Canada Music Fund COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund: Phase 2 – Part 2

Following the announcement of Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations, comes the launch of Part 2 targeting Canadian-owned recording studios, music video producers, record labels and music publishers that are not recipients of the Canada Music Fund (CMF). The funds must be used to support the Canadian portion of eligible music-related activities, specifically, activities related to the production, promotion and marketing of Canadian sound recordings, and activities related to Canadian music publishing.

The deadline to apply for funding is August 19, 2020. For more information, click here.

Canada Council for the Arts’s “Reimagine the Arts” survey is now open to all Canadians! Help build a more robust and more inclusive arts sector by providing your unique input and help shape their strategic plan for 2021-26.

“As we embark on a new 5-year strategic plan we want to hear from you, to shape a plan that reflects the arts sector’s current reality and looks ahead to how the Council can continue its support and also help to reimagine the arts for the benefit of all Canadians. We invite all Canadians to participate and share their ideas.”

The Government of New Brunswick’s Touring and Presenting Program is now open to applications! The program provides non-profit arts organizations with a grant based on the evaluation of eligible touring or presenting activities planned during the fiscal year. Be sure to get your application in before the July 31st deadline!

For more information and to apply, click here.

The Saint John Arts Centre is offering two new printing classes in the coming months, and registration for these is now open.

The first class is “Intro to Linocut” with artists Nathan Cann. This introduction to linoleum block printmaking is a four-week course where students will be designing, carving, and printing their own linocut prints. The class is suitable for beginners and experienced printmakers alike, and all the supplies are included. To register for this $120 class that runs every Thursday evening from September 10 to October 1, click here.

The second class is “Copperplate Etching” with Nathan Carr, a fun but thorough two-day workshop. Students will be learning techniques for how to prepare, etch, and finish the plate, transfer drawings, and pull prints. All supplies are included. To register for this $150 dollar class that runs Saturday afternoons on the 7 and 14 of November, click here.

Mount Allison University is looking for a Printmaking Technician to be responsible for regular maintenance and repair of equipment, as well as supply and supervision for all the printmaking studios. These responsibilities include organizing and assisting with classroom demonstrations, supervising students in numerous printmaking processes, providing aesthetic and technical guidance to students, problem-solving the technical and graphic concerns that students encounter, mixing chemicals, researching print processes and safety procedures, and monitoring all tool and litho stone/silkscreen allocations to students. In consultation with the Printmaking faculty, this position will maintain and balance the printmaking budget while also being responsible for the purchase of print supplies and additional departmental materials, assisting in the organization of field trips, annual print competition, and print exhibitions.

For more information on the position, required qualifications, and how to apply, click here.

Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre is looking for New Brunswick crafters and artisans interested in sharing their work in an exhibition this coming October. The deadline to apply is August 31. For more information, click here.

Flourish Festival is looking for submissions from writers, illustrators, and poets to publish in their 2020 zine! Submitting your work is free, and chosen submissions will receive $100. Work of all languages and from all locations is accepted, and each artist can submit up to 5 pieces for review.

The deadline for submissions is July 30, 2020. For more information and to make a submission, click here.

Moxy Fox Studio is looking for English and Wolastoqey voice actors. No prior voice acting experience is required to apply. Simply record yourself on your phone in a quiet place and send a voice character demo to moxyfoxstudio@gmail.com.

For more information, click here.

To provide input for this survey, click here.

Theatre New Brunswick is seeking scripts to workshop for a Fall Festival of New Plays, taking place from September to November of 2020.  If you are a New Brunswick born or based playwright, and you have a full-length script that is ready for a workshop, they’d like to hear from you. 

The Fall Festival of New Plays will support artists in their creation process. This might mean that you work “traditionally” and you have a script and need time with a dramaturge and a cast of actors. It might mean that you and your team need studio space to create and move. The Theatre will work with you to help you take the next step with your play.

Preference will be given to working on ideas and scripts that are already in development, as opposed to ideas that are very new. The projects and the creators should be ready for outside input, criticism and collaboration. It is not necessary that the play be something that TNB would consider producing.

TNB will provide:

• a dramaturge to work with and help establish goals/writing schedule;
• a cast of actors to read your work monthly (if required);
• a director who will direct your final reading or Event;
• a fee for the applicant/playwright.

The deadline for applications is July 31, 2020. For more information and to apply, click here.

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The Town of Sackville invites professional artists to design, develop, create and deliver a permanent public art installation in order to convey a message of awareness of climate change. These can include social, physical, and immediate or long-term concerns and themes relating to climate change.

The Town would like the artist to focus attention on the characteristic location of Sackville with respect to these issues. However, as climate change is a global phenomenon, the Town also welcomes artists to propose other ideas that situate Sackville within the climate change context while using a global lens.

In addition to the relevance to the Town’s mission, artwork must satisfy reasonable standards of permanence and safety, meeting all relevant codes required for public places, and offering reasonable proof of soundness against theft, vandalism or excessive maintenance and repair.

The deadline for submissions is July 21th, 2020, at 11 AM. For more information, design criteria, and to submit your proposal, click here.

Connection Dance Works will be holding its annual Saint John Contemporary Dance Festival online the week of July 20th to 24th due to COVID-19. The festival typically includes a Community Movement Project, where anyone who likes to move, regardless of dance background, is invited to participate and work together over the course of a week to create, rehearse, and then perform a unique work.

This year, Connection Dance Works has issued a call for submissions: they are asking for members of the public to submit short video clips of movement and dance that will be edited together and shared on social media. The soundtrack for the performance is “Never Knowing” by Ladd & Lasses. Video submissions are welcome from anyone. The video can be of an individual, group, family pet (get creative!) and can be shot to include the body in whole or in part. Submissions should be in .mp4 or .mov format and no more than 15 seconds long. You don’t have to show your face in the video if you don’t want to!

Video submissions are due by July 8 and can be sent to sjmovementproject@gmail.com. For more information, click here.

Are you a New Brunswick-based performing artist, ensemble, or company with a project you are looking to develop or explore?

The Fredericton Playhouse is accepting applications for a new Artist Development Program, InterMISSION, intending to nurture and support creativity and innovative practices in artistic disciplines. The InterMISSION residencies offer access to the Playhouse’s theatre space and facilities, tailored to the participants’ needs and availability.

Examples of possible residencies include creating new works, innovative music or sound recordings, video and lighting exploration, script development, movement exploration, staging or artistic specialization for plays, acting for the camera, vocal coaching, preparing for concerts, exploring or researching innovative ideas, small group collective composition lab for music, and dance. Residencies are open to theatre artists, musicians, choreographers, composers, dancers, visual artists, designers, etc.

Each residency will take place over one to four consecutive days, with each day including up to 6 hours of work in the facility. Scheduling is to be determined between the artist and the Playhouse. Residencies will be offered between September 14 and December 18, subject to availability of the venue and funding. Individual artists and artistic personnel (stage managers, artist-provided technicians, directors, choreographers) will be paid a fee of $100 per person per day. An individual chosen by the artist as a resource expert (mentor, coach, expert) will be paid a fee of $400 for each residency.

The deadline for applicants is August 17, 2020. For more information, eligibility criteria, and to apply, click here.

Live Bait Theatre Presents: The Social Distancing Short Play Festival (SDDPF) in association with Moncton’s Hubcity Theatre

Live Bait is providing theatre artists with an online playwriting/producing opportunity that will pay writers, actors and directors an honorarium of $200 each to create short plays (maximum 10 to 15 minutes) based on the themes of social distancing and isolation. They will accept applications from anyone who wants to participate and will choose up to 8 playwrights, 8 directors, and 24 actors.

Writers have until June 29 at noon to create a script proposal. Successful applicants will be notified by June 30 at the latest and will have until July 5 at 4:30 pm to write their play. Proposals must include:

1. Name of writer, contact information (email and phone), and the proposed name of the play.
2. Number of actors required for the play (there is no cast limit, but plays with smaller numbers of actors are more likely to be accepted).
3. A brief outline of the story and action of the play and how it relates to the theme of social distancing or isolation. PLEASE NOTE – the play does not have to be about COVID 19 or our current situation, it can be about anything related to social distance or isolation. But it can also be about COVID 19.
4. Any special technical requirements the play might have (Live Bait suggests you keep it simple).
5. A brief resume or description of your playwriting experience and a sample of your previous work if you have some.

Directors and Actors have until June 28 to apply to participate in the Festival. On June 29 successful actors and directors will be notified and will be assigned to plays. They will receive the play on July 5 and have until July 15 to rehearse and prepare for the presentation.

• To apply as an actor or director, please send a resume of your experience and a brief description of your interest in this project.
• Directors do not need to have technical presentation experience as Live Bait will be there to assist them. Still, they should be comfortable with the idea of using technology and presenting things online.

All participants will have to agree to follow all appropriate social distancing guidelines during the rehearsal and performance of the shows. Performances will be broadcast in a festival format on Facebook live over two evenings, and the SDSPF will be included as a part of Live Bait’s annual New Works Festival (which will also be held online) from July 17 to 19. As noted, Live Bait will provide technical assistance to the artists as needed throughout the project.

Please send any questions or proposals/applications to Live Bait Theatre at info@livebaittheatre.com.

• Directing the organization and supervising all of ARCA’s activities, in continual dialogue with its members;
• Acting as the organization’s spokesperson, representing the organization to stakeholders and beneficiaries, and drafting letters, media releases and other communications;
• Working alongside the board of directors to determine the organization’s strategic priorities and action plan, and supervising their implementation;
• Participating in the organization’s meetings, and preparing and delivering reports to the Board on the organization’s activities and finances;
• Identifying and preparing grant applications to government, paragovernmental, private, and other partners with an emphasis on diversifying revenue sources for ARCA’s long-term sustainability, and preparing and submitting subsequent grant reports as required;
• Working with the Board Treasurer, preparing annual budgets with quarterly updates; supervising production of the annual financial report, and ensuring fulfillment of other legal obligations of the organization;
• Planning, producing, and supervising the production of research and other specialized resources for the benefit of the membership; and
• Planning biennial national conferences in partnership with the host region (the conference planned in 2020 was postponed and will be delivered in 2021), and planning regional or community meetings in partnership with ad hoc initiatives.

The adFda (Atlantic Dance Festival Danse Atlantique) is looking for professional dance artists to perform a solo (or with artists from the same bubble) in downtown Moncton between August 7th and 17th. Dance presentations of any style will be considered and can include text, performance, improvisation and/or a Q&A with the public.

If you are interested, send them a proposition, a performance idea for a public presentation in an “ambulatory” style, meaning that passers-by (the public) follow a predetermined route where, along the way, dance artists present their work. A performance between 5 and 8 minutes will be most appropriate and could be performed multiples times per day or throughout the week.

A fee will be paid to the artist for each representation, and technical support, as well as security, will be provided. All measures recommended by NB’s Department of Public Health will be respected.

Your application must include;

• Your name;
• Address, phone number and email address;
• A brief resume;
• A video demonstrating your technical and artistic abilities (DVD, USB stick, or video link)
• Be available for performances between the 7th and 17th of August 2020

Please send your application (video, CV) to either adfestivalda@gmail.com or to:

Les Productions DansEncorps inc.

Aberdeen Cultural Center

140 Botsford Street, Suite 14

Moncton, NB

E1C 4X5 

For more information, contact the event organizers at adfestivalda@gmail.com or by phone at (506) 855-0998.

The application deadline is June 26th.

Registration is now open for UNB Design Works Online MasterClasses and private and small group learning sessions!

The UNB Art Centre has adapted its delivery method so your child can learn and develop skills from the comfort and safety of home. Starting June 15, 2020, Design Works will offer a variety of online camps each week. Taught by professional instructors, MasterClass Camps will run Monday to Friday with live 90-minute sessions (via Zoom) each day. Depending on the camp, your children will develop creative, technical, or French language skills.

Only ten students will be admitted per class, so make sure you sign up early! Private and Small-Group Sessions are also offered for those who want one-on-one sessions for their child or who want to arrange a class for a child and their friends.

For more information and to view prices, click here.

If you’re an Atlantic Canada artist interested in learning about podcasting, check out the HEAR TELL Podcast Training Program organized by Visual Arts Nova Scotia. During this six week program, you’ll learn the ins and outs of the medium directly from podcasting experts and creative podcast producers. Webinars will be weekly starting June 16, with there sometimes being multiple held per week.

For more information on the program and to sign up, click here.