This fall, The Athenaeum joins forces with Collage Philadelphia to highlight contemporary local, national and international collage artists who are at the forefront of the medium. This two-day Symposium explores the past, present and future of collage as an art form. The ticket price covers IN-PERSON attendance for both days of the symposium.

Friday, October 25, 2024

2:00PM DOORS OPEN: Explore the Paper Trails exhibition in the Haas Gallery and works by Alex Da Corte in the Lantern Gallery.

4:00PM ARTIST-TO-ARTIST CONVERSATION: "Cut/Uncut" with Alex Da Corte

5:30PM KEYNOTE: "In Praise of Shadows: Collage as a Spatial Practice" with Yuval Etgar

6:30PM RECEPTION

Saturday, October 26, 2024

8:45AM DOORS OPEN: Visit the galleries and socialize over coffee and pastries.

9:30AM PANEL: National Collage Collectives with Kellette Elliott, Christina Vilutis and Stacey Burgay. Moderated by Jake Dombroski

10:45AM PRESENTATION: "Collage in the Time of War" with Annete Sagal (Ukraine)

11:30AM KEYNOTE: "One Image" with Kensuke Koike (Japan)

2:00PM PANEL: "Archival Blues": A Conversation with Local Artists with Yannick Lowery and Shawn Theodore. Moderated by Jillian M. Rock

3:15PM PANEL: Collage in Museum and Media with Mario Zoots and Jason Chen. Moderated by Yuval Etgar