For the past two years, Contextural: a fibre arts cooperative has held a hugely successful summer residency program within the studios of the Alberta College of Art + Design, Fibre Department. We are now getting ready for our third residency and are currently inviting expressions of interest from fibre artists and students who are interested in working within a co-operative studio setting and are seeking affordable studio space with specialized dye and print equipment.
One month and three month residencies are available.
Dates for the one month residency are May 30th – June 30th or July 25th – Aug 22nd
Dates for the three month residency are May 30th – Aug 22nd
Please visit – www.contextural.ca for more information on our vision statement, goals, values and an idea of the space we will be using on our blog.
Application information can be found HERE. Interested parties should send an application as directed in the package to: residency@contextural.ca with the subject: Summer Residency Application
Deadline for submissions is April 1st @ midnight.
NEW!!! This year Contextural is offering the Contextural Summer Residency Scholarship, consisting of studio fees for the three month summer residency ($250 value) and $250 for supplies. The scholarship will be awarded based on the quality and completeness of the application.
We look forward to your submission!
submitted by Tara Griffiths
Masterworks Southwest is a juried exhibition of contemporary craft that will travel to various locations within southwestern Ontario between March-October, 2010. The show will include all craft mediums from makers across the region. This call is open to all makers in southwestern Ontario residing in postal codes that begin with N, L0S, L0R including the urban centres of St.Catharines, Niagara, and Welland. If you have created an outstanding piece of work in any craft media (clay, metal, fibre, glass, wood, stone, etc.) within the last two years, we urge you to apply. The exhibition will travel to 5 galleries including Tom Thomson Art Gallery (Owen Sound), Art Gallery of Windsor and Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery (London).
Application: http://craft.on.ca/OCC_News/Southwest_Update#Call_for_Entry
Deadline: Friday, January 15 at 5pm
Application Fee: $10 for OCC members, $15 for non-members
Jurors: Lois Betteridge, Christian Bernard Singer and Rhona Wenger
Artists Fees: Each participating artist will receive $200 following the exhibition
A child of the Japan occupation (Yoshiyuki Iwase, 1950)
Emerging artists and students working in all media are invited to submit work for the ArtClothText FEATURED page. Show us your talent! Email info@mackenziefrere.com for more information.
(image VIA Dr X’s Free Associations)
City of Craft Toronto Installation Programming
Call for Proposals
Deadline: August 31, 2009
City of Craft is looking for crafty artists and artsy crafters to create installations for this year’s City of Craft 2009, which will take place both in and around The Theatre Centre during the weekend of December 12-13, 2009. This year’s installation programming will be greatly expanded to include more installation artists and even more fantastic Queen Street West venues. For this year’s installations we hope to include a wide range of crafty approaches, which reflect the diversity and conceptual richness of contemporary craft practices. Several venues will be available to artists for City of Craft installation programming this year, from Queen West galleries, storefront windows and public spaces to the nooks and crannies of City of Craft’s fabulous and historic venue, The Theatre Centre. Some ideas for proposals could include (but are certainly not limited to!) the exploration of:
- crafty public interventions
- ‘digital craft’ (craft + video, craft + kinetics, etc)
- crafty performance
- textile-based installations
- participatory craft-based installations
To propose an installation, go to our online installation application:
http://www.cityofcraft.com/2009/cityofcraft/installations/form.php
For more information, or questions regarding City of Craft installation programming or submissions, contact: cityofcraft@gmail.com
Good luck!
Signed,
The City of Craft Collective
installation view Carole Baillargeon, Winter
Poplar Gallery.Online showcases the work of craftspeople and artists working in all disciplines.
Poplar is currently accepting proposals for exhibitions of original work. Craftspeople, artists, curators and studio collectives are encouraged to submit proposals. Two spaces are available for alternating six-week exhibitions. Submissions of critical writing and reviews will be considered for ArtClothText, a forum for textile, fibre and mixed media artists.
For information on how to submit your work, contact curator Mackenzie Frere at info@mackenziefrere.com
Marie-Michele B. Lemaire, Etude discrete sur murs
Jacquard weaving, silk, paper, cotton, linen, bamboo, tencel
On the main floor of the MMAQ is Centre MATERIA, an artist-run centre dedicated to hand-crafted art objects. (Yes, that’s right an artist-run centre dedicated to the dissemination of craft!) My visit co-incided with the exhibition Splaf, klong et frou frou featuring the work of recent graduates of the Maison des métiers d’art de Québec. Ranging from kinetic, mixed media sculpture to delicate miniature jacquard weavings the show demonstrates the diversity of production at MMAQ.
Marie-Michele B. Lemaire, Etude discrete sur murs (detail)
Florence Boivin, Papa ne t’inquiete pas, je vais reussir a faire quelque chose de ma vie le textile, mixed media
Marie-Eve Gagnon, Dodeliner, un bijou d’enfance
Marie-Eve Gagnon, Dodeliner, un bijou d’enfance (detail)
Centre MATERIA is currently seeking submissions for its 2010-2011 program. The deadline for applications is Monday October 5th. For more information click
HERE
+15 Window Project Special Call DEADLINE: June 16, 2009
“Worlds of inversion, of contamination and crudeness, are controlled within the dollhouse by an absolute manipulation and control of the boundries of time and space.
The house is meant to be viewed from a distance, with attention upon one scene and then another…” (1)
TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary invites you to consider the small things in life, with this call for miniature artwork. For the months of August and September of this year, we will be turning our +15 window space into a curio cabinet of sorts, compartmentalizing the space and providing a venue for small works.
Work submitted can be created in any medium (including new media and video works), with the only stipulation that is be able to fit into a small compartment sized 1′ wide by 1′ high, and 3′ deep.
Your submission should include:
1. Proposal (maximum of 1 page): Clearly describe the proposed work. Provide details about any special requirements, including equipment needs.
2. Artist Statement (maximum of 1 page): Contextualizes the work submitted within your artistic practice.
3. Curriculum Vitae (maximum of 3 pages): Describe your artistic background (e.g. education, grants, scholarships or awards recieved, professional status, previous exhibitions or performances, commissions, professional memberships, articles, etc.)
4. Images/Support Material: Maximum of 10 JPEG images and/or DVD for video. All images must be numbered and labeled to match the corresponding image list. Please ensure that file sizes are less than 1MB each.
5. Image List: Please provide title, dimensions, materials, and date of production of each work.
Please send submissions to:
Welcome to the Dollhouse
TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary
Grain Exchange Building (lower level)
815 First Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 1N3
PLEASE NOTE: While TRUCK does not usually accept submissions by email, due to the imminent nature of this deadline, we will be accepting email submissions for this particular call.
(1) Stewart, Susan.
On Longing: Narratives on the Miniature, the Gigantic, the Souvenir, the Collection. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993. Pg 63
Bear’s Paw. Circa 1900-1920. Maker unknown, probably made in Holmes County, OH. International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Sara Miller Collection, The Textile Museum, Washington DC
I have just finished updating the links for
galleries, museums and arts venues
mentioned on ArtClothText in the last year (see the sidebar)
Craftspeople, artists and curators are invited to submit links anytime.
Show us your work!
Un Jin Cho, Undecipherable
Poplar ArtCraft is currently seeking proposals for exhibitions of original work by visual artists in all media. Curators and collectives are also encouraged to submit proposals. For more information visit the
“submit your work” page. While you’re there, be sure to visit the
archive page and view some of the amazing work previously exhibited at Poplar ArtCraft.
The EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts is announcing a call for submissions of visual art from Calgary (and surrounding area) artists and art collectives for the following spaces:
The LEDGE: This unique space is located in the +15 and overlooks Centre Court from the second floor of the Centre. It is currently under renovations (to be completed for Oct. 1, 2008), when completed the space will have a cement floor and a white wall.
The LEDGE is most conducive to sculpture and installation. Exhibitions in this location will run for three month intervals. An artist fee is paid for this location
Window Galleries: These seven window spaces are located across from the Max Bell Theatre. Four of the windows are conducive to sculptural/installation work, three of the windows are more suited to 2D artwork. Each window is painted theatre black, they all have different measurements, with some equipped with lighting and power sources. Exhibitions will run in 4 – 12 week intervals depending on the needs of the Calgary art community. Artist groups and collectives are strongly encouraged to apply for these spaces. No artist fees are paid for the 7 Window Galleries at this time.
Please note that both the LEDGE and the Window Galleries are located in high traffic areas, members of the public from all ages and backgrounds will be viewing the artwork.
All Submission must include the following information to be considered:
1. Application form.
2. Proposal (maximum of 2 pages): Clearly outline your proposed exhibition or project. Include any special installation requirements. PLEASE INDICATE WHICH SPACE YOU ARE APPLYING FOR.
3. Artist Statement: (maximum of 1 page).
4. Curriculum Vitae: (maximum of 3 pages).
5. Image list (included on the application form).
6. Support Material: A CD with no more than 15 JPEG images (300 dpi and sized to 800 pixels maximum) and/or a DVD for video (no longer than 5 minutes in length). All images must be numbered and labeled to match the corresponding image list.
7. Self-addressed stamped envelope: submissions will not be returned without the SASE. Postage must be valid for mailing from within Canada .
Please ensure that your name and title of the proposed project is clearly marked on each part of the submission, including all support material. DO NOT SEND ORIGINALS, PROPOSALS WITH STAPLES OR FOLDERS. Note that the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts is not responsible for the loss or damage, however caused, of materials submitted in support of an application.
PLEASE NOTE: Slides, website address, printed images and VHS tapes will not be reviewed.
Please address your submission to:
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts
c/o Tammy McGrath: Visual Arts Programming
205-8th Avenue SE
Calgary , AB T2G 0K9
For more information please email: tmcgrath@epcorcentre.org
DEADLINE for The LEDGE and Window Galleries: October 6, 2008 and May 4, 2008.
Poplar Gallery.Online
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