Collage on Screen at Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2026

Collage on Screen, part of Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2026, is an eclectic evening of moving images. Collage on Screen is a project of Kolaj Institute that explores collage and the moving image, a broad, loosely defined category that includes animations, film cut-ups, collage film, stop-motion, documentaries about collage artists, and other forms of media in which collage–as medium or genre–is present.

Admission to Collage on Screen is free for those registered for Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2026. A limited number of tickets is available for the general public at $10.00.

This year's presentation will show the feature-length film, The Inquisitor, by New Orleans, Louisiana artist and filmmaker Angela Lynn Tucker. The film follows the life and career of Barbara Jordan (1936-1996), the first Black Texas state senator, the first Southern Black woman to join Congress (1973-1979), and the first Black American and the first woman to give a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention (1976). In the documentary, Kelly Gallagher's collage stop-motion animation helps tell the full story of Jordan's life and to illustrate aspects missing or erased from the historical record.

The program will begin with a series of short films made by participants in Kolaj Institute’s 2025 Collage on Screen Artist Residency, a five-week program designed to support artists who want to develop a practice that includes motion in their artmaking. The artists worked virtually over five weeks in Summer 2025 where they explored the history of collage on screen and the various ways that collage makes its way to the screen and how collage artists operate in the space of moving images and sound. The artists are: Jennifer Myhre (Sedona, Arizona, USA), Sui Jenneris (Kingston, New York, USA), Kate Lavut (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), and Jennifer Roche (Chicago, Illinois, USA).

The program will be the debut of the short collaborative film Gain of Function: Hope by Emily Denlinger. Gain of Function is a project led by the Cape Girardeau, Missouri artist that speaks to the role of art, ritual, and resilience.

For the Collage in Motion project, Kolaj Institute sees its role not as one of defining “collage in motion”, but as one of asking what “collage in motion” can be. The project manifests as articles in , an online directory, workshops, residencies, and screenings. Artists with a practice of Collage in Motion are encouraged to submit to the online directory.

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