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Call for Submissions – UNLOCKED: Virtual Art Exhibit

UNLOCKED: Virtual Art Exhibit by Young Canadians Inspired by the Pandemic

 

  • One year into the Covid-19 pandemic, the creative and emotional lives of our youth matter more than ever. Young Canadian artists need to be seen, encouraged, and their talent recognized.
  • UNLOCKED is a virtual art exhibit that shines a spotlight on art created by young Canadians in response to the global pandemic.
  • Submissions are invited at www.unlockedproject.ca until June 1st, 2021

UNLOCKED, an art project that sheds a spotlight on the personal and creative response to the COVID-19 global pandemic by young artists throughout Canada, launched today. UNLOCKED is an online art exhibit, featuring visual arts, music, poetry, photography and video. Young people ages 9-25 are invited to submit their original artwork through the project’s website www.unlockedproject.ca. Selected artworks will be published on the UNLOCKED website and will be promoted on UNLOCKED’s social media platforms as well as through a wide range of art organizations across the country.

UNLOCKED values diversity and the representation of minorities from coast to coast to coast. Its goal is to create a vibrant community of young artists across Canada – inspire creativity and through the beauty of their art give a bit of hope in these difficult times.

UNLOCKED has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of several important Canadian youth organizations actively engaged in art programs that bring social change and justice to their communities. Project collaborators include ArtBridges, Field Trip, VIBE Arts, inPath, Yellow Pad Sessions, Ink Movement, JAYU, Youth Ottawa, and LOVE (Québec).

The deadline for submissions is June 1st, 2021. Members of the jury include Jennifer Dorner, Executive producer of POP Montreal, Kristian Manchester, Executive Creative Director at Sid Lee, and Arthur Gaillard, Head of Art & Design at MASSIVart.

UNLOCKED is a Montreal-based project founded by Josette Gauthier, documentary film producer.

For more information, please visit www.unlockedproject.ca.

May 7, 2021 in Submission

TNB Theatre School Announces Summer Programming

TNB Theatre School Announces Summer Programming

       Registration is now open for all summer programs at the TNB Theatre School.

This year’s classes will take place downtown with the exception of the Broadway Summer Series.

(Fredericton, NB) TNB Theatre School’s annual summer camps are a go for 2021! With continued
health and safety protocols in place and a few surprises in store, we’re excited to announce our
summer programs will begin in late June. Due to a series of planned renovations taking place at our
55 Whiting Road location, many of this year’s programs will take place downtown at St. Andrews
Presbyterian Church and the Charlotte Street Arts Centre.

“We are extremely grateful that we can go ahead with offering summer camps again this year,” said
TNB Theatre School Director Sharisse LeBrun. “We have to continue to work with reduced class sizes,
social distancing, masks, no live audiences and the likes, but after a full year of navigating this, we
know that quality of education and fun will remain the same!

“We’re grateful for St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church for allowing us to use their hall for our Playtime
and Junior level camps, and the Charlotte Street Arts Center for use of their auditorium for our
Intermediate/Senior programs,” she said.

The programs offered this summer include Playtime Theatre (half-day sessions for children ages 5-7),
Junior Acting (grades 3-5), Junior Musical Theatre (grades 3-5), Intermediate Senior Acting (grades 6-
8) and Intermediate Musical Theatre (grades 6-8). In addition to these summer mainstays, we are also
hosting a Musical Theatre Advanced Audition Technique Workshop led by Broadway Actor Tony
LePage and NYC Casting Director Courtney Hammond. This amazing opportunity is geared towards
pre-professionals ages 15 and up and will take place Monday evenings at the TNB Theatre School
beginning June 21.

“We are thrilled to announce a very special summer training opportunity this year,” said LeBrun.
“Fredericton-born Broadway performer Tony Lepage and NYC Casting Director Courtney Hammond
will be offering a pre-professional master class on Musical Theatre Audition Technique. Over the
course of four weeks, participants will meet weekly to work directly with Tony and Courtney using
prepared material in solo and ensemble formats. The team will coach, give direction, offer honest,
constructive feedback on material, and help participants craft their musical theatre technique at a
professional level.

“I’m so excited for students to get to learn from Tony and Courtney’s expertise – from both in front of
and behind the audition table – this summer,” said LeBrun.
A full list of programs and all health and registration information can be found by visiting
www.tnb.nb.ca

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Interviews and Media Opportunities:

To arrange an interview with TNB Theatre School Director Sharisse LeBrun. Contact her directly at
tsinstructor@tnb.nb.ca

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May 6, 2021

Goose Lane Editions Publicity Manager

Publicity Manager

Are you passionate about amplifying today’s unique voices, ideas and stories? Our team at Goose Lane Editions has an immediate opening for an experienced publicity professional with voracious reading habits.

This is a position for an ambitious communications and publicity professional with an established network of media connections and a get-it-done attitude. While given the creative freedom to work independently, the publicity manager will work hand-in-hand with authors, the publishing team at Goose Lane Editions, and industry partners to create and execute innovative publicity strategies for each new season of book releases.

As the primary contact for all aspects of the publicity campaign for each published book, the publicity manager is responsible for media package development, media research, and pitches; identifying and securing speaking engagements for authors; and executing tailored media outreach to secure coverage in the form of interviews, articles, book reviews, feature stories, and more.

Candidates must be media-savvy, have the ability to read and absorb ideas quickly, have excellent writing and interpersonal communication skills, and have their fingers on the pulse of media trends and social media networking.

Interested? Visit gooselane.com/pages/jobs-at-goose-lane for a more detailed job description, desired qualifications and information on the application process.

Deadline for applications: 24 May 2021

May 5, 2021 in Employment

ARTSLINK NB IS HIRING FOR THE SUMMER!

Position 1: Communications Intern

Tentative start date: June 28, 2021

Location: Office based in Saint John, remote work optional

Terms: 35 hrs a week; 8 weeks, 11.75/hr

ArtsLink NB seeks an energetic and enthusiastic candidate with a desire to work in the arts and culture sector as our Communications Intern. Applicants should have strong communication skills and be able to work independently on projects. This position is funded through Canada Summer Jobs.

Communications Intern will be responsible for: 

  • Social media activity, including daily updates to the website, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, as well as developing newsletters 
  • Producing and editing content as needed for print and other communications and marketing materials, including radio programming, and event promotion materials. 
  • Assisting with the production of organizational documents, such as reports and proposals, and board and other stakeholder communications as required. 
  • General administrative tasks as required.

ArtsLink NB is an equal opportunity employer.

If interested, please send your resume and cover letter to julie@artslinknb.com, by May 31, 2021. We thank all of those interested in the position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

 

Position 2: Special Events co-ordinator

Tentative start date: June 28, 2021

Location: Office based in Saint John, remote work optional

Terms: 35 hrs a week; 8 weeks, 11.75/hr

ArtsLink NB seeks an energetic and enthusiastic candidate with a desire to work in the arts and culture sector as our Special Events co-ordinator. Applicants should have strong communication skills and be able to work independently on projects. This position is funded through Canada Summer Jobs.

Special Events co-ordinator will be responsible for: 

  • Planning and implementing membership activities 
  • Developing materials for membership recruitment 
  • Handling member communications; handling members’ correspondence, including queries and requests; 
  • Maintaining a current member database and directory 
  • Assisting with the production of organizational documents, such as reports and proposals, and board and other stakeholder communications as required.

ArtsLink NB is an equal opportunity employer.

If interested, please send your resume and cover letter to julie@artslinknb.com, by May 31, 2021. We thank all of those interested in the position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

 To be eligible, youth must:

  • be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment*;
  • be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment**; and,
  • have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/canada-summer-jobs/screening-eligibility.html

 

May 5, 2021 in Employment

Call for Content: BIPOC and 2SLGBTQ+ Artists & Creatives

Who We Are

artsUNITE / UNITÉ des arts strives to provide artists and creative entrepreneurs with a free, centralized, comprehensive and humanistic wayfinding service that connects people to resources in the arts. We help you find resources in funding, work, services, crisis support and learning opportunities that are curated according to artist-specific needs. We want Canadian creatives to have equitable access to resources. Adapting to the changing needs of the arts sector post-COVID-19, and with support from partners across Canada, artsUNITE / UNITÉ des arts is a dynamic service, focusing on providing diverse and adaptive resources that will enable our creative communities to survive in the current moment and thrive in the long run. We’re on a mission to unite the national Canadian arts sector in a mutual goal of empowering, educating and employing Canadian artists and creatives. We launched nationally in March 2021 and we are looking to continue the momentum through innovative content and programming.

Call for Content

We’re currently seeking BIPOC writers and creatives to contribute website content. We are particularly interested in the Black Canadian, Indigenous and 2SLGTBQ+ experience.  Do you have ideas for written and/or interactive content? We would love to feature your work!

Eligibility

  • Applicant self-identifies as BIPOC and/or 2SLGTBQ+
  • Applicants must be Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents

What are we looking for?

artsUNITE / UNITÉ des arts is looking for content that provides resources for artists, creative entrepreneurs and the creative community. This can come in the form of blog posts, videos, webinars and more! We are looking for original content that speaks to one of the following categories:

  • Financial resources or advice: What was the first experience you had applying for a grant? Are you a master budget-keeper who could share how to run a balanced personal or business budget? If you were to go back 10 years, what financial advice would you give yourself today?  How are you navigating grants and funding in this pandemic world?
  • Career resources or advice: Do you know how to write a standout resume? Are you a marketing pro or creative who can share how to boost your online brand? How has your industry changed during the pandemic? Do you have professional development insights that would benefit the creative community?
  • Mental Health resources: How do you balance art and mental health in a pandemic? Do you have mental health resources that have helped you this past year? Do you have a personal experience you would like to share that you think could help others navigate new and unfamiliar territory?

I’m interested! What do I do?

Fill out our application form before Friday, May 21, 2021 at 6pm PDT/9pm EDT

 

May 3, 2021 in Submission

The list. April 30, 2021

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.

Martin Krykorka – Natural cycles exhibition
at Galerie Bernard-Jean de Caraquet

 

News from AGAVF

ARTériel, a brand new cultural podcast!

The AGAVF congratulates the arrival of this brand new creative radio laboratory that explores the cultural ecosystem of the Greater Moncton area and beyond.

Each episode of this podcast is unique, allowing you an intimate look behind the scenes of contemporary art! You will find, among other things, conversations between artists, visits and exhibition reviews, testimonials and a review of significant cultural activities.

ARTériel is an initiative of the Imago printmaking studio, the HAT Collective, the Louise-et-Reuben Cohen Art Gallery and the Sans Nom Gallery. Listen to all the episodes: https://www.arteriel.ca/en/episodes

Imago Printmaking Workshop (Moncton)

Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf and Blake M. Morin – Épistola – Le bon fils: Anticipation and realization
from April 15 to May 20, 2021
140, rue Botsford, ground floor of the Aberdeen Cultural Center
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.atelierimago .com

 

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

Sandrine Duquenne, Émerise LeBlanc-Nowlan and Florence Renson – Annual Exhibition for Graduates in Visual Arts 2021
from April 15 to May 30, 2021
Université de Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ga

No Name Gallery  (Moncton)

Vanessa Moeller – Bean There, Done That. 2018-2020
Monica Chamberlain – Inside the lines
from March 5 to April 30, 2021

Les Traversées with Phanie Bernier and Mathieu Léger
Cross residence with AdMare
140, rue Botsford, local 16
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.galeriesansnom.org

Calls for submissions

1.Calls in French from Canada

AGAVF – L’incubateur en curissariat – May 3
La Centrale – Public intimacy performance – Montreal – May 23
Edmundston Arts Center – May 5
Les Percéides Festival – Percé – May 21
VU – Quebec – April 30
Center d’Art daphne – Montreal – May 15

2.Calls in English from Canada

Hold Fast Contemporary Arts Festival – Eastern Edge – St John’s – May 21
Neutral Ground – Calgary – June 1
Small File Media Festival – Vancouver – June 4
Emerging Digital Artists Award – June 15
Riverworks – Prince Edward Island – May 7
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) – Toronto – May 14
Craft Ontario – Toronto – June 7
AKA Artist-run Center – Saskatoon – ongoing
Southern Alberta Art Gallery – Lethbridge – ongoing

3.international calls

Phileas – a fund for contemporary – Vienna – September 10
Tuwaiq international sculpture symposium – Riyadh – May 7

4.residences

Villa Saint-Louis Ndar – Senegal – June 20
Villa Belleville – Paris – May 9
Canadian Museum of Immigration Pier 21 – Halifax – May 21
Residency for Black trans visual artists – Palm Springs – May 18
Open Studio – May 31
Center Sagamie – 15 June
Dazibao – Instagram residency – May 1
Zocalo artist center – Longueuil – May 21
Ephemeral district – Vaste et Vague – Montreal – Matapédia – May 2
Call to artists from Quebec and the Atlantic provinces – East-North-East – Saint-Jean-Port-Joli – May 9

5.public art

Mississauga’s Sculpture Court – May 30
Mural Public Art Project at CN – GO Train Overpass in Toronto – April 30
Artist Roster for Stratford Mural Projects – Stratford – May 5
Platforms – Vancouver – June 3
481 UNIVERSITY UNITED BLDG – Toronto – June 11
Cambridge Street North – Ottawa – May 25
Indigenous public art – Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada – Ottawa – April 12 and May 31

6.for commissioners

Curatorial incubator 3rd edition – AGAVF – May 3
AdMare – call for curators in current art – June 20
VTape – Curatorial incubator – Toronto – June 1
Artspace Artist Run Center – jobs Artistic Director / Curator and Director of Operations and Development – open until to what fulfilled
revie Inter, current art – May 1
Cosmis Bulletin – May 1
East of your empires – Quebec – ongoing
Revue de Paris – call for contributors – ongoing

April 30, 2021 in Monthly list

Call for submissions: Professional dance artists!

16th edition of the adFda (August 12th to 22nd 2021)

Moncton (Nouveau-Brunswick)

Call for submissions: Professional dance artists!

Interested in dancing outdoors this summer?  The Atlantic dance festival is looking for professional dance artists to perform solo (or with artists from the same bubble) in downtown Moncton between August 12th and 22nd. Dance presentations of any style may include text, performance, improvisation and/or a Q&A with the audience.

If you are interested, please submit either one of these options;

  • Solo of 5 to 8 minutes;
  • Choreography of 5 to 8 minutes with dancers from the same bubble;
  • Choreography of 10 to 20 minutes that respects physical distance and has already been presented publicly.

A fee for every performance will be paid to the artist and technical and security support will be provided. All measures recommended by the NB Department of Public Health will be respected.

Your application must include;

  • Your name;
  • Address, phone number and email address;
  • A brief resume;
  • A short video that clearly demonstrates your technical and artistic abilities OR for longer choreography proposals that have already been presented publicly, provide a video of the work (DVD, USB key or web link).
  • Be available for performances between August 12th and 22nd, 2021

Please send your submission (video, CV) no later than May 31st to adfestivalda@gmail.com or to the address below:

Les Productions DansEncorps inc.
Centre Culturel Aberdeen
140 Botsford Street, suite 14
Moncton, New-Brunswick

E1C 4X5

  

For more information, contact us at :

adfestivalda@gmail.com or by phone (506) 855-0998

April 29, 2021 in Auditions, Submission

ARTériel, a new cultural podcast

ARTériel, a new cultural podcast

Imago Print Studio, the HAT Collective, the Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen, and Galerie Sans Nom present ARTériel, a creative radio laboratory that explores the cultural ecosystem of the Greater Moncton area and beyond. 

Each episode of this podcast is unique, allowing you an intimate look behind the scenes of local contemporary art! You’ll find conversations between artists, exhibition tours and reviews, testimonials and a look back on important cultural activities.

The most recent episode of ARTériel (in French) is presented by l’Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones (AGAVF) and is produced by Véronique Leblanc, curator-mentor, with the collaboration of Anne Bertrand, communications officer. It introduces a project called the Curatorial Incubator. Initiated in the summer of 2019 by l’AGAVF, the Incubator is an intensive residency which offers “curators from the Francophone and Acadian communities the opportunity to equip themselves for the realization of exhibition projects and artistic events with artists from these communities. “.

The episode is available here: https://www.arteriel.ca/en/episodespecial

Coming this spring, two new episodes will offer a guided tour of the public artworks in the city of Moncton which are part of the Images rémanentes itinerary (French and English), as well as a specially commissioned sound work by a guest artist of the RE:FLUX Festival. This public engagement programming corresponds to the Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen and its partners objective of connecting contemporary art with a public of all ages. ARTériel is a collective project; those interested in submitting ideas and participating in its realization are welcome.

To listen to all of the episodes visit the ARTériel website: www.arteriel.ca or find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast. Join the email list in order to be informed of the latest news and episodes.

Happy listening!

Press release_ARTeriel_AGAVF

April 28, 2021

Saint John Arts Centre Launches ‘The Art Room’, New Kids’ Art Program

Saint John – Friday, April 23, 2021 – The Saint John Arts Centre (SJAC) has opened registrations in the first two of five workshops in a new art program for kids aged 9-12. Called ‘The Art Room’, the workshop series aims to promote the goals of its tagline: Artistic Pursuits / New Friends / Self-expression / Confidence.

Each workshop is 4 weeks long, with 2-hour classes per week on Saturdays. Students can register for any or all of these workshops as they are offered throughout the year. A strict class size limit of nine students will ensure social distancing, and masks will be mandatory for everyone, as per current Public Health guidelines.

The first two offerings begin on May 15th; ‘Let’s Draw’ (10am-12pm) is taught by the program’s developer, SJAC’s Education and Outreach Coordinator, Harriet Taylor, and ‘Create with Clay’ (1-3pm) is lead by professional ceramicist Danika Vautour. The other three workshops – ‘Let’s Paint’, ‘Fun with Printmaking’, and ‘Wild Art Studio’ (revolving topics), will launch later in the year.

‘The Art Room’ program provides keen young artists with an age-appropriate visual arts education that ignites creativity in a quality learning environment. Education in the visual arts fosters students’ exploration and expression of ideas while enhancing mental, emotional and motor skills, and students will benefit from forming new social connections with kids who share their interests.

“Encouraging kids in art exploration is not only fun, it can lead to a boost in self-confidence, motivation,
and overall performance in their schoolwork,” says Harriet Taylor, a veteran instructor and Academic Dean at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design before joining the staff of SJAC in February. “As they create, they also develop friendships and community.”

For more information, please contact:

Saint John Arts Centre
Harriet Taylor
Education and Outreach Coordinator
506-633-4870
education@sjartscentre.ca

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Kelly Cunningham
Promotions and Events Coordinator
Saint John Arts Centre
506-633-4870
events@sjartscentre.ca
website: www.sjartscentre.ca

Office Hours: Tues-Sat: 9am-5pm
April 23, 2021 in Workshop

Relaxed criteria for Career Development Program – Arts by Invitation component

To make allowance for the current working conditions imposed by the pandemic, the criteria relaxation for the Career Development program has extended to the Arts by Invitation component.

Currently, eligible expenses for the Arts by Invitation component can also include:

  • Freight and shipping expenses, even if you cannot attend in person the performance, screening or exhibition of your work at an established arts festival, competition or art show, provided that the event takes place more than 150km away from your residence.

Also, the criteria relaxation for the Professional Development and the Professionalization and Promotion components of the Career Development Program are still in effect.

All the details on the criteria relaxation of the Career Development Program components can be found HERE.

Note that the upcoming Career Development Program deadline is officially May 1st, though since it falls on a Saturday, applications will be received until Monday May 3rd, 2021.  

Find all the information about the Career Development program HERE.

April 19, 2021

The list April 16, 2021

The list. April 16, 2021

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.

 

Louis-Charles Dionne Shape memory | Traces of handling
at the House of Visual Artists

News from AGAVF

It’s tax time

CARFAC presents some tax tips for artists

You have until the end of April to file your tax return for the year 2020. But, did you know that the deadline for submitting the returns of self-employed individuals and their spouses / common-law partner is June 15, 2021? However, if you have a balance due for 2020, you must pay it no later than April 30, 2021. Visit the CARFAC website for other useful information and resources including a video shot with the Revenue Agency of Canada trying to answer questions from respondents to the recent CARFAC survey that you may have even answered.
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Programming of AGAVF members

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

Louis-Charles Dionne – Shape memory | Traces of manipulation – Material Memory | Traces of Manipulations
April 8 to June 5, 2021

Alexis Lagimodière-Grisé – Waves / River – Vagues / Rivières
April 8 to May 1, 2021

101-219, boulevard Provencher
Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
www.maisondesartistes.mb.ca

Imago Printmaking Workshop (Moncton)

Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf and Blake M. Morin – Épistola – The good son: Anticipation and realization
April 15 to May 20, 2021
140 Botsford Street, Ground Floor Aberdeen Cultural Center
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.atelierimago.com

 

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

Sandrine Duquenne, Émerise LeBlanc-Nowlan and Florence Renson – Annual Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition 2021
April 15 to May 30, 2021
University of Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ga

Franco-Manitoban Cultural Center (Winnipeg)

Jen Funk, Xavier Mutshipayi, Stéphane Oystryk, Reza Rezaï and Eric Plamondon – The other
back since March 15, 2021
340, boulevard Provencher
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.ccfm.mb.ca

Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (Sudbury)

Stephanie Castonguay – Capturing optical frequencies
home residence
from April 19 to April 25

Michael Fernandes – Before and after the electric car
home residence and on Instagram @beforeandaftertheelectriccar
since January 14, 2021

Claude Wittmann – Wheels / politics / panic
Project until June 2021

Stefan St-Laurent – Please feed the animals
Listen to the virtual conference again

54 Elgin Street
Sudbury, Ontario
www.gn-o.org

Visual Voice Artist Center (Ottawa)

Nicole Blundell, Frances Caswell-Routhier, Renee Knight, Monique Handfield, Hélène Lefebvre and Richard Robesco – Membership
Curator: Raymond Aubin
Virtual exhibition
since March 4, 2021
67 Beechwood Ave
Vanier, Ontario
www.voixvisuelle.ca

No Name Gallery (Moncton)

Vanessa Moeller – Bean There, Done That. 2018-2020
Monica Chamberlain – Inside the lines
from March 5 to April 30, 2021

The Crossings with Phanie Bernier and Mathieu Léger
Cross residency with AdMare
140, rue Botsford, room 16
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.galeriesansnom.org

Calls for submissions

1.Calls in French from Canada

AGAVF – Incubator in police station – May 3
Edmundston Arts Center – May 5
Les Percéides Festival – Percé – May 21
VU – Quebec – April 30
Center d’Art daphne – Montreal – May 15

2.Calls in English from Canada

Emerging Digital Artists Award – June 15
Riverworks – Prince Edward Island – May 7
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) – Toronto – May 14
VIFF – Vancouver – April 23
Craft Ontario – Toronto – June 7
AKA Artist-run Center – Saskatoon – ongoing
Southern Alberta Art Gallery – Lethbridge – ongoing

3.residences

Dazibao – Instagram residency – May 1
Zocalo artist center – Longueuil – May 21
AIR Frais program – New Brunswick – April 23
Le Château – Vassivière Island International Art and Landscape Center – April 23
Ephemeral District – Vast et Vague – Montreal – Matapedia – May 2
Call to artists from Quebec and the Atlantic provinces – East-North-East – Saint-Jean-Port-Joli – May 9
La Chambre Blanche – Quebec – April 18

4.public art

481 UNIVERSITY UNITED BLDG – Toronto – June 11
Cambridge Street North – Ottawa – May 25
Public wall art – Mississauga – April 16
Call to Indigenous Artists for Collaborations at the Etobicoke Civic Center – Etobicoke – April 16
Indigenous public art – Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada – Ottawa – April 12 and May 31

5.for commissioners

3rd edition curated incubator – AGAVF – May 3
Evergreen Public Art Program – April 18
Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas – Journal – ongoing
Artspace Artist Run Center – Artistic Director / Curator and Director of Operations and Development jobs – open until filled
revie Inter, current art – May 1
Distribution center of the Atelier Presse Papier – Trois-Rivière – for curators – April 15
Cosmis Bulletin – May 1
East of your empires – Quebec – ongoing
Revue de Paris – call for contributors – in progress

details on agavf.ca

April 16, 2021 in Monthly list

APA is hiring a Conference Production Manager!

We’re hiring a Conference Production Manager!

APA is hiring a Conference Production Manager for Contact East 2021! This is a contract position beginning May 27, 2021 and finishing September 30, 2021 after the completion of Contact East 2021.

Compensation: $5000 and all travel, meals and accommodations expenses for on site event

Responsibilities:

  • Attend the selection committee meetings in Halifax May 27 and 28.
  • Be onsite for the event September 22-26 in Moncton NB
  • Be available for four monthly production meetings beginning in early June (June, July, August, September)
  • Complete event prep work required
  • Create sound check schedule (based on showcase programming created by APA staff) and communicate to showcasing artists in early July.
  • Coordinate and advance all artist needs to performance venue technical staff at least three weeks prior to event
  • Communicate sound check and showcase schedule to venue technical staff
  • Coordinate artist transportation with the transportation coordinator
  • On site stage management for all on stage activities
  • Coordinate live stream activities for both performance venue and professional development sessions venue (different locations)
  • Along with staff on site, coordinate all PD sessions (including technical needs for speakers)
  • Other duties and responsibilities to be mutually agreed upon

It is the Atlantic Presenters Association’s goal to be an organization that engages and welcomes all people. We believe that this requires a socially and culturally diverse workforce and therefore actively seek to recruit candidates who are women, Indigenous, Black, Persons of Colour (IBPoC), persons from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and persons with disabilities. We encourage you to self identify in the recruitment process.

Please direct any questions as well as resumes with cover letter by April 23, 2021 to lisa@atlanticpresenters.ca.
April 15, 2021 in Employment

CALL TO ARTISTS Festival d’art actuel – Les Humanoïdes PUBLIC ART PROJECT

The Edmundston Arts Center is looking for proposals from artists, groups and arts organizations, to participate in a public art project that will take place in Edmundston this fall. Artists are invited to install temporary or permanent contemporary artworks, in public spaces, including works form the visual arts (painting, sculpture, performance, installation, etc.), the literary arts (poetry, essays, etc.), sound arts, including experimental music (performance, installation, etc.), as well as cultural mediation activities (workshop, discussion with the artist, etc.).

Information For more information and/or to discuss your project, contact Ms. Emilie Grace Lavoie, artistic director and curator, at 1-506-852-6366 or by email at: emilieglavoie@gmail.com.

 

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April 15, 2021 in Submission

The Éloizes evening changes date

Moncton, April 7, 2021 – The Acadian Association of Professional Artists of New Brunswick announces today that the Soirée des Éloizes will be broadcast on television on June 5, 2021 to resolve a scheduling challenge with the Gala Trillium Gold.

Radio-Canada will broadcast the Soirée des Éloizes on Saturday, June 5 at 8 p.m. (Atlantic time), 8:30 p.m. (Newfoundland time), on ICI Télé in the Atlantic provinces. It will also be possible to listen to it at the same time via the Internet on radiocanada.ca/acadie . The show will also air on ICI ARTV at 8 p.m. across the country. It will then be available for catch-up on ICI TOU.TV for one year.

“By changing the date of our evening, we are resolving this scheduling challenge with the Gala Trille Or for the benefit of artists from the Canadian and Acadian Francophonie. »Adds Carmen Gibbs, Executive Director of the AAAPNB.

You are therefore all invited to join us for this special Éloizes evening. Follow our social media to learn more about the 2020 finalists.

April 8, 2021 in Awards

CALL TO ACTION: Share the urgent need to fix fair dealing with the federal government

Over the past few months, Access Copyright has worked with a small group of authors to test out a book mailing campaign to push Prime Minister Trudeau and the federal government to reform the Copyright Act so that Canadian creators and publishers are paid for the use of their work by the education sector.

You may have seen authors such as Sylvia McNicoll, Robert Rotenberg and Amy Stuart on social media sharing that they mailed one of their books as well as personal letter to the PM.

Many of the authors who have taken part have received letters back from the PM’s office confirming their mailing were getting through and thanking them for sharing their work with the Prime Minister.

With that welcome news, it is now time to take this campaign to the next level.

That’s where we hope you will get involved.

It’s all part of an effort to bring to Ottawa’s attention the urgent need to address the education fair dealing exception, which has resulted in much of the education sector refusing to pay approximately $150 million in royalties for educational copying.

The federal government plans to introduce a bill later this year to update the Copyright Act to address its obligations under Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement to extend the term of copyright protection. They are also in the process of conducting a series of consultations around various aspects of copyright law which will inform additional the amendments to the Act. At this time, the government has not indicated any intention to address the harm caused by the education fair dealing exception.

This is deeply concerning as our creative sector has been dealing with the impact of this issue for almost a decade now. That’s why we are asking you to join this campaign today and share your work and your thoughts on what it means to be a Canadian creator with the PM, and why the federal government needs to take action to fix fair dealing.

Here is how you can get involved 

Mail one your books to Prime Minister Trudeau: Who better than you to share a Canadian story with the PM? Along with a book, include a personal note to him describing what trying to build a living as a professional writer looks like in Canada. How do you make ends meet? What sacrifices do you have to make? How has the loss of royalties from the education sector affected you? The mailing address is:

Right Honorable Justin Trudeau, P.C. , M.P.
Prime Minister of Canada
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2

 

Share your mailing on social media: Before you mail out your book, please take a picture and post it to your social media platforms, with an explanation of why you are sending your book to the PM—for example, “I mailed my latest book to Prime Minster Trudeau to remind him what supporting Canadian creators really means.” It’s important that Canadians see the faces behind our stories and their rich diversity.

Here is how to make your message heard

  • Tag Prime Minister Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau), Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault (@s_guilbeault) and Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne (@FP_Champagne).
  • Use the hashtags #IValueCdnStories & #cdnpoli.
  • Tag our organization as well as Access Copyright (@AccessCopyright) and I Value Canadian Stories (Twitter: @valuecdnstories; Facebook: @IValueCanadianStories; Instagram: @ivaluecanadianstories).
  • Please email editor@accesscopyright.ca to let us know you have mailed a book to the Prime Minister.

Encourage others to get involved: Help build the momentum by encouraging others in your network to take part.

Amplify what others are doing: Share posts related to the campaign. Just search for #IValueCdnStories on Twitter, Instagram in Facebook and then RT, share, like and comment away!

Have questions? We’re here to help. Email Access Copyright at editor@accesscopyright.ca.

April 7, 2021 in Advocacy, Culture

The list. April 2, 2021

The list. April 2, 2021

News from AGAVF

Renewal of the AGAVF Board of Directors

Thank you to the members and partners who attended the AGAVF Annual General Meeting on March 31, 2021. Following the presentation of Rémi Belliveau’s presidential report and the annual report presented by Lise Leblanc , Executive Director, the members renewed their board of directors. The AGAVF warmly thanks the outgoing administrators Zoé Fortier (artists’ collective Sans-atelier) and Mathieu Léger (artist and board member of the Imago Estampe Workshop, Moncton) for their commitment and welcomes Armand Birk , artistic director of the Center des arts visuels de l’Alberta (CAVA) and Émilie Grace-Lavoie , artist-curator, member of the Board of Directors of Galerie Sans Nom who join Rémi Belliveau, Tam-Ca Vo-Van, Nisk Imbeault and Lou-Anne Bourdeau .

 

Programming of AGAVF members

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

Christian Michaud – Auto sapiens
Curators: Paul Édouard Bourque and Tanya Eindiguer
from February 20 to April 3, 2021
University of Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ga

No Name Gallery (Moncton)

Vanessa Moeller – Bean There, Done That. 2018-2020
Monica Chamberlain – Inside the lines
from March 5 to April 30, 2021

The Crossings with Phanie Bernier and Mathieu Léger
Cross residency with AdMare
140, rue Botsford, room 16
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.galeriesansnom.org

Calls for submissions

1.Calls in French from Canada

AGAVF – The incubator in police station – May 3
vertical – Laval – April 11
Center d’Art daphne – Montreal – May 15
60 seconds radio 2021 – April 11
Atelier Presse Papier dissemination center – Trois-Rivières – April 15

2.Calls in English from Canada

Chinatown Biennals – Toronto – April 15
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) – Toronto – May 14
ODD Gallery – Dawson City, Yukon – April 15
Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery – Waterloo – April 2
VIFF – Vancouver – April 23
Craft Ontario – Toronto – June 7
AKA Artist-run Center – Saskatoon – ongoing
Southern Alberta Art Gallery – Lethbridge – ongoing

3.international calls

Franklin Furnace Fund – New York – April 8

4.residences

AIR Frais program – New Brunswick – April 23
Atelier Silex – Trois-Rivière – April 15
Le Château – Vassivière Island International Art and Landscape Center – April 23
Ephemeral District – Vast et Vague – Montreal – Matapedia – May 2
Call to artists from Quebec and the Atlantic provinces – East-North-East – Saint-Jean-Port-Joli – May 9
La Chambre Blanche – Quebec – April 18

5.public art

Plinths and Traffic Boxes – Saskatoon – April 15
Public wall art – Mississauga – April 16
Call to Indigenous Artists for Collaborations at the Etobicoke Civic Center – Etobicoke – April 16
Indigenous public art – Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada – Ottawa – April 12 and May 31

6.for commissioners

3rd edition curated incubator – AGAVF – May 3
e-flux – Announcements Editor and Journal Image Editor – now
Evergreen Public Art Program – April 18
Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas – Journal – ongoing
Artspace Artist Run Center – Artistic Director / Curator and Director of Operations and Development jobs – open until filled
Vie des arts magazine – April 4
revie Inter, current art – May 1
Commissioner – Flag of Malta – April 5
Distribution center of the Atelier Presse Papier – Trois-Rivière – for curators – April 15
Cosmis Bulletin – May 1
Esse art + opinion – sportification – April 1
East of your empires – Quebec – ongoing
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

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April 6, 2021 in Monthly list

Call for Workshop Proposals

Deadline: April 30, 2021

Calling professional artists: AX, the Arts and Culture Centre of Sussex is currently seeking proposals for in-person, virtual, plein air and ceramics workshops to take place between July and December, 2021. We would like to offer workshops in a variety of areas such as visual arts, ceramic arts, fine craft, literary arts, the creative process and youth programming. The formats for these workshops can be half-day or full-day classes, week-long workshops, and online or after-school programs.

The deadline to submit your proposal for these workshops is April 30, 2021.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please visit the AX website to access our Workshop Proposal form.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the proposal process, please contact us at info@axartscentre.ca or 433-8351.

April 6, 2021 in Workshop

FLOURISH Festival announces 50+ performers ahead of hybrid June event

FLOURISH Festival announces 50+ performers ahead of hybrid June event

Fredericton’s FLOURISH Festival has shared an impressive line-up ahead of its June 10-13 edition, announcing Motherhood, Wolf Castle, Century Egg, Eliza Niemi, LXVNDR, and nearly fifty other artists. Festival performances will encompass music, art, installations, workshops, poetry, and more, in a mix of in-person and digital events.

“With restrictions still in place throughout the country, we’ve focused on emerging artists in the Atlantic Bubble, while also ensuring collaborations and participations from artists across Canada and internationally, through digital means,” said FLOURISH co-organizer, Jane Blanchard (she/her). “The majority of our artists are presenting work at FLOURISH for the first time, which is incredibly exciting for us.”

Organizers are working both with existing venues and new spaces, to create a socially distanced concert experience that ensures a safe, comfortable environment for all artists, patrons, volunteers, and support staff.

“We are working with venues and locations across Fredericton to ensure that we can still take over the city with music and art, while also ensuring compliance with restrictions,” Blanchard said. “We may not be able to host sweaty punk shows or cram into small spaces this year, but we will be taking over public spaces with pop up performances, temporary public art, live music and more. We successfully adapted our 2020 programming, and learned a lot from that experience. We’re looking forward to trying out some new methods of presentation for 2021.”

The list of performers announced today includes (alphabetically): Albert Dalton, Aleya Michaud, An-Laurence Higgins, awakesleeping, Back River Lady, Book Buddies, Century Egg, Charles Harding, Cryptozoologists, Crystal Drew, David R. Elliott, Designosaur, dope.gng, Eliza Niemi, Emily Blair, Emily Harding, Emily Kennedy, Erin Goodine, Evan Furness, Eve Parker Finley, Heat $heets, illestpreacha, lil omar, Indigo Poirier, Jeff Arbeau, Jocelyn Anderson, Jordan Johnson, Katie Hamill, Kelsey Klip, Klarka Weinwurm, LXVNDR, La Bise, Laurel Green, Lazermortis, Maky Lavender, Marian, Matt Carter, Motherhood, Natasha Cliche, Olivia Chrysostom, Olka Art Collective, Post Coal Prom Queen, Rebecca Salazar, Sabrina Thibodeau, Sacha Stephan, Sadie, Shelf Life, Shiftwork Collective, Souvenir, The Firey, Wolf Castle, and 3 of Cups.

“As usual, we’re a melting pot of art, music and more, across Fredericton,” said Blanchard, of the 2021 line-up. “We’ll still be welcoming artists from away for digital performances and installations, but our in-person programming will have a focus on the Atlantic region. We’re really excited to see locals Motherhood tear up a live show, for instance, along with Century Egg and emerging artists Book Buddies and La Bise. Installations will be another focus this year and we’ll be presenting a few around the city, along with temporary public art pieces.”

“Our 2021 hip-hop programming is a personal favourite, with LXVNDR, Wolf Castle, Dope.Gng, Albert Dalton and more,” Blanchard said. “Beyond music and visual art, we have some very cool digital performances lined up, including a project called “Cornelia Webster” by Jeff Arbeau and Lindsay Jacquard, which is a multimedia interactive fiction in HTML format, following the many branching lives of Cornelia Webster (The Coleman Frog) as never told before. We have workshops planned, poetry, comedy and spoken word events, community projects and so much more.”

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ABOUT

FLOURISH Festival is a music and art festival located and operating in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The festival began in 2014, presenting small DIY music shows across the city. Since 2014, the festival and organization have evolved into a four-day festival presenting music, educational programming, visual art, theatre, community projects, public art and more. FLOURISH Festival accepts and presents all genres and art forms, aiming to challenge and encourage cultural and artistic development and appreciation. FLOURISH Festival is a labour of love and hard work and is run primarily by volunteers. We work tirelessly to present emerging artists in the community, as well as on an international and national level.

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Learn more about FLOURISH FESTIVAL:

WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | TWITCH | YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY

 

Press Contact: Brendan MaGee

Front Porch Publicity frontporchpublicity@gmail.com

 

Press Release – FLOURISH Festival announces 50+ artists ahead of hybrid June event (1)

 

April 1, 2021

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – ARTIST POSTER SERIES

POSTER SERIES — CALL FOR ARTIST PROJECTS

DUE DATE

APRIL 20, 2021

Struts Gallery invites New Brunswick-based artists to submit Poster proposals

We invite New Brunswick-based artists to propose artworks to be considered for Struts Gallery’s artists’ poster series. Each poster in the series is autonomous and is not required to adhere to a specific theme. Read more about the series below.

The posters are full colour, single-sided, printed on 18 x 24” 80lb gloss cover stock, produced in an edition of five-hundred. Artists will receive fifty copies of the poster and an artist fee of $450.00. The posters are designed to be posted and will not be available for sale (surplus copies may be used as an incentive for student memberships in the future).

The submissions will be adjudicated by a jury made up of staff, board members and the wider Struts membership.

Struts remains committed to inclusive and diverse programming. We encourage submissions from Indigenous artists, artists of colour, artists with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ artists.

Proposals must include:

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  • An image or mock-up of your proposed poster

  • A single paragraph biography

  • A brief written description of the work

  • A current CV and link to your artist website if available

  • Please include your contact information on your CV

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Proposal Image Format:

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  • Files should be scaled for an 18″ x 24″ format, landscape or portrait

  • .JPG or .TIFFs, no larger than 2 MB

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Poster Format:

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  • If selected, the image must be provided at 18″ x 24″, at 300 dpi

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How to submit:

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Artists can submit materials to info@strutsgallery.ca with the subject heading POSTER PROJECT.

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Last Fall, we launched a series of four posters by Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber, Melanie Colosimo, Séamus Gallagherand Lenka Clayton. Not overtly conceived of as a response to COVID-19, the works ended up addressing issues of fear, anxiety, safety and death. This Spring, the second four posters will be released, including works by Raymond Boisjoly and Céline Huyghebaer plus two more selected from this open call.

https://www.strutsgallery.ca/open-calls

March 30, 2021 in Submission

New Brunswick Book Awards Shortlisted Titles Announced

Shortlisted titles announced for New Brunswick Book Awards

March 29, 2021 – The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick and The Fiddlehead have announced the shortlisted titles for the 6th annual New Brunswick Book Awards. The winners will be revealed at a virtual awards ceremony on Thursday, May 6.

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.

 

The finalists are as follows:

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

Mark Anthony Jarman, Fredericton, Czech Techno (Anvil Press)

Riel Nason, Quispamsis, Waiting under Water (Scholastic Canada Ltd.)

Kathleen Peacock, Fredericton, You Were Never Here (Harper Teen, imprint of Harper Collins Publishers)

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

Shyla Augustine, Fredericton, Mi’kmaq Alphabet Book (Herman’s Monster House Publishing)
Illustrator Braelyn Cyr, Fredericton

Marla Lesage, Lincoln, We Wear Masks (Orca Book Publishers)
Illustrator Marla Lesage

Kim Renton, Stilesville, What-Cha-Doing? (Chocolate River Publishing)
Illustrator Tamara Thiebaux Heikalo, St-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec

The Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize
Judge: Yusuf Saadi, 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

Allan Cooper, Riverview, Waiting for the Small Ship of Desire (Pottersfield Press)

M. Travis Lane, Fredericton, Keeping Count (Gordon Hill Press)

Emily Skov-Nielsen, Saint John, The Knowing Animals (Brick Books)

Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Nonfiction Award
Judge: Naomi Lewis fiction and nonfiction writer, editor, and creative writing teacher. Her 2019 memoir, Tiny Lights for Travellers has won numerous awards including Alberta’s Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction

Odette Barr, Petit-Cap, Teaching at the Top of the World (Pottersfield Press)

Virginia Bliss Bjerkelund, Fredericton, Meadowlands: A Chronicle of the Scovil Family (Chapel Street Editions)

Phillip Lee, Fredericton, Restigouche: The Long Run of the Wild River (Goose Lane Editions)

The New Brunswick Book Awards are 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.

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 more than 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

March 30, 2021 in Contest