Montreal: City as Archive Artist Lab-October 2026

Submit an application to participate in a five-day intensive artist lab in Montreal focused on place-based collage artwork and contemporary art projects.

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Deadline: 17 days left
Entry fee: Not listed - check the source
Award: Consideration for 2027 exhibition at Kolaj Institute Gallery in New Orleans and future Place as Archive publications; limited grants available to offset Lab fee
Location: Atelier Galerie 2112, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Exhibition window: Oct 6, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026

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About

Overview

Montreal: City as Archive Artist Lab-October 2026 is a five-day, in-person intensive at Atelier Galerie 2112 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, accompanied by two preparatory virtual meetings on Zoom and a post-Lab virtual reconvening. Organized by Kolaj Institute and led by Ric Kasini Kadour, director of Kolaj Institute and editor of Kolaj Magazine, the Lab is designed for collage artists interested in developing place-based artwork and contemporary art projects.

Program activities

Through presentations, site visits, walks, discussion, research, and studio work, participants will investigate the idea of place as archive. Artists will consider how Montreal's buildings, streets, public spaces, signage, material culture, communities, and histories can inform collage. The Lab addresses appropriation, copyright, fair use, research, play, context, exhibiting, publishing, and the ways artwork circulates through the art ecosystem. Artists will explore multiple Montreal neighborhoods and reflect on the history of the Centre-Sud district through the Écomusée du fier monde.

Key dates

In-person Lab: Tuesday, 6 October to Sunday, 11 October 2026
Preparatory virtual meetings: Dates to be determined
Early application deadline: Sunday, 30 August 2026
Final deadline: Sunday, 13 September 2026

Eligibility

Artists over age 21, at any career stage, may apply from anywhere in the world.

Fees

The fee is $1050 CAD (approximately $750 USD) per artist. A limited number of grants is available to offset the Lab fee; travel, accommodations, and meals remain the artist's responsibility.

Outcomes

At the end of the week, participants will present their artwork and proposals for a larger body of work or project. Artwork made during and after the Lab will be considered for a 2027 exhibition at Kolaj Institute Gallery in New Orleans and future Place as Archive publications. Participants will also become members of Kolaj Institute's Place as Archive Project.

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Submit your application at https://forms.gle/BeGbS9Wz3ykXz6mU7

Media accepted

collage

Award: Consideration for 2027 exhibition at Kolaj Institute Gallery in New Orleans and future Place as Archive publications; limited grants available to offset Lab fee
Entry fee: $1050 CAD (approximately $750 USD) per artist; limited grants available to offset the Lab fee
Theme: Place as archive: investigating how Montreal's buildings, streets, public spaces, signage, material culture, communities, and histories inform collage artwork.
Eligibility: Artists over age 21, at any career stage, from anywhere in the world.
Audience: Artists over age 21, at any career stage, from anywhere in the world

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