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A HANDMADE ASSEMBLY: Call for Proposals

 

We invite Artists and Writers from across Canada and abroad to submit proposals for an upcoming publication exploring the theme of the Handmade.

Deadline for submissions: January 5, 2021

The origins of this publication are rooted in a long-running annual event hosted by Struts Gallery and the Owens Art Gallery that brought together artists, curators, and makers from the region and beyond to lead discussions, facilitate workshops, initiate projects, exhibit work, and share in a common thread—the handmade.

A Handmade Assembly originated in response to an increased interest in the handmade, deskilling, and DIY aesthetics that emerged in contemporary art practices near the beginning of the decade. The topic continues to appeal to artists exploring the extraordinary potential of craft processes, materials, and techniques, both for their capacity to speak directly and viscerally and for their political and historical potency.

For its tenth and final iteration, the long-running programme will be re-envisioned as an ambitious, bilingual book project that parlays nine years’ worth of inquiry into a comprehensive volume, with the goal of providing a multi-faceted view of the role of the handmade in contemporary art, while also extending these discussions to a new format.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Artists Projects in Print

Deadline January 5, 2021

A Handmade Assembly has always encompassed a wide range of artistic practices and areas of research, including photography, performance, mending practices, food culture, collage, printmaking, flower arranging, and the intersection of new technologies with traditional craft approaches. We invite artists working in all disciplines to consider how the broad theme of the “handmade” might translate to a project on the printed page. Artists may document existing projects or produce new works. We encourage play within the format of the book, including handmade tactile elements, instructional works, creative writing, printed cut-outs, pull-out and tipped-in materials (bearing in mind cost, labour and edition size), etc.

Submission Format for Artists:
Please submit the following materials via WeTransfer to info@strutsgallery.ca with the subject heading: A Handmade Assembly

  • One-page (max.) description of the proposed project and the themes addressed
  • Up to 10 images of past work
  • Descriptions for each image including: title, date, materials, dimensions, etc.
  • A brief biography (250 words)
  • A brief artist statement (250 words)
  • Curriculum vitae (max. 3 pages), including contact information.
Artists will be paid fees consistent with the current CARFAC fee schedule. We encourage applications from IBPOC, LGBTQ2S+, disabled, and neuro-diverse artists.

For more information about submitting your work visit our site (here) or the call (here)

CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
Critical Texts, Essays, Interviews, Creative Writing, etc.

Deadline January 5, 2021

A Handmade Assembly has dedicated nine years towards pushing back against dominant art narratives that marginalize craft practices and has worked to foster and support an appreciation of the myriad art forms encompassed by the term handmade. We invite writers to interpret the topic of the “handmade” broadly, with the aim of presenting a multi-faceted view of the role of the handmade in contemporary art. Writers are encouraged to propose critical, historical or interpretive essays, interviews, creative writings, and so forth that address the intersection of contemporary art and the handmade. Ideally, we are seeking texts ranging from 500 to 1000 words.

Submission Format for Writers:
Please submit the following materials via WeTransfer to info@strutsgallery.ca with the subject heading: A Handmade Assembly

  • A brief one-page (max) proposal for an essay, interview or other text work

OR

  • A completed piece that has not been previously published (max. 1000 words);
  • Two writing samples which demonstrate your style and interests;
  • A brief biography of no more than 250 words;
  • Curriculum vitae (max. 3 pages), including contact information.
Writers will be paid $1.00/word for a word count of up to 1000. We encourage applications from IBPOC, LGBTQ2S+, disabled, and neuro-diverse writers.
For more information about submitting your work visit our site (here) or the call (here)
A Handmade Assembly is made possible through support from the Canada Council for the Arts and the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture.
For more information visit:

A Handmade Assembly
www.handmadeassembly.com

Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre
7 Lorne Street, Sackville, NB, E4L 3Z6 • 506-536-1211
info@strutsgallery.ca
www.strutsgallery.ca
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Owens Art Gallery
Mount Allison University
61 York Street Sackville, NB, E4L 1E1 • 506-364-2574
owens@mta.ca
www.mta.ca/owens
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We would like to acknowledge, honour, and pay respect to the traditional owners and custodians—from all four directions—of the land on which we live. It is upon the unceded, ancestral lands of the Mi’kmaq that the partnership between Struts and Owens Art Gallery has come into existence. While this area is known as Sackville, New Brunswick, it is part of Siknikt, a district of the greater territory of Mi’kma’ki. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship,” which the Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik first signed with the British Crown in 1725.

Letter from Simon Brault – Canada Council for the Arts

Additional funding for the arts

When can the recovery truly begin and what will it look like? Even if we can’t say for sure, we can prepare.

In its 2020 Fall Economic Statement, the federal government announced $181.5M in additional funds in 2021‒22 for the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canada Council for the Arts to enhance their support to the arts sector. We expect that the specifics of the funding will be revealed in early 2021.

With these funds, the Council plans to support projects that create jobs. As soon as we get the green light, we will announce our initiatives, and we intend to distribute the funding very quickly. It is urgent that we support those who have been without work thus far. You should start preparing now.

  • If you have research and creation projects that require hiring collaborators, now is the time to define the broad strokes.
  • If you are part of an artistic group or organization, now is also the time to consider creative projects for new works or adaptations of existing works that will enable you to share your artistic and literary creations with broader audiences via digital technology.

We are looking for proposals that require that you hire artists and experts, who need to work to get through the pandemic. Once again, please be ready.

Before the new funding is made available, we will have the opportunity to discuss the last year and our vision for the future with you and with the broader public. And so I encourage you to add our 2021 Annual Public Meeting to your calendars (it will be held at 4 p.m. EST on January 26, 2021).

In closing, I want to thank you for your confidence, and I salute your courage and your efforts to fly the arts-and-culture flag high and proud during these difficult times. I wish you restorative holidays. I hope you take time to recuperate—and rest assured that we will be by your side more than ever after the holiday break.

Simon Brault, O.C., O.Q.
Director and CEO

Read the Director and CEO’s full statement

Masked ~ Call For Submissions – open until 31 December 2020

BLACK DOG & ONE-EYED PRESS is currently seeking submissions of up to five poems. We anticipate the 2021 print publication of a book of paintings along with poems which speak to or in some way reflect upon the state of the world in 2020 and the ways in which we, as individuals and as societies, have responded, and/or how we might imagine going forward.

The paintings will be selected from a series which artist and educator Bill Liebeskind began a few weeks into the Covid lockdown in NYC. Each painting shows someone in a mask. To view the paintings, please visit Liebeskind’s Instagram feed: Bill Liebeskind, or his Covid blog here https://billliebeskind.medium.com/91-divoc-1cb1020197de   

All styles of poetry are welcome.

Please read the guidelines below.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & INFORMATION

  • Deadline: Submissions must be received by 31 December, 2020.
  • Where: Send to parrsboroart@gmail.com and include the words “masked submission” in the subject of your email.
  • Bio: Include a very brief bio. 75 words or less.
  • Format: Send your submission as a single PAGES or WORD file. If formatting is important, please also include a PDF.
  • Simultaneous submissions: Please note if your submission is a simultaneous submission and let us know if it is accepted elsewhere.
  • Confirmation: We aim to acknowledge receipt of all submissions within 1 – 3 weeks. If you have not heard from us after three weeks, please email parrsboroart@gmail.com.
  • Publication: Poets whose work is selected will be notified by 15 March 2021.
  • Copyright: Black Dog & One-Eyed Press holds first serial rights for material that we publish. The copyright automatically reverts to the author upon publication. We ask that Black Dog & One-Eyed Press be acknowledged in any subsequent publication of the work. It is ok to submit previously published poems so long as the author holds the copyright. If the work has been previously published, please list where and when it was published.
  • Payment: a copy of the anthology.

the Création Danse 2020 show

PRESS RELEASE for immediate release

Moncton, December 11th, 2020 – Lights, camera, action! This Sunday, the participants of the Création Danse 2020 will premiere their work at the Salle Bernard-LeBlanc in front of the cameras and an audience specially invited for the occasion!

This year, the Création Danse 2020 show will be a virtual event. The DansEncorps team will bring the choreographies from the stage to your living room!  The “Hollywood” adventure will take place in the Salle Bernard-LeBlanc at the Aberdeen Cultural Center on Sunday, December 13th, in front of a targeted audience. The privileged experience of attending the recording is offered to youth aged 10 to 18.  DansEncorps believes they deserve to be gathered for a safe artistic activity and have the chance to witness a live production in a professional setting.

The show will be broadcasted the following weekend; Saturday December 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday December 20 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are now on sale on the website www.ciedansencorps.com/creation-danse.

 

 

The list December 11, 2020

The list December 11, 2020

The List presents the events of members of the Association des groups en arts visuels francophones ( AGAVF ), that is to say fifteen artist-run centers and galleries across Canada, and compiles calls for submissions in visual arts, media arts, performance, art. public, residences aimed at artists and curators.

Work by Denise Comeau presented by Le Trécarré in the group exhibition Isolation

 

News from AGAVF


With LE LIEN, AGAVF wants to strengthen the networking of its members and their influence with partners and collaborators in the sector. Thus, it will share the successes and best practices of members and partners, present portraits or interviews of artists, curators or organizations and address current issues from the point of view of the visual arts of Francophone communities. .

Consult Link No1

Programming of AGAVF members

Le Trécarré (Pointe-de-l’Eglise)

Nadine Belliveau, Nadine Blinn, Zita Boudreau , Angélina Comeau, Annette Comeau, Denise Comeau, Noella DeMille, Alain Philippe Gérard, Jay LeBlanc, Mona McDonald, Diane Nadon, Isao Sanami-Murrill, Dany Sheehy, Dianne Surette, Jan Swaren, Claude Edwin Theriault – Isolation
until February 2021
Sainte-Anne University, Nova Scotia
www.rendezvousdelabaie.ca/galerie-dart

 

Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen Art Gallery (Moncton)

Daniel H. Dugas and Valerie LeBlanc – Habitat
Curator: Jonathan Lamy
Presented as part of the Media Arts Section
of the International Festival of Francophone Cinema in Acadia
from November 6 to December 20, 2020
University of Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ga

 

Visual Voice Artist Center (Ottawa)

J. Aird-Bélanger, A. Asselin, R. Aubin, M. Barti, J. Bertrand, B. Bogart, C. Boucher, Csaba, R. Chevalier, C. Cooper, L. Daigle, C. Dallaire, M. Des Aulniers, A. Dworzak-Subocz, L. Finet, P. Franzini, C. Gendron, D. Gérin, V. Goddard, O. Golub, F. Ikonomidou, R. Kempen, I. Kobayashi, D. Krasi, D Lamontagne, M. Le Bohec, D. Leclerc, M. Manu, M. Marquez, E. Montenegro, J. Muscat, A. Paquin, M. Périat, O. Petca, Y. Porlier, H. Pouillon, R. Robesco, N. Ross, S. Rossen, S. Swinimer, V. Tytor, G. Vallée, JM Van Hees, P. Walty – Artificial intelligence
in November 2020
67 Beechwood Avenue
Vanier, Ontario
www.voixvisuelle.ca

 

Galerie Sans Nom (Moncton)

Caitlin Wilson – Finding Trees
JD Cool – Untitled
until February 19, 2021
140, rue Botsford, room 16
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.galeriesansnom.org

 

Blue constellation-Bernard-Jean Gallery (Caraquet)

Danielle Saulnier and Serge V. Richard – Osmosis and Intimate Magic
from November 4, 2020 to January 10, 2021
220, boul. Saint-Pierre West
Caraquet, New Brunswick
www.constellationbleue.com

 

Franco-Manitoban Cultural Center (Winnipeg)

MY APPEAL HUMAN First FOCUS round table
with Joséphine Bacon and Kim O’Bomsawin
with the collaboration of Cinémental
Wednesday December 16 at 7 p.m. online
340, boulevard Provencher
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.ccfm.mb.ca

 

Le Labo (Toronto)

6 members selected from the “Courts Always! »From CineFranco 2020.
Discover the selection for November 23 and 25!

“Catch-up court” with our 6 members selected at CinéFranco:
Valérie Lecomte – https://bit.ly/courtderattrapageValérieLecomte
Julie Lassonde – https://bit.ly/CourtdeRattrapageJulieL
Nicole Blundell – https://bit.ly/CourtderattrappageNicoleBlundell
Quitterie Hervouet – https://bit.ly/CourtdeRattrapageQuitterie
Jean Marc Larivière – https://bit.ly/CourtdeRattrapageJeanMarc

Conversation with Joseph Bitamba on the film “Petit Pays” by Éric Barbier :
https://vimeo.com/481767101

The Lab is once again the CAO exhibition aid recommender.
Do you have an exhibition project to finance?
Submit your project: Exhibition assistance, open program (2020-2021)

www.lelabo.ca

 

Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (Sudbury)

Claude Wittmann – Wheels / politics / panic
Exhibition since February 2020
54 Elgin Street
Sudbury, Ontario
www.gn-o.org

 

COVID-19

More details.

 

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Calls for submissions

1.Calls in French from Canada

Association of Abitibi-Témiscamingue Exhibition Centers – January 31
The little views -Culture Trois-Rivières – April 1
TOPO Agency – MOntréal – January 10
MUTEK festival – Montreal – January 31
The Arts and the City Symposium – December 18
Daïmon – Gatineau – December 21
Culture Trois-Rivières – February 1

 

2.Calls in English from Canada

InterAccess – Toronto – December 18
La Commune – Vancouver – January 22
Eyelevel Gallery – Halifax – January 18
Craft Ontario – Toronto – June 7
Video Outs – Vancouver – February 28
A Handmaid Assembly – Sackville – January 5
COVER ME – Records, Cassettes & Artists – Vancouver – from November 21
BIPOC Artist Instagram Project – ongoing
AKA Artist-run Center – Saskatoon – ongoing
Southern Alberta Art Gallery – Lethbridge – ongoing

 

3.international calls

Emergenyc – New York – February 8
European Media Art Festival – December 31
Video Art Academy 2021 – Clermond-Ferrand – December 21

 

4.residences

VU – Quebec – February 1
Studio Residency Program – Brookly – December 18

 

5.public art

City of Moncton – January 15
Gardiner Museum Indigenous Public Artwork – December 16
Gathering and Togertherness – Banff – January 6
Glenora Park Public Art – Edmonton – December 21
Mural on the facade of the Institut maritime du Québec – December 27
LGBTQ2 + National Monument – National Capital Region – January 5
Global Affairs Canada’s Commemorative Artwork – National Capital Region – December 16

6.for commissioners

Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators – Guelph – January 15
Public Programs Manager – Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery – Waterloo – December 11
Tenure-Track position in Visual Arts – University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna – January 15
Esse art + opinion – sportification – April 1
Storefront Manitoba – Executive director – December 21
Performance Research – On biopolicitcs – January 11
Inter art actual – Quebec – January 15
A Handmaid Assembly – January 5
Vie des arts – Montreal – January 3
Assistant professor in creative technologies – York University – January 15
Curatorial residence – Le Lobe – December 11
Images Festival 2021 – Guest Program – no fixed deadline
East of your empires – Quebec – ongoing
Esse art + opinion – Dossier (Re) voir la peinture – January 10, 2021
Revue de Paris – call for contributors – in progress

 

 

details on agavf.ca

Association of Francophone Visual Arts Groups BP 7131, Vanier Branch
Ottawa Ontario K1L 8E2 Canada
info@agavf.ca

Grants awarded for November 1st, 2020 Competition – Career Development Program 

Grants awarded for November 1st, 2020 Competition – Career Development Program

Résultats du concours du 1er novembre 2020 – Programme de Développement de carrière

December 10, 2020, Fredericton – The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) has released the results of the November 1st, 2020 competition for the Career Development program. A total of eight (8) grants were awarded, amounting to $25,000. 

Click here to read the full press release!

Le 10 décembre 2020, Fredericton – Le Conseil des arts du N.-B. (artsnb) annonce aujourd’hui les résultats du concours du 1er novembre 2020 dans le cadre du programme de Développement de carrière. Huit (8) bourses ont été octroyées, représentant un montant total de 25 000 $.

Cliquez ici pour lire le communiqué de presse en entier!

SHMF Career Development Programs 2021

Central to the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation’s mandate is the support of excellence in all forms of visual art.  SHMF’s Career Development Program aims to assist artists to reach their creative potential at many stages of their career development through a variety of funding opportunities.

SHMF invites applications for the following 2021 Career Development Programs:

Fred Ross Scholarship
Sheila Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship
Margaret Woodson Nae Mentorship

In 2021, with respect for the complex travel restrictions necessitated by the pandemic, SHMF will not offer an International Residency Scholarship.

Application details can be found on our Apply page. The Foundation reserves the right to refuse applications or nominations that do not meet the published criteria or submission deadlines.

Applications for the Fred Ross Scholarship and the Sheila Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship must be postmarked by March 15, 2021. Application details can be found on our Apply page.

The foundation cannot accept Career Development Program applications by email.

Kathryn McCarroll
Executive Director
Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation
Phone: 506 693 5647
sheilahughmackay.ca

* Please update your contacts.  The email address for the SHMF has changed.
Contact us at shmf@sheilahughmackay.ca

City of Moncton Request for Proposal – Outdoor Public Art Competition

We look forward to receiving your bid and should you have any questions with regards to the Proposal document, please forward them in writing, to Rob Melanson, Buyer at Fax # (506) 859-2675 or via email : rob.melanson@moncton.ca , or at the address listed below no later than seven (7) working days prior to RFP closing time & date.

 

RFP20-096 – Outdoor Public Art Competition (Resurgo Place)-FR

Public Art Design Concept for the QEII New Generation Project Summer Street Parkade

Province of Nova Scotia

Request for Proposals: Public Art Design Concept for the QEII New Generation
Project Summer Street Parkade

Deadline for Submission of Proposal: January 4, 2021

Artist honorarium: $17,500 CAD

Invitation
This Request for Proposals is an invitation by the Province of Nova Scotia to qualified
Atlantic Canadian artists to submit design proposals for the exterior cladding of the QEII
New Generation Project Summer Street Parkade located at 1747 Summer Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The Province of Nova Scotia will receive proposals on or before 4:00 pm local time on
the 4th day of January 2021 submitted by email to
SummerStreetParkade@novascotia.ca

QEII New Generation Project Summer Street Parkade, Public Art Design

CHARLOTTE GLENCROSS SCHOLARSHIP FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARTS

The Charlotte Street Arts Centre is now accepting applications for our Charlotte Glencross Scholarship for 2020!!  Charlotte Glencross was instrumental in the creation of The Charlotte Street Arts Centre; which is why she is the namesake of this award as well as our in-house gallery.  Charlotte was an inspiration to her community not only through her work as a fine artisan but as an activist for social justice.

The Charlotte Glencross Scholarship is now a $2000 scholarship offered every other year to an artist who is progressing in their professional development through classes, workshops, school or another professional endeavour. DEADLINE is DECEMBER 7th, 2020.

CHARLOTTE GLENCROSS SCHOLARSHIP FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARTS

The Charlotte Glencross Scholarship for Professional Development in the Arts is an award that is determined on a competitive basis, and may be awarded to a candidate who:

– Has demonstrated exceptional potential and talent as an artist; and
– Intends to study arts at a recognized institution or with a recognized private instructor for the purpose of pursuing a career as a professional artist of arts professional. The Charlotte Glencross Scholarship is now in the amount of $2,000. One prize every other year may be awarded.

All art forms are eligible. Only New Brunswick residents are eligible to apply. A resident is defined as a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has resided in New Brunswick for at least one year immediately preceding the application deadline of DECEMBER 7th, 2020.

Submissions can be sent to director@charlottestreetarts.ca 

REQUIREMENTS

  1. CV (three pages maximum) – please include awards, honours, recognition;
  2. Artist statement (300 words maximum) – please include your artistic interests and goals;
  3. Copy of enrolment confirmation letter from the institution or instructor;
  4. Samples of work (may include coursework or artwork created outside of art courses) preferably within the past two years.
    • ▪  Visual Art/Craft – 5-10 jpeg images in numbered order submitted via flash drive , or Google Drive link. Include an image list pdf document with title, media, dimension, year, etc. Maximum 1 MB per image.
    • ▪  Music – Demo link (Soundcloud, Youtube, Bandcamp, Google Drive etc) of 1-3 songs, not exceeding a total of 10 minutes. Include name of composer and music sheets if possible.
    • ▪  Dance/Theatre –Link (Youtube, Vimeo, Google drive, etc) of a maximum 10-minute performance or solo. Playwrights must submit a maximum 25-page text.
    • ▪  Literary Arts – applicant must submit a maximum of 25 pages.
    • ▪  Film/Video – Link (Vimeo, Youtube, etc) to a maximum 10-minute production. Scriptwriter must submit a maximum 25-page text.

Museums for Me

BE HEARD – PARTICIPATE IN A DIALOGUE SESSION ON THE FUTURE OF MUSEUMS

Contribute to the important conversation about what museums need to do to continue serving our communities for generations to come.

We are actively seeking new voices and diverse perspectives to ensure that this dialogue is rich and multifaceted. We would love to hear from you.

Session overview:

  • When: Four sessions will be offered between December 3 and 10, 2020. Choose the one that works best for you. If you require CART captioning accommodation, we will be offering this in our evening session on December 8
  • Where: Zoom
  • Time commitment: 2 hours
  • Registration is required
  • A small honorarium will be offered to participants in thanks for their participation and contribution to this engagement process.

Agenda:

  • Thought starters: Short presentation on emerging trends from Dr. Victoria Dickenson, PhD, a consultant to the Museums for Me project with more than 40 years of museums sector and research expertise.
  • Group dialogue: Exploring two big questions – 1) What does the museum of the future need to be to deliver the most value to our communities? 2) How do we get there?

WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT

There are all kinds of museums across Canada, and how we experience and value them is very personal. Please share your perspective to help museums sustain and grow their positive impact in our communities and in a changing world.

What do you love about museums and want to see more of? How do they need to evolve to better meet your needs and serve Canadians into the future? Help us answer these important questions.

The first conversations about this project took place in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic affected how Canadians enjoy museums. Now is the right time to engage on the value and future of museums in Canada.

AGAVF The November 27, 2020 List

The November 27, 2020 List

The List presents the events of the members of the Association des groups en arts visuels francophones ( AGAVF ), that is to say fifteen artist-run centers and galleries across Canada, and compiles calls for submissions in visual arts, media arts, performance, art. public, residences aimed at artists and curators.

News from AGAVF

The brand new publication of AGAVF Bringing communities to life with contemporary art. Tracks for a lively and engaging mediation is aimed at teams of contemporary art centers who want to promote the appreciation of their programming by audiences of all origins and of all levels of knowledge of current art.

To find out more and download Energizing Communities (PDF)

 

Programming of AGAVF members

Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen Art Gallery (Moncton)

Daniel H. Dugas and Valerie LeBlanc – Habitat
Curator: Jonathan Lamy
Presented as part of the Media Arts Section
of the International Festival of Francophone Cinema in Acadia
from November 6 to December 20, 2020
University of Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ga

 

Le Trécarré (Pointe-de-l’Eglise)

Nadine Belliveau, Nadine Blinn, Zita Boudreau , Angélina Comeau, Annette Comeau, Denise Comeau, Noella DeMille, Alain Philippe Gérard, Jay LeBlanc, Mona McDonald, Diane Nadon, Isao Sanami-Murrill, Dany Sheehy, Dianne Surette, Jan Swaren, Claude Edwin Theriault – Isolation
until February 2021
Sainte-Anne University, Nova Scotia
www.rendezvousdelabaie.ca/galerie-dart

 

Visual Voice Artist Center (Ottawa)

J. Aird-Bélanger, A. Asselin, R. Aubin, M. Barti, J. Bertrand, B. Bogart, C. Boucher, Csaba, R. Chevalier, C. Cooper, L. Daigle, C. Dallaire, M. Des Aulniers, A. Dworzak-Subocz, L. Finet, P. Franzini, C. Gendron, D. Gérin, V. Goddard, O. Golub, F. Ikonomidou, R. Kempen, I. Kobayashi, D. Krasi, D Lamontagne, M. Le Bohec, D. Leclerc, M. Manu, M. Marquez, E. Montenegro, J. Muscat, A. Paquin, M. Périat, O. Petca, Y. Porlier, H. Pouillon, R. Robesco, N. Ross, S. Rossen, S. Swinimer, V. Tytor, G. Vallée, JM Van Hees, P. Walty – Artificial intelligence
in November 2020
67 Beechwood Avenue
Vanier, Ontario
www.voixvisuelle.ca

 

Galerie Sans Nom (Moncton)

Caitlin Wilson – Finding Trees
JD Cool – Untitled
until February 19, 2021
140 Botsford Street, Room 16
Moncton, New Brunswick

www.galeriesansnom.org

 

Blue constellation-Bernard-Jean Gallery (Caraquet)

Danielle Saulnier and Serge V. Richard – Osmosis and Intimate Magic
from November 4, 2020 to January 10, 2021
220, boul. Saint-Pierre West
Caraquet, New Brunswick
www.constellationbleue.com

 

Franco-Manitoban Cultural Center (Winnipeg)

 

Jen Funk, Xavier Mutshipayi, Stéphane Oystryk, Reza Rezaï and Eric Plamondon – The other
from October 8 to November 28, 2020
340, boulevard Provencher
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.ccfm.mb.ca

 

Le Labo (Toronto)

6 members selected from the “Courts Always! »From CineFranco 2020.
Discover the selection for November 23 and 25!

“Catch-up court” with our 6 members selected at CinéFranco:
Valérie Lecomte – https://bit.ly/courtderattrapageValérieLecomte
Julie Lassonde – https://bit.ly/CourtdeRattrapageJulieL
Nicole Blundell – https://bit.ly/CourtderattrappageNicoleBlundell
Quitterie Hervouet – https://bit.ly/CourtdeRattrapageQuitterie
Jean Marc Larivière – https://bit.ly/CourtdeRattrapageJeanMarc

Conversation with Joseph Bitamba on the film “Petit Pays” by Éric Barbier :
https://vimeo.com/481767101

The Lab is once again the CAO exhibition aid recommender.
Do you have an exhibition project to finance?
Submit your project: Exhibition assistance, open program (2020-2021)

www.lelabo.ca

 

 

 

 

 

Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (Sudbury)

Claude Wittmann – Wheels / politics / panic
Exhibition since February 2020
54 Elgin Street
Sudbury, Ontario
www.gn-o.org

 

 

COVID-19

More details.

 

 

 

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Calls for submissions

 

1.Calls in French from Canada

 

The Arts and the City Symposium – December 18
Occurence – Montreal – November 27
Daïmon – Gatineau – December 21
La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse – Montreal – December 6
Culture Trois-Rivières – February 1
The Video Tape – Quebec – December 6
Dazibao – Montreal – December 1

 

2.Calls in English from Canada

 

Eyelevel Gallery – Halifax – January 18
Craft Ontario – Toronto – June 7
Video Outs – Vancouver – February 28
A Handmaid Assembly – Sackville – January 5
COVER ME – Records, Cassettes & Artists – Vancouver – from November 21
BIPOC Artist Instagram Project – ongoing
AKA Artist-run Center – Saskatoon – ongoing
Southern Alberta Art Gallery – Lethbridge – ongoing

 

3.international calls

 

European Media Art Festival – December 31
Video Art Academy 2021 – Clermond-Ferrand – December 21

 

4.residences

 

Studio Residency Program – Brookly – December 18
Acts of Care – Public art residency – Calgary – November 28

 

 

5.public art

Gathering and Togertherness – Banff – January 6
Glenora Park Public Art – Edmonton – December 21
Mural on the facade of the Institut maritime du Québec – December 27
LGBTQ2 + National Monument – National Capital Region – January 5
O-Train Public Art Program – November 30
Global Affairs Canada’s commemorative artwork – National Capital Region – December 16

6.for commissioners

 

Employment – Curator of exhibitions and public programs – Gallery 44 – November 29
Employment – general management – Circular Workshop – Montreal – November 29
A Handmaid Assembly – January 5
Life of the arts – MONtréal – January 3
M HKA / Van Abbemuseum Research Fellowship – December 6
Assistant professor in creative technologies – York University – January 15
Curatorial residence – Le Lobe – December 11
Images Festival 2021 – Guest Program – no fixed deadline
East of your empires – Quebec – ongoing
Esse – File (Re) see the painting – January 10, 2021
Revue de Paris – call for contributors – ongoing
Esse art + opinion – September 1

 

 

details on agavf.ca

Association of Francophone Visual Arts Groups BP 7131, Vanier Branch
Ottawa Ontario K1L 8E2 Canada
info@agavf.ca

Judges announced for New Brunswick Book Awards

For Immediate Release

 

Judges announced for New Brunswick Book Awards; Deadline to enter December 1

The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick and The Fiddlehead have announced the judges for the 6th annual New Brunswick Book Awards. The program will celebrate books published in the 2020 calendar year in the poetry, fiction and nonfiction categories and children’s picture books published in the 2019 and 2020 calendar years. Submissions will be accepted until December 1, 2020.

The awards and judges are:

Mrs. Dunster’s Award for Fiction – Mark Sampson is the author of several novels, most recent All the Animals on Earth, short story and poetry collections.

Alice Kitts Memorial Award for Excellence in Children’s Writing – Frieda Wishinsky is the author of over 60 trade and educational children’s books including picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction.

The Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize – Yusuf Saadi is the winner of the The Malahat Review‘s 2016 Far Horizons Award for Poetry and the 2016 Vallum Chapbook Award. His first collection, Pluviophile, was selected for the CBC’s 2020 summer reading list.

Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Nonfiction Award – Naomi Lewis is a fiction and nonfiction writer, editor, and creative writing teacher. Her 2019 memoir, Tiny Lights for Travellers has won a number of awards, most recently she won Alberta’s Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction. and her journalism has been shortlisted for provincial and national magazine awards.

Full bios can be found here:  https://nbbookawards.wixsite.com/info/judges-1

The New Brunswick Book Awards is open to traditionally published and self-published authors who have lived in the province for three of the last five years, including the award year. For more information on the eligibility criteria and to download the entry form, visit http://nbbookawards.wixsite.com/info.

The book awards program represents a partnership between the Writers’ Federation, which for more than 30 years has passionately supported the development of home-grown writers at all stages of development, and The Fiddlehead, Canada’s oldest literary magazine, which has nurtured New Brunswick’s literary culture for 75 years.

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Media Contacts:
Ian LeTourneau
Ian.letourneau@unb.ca
Cell: (506) 440-8072

Rayanne Brennan
rayanneb@rogers.com
Cell: (506) 961-3633

Holiday Shop Feature

ArtsLink NB knows it’s been a very difficult year for everyone, and the arts community has been especially hard-hit by all the cancellations due to COVID-19. Our staff have been panic buying local since the beginning of the pandemic, and we want to encourage our audience to buy from local artists as well.

 

To that end, we’re running an online artist shop promotion in advance of Christmas. If you’re an artist and have an online shop you’d like us to feature, please send an email to info@artslinknb.com with a short description and a link to your shop. If you’ve got a discount code for us, feel free to add that as well. We’ll be collecting links until Monday and we will start featuring them all through December.

 

In the meantime, check out the fantastic gift guide put together by our friends over at NB Made: https://nbmade.ca/pages/2020-holiday-gift-guide

 

Happy holidays!

Press Release Nov 19 Dans Encorps

PRESS RELEASE for immediate release

Moncton, November 19th, 2020 – The art of choreography will be highlighted this fall during the event Création Danse produced by Les Productions DansEncorps Inc.! Création Danse is an annual choreographic mentorship program that encourages artists of all levels to create and present choreography in a non-competitive atmosphere. The exchange between the dance artist and the community is a valued component of this program.

With the supervision of the DansEncorps Productions team, the participants are able to produce their work in a professional setting with good conditions. This is an opportunity for emerging choreographers and performers to improve their skills in this trade. The program encourages the presentation of diversity and various dance styles, from classical ballet to urban dance, including contemporary, folk dance and musical comedy.

Since September, the studios of the DansEncorps School have been incubators of ideas and have safely welcomed the groups (bubbles) and participants of Création Danse 2020. No less than eight new choreographies are being created and the artists are working diligently to finish and refine their work! The second audition is fast approaching, on November 22, 2020.

We can’t wait to unveil the original works resulting from this 2020 edition, on stage, the weekend of December 12th and 13th. Stay tuned for more information on our activities and presentations!

For more information, please communicate with Les Productions DansEncorps

506.855.0998        coordination@dansencorps.ca

Les Productions DansEncorps Inc.

140 rue Botsford, bureau 14  Moncton, NB   E1C 4X5

506.855.0998

info@dansencorps.ca

www.dansencorps.ca

Press release nov 19_DansEncorps

CARFAC Call for Submissions

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

During the Second World War17,000 Jews were enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forcesproudly serving their country despite Canada’s “none is too many” Jewish immigration policy. Of these 17,000, at least 279 were women. To highlight the contributions of these Jewish servicewomen and to combat the lack of public awareness of their participation in WW II, this call for submissions seeks proposals for original 2D digitally generated artworks that tell the story of these Jewish Canadian military personnel.

These works will be printed on banners that will be hung throughout the existing exhibitions and galleries at The Military Museums, Calgary, during Jewish Heritage Month, May 2021.In addition to the physical exhibition, artworks will also be virtually circulated on the project website.

Canadian artists who self-identify as Jewish and as women, are invited to submit proposals for 2D digital artwork, inspired by the storiesof these women.  Source material is  available on website She Also Serves: https://live-ucalgary.ucalgary.ca/she-also-serves/she-also-serves

Please submit amaximum 500-word proposal for an original2D digital artwork(created, for example, using photoshop, digital photography, digital collages, etc.) for a vertical banner measuring 75 cm x 165 cm.A link to your website, or a pdf including 10 examples of previous work and a curriculum vitae,must accompany the submission.Please note, digital copies of drawings, paintings or other non-digitally generated works will not be considered.

Ten artists will be invited to create works based on the proposals submitted. Criteria for evaluation include: clarity of theme, quality of research supporting proposal, creativity, visual presentation, and quality of supporting documents. Jurors are: Dr. Jennifer Eiserman, Associate Professor, Department of Art, University of Calgary; Saundra Lipton, Adjunct Librarian, University of Calgary; Dick AvernsCanadian Forces Artist; and David Bercuson, Department of History, University of Calgary.

Selected artists will receive a contract indicating that each artist retains copyright and will be paid a CARFAC group exhibition fee of $395.

Submissions are due December 31, 2020.  Artists will be notified by January 22, 2021 regarding the jury’s decision. Artists invited to participate will be asked to send .tiff files of completed pieces by April 1, 2021.Please send submissions and any questions to: Jennifer Eiserman, candianjewishservicewomen@gmail.com

The AGAVF List for Friday, November 13, 2020

The AGAVF List

The Association of Francophone Visual Arts Groups ( AGAVF ) presents the events of its members, namely fifteen artist-run centers and galleries across Canada, and compiles calls for submissions in visual arts, media arts, performance, public art, residencies aimed at artists and curators.

 

Programming of AGAVF members

Visual Voice Artist Center (Ottawa)

J. Aird-Bélanger, A. Asselin, R. Aubin, M. Barti, J. Bertrand, B. Bogart, C. Boucher, Csaba, R. Chevalier, C. Cooper, L. Daigle, C. Dallaire, M. Des Aulniers, A. Dworzak-Subocz, L. Finet, P. Franzini, C. Gendron, D. Gérin, V. Goddard, O. Golub, F. Ikonomidou, R. Kempen, I. Kobayashi, D. Krasi, D Lamontagne, M. Le Bohec, D. Leclerc, M. Manu, M. Marquez, E. Montenegro, J. Muscat, A. Paquin, M. Périat, O. Petca, Y. Porlier, H. Pouillon, R. Robesco, N. Ross, S. Rossen, S. Swinimer, V. Tytor, G. Vallée, JM Van Hees, P. Walty – Artificial intelligence
in November 2020
67 Beechwood Avenue Vanier, Ontario
www.voixvisuelle.ca

 

Imago Printmaking Workshop (Moncton)

Carole Deveau and Patrick Mcfarlane – Hekas Hekas…
from 12 to 20 November 2020
140 Botsford Street , Ground Floor Aberdeen Cultural Center
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.atelierimago.com

 

House of French – speaking visual artists (Saint-Boniface)

Janine-Annette Littmann – The duration / The Line as Time
from October 8 to November 21, 2020
101-219, boulevard Provencher
Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
www.maisondesartistes.mb.ca

 

Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen Art Gallery (Moncton)

Daniel H. Dugas and Valerie LeBlanc – Habitat
Curator: Jonathan Lamy
Presented as part of the Media Arts Section
of the International Festival of Francophone Cinema in Acadia
from November 2020 to January 2021
University of Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ga

 

Galerie Sans Nom (Moncton)

White box residences:

Séamus Gallagher
from 3 to 18 November 2020

Mathieu Boucher Côté
from 19 to 26 November 2020
140 Botsford Street, Room 16
Moncton, New Brunswick

www.galeriesansnom.org

 

Blue constellation-Galerie Bernard-Jean (Caraquet)

Danielle Saulnier and Serge V. Richard – Osmosis and Intimate Magic
from November 4, 2020 to January 10, 2021
220, boul. Saint-Pierre West
Caraquet, New Brunswick
www.constellationbleue.com

 

Franco-Manitoban Cultural Center (Winnipeg)

 

Jen Funk, Xavier Mutshipayi, Stéphane Oystryk, Reza Rezaï and Eric Plamondon – The other
from October 8 to November 28, 2020
340, boulevard Provencher
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.ccfm.mb.ca

 

Le Labo (Toronto)

To be a woman artist in 2020. “The game of 2 questions”
with Lise Beaudry , Maria Legault , Martine Côté and Quitterie Hervouet

Chronicles of Quarantine with Jean-Christophe Foolchand
www.lelabo.ca

 

 

 

 

 

Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (Sudbury)

Clayton H Windatt – FINDINGTRACKZERO
talk on Monday November 16 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Claude Wittmann – Wheels / politics / panic
Exhibition since February 2020
54 Elgin Street
Sudbury, Ontario
www.gn-o.org

 

 

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Calls for submissions

 

1.Calls in French from Canada

 

La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse – Montreal – December 6
Culture Trois-Rivières – February 1
The Video Tape – Quebec – December 6
Dazibao – Montreal – December 1

 

2.Calls in English from Canada

 

COVER ME – Records, Cassettes & Artists – Vancouver – from November 21
Monitor 14 – SAVAC – Toronto – November 20
BIPOC Artist Instagram Project – ongoing
AKA Artist-run Center – Saskatoon – ongoing
Southern Alberta Art Gallery – Lethbridge – ongoing

 

3.international calls

 

European Media Art Festival – December 31
Video Art Academy 2021 – Clermond-Ferrand – December 21

 

4.residences

 

Studio Residency Program – Brookly – December 18
Videographer – 50th anniversary – November 15
Kasahara Gabriola Trust Artist Residency – Gabriola Island – November 16
Acts of Care – Public art residency – Calgary – November 28
Engramme – Quebec – November 16

 

 

5.public art

LGBTQ2 + National Monument – National Capital Region – January 5
Regal Road Bridge Enhancement – Burlington – November 13
O-Train Public Art Program – November 30
Global Affairs Canada’s Commemorative Artwork – National Capital Region – December 16

6.for commissioners

 

M HKA / Van Abbemuseum Research Fellowship – December 6
(no) borders issue – easteast.world – November 20
Assistant professor in creative technologies – York University – January 15
General management – Rimouski Regional Museum – November 22
Curatorial residence – Le Lobe – December 11
Images Festival 2021 – Guest Program – no fixed deadline
East of your empires – Quebec – ongoing
Esse – File (Re) see the painting – January 10, 2021
Revue de Paris – call for contributors – ongoing
Esse art + opinion – September 1

 

 

details on agavf.ca

Requests for Proposals

PROFESSIONAL ARTIST / ART LOVER

Dialogue New Brunswick (DNB) will receive applications from professional artists or art lovers, with a rich and extensive culture in the arts, an excellent knowledge of New Brunswick’s artistic community, and who are familiar with interpreting artwork until November 23, 2020.  The successful candidate will accompany Dialogue NB in the design and implementation of the “Artistic Expression” component of its upcoming public consultation. 

CONTEXT

Dialogue NB is a non-profit organization, led by a volunteer board of directors, with a mandate to help the Province of New Brunswick to be a more socially cohesive community.

As part of its mandate, Dialogue NB will launch a public consultation at the end of November to survey the state of New Brunswick on social cohesion in depth and amplify New Brunswickers’ voices. This consultation is part of a two-step process.

Phase 1: During the first 6 months (November 30, 2020 to May 31, 2021), all New Brunswickers will be invited to express themselves on what social cohesion means to them (ideal vision, challenges, issues, etc.). They will have the choice between six ways of expression, which will open up as the consultation progresses. From November, a survey (online), an open forum (online), and the opportunity for representatives of organizations to meet and talk at the Government House will be offered. In early 2021, three new components will gradually be added : “Public Dialogue,” “Artistic Expression” and “Youth” (Little Childhood, Primary, Secondary). The findings of the consultation will be made public at the end of this six months. They will also be submitted to the Lieutenant-Governor, the Honourable Brenda Murphy, in addition to the Premier and other key decision-makers in New Brunswick.

Phase 2: Based on the results of this consultation and its data, Dialogue NB will define a reading grid of the province’s social cohesion challenges: this grid will serve as a basis for reflection on the development of solutions by and for New Brunswickers. The duration of the second phase will be six (6) months, starting in June 2021 until December 2021.

MISSION

Accompanying Dialogue NB in the design and implementation of the “Artistic Expression” component of its upcoming public consultation:

  • Solicit public interest in this area.
  • Encourage New Brunswickers to express themselves through the artistic path(s) of their choice about what social cohesion means to them. Invite them to submit their works to Dialogue NB (Painting, collage, sculpture, photography, dance, music, literary work, poetry, embroidery, beading… The possibilities are infinite!).
  • Analyze and interpret each work of art addressed to Dialogue NB.
  • Write a full report for Dialogue NB on messages delivered under this component.

DESIRED PROFIL

  • Rich and extensive general culture in the arts
  • Excellent knowledge of New Brunswick’s arts community
  • Sharp skills in art analysis

To apply, please follow this link.

Press release : Habitat, by Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas

Habitat

Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas

November 6 to December 20, 2020

The Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen presents Habitat, a new exhibition by artists Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas as part of the Festival International du cinema francophone en Acadie. The opening will be held on November 18, from 4 to 6 PM and there will be two presentations by the artists, at 4:30 and at 5:30 PM. (Please note that 40 people will be allowed inside the building at any given time).

Habitat is a trilogy of video, audio, and photo projects that have been produced in the context of artistic residencies in various nature reserves in South Florida. As introduced by the artists: “We explored each of these areas in turn with our cameras and audio recorders, often accompanying biologists and botanists in the performance of their duties. We tried to understand the reality of these places by remaining open to the spirits that inhabit them.”

Curator Jonathan Lamy explains the artists’ primary practice in this exhibition, videopoetry: “The artworks presented in Habitat are neither film nor cinema, but videopoetry. A hybrid practice, a genre which erases the boundary between video and poetry.” The works in the exhibition thus manifest themselves in an association of images and texts that intermingle in the same space, and point to the place of human beings in nature.

Habitat will be presented from November 6 to December 20, 2020. Visiting hours are 1 – 4 PM, Tuesday to Sunday. Admission is free and all are welcome. The exhibition includes QR codes and visitors are encouraged to bring their smartphones as well as their ear buds to access the soundwalks. For those who don’t have built-in QR code readers, third-party applications can be downloaded from Google Play or the Apple Store.

 

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