Support Making Meaning, a three-day symposium organized by Transforming Collage, an artist-led collective founded by Andrea Burgay and Monica Church. The collective supports projects that explore collage as a conceptually, materially, and socially transformative practice.
The July 2026 Making Meaning Symposium will explore new perspectives on collage history and current approaches to curating, publishing, and making. Through presentations, workshops, and exhibitions, the symposium brings together artists, curators, publishers, and historians to examine how meaning is constructed, disrupted, and reimagined through collage practices.
The convening will be accompanied by, Transforming Collage—Hudson Valley, a constellation of curated exhibitions at Hudson Valley institutions, including four Vassar College locations: James Palmer Gallery, The Art Library, Old Bookstore Gallery and The Loeb Art Center. Other locations include Dutchess Community College’s Mildred Washington Gallery, Millbrook Arts Project at The Millbrook Library; Gallery40, CONVER/OR, HVOF 24 hour Window Gallery in Poughkeepsie, NY and 68 Prince Street in Kingston, NY. These exhibitions will serve as case studies for symposium discussions while broadening public engagement with collage works in form. All exhibitions are free and open to the public
Your gift today allows us to strengthen the Making Meaning program and supports the following:
- creative workshops and participant resources that support hands-on artistic exchange
- documentation and knowledge sharing so the ideas, conversations, and creative work emerging from our initiatives are preserved and shared widely
- Regional collaboration and public engagement connecting the Transforming Collage—Hudson Valley exhibition sites with the Making Meaning Symposium and Hudson Valley Communities
- Core operations that make the symposium, workshops, and collaborations possible
Learn More: https://www.transformingcollage.com