriers to participation to those with a demonstrated financial need. We cannot offer financial aid to cover travel, lodging or food costs.
All travel to and from New Orleans, as well as food and lodging, are the sole responsibility of the artist.
READ THE FULL CALL TO ARTISTS
PoetryXCollage Open Submission
PoetryXCollage is a printed journal of artwork and writing that operates at the intersection of poetry and collage. We are interested in found poetry, blackout poetry, collage poems, haikus, centos, response collages, response poems, word scrambles, concrete poetry, scatter collage poems, and other poems and artwork that inhabit this world.
Each issue presents six movements of work by artists and curators. Page spreads are meant to be free zones of thinking where the contributor has chosen all elements of the layout: font, image place, composition, etc.
Artists and writers interested in submitting should prepare 3-5 page spreads for consideration. Page spreads must conform to exact specifications and include a general artist narrative and a short page spread narrative. We strongly suggest reviewing a copy of PoetryXCollage prior to submitting. We also recommend downloading the PoetryXCollage Specs Doc pdf and reviewing its contents. You can download this Transparent PNG Template to make sure your submission is the correct size and accounts for the bleed and gutter.
Learn more about the PoetryXCollage project on Kolaj Institute's website HERE.
Questions? Send an email.
Kolaj Magazine‘s Artist Directory is a tool for organizing and cataloguing artists who work in the medium of collage. Its audience includes the general public as well as independent curators, art venues, and writers.
What Is the Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory?
Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory is a membership-based directory and advertising program. The editorial staff of Kolaj Magazine uses the Artist Directory to select artists to feature in the publication and to select artists for various curatorial projects and the Artist Directory exists as a public resource for those interested in collage as a medium and is designed to put interested parties in direct contact with artists. Members of the Artist Directory are permitted and encouraged to refer to their Listing when responding to Calls to Artists as a way of facilitating their response. The Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory is the primary online gateway of the Kolaj Institute Artist Archive and is used to organize online information about artist members. We offer members an option for an Artist Advertisement in the printed magazine.
Sign-Up Options
OPTION 1: ONLINE ONLY
The cost of a 12-month membership to the online Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory is $30.00.
OPTION 2: ONLINE & PRINT EDITION
The print edition of Kolaj Magazine features a directory of collage artists. (see example here) Listings are paid advertisements that feature an image as well as the name; city, state, & country; and website or email of the artist. The listings appear in a box that is 3.7 inches wide and 3 inches tall. After you select and send the images to be featured, Kolaj staff will prepare the listing and send you a digital proof if requested. The cost is $60 per issue (or four issues for $160) and includes a 12-month membership to the online directory.
Sign-Up Process
The registration process will ask you for:
Artist Bio
Artist Statement
3-5 images & captions
Collage Books is Kolaj Magazine’s tool for organizing, documenting, and cataloguing books in which collage plays an important role. Our audience includes readers and collectors of collage books as well as curators, art venues, and writers.
We seek submissions of collage-related titles. We take a broad view of collage books and include trade editions, art criticism, coffee table books, ‘zines, artist books, catalogues, literary endeavours that feature collage.
We accept submissions from traditional publishers, small presses, and individual artists and writers.
Inclusion in the directory is at the discretion of the publisher. If you are interested in advertising in the “Collage Books” section of the print magazine, send us an email for details.
Take a look at some of the Directory pages before submitting so you can see how they are laid out and what information is needed for submission.
Sign-Up Process
The registration process will ask you for:
Title and author information
Publisher information
Book Details
An announcement or press release
3-5 images & captions
Review Copy
If you wish to submit a review copy, you can mail the book to:
CANADA
Kolaj Magazine
c/o Maison Kasini Canada
PO Box 247 Station C
Montreal, Quebec H2L 4K1
[NOTE: If you ship to our Canadian address, please only use your country's postal service. We are unable to receive deliveries shipped via UPS, FedEx, DHL or Purolator.]
UNITED STATES
NOHC
ATTN: Kolaj Institute
2374 Saint Claude Avenue, Suite 260
New Orleans, LA 70117
Collage communities are collectives, meet-ups, ongoing collaborative projects, and groups whose focus and mission involves collage as a medium or genre in some way.
The International Directory of Collage Communities is a survey of artist groups who are coming together around collage. The directory exists online as a searchable website. Kolaj Institute publishes a printed directory that features and highlights communities every two years.
By documenting and mapping these communities, Kolaj Institute works to develop a picture of the collage movement: how collage artists are working together, how they are diffusing collage, and what challenges they face mobilizing an art community.
Kolaj Institute invites active collage communities to submit to the directory. The editorial staff of Kolaj Magazine uses the Directory to select communities to feature in the publication and for various curatorial projects.
The primary purpose of database is be a resource to people seeking information about Vermont contemporary art. Its audience includes the general public as well as independent curators, art venues, and writers.
Art presenters use the Artist Database to select artwork for their venues. Artists may also use the database to market, promote, and sell their work.
Kasini House uses the database to select artists for various projects such as artist portfolios in the Vermont Art Guide. Kasini House also uses the database to select artists for Kasini House Art Cards.
Kasini House promotes the Artist Database as a resource to independent curators and writers looking for artists for various projects, particularly those people interested in writing about and curating exhibitions of Vermont contemporary art.
The cost of a 12-month membership to the online Vermont Art Guide Artist Database is $20.00.
SIGN-UP PROCESS
The registration process will ask you for:
Artist Bio
Artist Statement
3-5 images & captions
Kasini House routinely promotes exhibitions in Kolaj Magazine and on its website. The purpose of this tool is to facilitate the submission of exhibition announcements.
Please note, this is optional. You are welcome to submit exhibition announcements and press releases via email.
Email Kolaj Magazine
In order to promote your exhibition, we will need at least one image of artwork in the exhibition and a caption of the artwork. Do not send posters, images of the exhibition postcard, or images with watermarks.
Materials will be reviewed by magazine staff. Please note, submission does not guarantee that we will promote or review an exhibition. You will be contacted for further information, if necessary.
Collage in Motion is a project of Kolaj Institute that explores collage and the moving image, a broad, loosely defined category that includes animations, film cut-ups, collage film, stop-motion, animated GIFs, documentaries about collage artists, and other forms of media in which collage--as medium or genre--is present. We see our role as not one of defining "collage in motion" but as one of asking what "collage in motion" can be. The project manifests as articles in Kolaj Magazine, an online directory, workshops, residencies, and screenings. Artists with practice of Collage in Motion are encouraged to submit to the online directory.
Kolaj Institute's Collage in Motion Directory is a tool for organizing and cataloguing artists who work in the medium of motion collage. Kolaj Institute uses the Directory to curate the Collage in Motion screening that takes place at Kolaj Fest New Orleans. The Directory's audience includes the general public as well as independent curators, art venues, and writers.
The mission of the Directory is to create more visibility, community, and historical understanding of the medium, and to create a future traveling program of screenings and opportunities. We hope to inspire more still image collage artists to explore motion in their work and that we find each other in an increasingly digital world.
Before submitting, take a moment to view a few examples from the Directory so that you can see how your information will be translated to the page.
Kolaj Institute is seeking submissions for participants in one of two PoetryXCollage Residencies in Spring 2026:
The Elusive X: Virtual PoetryXCollage Residency: A five-session virtual residency, 21 February-22 March 2026
Early Deadline to Apply: 31 January 2026
Final Deadline to Apply: 14 February 2026
Fragment as Verse on the Wall: In-Person PoetryXCollage Residency: An in-person residency in New Orleans, Sunday, 12 April to Thursday, 16 April 2026. (Virtual Meetings on Thursday, 2 & 9 April)
Early Deadline to Apply: 28 February 2026
Final Deadline to Apply: 8 March 2026
Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis until space is filled. Artists are encouraged to apply well before the deadline. Also, please note, responses may not be sent out until two weeks after the deadline.
Poetry is an art form that uses language and rhythm to express ideas, convey emotions, and share stories. In poetry, the aesthetic qualities of language make deeper meaning out of words, condensed language, and fragmented text. At its heart, collage is the juxtaposition of visual imagery composed in such a way as to do the same. Each of these art forms invites their audiences to revel in the complexity, richness, and nuance of contemporary life. Since 2022, Kolaj Institute has explored the intersection of poetry and collage throughout its history. In Kolaj 32, Rod T. Boyer’s article “Mind the Gap: Collision and Context in Haiku and Collage“ compares the disjunction that occurs in haiku with a similar phenomenon in collage. Since then, we organized a series of residencies to explore the intersection of poetry and collage. We are interested in found poetry, blackout poetry, collage poems, haikus, centos, response collages, response poems, word scrambles, concrete poetry, scatter collage poems, and other poems and artwork that inhabit this world. Kolaj Institute’s PoetryXCollage project explores and documents the intersection of poetry and collage through a series of residencies, workshops, exhibitions, and PoetryXCollage, a printed journal of artwork and writing that operates at the intersection.
In April 2026, Kolaj Institute Gallery in New Orleans will present the exhibition, "The Fragment as Verse", where all of the work in the exhibition stands at the intersection of poetry and collage. Often work at the intersection of poetry and collage is made for the page. In this exhibition, we will consider how artwork at the intersection operates on the gallery wall. When viewing this work, we are encouraged to think of the fragment which may be text or image as a verse in a complete poem.
To support artists working at the intersection of poetry and collage, Kolaj Institute is organizing two residencies. A virtual residency led by poet and collagist Jennifer Roche will take place between 21 February and 22 March 2026. An in person residency will take place at Kolaj Institute Gallery in New Orleans 12-16 April 2026, and be led by Ric Kasini Kadour. In each of these residencies, artists will explore the intersection of poetry and collage, consider the role of these two artforms in their artist practice, and develop strategies for diffusing their artwork on the page and the gallery wall.
In the Virtual Residency,"The Elusive X", artists will concentrate on the elusive "X" in Poetry X Collage, the dynamic space where these two methods of creativity intersect and inform one another. Our core path of exploration will be: How do we bring the visceral, linguistic precision of poetry and the fragmented, material nature of collage together? Participants will be led on a journey of inquiry to explore what poetry and collage means for them, their work, and our culture. Artists will hear from poet and collagist S. Erin Batiste who will speak about her own work and what Black Fems are doing at the intersection of poetry and collage and why she thinks it matters. Ric Kasini Kadour will share the project history and speak about the curatorial and editorial visions which guide the project.
The focus of the In-Person Residency, "The Fragment as Verse on the Wall", will be about making artwork for the exhibition, "The Fragment as Verse". From 10AM on Sunday, 12 April 2026 to 2PM on Friday, 16 April 2026, artists will have 24-hour access to the gallery, studio, and material library where they can work in community to make collage poetry. In daily meetings, artists will share work and get feedback from one another. Prior to the residency, artists will meet virtually where Ric Kasini Kadour will make presentations on the history of the project, artist practice, and the ecosystem of PoetryXCollage and Jennifer Roche will present on her observations of the intersection. Through in person discussions, artists will explore how the art they make at the intersection of poetry and collage exists on the printed page and on the wall of a gallery. Artists will be invited to present their work at the opening of the exhibition, "The Fragment as Verse", on Saturday, 18 April 2026, 2-4PM. The in-person artist residency at Kolaj Institute Gallery will coincide with the New Orleans Poetry Festival (16-19 April 2026) where we hope artists will connect with poets, editors, and publishers.
OUTCOME
After the Residency, artists will be invited to submit work for the PoetryXCollage journal and for an exhibition on Poetry & Collage at Kolaj Institute Gallery in April and May 2026.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
Residencies are intended for self-motivated writers and artists, at any stage in their career, who want to develop their practice by exploring the intersection of poetry and collage while working in community with others. Writers and Poets who want to explore collage and visual artists who want to explore writing and poetry are encouraged to apply. Residencies are open to any artist over the age of 21 from anywhere in the world.
COST
VIRTUAL RESIDENCY:
The cost of the Virtual Residency is $600 USD per artist. A limited number of grants of $250 is available to offset the Virtual Residency fee and reduce barriers to participation in the program, particularly for those artists coming from places in the world that face historic economic disadvantages.
IN-PERSON RESIDENCY:
The cost of the residency is $750 USD per artist. A limited number of grants of $250 is available to offset the In-Person Residency fee and reduce barriers to participation in the program, particularly for those artists coming from places in the world that face historic economic disadvantages. NOTE: Travel to and from New Orleans, accommodations in New Orleans, and all meals are the responsibility of the artist. Financial aid is not available to offset the expense of travel, accommodation, or meals.
BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON RESIDENCIES:
The cost to take part in both Residencies is $1200 USD per artist. A limited number of grants of $250 is available to offset the Combined Residencies fee and and reduce barriers to participation in the program, particularly for those artists coming from places in the world that face historic economic disadvantages. NOTE: Travel to and from New Orleans, accommodations in New Orleans, and all meals are the responsibility of the artist. Financial aid is not available to offset the expense of travel, accommodation, or meals.
The Elusive X: Virtual Residency Schedule
Saturday, 21 February 2026, 1-3PM EST
Sunday, 22 February 2026, 1-3PM EST
Sunday, 1 March 2026, 1-3PM EST
Sunday, 8 March 2026, 1-3PM EDT
Sunday, 22 March 2026, 1-3PM EDT
Fragment as Verse on the Wall: In Person Residency Schedule
Sunday, 12 April 2026 (10AM) through Thursday, 16 April 2026 (2PM). Artists are welcome to attend the New Orleans Poetry Festival, taking place at the New Orleans Healing Center, 16-19 April 2026.
There will be two virtual pre-meetings for the residency over Zoom, Thursday, 2 April and Thursday, 9 April 2026, 7-9PM EDT.
QUESTIONS
If you have questions, send an email.