The Collage Party
November 28th, 2019 – February 14th 2020
Touring collage pavilion The Collage Party created by Paul Butler exhibiting in Graffiti Gallery; three collage parties set to be led by artists, musicians, dancers.
Paul Butler, a Winnipeg-born, Toronto-based artist, created the Collage Party over 20 years ago. Butler’s passion for collage stems from his appreciation that collage is accessible to all. Collage is responsive, because you don’t have to start from a blank piece of paper, and there’s a sense of playful freedom. Butler feels that there is no right or wrong way to make a collage.
“It’s a form of lateral learning”
As Paul Butler, creator of the Collage Party, was not in attendance, we invited local artist to lead the Collage party in Paul’s place. We had three unique Collage Party events, hosted by featured artists: Meganelizabeth Diamond (Winnipeg Underground Film Festival), Todd Kowalski (Propagandhi, charcol, oils), and the Weather Parade Dance Theatre. Each artist brought elements of their own practice, leading the parties with music, moving-images and dance. All of the artwork featured in the exhibition will be made throughout the run of the show, which will give community members a chance to exhibit their own work as well as build an evolving community voice into the show’s foundation.
Considered multi-disciplinary, Paul Butler’s practice is focused around community, collaboration and artist-run activity. In addition to his ongoing studio practice, Butler’s projects include: The Collage Party – a touring collective studio made open to the public; directing The Other Gallery (2001-2011) – a nomadic commercial gallery; leading Reverse Pedagogy - an experimental residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts. From 2012-2013, Butler served as the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Currently, he is a Sessional Lecturer at University of Toronto.
Butler has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; White Columns, New York City; Creative Growth Art Centre, Oakland; and La Maison Rouge, Paris. He has contributed writings to the books The Life and Times of Bill Callahanand Decentre: Concerning Artist-run Culture as well as Border Crossings and Canadian Art. Butler's work is held in numerous private and public collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Bank of Montreal, the Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank and TD Canada Trust.
Paul Butler's The Collage Party #1 with host Meganelizabeth Diamond
Collage Party #1 led by
Meganelizabeth Diamond
Dec 6/19, 7-11pm
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Collage Party #2 led by Todd Kowalski
Jan 9/20, 7 - 11pm
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Collage Party #3 led by
Ali Robson (Weather Parade Dance Theatre)
Robinson is a dancer, teacher and choreographer who works in both dance and theatre and is curious about collaborating across disciplines and creating work with and for people of all ages. Ali will be leading us in a form of collaborative collage-making that will incorporate improvised dance
Jan 23/20, 7 - 11pm
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Paul Butler's The Collage Party 3 with host Ali Robson (Weather Parade Dance Theatre) January 23, 2020 at Graffiti Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada.