World Collage Day is this Saturday, May 9th! World Collage Day is on the way, and Twin Cities Collage Collective & NONMACHINABLE are marking the occasion with a pop-up at Boneshaker Books! 

Saturday, May 9
12 to 5pm 

at Boneshaker Books
708 W 26th St, Minneapolis 
**Please note that the bookstore recently relocated to the Whittier neighborhood!

We’re celebrating collage as a medium & a community, and the release of COLOUR INTO FOCUS: QUEER + TRANS COLLAGE Issue 2: FUTURES / IMAGINATION, a publication featuring 25 creatives from around the world.

• Free collage packs while supplies last - come by to grab a packet of clippings & ephemera!

• Collage buttons! Make a collage button using Boneshaker's buttonmaker. Materials supplied, but you can also bring your own. There's space for about 4-5 folks to make things at a time! Limit: 2 buttons per person. Donations to Boneshaker encouraged to cover supplies, but not mandatory. If you'd like to make your button designs ahead of time, there will be 2.25-inch and 1.5-inch buttonmakers available to use.

• Publications! Sliding-scale copies of COLOUR INTO FOCUS: QUEER + TRANS COLLAGE and CUT LOOSE will be available (we have very few copies of issue 1 left, but some are being set aside for this event!)

• More publications! Browse collage publications from artists & publishers from around the world, including TCCC's NORTH STAR COLLAGE

• Art & goodies! Find other items like collage stickers, postcards, and original art 

• Make a day of it in the Whittier neighborhood! Check out all the amazing books & art that Boneshaker has to offer, visit Disco Death Records for coffee & music, Dreamstate Cafe for plant-based snacks & beverages, and Oddmart for more incredible art, comics, zines, toys & treasures - all within a block or so! 

We’re so happy that Boneshaker Books is hosting us - as you may know, the previous Boneshaker location was TCCC’s first home for many of our events and projects in the early years. While there’s not enough room in Boneshaker’s current space to host a large collage-making gathering at this time, we have plans to bring those events back soon at a location in Uptown :) 

Hope to see you on World Collage Day!

Flyer by @allisonannecollage

We're thrilled to announce that there are now two issues of our collaborative anthology series with NONMACHINABLE celebrating queer & trans collage artists around the world available. COLOUR INTO FOCUS: QUEER + TRANS COLLAGE Issue 2: FUTURES / IMAGINATION, a publication featuring 25 creatives from around the world has just been released, and we'll be celebrating on World Collage Day! 

Issue 01: IDENTITY / VISIBILITY

Featuring work by
 Ali Atakay, Alice Ferox, Angela Zamora, Argyris Lakkas, Ash Epps, 
Benjamin Armijo, Carmen Campo, Charles Oliver, Eden Kinkaid & M. Torres, Ege Y., Fern Aurelius, Fox Guin, Frankie Pacifico, Jae Meyer, Jay Andreason, JETT JOOSTE (THEYTJIE), Julio Flores Montero, Jupiter Markgraf, KG Gude, Lee Markham, Luis Martin, Mavi Barbosa, mk zariel, Nadine Rodriguez, Penn Pritchard, Piper Simons, Rodríguez Calero, sheena daree romero, Teodora Velloso, and Yamil Alvarez Cedano

Cover artist: Luis Martin

Released October 18th, 2025 at the Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest in Minneapolis, Minnesota

See the announcement on Instagram or Bluesky

Issue 02: FUTURES / IMAGINATION

Featuring work by Anna Starkey, Anne E., Axenia Raulet, bLythE M coRnfLoWEr, Daniel Harris Mendoza, Elena Platero, Elliott Sharpe, Emily Sortor, Imije Ninaz, Jazmyne L, Kayte Terry, Kirk Read, Leigh Lennon, Luana Góes, Luke Odenthal, Madison Nesiba, Maria Korczak-Idzińska, Miriam Saperstein, Sophie Blue Lane Oliver, T Palacios, TC Kida, Tim Wijland, Tom Stockley, Tyrone McKie, and v3mmedia.

Cover artist: Tyrone McKie

In stock and shipping now! 

Official release date: Saturday, May 9th for World Collage Day

There's an exciting event happening this summer in Poughkeepsie, New York! Organized by Andrea Burgay & Monica Church, Making Meaning is a three-day symposium, from July 22-24, exploring 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. 

allison, who co-founded Twin Cities Collage Collective, will be speaking at the event - their presentation, titled Publishing as Personal Perspective & Collective Care, will discuss publishing as an expression of personal perspective & expansive inclusion. "How do we communicate our experiences and design publishing projects that prioritize diverse and underrepresented perspectives? By looking at their own independent publications as a vital part of creative practice, alongside larger community-based projects, allison will share perspectives about zinemaking and independent publishing from the perspective of inclusion, representation, and care."

Take a look at the website - there's tons of great information about folks to connect with who are working with collage in a variety of ways, both online and at the event.