At Hand, At Present: Collage and the Practice of Making Do

Juried by Nick Larsen

At its core, collage is a way of pulling from what already exists to imagine something that doesn't. It's about making do with what's at hand and using those limited resources to explore fantasy, fiction, speculative pasts and futures, hybridity, the impossible, and the not-yet-to-be. 

This layering of material--which occurs across media, including but not limited to video, sculpture, textiles and quilting, painting, and photography--opens up new possibilities for the ideas, objects, and images around us. Collage is about context or, more specifically, re-context, as the meaning of that original content shifts through repurpose, recombination, and re-imagination.


Exhibition Opens: Nov. 14, 2025 with in person and virtual receptions

Virtual Juror’s Talk: Nov. 15, 2025

Virtual and In-Person Exhibition at the Tarble Arts Center on View: Nov. 14, 2025 - Jan. 31, 2026



About the Juror


Nick Larsen is an artist and book editor living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He studied at the University of Nevada, Reno and the Ohio State University, where he received his MFA in Sculpture. Larsen has had over a dozen solo and collaborative exhibitions, including, most recently, Old Haunts, Lower Reaches (Nevada Museum of Art, 2024) and been a part of a number of notable group exhibitions, including several editions of New American Paintings. Since 2022, he has been the managing editor at Radius Books, a non-profit art book publisher in Santa Fe, where he has overseen the publication of over forty-five photography, fine art, architecture, and poetry books.


Juror's Talk and Awards

There will be three awards selected by Nick Larsen, which will be announced at the virtual Juror's Talk on Saturday, November 15. All applicants, whether accepted or not, will receive a link to join the Juror's Talk and award announcement. The three awards are as follows:


Juror's Selection - $100 + free 2 year membership to MACAA
Honorable Mention - $50 + free 2 year membership to MACAA
Student Award - $100 + free 2 year membership to MACAA


If you have questions, please contact our Virtual Exhibition Team at submitmacaa@gmail.com.


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