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title: "Montreal: City as Archive Artist Lab-October 2026"
description: Five-day collage Artist Lab in Montreal exploring place as archive, with two Zoom meetings and a virtual reconvening. $1050 CAD fee; grants available.
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type: program
status: closed
createdAt: "2026-09-04"
updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Workshop/program
organization: Kolaj Institute
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/kolaj-institute
deadline: "2026-09-13"
location: Atelier Galerie 2112, Montreal, QC, Canada
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disciplines:
  - collage
  - mixed media
---

# Montreal: City as Archive Artist Lab-October 2026

**Hosted by:** Kolaj Institute

**Type:** Workshop/program | **Location:** Atelier Galerie 2112, Montreal, QC, Canada | **Deadline:** September 13, 2026

## About This Program

> "Place as Archive"

A five-day, in-person intensive at Atelier Galerie 2112 in Montreal, Quebec, for collage artists using Place as a laboratory. Through presentations, site visits, walks, discussion, research, and studio work, participants investigate the idea of place as archive — how Montreal's buildings, streets, public spaces, signage, material culture, communities, and histories can inform collage. Artists explore Little Italy, Mile End, Plateau Mont-Royal, the Gay Village, Place des Arts, Downtown, Chinatown, and Old Montreal, and reflect on the Centre-Sud district's history through the Écomusée du fier monde.

The Lab speaks to issues of appropriation, copyright, and fair use, and explores how the artist's choice and understanding of material shapes the narrative of the artwork; other topics include artist practice, approaches to research and play, building context for artwork, and diffusion into the ecosystem of art. Artists have access to a printer, a library of collage materials and tools, and substrates. At the end of the week, artists make brief presentations of their artwork and speak about their proposals to develop a larger body of work or project.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** collage, mixed media
- **Age Requirements:** 21+ years old
- **Note:** Artists over age 21, at any career stage, may apply from anywhere in the world.

## Compensation & Benefits

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.

## What's Provided

- **Studio Access:** Provided - Atelier Galerie 2112 in Montreal's Gay Village becomes a collage making studio for the week. Artists will have access to a printer, a library of collage materials and tools, as well as substrates.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** September 4, 2026
- **Deadline:** September 13, 2026
- **Program Start:** October 6, 2026
- **Program End:** October 11, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://forms.gle/BeGbS9Wz3ykXz6mU7