Call for Issue 16: Winter 2025
Curated by Teri Henderson

Deadline for submissions: October 1, 2025

Ritual & Collage

What are the rituals that shape our lives, from the mundane to the miraculous, the sacred to the profane? For this issue of Cut Me Up Magazine, guest curator Teri Henderson invites artists to explore the multifaceted theme of Ritual & Collage.

We seek submissions that explore the ways collage can document, depict, and interpret rituals in their diverse forms.

Consider:

  • Traditional Rituals: How can collage represent established cultural, religious, or societal ceremonies and practices?

  • Personal Rituals: What unique routines, habits, or actions do you perform in your daily life that hold personal significance?

  • Invented Rituals: Can collage be used to visualize entirely new or imagined rituals, perhaps reflecting our hopes, fears, or desires?

We are also interested in exploring the act of collage-making itself as a ritualistic process.

Consider:

  • Does your creative process involve specific steps, routines, or a deliberate selection of materials that feel akin to a ritual?

  • Are there intentions or symbolic meanings embedded in your process?

  • Does the repetitive act of cutting, arranging, and adhering become a meditative or transformative experience?

  • How can the layering, juxtaposition, and transformation inherent in collage speak to the essence and significance of ritual?

– Teri Henderson, Curator

All eligible submissions must:

  • Respond to and incorporate some portion of Cut Me Up Issue 15: Obstructions & Disruptions.

Issue 16 Curator Teri Henderson:

Teri Henderson (b.1990) is a Texas-born, Baltimore-based independent curator, author, and editor recognized for crafting compelling narratives and shaping critical discourse in contemporary art and culture. She is the founder of Black Collagists (2020), a vital global hub for artists of the Diaspora, fostering community and correcting art historical narratives. Her acclaimed book Black Collagists: The Book (Kanyer Publishing, 2021) further solidified her influence.

Henderson’s writing has appeared in Artforum, The Washington Post, and other leading publications. Her curatorial projects include co-curating LAYERS: The Art of Contemporary Collage (MICA, 2025), consulting for New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024, and curating the inaugural Scout Affordable Art Fair with Derrick Adams (2025). In 2024, Baltimore Magazine named her a “GameChanger.”

Instagram: @terimhenderson | @blackcollagists
Web: terihenderson.com


Cut Me Up Issue 16: Ritual & Collage was published on January 1, 2025.