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The Sheila Hugh Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship 🎓

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The Sheila Hugh Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship 🎓

The Sheila Hugh Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship was established by the Foundation’s Board of Directors after Ms. Mackay’s death to honour her life-time commitment to the encouragement of excellence in the visual arts.

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Applicants must be have been residents of New Brunswick at least 5 consecutive years prior to an application

Applicants must have made an application to study visual art at a recognized degree granting institution in either studio based or academic field of study at a masters or doctoral level.

Proof of acceptance for the program of study will be required before funds are distributed.

The 2023 Application Submission Deadline is March 1, 2023.

Full details are here.

January 13, 2023 in Scholarship

Fred Ross Scholarship 🎓

The Fred Ross Scholarship, valued at $8000, is available to a graduating New Brunswick student entering post secondary studies in visual art or fine craft at a recognized institution.

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This is a 4 year renewable scholarship. An initial payment of $2000 will be awarded on entrance to a recognized institution. It will be renewed annually based on demonstration of successful completion of established university standards in first, second third years of study.

The scholarship was created in 2001 to support young artists in the pursuit of excellence. Named for renowned Saint John painter, Fred Ross, this scholarship pays tribute to his remarkable professional career and to his life-long commitment to fostering young artists.

The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation’s continued work in developing this scholarship is a mark of respect for both Mr. Ross and the burgeoning talents of New Brunswick youth.

To be eligible for the Fred Ross Scholarship, the applicant must:

  • be in a final year of study at a New Brunswick High School
  • be pursuing post secondary education in visual arts or fine craft
  • gain acceptance at a recognized educational institution 2023

Submission deadline is March 1, 2023.

Full details are here.

January 13, 2023 in Scholarship

2023 CreateSpace Public Art Residency: Call to Artists 📣

Are you, or an artist you know, interested in gaining experience, building networks and professional skills needed to launch or expand a community engaged public art practice?

2023 CreateSpace Public Art Residency. Call for Artists. Application Deadline February 5th, 2023 at 11:59 pm PST

STEPS believes public art has the ability to challenge the systemic inequities that exist in public space. In support of this important work, we facilitate programs that: foster inclusive public art practices; build the capacity of artists who are underrepresented in Canadian public art and demonstrate the power of community engaged art to reimagine equitably designed cities.

We are thrilled to launch the 2023 CreateSpace Public Art Residency, a national public art program designed in collaboration with advisors from coast to coast, to provide emerging Black, Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) and racialized artists with the skills, relationships and practical experiences needed to build and advance community engaged public art practices.

Twenty artists and artist teams from across the country participated in the program’s first two years, with each participant acquiring valuable skills in the field of public art. Each artist created unique and inspiring public artworks that ranged from experimental to performative to sculptural.

Visit the CreateSpace Public Art Residency webpage to learn more about these artists and their projects.

Full details are here.

January 13, 2023 in Residency

Future Forest Festival: Visual Art and Performance Art Applications 𐂂

Future Forest is an outdoor camping arts festival with a focus on electronic music. The festival originated in 2012 as a fundraiser for a friend and accomplished DJ, Jay Hamilton, who was diagnosed with cancer. Future Forest proudly embraces the perspective that there are no spectators at the event but rather participants who in some way contribute to the overall experience. Now in its eighth year of operation.

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Located in the middle of a forest beside a river, far from any houses, Future Forest immerses its guests into the wilderness located just 30 minutes outside of Fredericton, New Brunswick. The festival features three unique stages that are built using the natural resources the forest provides. The tall trees and beautiful landscapes are utilized for stage construction.

Application for Performance Artists is open until February 28th 2023 @11:59PM

Includes: Stage show; Frisky Future: Burlesque Performer; Aerial Arts; Pole Arts; Fire Performance; Flow Arts; Go Go Dance / Freestyle Dance; Character Troop / Character Work; Other

Application for Visual Artists is open until February 28th 2023 @11:59PM

Includes: Live Painting; Gallery; Live Digital Art

Details on how to apply are here.

January 12, 2023 in Submission

Ceramics Monthly 2023 Emerging Artist Contest 😃

All ceramic artists, both US and international, who have been actively pursuing a career in ceramics for 10 years or less are invited to apply to the Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist competition.

 

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Selected artists will have their work published in the May 2023 issue of the magazine.

To be considered for the Emerging Artist competition, please submit the following materials via Submittable by February 10, 2023:

  1. Up to five high-resolution (300 ppi) digital images that are at least 2500 pixels in the largest dimension (or at least 5×7 inches in print size at 300 dpi)
  2. Complete caption information for each image including materials, processes used, firing temperature, dimensions, and date completed
  3. Contact information (including email and current mailing address)
  4. Current artist statement and résumé saved as a PDF, Word, or .txt document.

Details here.

January 12, 2023 in Submission

SCA Open International Online Juried Exhibition 📣

The call for entry for our 2023 Open International Online Juried Exhibition is now open! This exhibition will be displayed on the SCA website from April 1 to June 15, 2023.  We are looking forward to seeing an outstanding collection of art from around the world.

Call for Artists. SCA 2023 Open International Online Juried Exhibition. Apply today! January 3 to Feb 28, 2023. Visit societyofcanadianartists.com for details. Society of Canadian Artists.

All the call information is below. Please read the Entry Terms & Conditions carefully before proceeding with your submission. If you have any questions please contact our Exhibitions chair, Nancy Overbury, at exhibitions@societyofcanadianartists.com

Full details can be found here.

January 12, 2023 in Submission

BLM NB and NBCCD: Call for Submissions for Permanent Collection 📣

Black Lives Matter New Brunswick (BLMNB) and the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design (NBCCD) are teaming up to launch a new permanent collection for the BLM offices based in Saint John. Together, we invite Black visual artists who are post-secondary students or alumni from across the province to submit works on the theme of Resistance – Affirmation – Knowledge. Pieces selected from this call will form the new permanent collection of the Black Lives Matter New Brunswick organization.

Call for Submissions. Black Lives Matter New Brunswick and NBCCD

Inspired spaces fuel inspired action. When surrounded by works of art made by, for, and with your community, the impact can be transformative. By shifting blank walls into galleries that reflect shared experiences and shared passions, folks who enter this space feel welcomed, engaged, challenged and energized. This is the aim of the project: to honour the work that is done, the people who do it, and the change it makes for our collective past, present, and future. Share your vision of “Resistance – Affirmation – Knowledge” for an exhibition that will tour the province before its final long-term display at the Black Lives Matter New Brunswick office in Saint John.

Those interested must submit their work by January 23, 2023. Selected works must be packaged safely for shipping and delivered by February 1, 2023. Any specialty hardware or stands required for installation must be shipped to NBCCD – Fredericton campus or BLM New Brunswick – Saint John office as well.

Full details for how to apply are here.

January 11, 2023 in Submission

Audition Notice: Festival by the Marsh 🌿

Audition Notice: Paying roles.

Festival By The Marsh, in collaboration with Live Bait Theatre, is pleased to announce auditions for its upcoming show, tentatively titled The Covid Project. This new show is being written and directed by Charlie Rhindress and will tour New Brunswick in late March. This verbatim theatre piece will be based on a series of interviews that have taken place over the past two years about people’s experience living through the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are five roles available for actors 18+. All actors will play multiple roles so the positions are open to performers of any age, gender and/or race. Actors will be expected to rehearse evenings and weekends from mid-January to late March. All performers will receive an honorarium.

Expressions of interest will be accepted until midnight Thursday, Jan. 12. If you have worked with Charlie in the past as an actor please send an email expressing your interest and detailing your availability. If you have not worked with Charlie please send a photo and resume as well as a short blurb about yourself and your availability. Those who are accepted for an audition will be asked to submit a self-tape. A monologue will be provided.

Sackville, New Brunswick. Festival by the Marsh.

Please send all emails to charlierhindress@hotmail.com

January 10, 2023 in Auditions

Go and Write Writing Retreats ✍️

We’re taking Go and Write! to England on a springtime adventure to awaken our creative souls. Join New Brunswick authors Dr. Gerard Collins and Janie Simpson from March 18-28 or April 10-20, 2023 for an intimate writing retreat that sweeps you from venerable London to the iconic Cotswolds, a perfect combo to be inspired by greatness and reconnect with your literary self.

London and the Cotswolds. Join authors Dr. Gerard Collins and Janie Simpson for a spring writing retreat. March 18-28 or April 10-20, 2023.

With only eight rooms available, space is limited on this 11-day retreat, where you can enjoy the blooming warmth of an English spring before the tourist season begins. In London, we’ll stay at the Mad Hatter Hotel near ancient pubs where Dickens, Johnson, Twain, Yeats, Tennyson, and Orwell visited, wrote, and set stories. Then, we’re off to the Cotswolds and the luxurious Abbots Grange manor house, built in 1320 and voted the best B&B in Britain.

Through the centuries, the Cotswolds region has attracted writers such as Oscar Wilde, J.R.R. Tolkien, William Shakespeare, and Jane Austen, and it still inspires. To experience its unassuming beauty at a quiet time will afford us the opportunity to
enjoy it as a writer should.

Gerard and Janie have been hosting writing retreats since 2016. Gerard is an award-winning author and university professor who will conduct workshops and offer direct feedback on your writing; Janie is the chief administrator for Go and
Write! and is, herself, an award-winning author.

Prices start at $4,995 Canadian. Visit www.goandwrite.ca for details.

January 9, 2023 in Education

artsnb Artist in Residence Program Upcoming Deadline: February 1st, 2023 🗓

artsnb’s Artist in Residence Program is intended for New Brunswick public or private institutions and organizations that wish to host professional artists in order to enable them to pursue specific projects relating to their creative work.

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This program is also open to individual professionals who seek to advance their creative work through participation in residency opportunities at home or outside the province. The artists in residence are to contribute to the promotion and understanding of the arts by means of the artists’ contact with the clientele of the establishments.

Full details here.

December 23, 2022 in Funding, Grant, Submission

AX Emerging Artist in Residence – Ceramics 🏺

The AX Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex is seeking proposals for our 2023 residency lineup. Please submit your application for consideration by December 31, 2022.

Ax Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex

The AX Emerging Artist One-Month Residency – Ceramics in Sussex, NB is a short-term paid residency designed to support Canadian artists who have finished their formal training or show equivalent experience and are now looking to take the next steps forward in their artistic careers. The emerging artist will have access to our fully equipped ceramics centre, including brand new ConeArt Computer kilns (2), a Shimpo pottery wheel, slab roller, work table and their own private studio space.

During the residency, the artist will have access to AX’s mentorship network and will be working closely with AX’s Ceramics Centre Coordinator, Matt Cripps, to ensure they have a successful residency. The purpose of this short-term residency is to promote emerging artists in the field of ceramics, with a specific focus on helping jump-start the careers of ceramics artists.

Emerging artists are expected to complete a proposed project during the residency time frame. Following the residency this project will be featured in a solo virtual exhibition hosted on the AX website.

To submit an application, follow the instructions here: Emerging Artist One Month Residency Ceramics Application

Please note: emerging artists must be between the age of 18 and 35.

Go here for full details.

December 23, 2022 in Residency

Call for Submissions: The AX National Emerging Artists Ceramics Exhibition 2023, Plasticity

Call for Submissions for the AX National Emerging Artists Ceramics Exhibition 2023: Plasticity

AX is seeking applications for the AX National Emerging Artists Ceramics Exhibition 2023: Plasticity. Please submit your application by February 21, 2023. This exhibition is for emerging artists working in all clay/ceramics.

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Emerging ceramists around the country are invited to make a submission to a jury of respected professional ceramists who will select 20 artists to take part in the exhibition. The exhibition and selection process will offer up-and-coming artists an opportunity to have their work recognized and promoted in a juried exhibition.

In selecting the 20 artists, the jurors will choose work that has significant impact and depth of meaning, pushes boundaries, and creates a conversation.

We will notify successful artists by March 2, 2023, and artists must deliver work to AX no later than April 2, 2023. Artists are responsible for the shipping arrangements (both ways), with AX reimbursing the costs up to $600.

AX will pay artist fees to the 20 selected artists. Fees will be based on national Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) standards.

The jury will also select submissions to receive an additional cash prize.

Full details here.

December 23, 2022 in Submission

Women’s Freedom Song Contest 💪🏽

Can you write the next female anthem? Contest starts Dec.1 and runs until March 1! Winners will be announced on International Womens Day, March 8.

Women's Freedom Song Contest

Join us in celebrating this day and enter your song, poem/lyric or music video in our contest. Do they celebrate the power and strength of a woman? Well send them in. (Open to all genders). The only limit is your imagination!

Go here to apply.

December 23, 2022 in Contest

New Brunswick Talent Competition 🎙

On Saturday, August 5th 2023, KIRA will be welcoming talent from across the province to perform at the KIRA Amphitheater and to compete for the titles of New Brunswick’s Talent and the top prize of $5,000.00.

Apply until February 15th, 2023.

Apply online now!
New Brunswick's Talent

Do you have a talent to showcase in Atlantic Canada’s largest Amphitheater? If so, apply now for a chance to be crowned New Brunswick’s Talent and a $5,000.00 Cash Prize. Once Application is submitted, please forward a short video showcasing your talent to kira@kingsbraegarden.com

Registration closes Feb 16, 2023, 4:00 a.m.

Details here.

December 23, 2022 in Contest

International Songwriters’ Day Contest 🎵

International Songwriters Day (April 9), would like to invite you to our fifth year of the “International Songwriters Day Song Contest” to once again, help kick off this special day. Have you written the next hit? Well we want to hear it!

International Songwriters' Day

Our contest is open to writers all around the world, from all levels of experience. This year’s theme is “Inspiration.” We are looking for songs, music videos and lyrics that inspire, think (new beginnings, second chances, starting over), etc. They can be ballads but they should have an element of hope or redemption in the storyline, to fit the theme.

Our judges are : Mike Gormley, LAPD Mgmt. who helped launch the careers of Rod Stewart, BTO, Rush, The Police, Danny Elfman, the Bangles, Martin Isherwood, Head of Music at Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), Rick Rose (former staff writer for Sony ATV Nashville & Warner Chappel), David Eaton, Producer/Engineer for (Polyphonic Spree, Dynamite Hack, Archivist for Warner/Elektra/Atlantic) and Diana Williamson who has written 2x#3 Billboard Hot Club chart songs, is author of “101 Tips and Tricks of Successful Songwriting, and VP of Themusiclibrary.org.

Go here for full details.

December 23, 2022 in Contest

HUBCAP Comedy Festival Open Mic Stand-up Contest 🎤

CBC Information Morning Moncton Presents the HUBCAP Comedy Festival Open Mic Stand-up Contest.

Groucho glasses over a hubcap.

This could be your big break!

The HUBCAP Open Mic Stand-up Contest is back to kick-off the Comedy Festival, and we want to hear you stand and deliver your funniest material.

Competition day is Wednesday, February 1, 2023. at the Old Triangle Irish Alehouse at 7 p.m.

To enter for a chance to compete live on stage, email your contact information (name, address and phone #) and a youtube link to a 2 or 3 minute video of your funniest material to info@hubcapcomedyfestival.ca.

Deadline to enter is noon on Friday, January 20, 2023.

HUBCAP will upload accepted contestant Videos for viewing and fan votes to the competition’s Facebook event page.

Judges panel and online voting take place from 6 p.m. Monday, January 23 until noon on Thursday, January 26.

Full details are here.

December 22, 2022 in Contest

Women in Music Canada 🎶

Have you applied for the inaugural WIM Canada Honours?⁠
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This program is designed to celebrate and support women and gender diverse Canadian innovators and creators who have outstanding success in their field in the eligibility year (December 2021 through December 2022 for annual based categories). ⁠

⁠Submissions now open. Women in music Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Applicants must submit interest through WIM Canada’s application form by the deadline (Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET). This may be done by the prospective honouree or another Canadian colleague. The honours will be presented at a dinner March 8 (International Women’s Day) to cap off our IWD programming. ⁠
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Women in Music Canada values diversity, equity and inclusion, and welcome applications from innovators and creators from diverse backgrounds.⁠
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Learn more and apply today here. ⁠Have you applied for the inaugural WIM Canada Honours?⁠
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This program is designed to celebrate and support women and gender diverse Canadian innovators and creators who have outstanding success in their field in the eligibility year (December 2021 through December 2022 for annual based categories). ⁠
⁠Applicants must submit interest through WIM Canada’s application form by the deadline (Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET). This may be done by the prospective honouree or another Canadian colleague. The honours will be presented at a dinner March 8 (International Women’s Day) to cap off our IWD programming. ⁠
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Women in Music Canada values diversity, equity and inclusion, and welcome applications from innovators and creators from diverse backgrounds.⁠
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Details here.

December 20, 2022 in Awards, Submission

Craft NB Jurying Session Now Open 🧶

Want to submit your work to be juried in?

Become a Juried Member of Craft NB!

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Our next jurying session will be happening in early 2023.

The drop-off deadline for this session will be January 30th, 2023 at 12pm. Please feel free to contact Emily at communications@craftnb.ca with any questions you may have, or to arrange for drop-off! Please note that our in-office hours may change from week-to-week so setting up a time for drop-off is necessary.

For more information about what is required for your work to be juried, please see Jury Review & Standards!

Details here.

December 20, 2022 in Submission