Ric Kasini Kadour

ARTIST || WRITER || CULTURAL WORKER

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ACTIVE & ONGOING PROJECTS

Kolaj Institute
2019 to present

To support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, & disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. 
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Rokeby Museum
Curator of Contemporary Art
2019-2020

An two-year project to demonstrate how contemporary art can pick up the unfinished work of history, foster civic engagement, and address social, economic, and environmental justice issues our communities are facing.
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Art Meets History
2018 to present

An initiative of Kasini House that works to build connections between contemporary art and history-focused organizations.
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Kolaj Magazine
2011 to present

Internationally-oriented
print magazine about contemporary collage.

 

The Schwitters’ Army Collection of Collage Art
at MERZ Gallery
2020 to present

A collection of International Art that demonstrates collage as a 21st century art movement.

 

Vermont Art Guide
2004-2005; 2016 to present

Print magazine
about contemporary
art in Vermont.

     

Art Map Burlington
2006 to present

Print Magazine
& First Friday Art event.

PRINTSHOP
2008 to present

Artist oriented, on-demand
printshop that specializes
in artist catalogs,
zines, and magazines.

ARTSHOP
2003 to present

Exhibitions, collecting,
art sales focusing on
art product and ephemera.

 

     

 

RECENT PROJECTS

CURATORIAL PROJECT
Vermont Artists To Watch
A curatorial and publishing project
about contemporary Vermont artists.
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EXHIBITION
Vermont Arts Council
Spotlight Gallery

Montpelier, Vermont
January & February 2019
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(image: Moods by Jackson Tupper)

World Collage Day
An international celebration
of collage.
May 11, 2019

Kolaj Fest New Orleans
A multi-day festival & symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society, July 10-14, 2019.

Guest Curator
An exhibition of contemporary Vermont Art at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in
Late Summer 2019

The Past Is Now
September 2018

Historic Sites as Venues for Contemporary Art
Lecture & Slideshow at the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, Vermont

World Collage Day
May 2018

An international event that saw 50 events in over 26 countries celebrating of collage.

Kolaj Fest New Orleans
July 2018

A multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society & a curated exhibition at Antenna Gallery in New Orleans: Revolutionary Paths: Critical Issues in Collage."

     

Artists To Watch
Vermont Arts Council, March through June 2018
A curatorial and publishing project about contemporary Vermont artists.

Antenna::Signals 007
January 2018
A live (and printed) arts magazine.

 
     

PAST PROJECTS

Exhibition Co-Curator
Art of Winter
February 3-April 1, 2017 at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington, Vermont & in Print in Vermont Art Guide #3

Exhibition Curator
Connection: the Art of Coming Together
Vermont Arts Council, Montpelier Vermont,
June 5-October 6, 2017, & in Print in Vermont Art Guide #5

   

Art Event
Winooski Pop-Up Gallery District

Summers 2011 & 2012
Winooski, Vermont

 

Exhibition Curator
Montreal Contemporary Art
September 9th & 10th, 2011
During the South End Art Hop in Burlington, Vermont