⚡️Upcoming Exhibition - ‘Mapping Stories | Scéalmhapáil'⚡️
Opening on Friday, 28 February at 5.00pm.
The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co.Mayo, Ireland.
F23 AN24
Exhibition runs until Saturday, 5 April 2025. All Welcome.The Linenhall Arts Centre and Visual Artists Ireland (VAI) are delighted to present ‘Mapping Stories | Scéalmhapáil' - featuring Thomas Brawn; Ann Conmy; Joanna Hopkins; Louise Hynes; Davinia Johnson; Anthony D Kelly; Katherine (Kate) Kelly; Jo Killalea; Sharon Ní Chuilibín and Martina O’Connor. Curated by Marianne O’Kane Boal.
About the Exhibition:
Mapping Stories | Scéalmhapáil' is a group exhibition at the Linenhall Arts Centre to mark the culmination of the Bolay Programme 2024. It features ten Mayo-based artists who have been mentored by curator Marianne O'Kane Boal over a three month period in preparation for this exhibition. The exhibition includes a diverse range of art forms; drawing, painting, sculpture, print, photography, film, audio and collage. These narratives within the exhibition are personal and collective, documenting self and other. They have an importance within County Mayo but equally contain a wider significance. Such multivalent approaches to mapping stories create a rich and nuanced series of works that reflect the shared discussion and reflection that was conducted in the preparation phase for the exhibition.
From the Curator 2024:
“Working with this group of artists and curating the exhibition has been a pleasure. It has been rewarding to individually mentor each of the ten artists and to explore a range of approaches and working methods. It has been important to have a common goal of the exhibition to prepare for and this has ensured that there is a collective purpose for the group but equally a place for each individual artist to reflect on their work and the theme. The Bolay programme delivered by the Linenhall Arts Centre in association with Visual Artists Ireland is an invaluable support to Mayo artists and it has been a joy to be part of”. Marianne O’Kane Boal, Curator.
Image: 'The Things We Did Not Talk About When You Were Here' (Detail) - Painting - Mixed Media – Oil, Ink, and Acrylic on Fabriano Paper - Martina O’ Connor.
For more about the exhibition and Bolay Mentorship Programme Click Here.
🎪🔍 Children’s Book Project Announcement: Fleadom Flea Circus🔎🎪
🎪🔍 Children’s Book Project Announcement: Fleadom Flea Circus🔎🎪
Roll Up! Roll Up!
Many great things happened this year, and one of the best was to begin collaborating on a children’s book with my dear friend Marta Janik. Drawing on our dual interests in illustration and circus culture we have delved into the unusual universe of Flea Circuses to develop a visually rich and vibrant world. The book is almost complete and some of our illustrations have won a place in an upcoming exhibition resulting from this years Clairvoyants children’s book competition. This competition is hosted bi-annually by the Dwie Siostry publishing house and our project was chosen as one of the most interesting projects out of 554 submissions!
Flea Circuses once existed throughout the world and actually involved trained fleas performing tricks! There was also a variant of these Circuses which utilized magnets and other mechanical devices to simulate the presence of performing fleas. These were known as “Humbug Shows”. Although the amount of Flea Circuses in existence today can be counted on one hand, they were strange and fascinating phenomenon with a history all of their own.
More about our book below:
“Fleadom is a raucous, fun fueled journey through life at an extravagant Flea Circus. In this magical setting, fleas, animals and humans all collaborate as equals to perform wondrous and reality defying stunts. Under our little big top we learn that creatures and people don’t have to be big in size to be important or to do amazing things.
Rich with tiny details, hidden meanings, and historical and cultural references, this is a book that invites parents and children to delve into its pages and explore its magical world again and again, each time finding some new and interesting details that elaborate on the colourful universe within.
Small and unusual wonders do exist when we pay careful attention to the world around us. For example, I invite you to consider a flea learning to juggle on a unicycle, and then tell me you are not impressed.”
Don’t get too itchy! More Fleadom Coming Soon!
For more of the wonderful work of Marta Janik get your act together by Clicking Here.
⚡️✂️KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE: Frankenstein Book Launch - Saturday, December 7, 2024, 6-9PM GMT✂️⚡️
⚡️KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE: Frankenstein Book Launch - Saturday December 7, 2024, 6-9PM GMT⚡️
A cohort of international collage artists worked together to illustrate Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's classic 19th century novel Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus with the 21st century reader in mind. Artists created illustrations that connected Shelley's text to contemporary issues. Artists explored the role of science and artificial intelligence, queerness, intersectional identities, narcissism, and modern relationships. Seventy-six illustrations appear in a new publication of the novel and in a folio of twenty-four prints available for purchase and as a traveling exhibition. In this Kolaj LIVE Online, project art director Christopher Kurts will speak about the project and interview artists who contributed to it. "Shelley's timelessness is proven by our ability to use her novel to reflect on our world today," said Kolaj Institute Director Ric Kasini Kadour. "Collage artists, with their unique ability to transcend scale, place, and history, are well-suited to giving us pictures that bring vintage texts into the contemporary moment."
Featured creatures include:
Claire Dannenbaum (Eugene, Oregon, USA); Emily Denlinger (Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA); Suzanne Greenberg (New York, New York, USA); David Edward Johnson (Skaneateles, New York, USA); Marta Janik (Warsaw, Poland); Anthony D Kelly (Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland); Maureen Letton (San Francisco, California, USA); Rosie Lewis (York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom); Anissa Malady (San Francisco, California, USA); Rebecca Steiner (Lyme, Connecticut, USA); Jessica TranVo (Boston, Massachusetts, USA); Anthony Naimo (Spruce Pine, North Carolina, USA); Elzbieta Zdunek (Berlin, Germany)
ABOUT KOLAJ LIVE ONLINE
Kolaj LIVE Online is a series of virtual programs in the form of forums, panels, workshops, artist talks, studio visits, and other activities that allow people to come together, learn and talk about collage, and connect in real time to the collage community. Our goal is to bring the community together in a spirit of mutual support and fellowship.Kolaj LIVE Online manifests Kolaj Magazine and Kolaj Institute by bringing together artists, curators, and writers to share ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. Learn more at the SERIES WEBSITE.
ADMISSION TO THIS EVENT IS FREE - REGISTER HERE
To purchase a copy of this magnificent book simply Click Here.
⚡️✒️ ITS ALIVE: Mary Shelly's Frankenstein: Kolaj Edition ✒️⚡️
⚡️✂️ Featured Artist in Mary Shelly's Frankenstein: Kolaj Edition✂️⚡️
⚡️⚡️!!!!!ITS ALIVE!!!⚡️⚡️
In the Autumn of 2023, I had the real pleasure of teaming up with a whole crew of creaturely collaborators to illustrate a new version of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. It was macabre delight to work with these monsters on dissecting Mary Shelly’s seminal work of proto-sciencefiction. It was an amazing process to spend time thinking about and drawing out the colourful, magical and fearful imagery within. I had a lot of fun working on the illustrations in this version with our ghastly group, including my dear friend and regular collaborator Marta Janik.
I am delighted to announce that the book is now ready for release!
See more from the publishers below:
”This new version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's classic 19th century novel Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus features seventy-six illustrations by International Collage Artists who delved into the novel's rich narrative and visual potential and created thought-provoking artworks that reflect the essence of Frankenstein in a 21st century context. “Frankenstein,” writes artist David Edward Johnson, “The name alone conjures a lightning storm of images. From corpses, unholy and unearthed, to gothic laboratories, alive with galvanic impulse, to personal loss, longing, and anger. Shelley’s 1818 masterwork is locked in our collective unconscious like a fever dream. Since childhood, I have been in love with its silent shudders and moss-covered 19th-century tableaus.” Artists created illustrations that connected Shelley's text to contemporary issues. Artists explored the role of science and artificial intelligence, queerness, intersectional identities, narcissism, and modern relationships. "Shelley's timelessness is proven by our ability to use her novel to reflect on our world today," said Kolaj Institute Director Ric Kasini Kadour. "Collage artists, with their unique ability to transcend scale, place, and history, are well-suited to giving us pictures that bring vintage texts into the contemporary moment."“
Participating creatures include:
Claire Dannenbaum (Eugene, Oregon, USA); Emily Denlinger (Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA); Suzanne Greenberg (New York, New York, USA); David Edward Johnson (Skaneateles, New York, USA); Marta Janik (Warsaw, Poland); Anthony D Kelly (Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland); Maureen Letton (San Francisco, California, USA); Rosie Lewis (York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom); Anissa Malady (San Francisco, California, USA); Rebecca Steiner (Lyme, Connecticut, USA); Jessica TranVo (Boston, Massachusetts, USA); Anthony Naimo (Spruce Pine, North Carolina, USA); Elzbieta Zdunek (Berlin, Germany)
To purchase a copy of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein: Kolaj Edition simply CLICK HERE.
To find out more about this project and the overarching Collage and Illustration program CLICK HERE.
Cover Image: “Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus” (2023) - David Edward Johnson
📢✒️ Intentional Selection Coverage in Kolaj Magazine #40✒️📢
📢✂️Intentional Selection Coverage in Kolaj Magazine #40✂️📢
It really is something to see coverage of this years Intentional Selection festival at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co.Mayo printed within the hallowed pages Kolaj Magazine #40. I wanted to say a big thanks to Ric Kasini Kadour for “Ceiliúradh Pobail” his article providing coverage and support and insight into this summers festival.
Intentional Selection was really great to put together with Silvio Severino, Una Gildea and Deirdre Melvin. Personally, I discovered many new artists, as well as new works by some old favorites. As Ric states in his article “ Of all the art mediums, collage is about bringing people together, breaking down hierarchies, and celebrating creativity”.
Kolaj Magazine Issue #40 also features:
✂️”What Does Freedom Look Like?” a fantastic interview by Jennifer Roach with Annete Sagal, Katya Syta and Olha Syta of the Kyiv Collage Collective on their powerful continuing cultural work and the growth of the CUTOUT FESTIVAL in spite of the war.
✂️“I Contain Multitudes” fantastic coverage of a traveling group exhibition which considers blackness in American collage by Kelly M. Johnson.
✂️”Attention & Connection” a vitalizing and interesting article on the work of the Dutch collagist Anneke Stil by Helen Hartmann.
✂️A whole host of other writings and images from international collage artists doing incredible things.
For more from Kolaj Magazine #40 and the work of the Kolaj Institute CLICK HERE.
For more of the great work of the Kyiv Collage Collective CLICK HERE.
To find out more about whats happening in the Linenhall Arts Center CLICK HERE.
Cover Image: “Sunday June 8, ‘30. A Wonderful Day” by Joe Rudko.
📢✒️ Featured in Publication - Poetry X Collage Journal: Volume7 ✒️📢
📢✒️ Featured Artist in Poetry X Collage Journal: Volume 7 ✒️📢
I am thrilled to have had my artwork published in the latest Poetry X Collage Journal (Vol:7). This journal is a release of the Kolaj Institute and features the work of some of the many fantastic artists who I had the pleasure to meet during original residency back in 2022, alongside some excellent new collage poets.
For a statement by the publishers read below:
“Poetry X Collage is a printed journal of artwork and writing which 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.”
This journal features:
Pablo Cabrera Ferralis
Leipzig, Germany
Natalie W Schorr
Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Hanna Madej
Wroclaw, Poland
Dianalog
Palm Springs, Florida, USA
Christy Sheffield Sanford
Saint Augustine, Florida, USA
Asemic Writing:
by Anthony D Kelly,
Laura Tafe, Thomas Mayer, and Janice McDonald,
with commentary by Ric Kasini Kadour
For more about the Poetry X Collage Journals click here.
To purchase Poetry X Collage Volume 7 click here.
Cover Image Credit: Detail of BY CHANCE/LA DÉRIVE by Pablo Cabrera Ferralis
⚡️✂️RECORDING- Words in Motion: Collage Poetry and Publication: (Panel Discussion& Showcase) on Saturday the 7th of September 2024. ⚡️✂️
⚡️✂️Intentional Selection – A Celebration of Collage✂️⚡️
Words in Motion: Collage Poetry and Publication: Panel Discussion & Showcase.
RECORDING AVAILABLE CLICK HERE
What a privilege it was to speak with Ric Kasini Kadour of Kolaj Magazine and the artist Eve Kimmerling about the vibrant intersection between Collage, Poetry and Publication. A massive thank you to Redfoxpress, for your wonderful showcase of beautiful collage and poetry books.
It was great meeting you again and I was delighted to pick up a few more of your books for my collection.
A massive thanks to Linenhall Arts Centre setting everything up so beautifully!
To learn more about Ric, visit www.rickasinikadour.com ; for Kolaj Magazine, visit www.kolajmagazine.com ; and for Kolaj Institute, visit www.kolajinstitute.org .
For more from Redfoxpress, and to peruse their beautiful books visit: www.redfoxpress.com
To delve further into Eve Kimmerling's work visit:
https://collage-reverie.com/
⚡️✂️Intentional Selection – A Celebration of Collage - Words in Motion: Collage Poetry and Publication: (Panel Discussion& Showcase) on Saturday the 7th of September 2024. ⚡️✂️
⚡️✂️Intentional Selection – A Celebration of Collage✂️⚡️
Words in Motion: Collage Poetry and Publication:
(Panel Discussion& Showcase) on Saturday the 7th of September 2024.
3.30pm-6pm at the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co.Mayo, Ireland.
F23 AN24
Join us for an exciting panel discussion with Ric Kasini Kadour of the Kolaj Institute with artists Anthony D Kelly and Eve Kimmerling about the vibrant intersection between Collage, Poetry and Publication. As well as a showcase of beautiful collage and poetry books by Red Fox Press.
From 3.30pm: Achill based book makers Red Fox Press will also be in attendance the Linenhall Arts Centre, showcasing a selection from their wonderful array of limited edition handmade books. Their beautiful books have attained global renown and often explore themes of Collage and Visual Poetry.
At 5pm: Publisher, Collage Artist and Community Organiser Ric Kasini Kadour will join us live by satellite to share his insights and perspectives on the book as a place for Collage and Kolaj Magazines approach to publishing. This conversation will take place in the Linenhall theatre space with artists Anthony D Kelly and Eve Kimmerling. Anthony and Eve are both Collage Artists practicing in the west of Ireland and who use poetry and text as integral parts of their visual arts practice.
This promises to be a rich an interesting event exploring the worlds of Collage, Poetry and Publication. See you there!!!
For the live event, booking is encouraged by clicking here.
If you are at distance and don’t want to miss the Panel Discussion at 5pm (GMT) discussion then join the live stream by clicking here.
About the Contributors:
Ric Kasini Kadour:
Ric Kasini Kadour is a writer, artist, publisher, and cultural worker. He was the recipient of a 2020-2021 Curatorial Fellowship from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. His art-making crosses media and includes collage, photography, printmaking, installations, and art product making. Kadour sees ‘zine-making as an extension of his art practice.
His artwork has been exhibited in Georgia, Ireland, Louisiana, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Scotland, Tennessee, Vermont, and Wisconsin and is in private collections in Australia, Canada, France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In addition to his art practice, Kadour is the founding editor and publisher of Kolaj Magazine and has written for a number of galleries and his writing has appeared in Hyperallergic, Vermont Magazine, Seven Days, Seattle Weekly, Art New England (where he was the former Vermont editor) and many others. He has produced a number of exhibits as a gallerist and curator.
His community organizing efforts have resulted in a number of large scale art events in North America and beyond. In August 2021, Kadour curated an exhibition of international collage artists, “Empty Columns Are a Place to Dream”, as part of Birr Vintage Week & Arts Festival in Birr, Co. Offaly. The exhibition received a 2021 National Heritage Award. The exhibition moved to the Knoxville Museum of Art in Tennessee and was part of a book of the same name, published by Kolaj Institute in 2022.
Kadour holds a BA in Comparative Religious Studies from the University of Vermont. Kadour splits his time between Montreal and New Orleans.
To learn more about Ric, visit www.rickasinikadour.com; for Kolaj Magazine, visit www.kolajmagazine.com; and for Kolaj Institute, visit www.kolajinstitute.org.
Red Fox Press:
Operating from a renovated cottage in Dugort on Achill Island, Red Fox Press have received global recognition for their handmade books and have become an integral part of the cultural fabric of the west of Ireland. Artists Francis Van Maele and Antic-Ham have generated a rich and wonderful array of artistic output and a history of supportive collaborative projects with practicing artists worldwide.
For more from Red Fox Press and to peruse their beautiful books visit:
www.redfoxpress.com
Eve Kimmerling:
Eve-Marie Kimmerling is a Group Analyst in private practice based in Co. Mayo in the West of Ireland.
Deeply rooted in her rural West of Ireland context, she was ‘astounded into being’ as a collage artist in a creative response to the often turbulent, fragmented, and disembodied nature of our recent times. While she has over 20 years’ experience working as a therapist, she is relatively new to her art making practice, having started in 2022. As an artist, she sees her collage work as an extension of her group analytic practice. The groups she belongs to and their wider social contexts inform and influence the collages she creates.
Creating her colourful pieces became a way of reflecting on, processing, and expressing themes arising in her work as a group analyst.
To delve further into Eve’s work visit:
https://collage-reverie.com/
Anthony D Kelly:
Anthony D Kelly is a Visual Artist, Writer, and Integrative Psychotherapist. He works mainly with Illustration, Collage and Assemblage techniques to create hopeful, humorous, and sometimes unnerving and deeply satirical imagery. He is currently based in Castlebar, County Mayo located on Irelands West Coast. He has extensive experience as a Gallery Administrator, Curator and Project Facilitator.
He is a proactive and experienced member of the Irish Collage Community. He was chosen as the Kolaj Institute’s World Collage Day Artist 2023. He has exhibited across Ireland, Europe and in the U.S.A. and has delivered workshops and lectures at Collagistas Festivals 5 & 6 in Dublin and Brussels.
His work has featured in many publications including Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, Creativ Paper, Murze Magazine and Kolaj Magazine.
He has studied Arts Administration, Arts Participation and Global Development, and Humanistic Psychotherapy. Anthony is greatly interested in the Arts as an effective method for engagement with Social, Political and Global Development issues; and for seeking beyond the known to formulate the new. He is also deeply interested in the creative interplay between literature and visual art, and their roles as meaning making processes and in promoting positive mental health.
✂️Intentional Selection – A Celebration of Collage - Moving Collage Screening: Saturday 27th July 2024, Showing at: 2pm & 3pm- ✂️
⚡️✂️Intentional Selection – A Celebration of Collage✂️⚡️
Moving Collage Screening: Saturday 27th July 2024 at 2pm & 3pm
The Linenhall Arts Centre, Linenhall Street, Castlebar, Ireland, F23 AN24
ADMISSION: FREE
Roll Up! Roll Up! As part of the Intentional Selection Fesival Programme we welcome you to experience these wonders of Moving Collage during two special screenings this Saturday the 27th of July at The Linenhall Arts Centre at 2pm & 3pm.
For your visual delectation we are delighted to present an intentionally selected and carefully curated programme of international collage animation for your enjoyment:
Programme of works:
‘Black Coffee’ – Music Video - Marta Janik (POLAND) - Run Time: 2m 58s
‘Catching the Fish’ – Working Method - Schrieck (FRANCE)– Run Time: 2m 14s
“The Last Performance’ – Carlos David – Run Time: 1m 03s
‘Finn’ – Music Video for ‘The Nualas’ - Una Gildea (IRELAND) – Run Time: 3m 43s
‘Three Kings’ – Martina aka Kosmo Nauty (POLAND) – Run Time: 0m 44s
‘Work in Progress’- David Crunelle (BELGIUM) - Run Time: 3m 39s
‘Pothole in the Sky’ – Music Video – Jason Kearney (IRELAND) – Run Time: 3m 56s
‘Working Method’ - Ria Bauwens (BELGIUM) – Run Time: 0m 53s
‘International Loop Conspiracy’ – Animated Collage - Silvio Severino (IRELAND) – Run Time: 5m 15s
“SPARKS” – Una Gildea (IRELAND) – Run Time: 3m 20s
‘Fetes’ – Seasonal – Stephen Tierney (AUSTRALIA & MEXICO) – Run Time: 3m 23s
‘Transit’ – Music Video - Aline Helmcke (GERMANY) – Run Time: 4m 26s
‘Bordo: Zvezde v Mlaju’ - Music Video - Maruša Štibelj (SLOVENIA) – Run Time: 4m 00s
‘April’s Dancing’ – Moving Collage - Una Gildea (IRELAND) – Run Time: 3m 07s
‘Bordo: Lai Lai svet’ - Music Video - Maruša Štibelj (SLOVENIA) - Run Time: 3m 56s
‘Calibro 35’ – Music Video - Aline Helmcke (GERMANY) – Run Time: 3m 05s
‘Untitled’ - Music Video – Kirill Abdrakhmanov (GERMANY) – Run Time: 3m 39s
‘Majewska Koneserzy Kolejnego’ – Music Video - Marta Janik (POLAND) – Run Time: 3m 55s
‘Once There Was a Girl’ - Moving Collage - Una Gildea (IRELAND) – Run Time: 3m 05s
Dont miss out on this amazing event.
Admission is free.
Booking is advised through here.
#IntentionalSelection24
⚡️UPCOMING EXHIBITION: THE IRISH CONTEMPORARIES III - July 6th - August 10th 2024 at Building Bridges Art Exchange, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, USA.⚡️
⚡️UPCOMING EXHIBITION: THE IRISH CONTEMPORARIES III⚡️
Opening Reception: Saturday 6th of July at 1pm (PST).
Exhibition Runs: 6th of June - 10th of August 2024
Location: Building Bridges Art Exchange, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, USA
I am thrilled to take part in the upcoming 'The Irish Contemporaries III' exhibition with a limited edition of art cards at alongside an incredible array of artists at the Building Bridges Art Exchange. This exhibition is a partnership between MART Gallery & Studios alongside the Contemporary Irish Arts Centre Los Angeles (CIACLA).
The New Irish Contemporaries opens today Saturday the 6th of July at 1pm (PST). If you are in the Santa Monica area check it out. For more on the show itself click here.
MART have been a great support to my practice since I joined their membership programme last year. Check out their membership programme and other activities here.
For more about the important work of the Contemporary Irish Arts Centre Los Angeles (CIACLA) visit here.