Pleased to have one of my pieces of analog collage added to the Kanyer Art Collection. What’s that, you say? Well, read on to learn more about this collection of collage art, and the collectors behind it.
About the Doug + Laurie Kanyer Art Collection
The Kanyers are the founders of the Doug + Laurie Kanyer Art Collection. They reside in the Central Region of Washington State, USA. The Kanyers have been art collectors since 1978, starting in their college years.
In 2016, to celebrate their anniversary they dedicated all their future collecting efforts to collage in order to amplify and magnify the medium and its practitioners. To date the Kanyers have one of the most extensive private collections of collage in the world. They have underwritten numerous collage based exhibitions, publications, collage festivals, symposiums, classes, as well as held many no charge international open calls for collage. The Kanyers make Gift Grants on a regular basis to support those who are working to magnify and amplify collage.
All the collages selected for the Collection are measured against a 40 point criteria to assure quality representation of the medium. The Collection is essentially a historical archive. The end goal of the Collection is for it to be donated to a worthy institution for study and enjoyment by the public. A catalog sample of the Collection can be seen at kanyerartcollection.com.
In 2021, the Kanyers founded Kanyer Publishing and released two books, Collage Care: Transforming Emotions and Life Events with Collage written by Laurie Kanyer and Black Collagist: The Book, written and curated by Teri Henderson. At present they are in the final editing process for the book Collage Care The Method Guidebook (working title), which will feature over 30 self-guided collage-making exercise-experiences on emotions, feelings and life events.
Laurie is a retired therapist and educator, who has a vibrant collage practice herself. Doug is an economist and business owner. They have three grown children, two sons-in-laws and two grandchildren.