Visual Arts

Architecture & Collage is a four-week virtual/online collage artist residency from Kolaj Institute taking place 13 August-3 September 2026. The residency is intended for artists with a practice of collage and/or architecture who want to explore the intersections of the two mediums. Residencies are open to any artist over the age of 21 from anywhere in the world.

In this residency, artists will consider architecture as building technology, visual art, culture, history, storytelling, folklore, and preservation. Through presentations, discussion prompts, guest speakers, and collage-making activities, artists will explore how buildings, rooms, neighborhoods, and places shape relationships to memory, identity, and community. Activities may include photographing an element of place, creating a relationship map, building a material inventory, connecting one’s artist practice to architectural ideas, and developing a final artwork that speaks to the intersection of Architecture and Collage.

The residency is led by Seth Ter Haar, Managing Director of Kolaj Institute and 2024-2026 Fellow of Docomomo Wisconsin. Guest speakers will include Ric Kasini Kadour, Director of Kolaj Institute, and Clive Knights, collage artist and founding director of the School of Architecture at Portland State University. Sessions take place Thursday, 13 August; Thursday, 20 August; Thursday, 27 August; and Thursday, 3 September 2026, 7–9 PM EDT. Deadline to Apply: Tuesday, 14 July 2026. Final Deadline to Apply: Tuesday, 28 July 2026. The cost is $600 USD per artist, with a limited number of grants available to offset the cost for those in need. Apply at https://kolajmagazine.com/content/content/calls-for-artists/call-to-artists-architecture-and-collage-virtual-residency/

Collage on Screen Artist Residency 2026 is a five-week, virtual/online residency from Kolaj Institute for collage artists who want to develop a practice that includes motion in their artmaking. The program takes place 22 August-27 September 2026 and brings artists together through five virtual meetings, ongoing online discussion, and three one-hour tech clinics.

The residency is part of Kolaj Institute’s Collage in Motion project, which explores collage and the moving image, including animations, film cut-ups, collage film, stop-motion, animated GIFs, documentaries about collage artists, and other media in which collage—as medium or genre—is present. Participants will consider collage on screen as temporal art and explore how moving images and sound can shape story, sequence, and immersive experience.

Designed for collage artists, the residency welcomes all skill levels. Those new to the medium should be prepared to develop technical skills such as video editing, sound editing, and digital image editing. Faculty include Emily Denlinger, Robbie Morgan, and Ric Kasini Kadour. Residents will make a 30 second film that will be considered for Collage on Screen at Kolaj Fest New Orleans, 23-27 June 2027. If selected, the film will be included in Kolaj Institute’s traveling screening program. Artists may also choose to make longer works, which will also be considered.

The cost of the residency is $600 per artist; however, no artist will be turned away for lack of funds and the organizers will work with artists to build a financial aid package. Early Deadline to Apply: Wednesday, 15 July 2026. Final Deadline to Apply: Sunday, 2 August 2026. Artists may apply through the application link on the call page.