Call for Submissions: Upcoming July & June 2018 →

Queen West Art Crawl

Vendor Applications

Deadline to apply: June 15th, 2018.

The Queen West Art Crawl (QWAC) is a charitable organization designed to celebrate and promote the art, culture and diversity of Queen West in Toronto. The cornerstone of QWAC is the Outdoor Art Exhibition in beautiful Trinity Bellwoods Park in September, which draws over 60,000 visitors annually.

Building Up Together 2018

Art Auction Fundraiser

Deadline: July 10th, 2018.

Building Up is a non-profit social enterprise that installs water efficient retrofits in affordable housing buildings while training and employing people with barriers to employment to carry out that work.

North York Arts

Northbound Gallery Program

Artists have the opportunity to apply and receive FREE exhibition space in North York in 2019.

Deadline: June 28th, 2018.

North York Arts (NYA) is an arts service organization designed to address the needs and interests of North York artists, arts organizations and residents.

Myseum of Toronto

Myseum Intersections Festival

Project Proposals

Deadline: July 15th, 2018.

Myseum Intersections is an annual festival that will take place during the entire month of March, 2019. The festival explores intersectional perspectives of Toronto through collaborative exhibits, events, workshops and tours.

Quest Art

2018 TD Wealth - Thor Wealth Management Group Art Prize

To acknowledge how a vibrant arts and culture community leads to personal and economic growth for all, TD Wealth - Thor Wealth Management Group is working with Quest Art to sponsor three prestigious art prizes for our 2018 annual juried exhibition.

Deadline: July 23rd, 2018.

Quest Art School + Gallery is North Simcoe’s premier public gallery with the mission to engage and enrich the community through visual arts education, exhibition and appreciation.

3 excellent things to apply to within the next 30 days...!

Do yourself a favour and apply to something cool every month. It's great practice and gets your name out there, but also your chances of getting accepted to a very exciting project are 100% better than if you never applied at all! 

Here are 3 very great opportunities for an artist with a little initiative (details below): 

1. The Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency - Gibralter Point - Deadline June 1 2018

2. NAISA Call For Submissions - Sound Art - Deadline June 4 2018

3. Out of This World - Group Show - Propeller Gallery  - Deadline June 7th 2018

1. The INTERGENERATIONAL LGBT ARTIST RESIDENCY is the first intergenerational artist-in-residency program for LGBTQ visual artists in Canada. The residency offers studio space and free room and board to juried applicants for the duration of the two-week residency. Residents also receive mentoring and studio visits from critically acclaimed artists and curators.
Deadline: June 1, 2018

Residency period: AUGUST 21 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The aim of THE INTERGENERATIONAL LGBT ARTIST RESIDENCY is a vision and experience of sustainability through shared practice, art career management training, and community building via Canadian LGBTQ2 art and political histories. (English fluency is not required, landed immigrant status is not required.) Whether you are ‘emerging,’ 'established,’ or an inbetweenster, please consider applying!

Notification will be emailed mid June 2018. Those artists who accept the offer of a place at the residency will then have some time to prepare, and if necessary to apply for travel funding. The residency is in the process of raising money to contribute to travel expenses, and we committed to helping you to raise additional money for travel.

The residency is interested in applications critically engaged with politics and art histories of LGBTQ2 communities in Canada. Previous investigations have queered methods, materials, immigrant histories, landscape and Canadian canon. Projects and practices responding to or resisting history of colonialism are of particular interest. The jury seeks to build a cohort each summer of artists who could in multiple ways connect with each other and contribute to each other's experience. 

In your application, please consider the following:

If you could have a studio visit from anyone, whom would it be, what would you like to ask them about their own practice or would you want feedback/critiques.....?

How would you identify in terms of 'generations'?

While there is ample time and spaces for solitude during the residency, this is a group themed residency and not appropriate for those seeking a solo residency. Participants are expected to take full advantage of the opportunities the residency provides, and the unique qualities of the islands. In light of this, and for group cohesion and scheduling, participants remain on site minimum 80% of the time. We cannot accommodate overnight guests, except in the case of personal attendant for accessibility accommodation. Please contact us regarding accessibility needs.

The entire application process is paperless, and can be completed via online form (see website for futher details). 

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2. NAISA (New Adventures In Sound Art) is pleased to launch its 2018 Call For Submissions OFF THE BEAT(EN) TRACK
Deadline: June 4, 2018
www.naisa.ca

Categories: Transmission Art/Radio Art, Electroacoustic Music/Sound Art, Interactive Installation Art, and Other

Go to http://naisa.ca/opportunities/calls-for-submissions/naisa-general-call-for-submissions/ for full information and the on-line application.

New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) invites artists of all ages and nationalities to submit works on the theme Off The Beat(en) Track for consideration in New Adventures in Sound Art’s 2019 programming.

A year ago, NAISA staff and its board of directors decided to move the organization from Toronto to the Village of South River, ON - very much Off the Beaten Track. Sound and media art centres and dissemination points are typically in urban centres but now with greater access to and availability of digital technology, a dissemination point can be anywhere where there is internet access. NAISA’s early programming explored the connections between natural acoustic environments and media arts and so NAISA’s move to the Near North and its proximity to Algonquin Park brings it closer to its origins and provides NAISA the opportunity to present works that intersect between the natural and digital realms. NAISA’s facility, the NAISA North Media Arts Centre, functions as a hub for artists in the region to network with each other and experience NAISA’s programming, including Arts Meetups, Artist Residencies, Interactive Exhibitions and Performances, all under one roof.

For its 2019 programming, NAISA is interested in submissions that address the ideas related to the theme Off The Beat(en) Track and creative ways that this can be shared.

Preference in programming will be given to works that respond in some way to the theme Off The Beat(en) Track. Individual interpretations or variations on the theme are encouraged, but should be realized with sound as the primary component. NAISA would also like to encourage artists to submit works on the theme for performance, interactive installation exhibit, audio-visual screening, radio or internet broadcast, telematics, VR/gaming, mobile experiences and any other emerging or alternative formats that include sound as a primary element. Please complete in full the online submission form and upload your audio by midnight on June 4, 2018. Note: there is a $5 submission fee in order to defray the cost of processing the submissions. All works chosen for presentation will receive an artist fee. Only those artists being considered for presentation will be contacted.


Inquiries & general information:

Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Executive Director
New Adventures in Sound Art
Address: 106 Ottawa Ave., South River, ON
Tel 705 386 0880 / naisa@naisa.ca
www.naisa.ca

Follow us on:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NAISASoundArt
Twitter: www.twitter.com/NAISASoundArt
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/NAISAtube
Soundcloud: www.soundcloud/NAISA
NAISA Radio: www.naisa.ca/naisa-radio

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3. OUT OF THIS WORLD  Art inspired by all things astronomical  All Media are welcome.   Show dates: July 4-22, 2018
Submission deadline: Thu June 7, 4pm (EDT)
Opening Reception: Thu July 5, 6:30-9:30pm

Show Location: Propeller Gallery, 30 Abell St., Toronto
Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat 12-6, Sun 12-5

“ Space… is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big
it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”
- DOUGLAS ADAMS: THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (1979)

2018 marks a century-and- a-half of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's (RASC) promotion of astronomy and allied sciences in Canada. From early on, the RASC has encouraged exploring the connections of astronomy with other areas of culture, an interest which continues to the present. Both amateur and professional astronomers produce visually arresting material combined with deeply engaging ideas that spark a sense of awe and wonder. Artists are engaged and inspired by both the visual and conceptual elements of this work.

Submission Requirements:
You may submit up to three separate submissions. With each submission, please provide one image only (2000 pixels on the longest edge @72dpi preferred).

• Your name, address, email, phone number, with a brief bio.
• Title of Work, Year, Medium, Size and Value in $CAD.
• A brief written statement about the work. (max. 150 words).
• Video links accepted.
• Non-refundable submission fee: $50.00 for first submission, an additional $25.00 (each) for the second and third submissions.

Submit your work here: http://huutaart.com/opencalls/out-of-this-world

Out Of This World is a partnership between Propeller Gallery and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, and celebrates 150 years of the RASC.

Curatorial Team Members: Robin Kingsburgh, David Griffin, Randall Rosenfeld, Anthony F. Saad

Additional Information:

• 25% commission collected on any work sold as a result of this exhibition.
• For more information visit our website: www.propellerctr.com
• Selected artists will be contacted by email not later than June 11. Delivery instructions will be given at that time.
• Work to be dropped off at gallery on Tue July 3, 12-1:30pm or 6-7:30pm
• Work to be picked up: Sun July 22, 4-6pm
• Additional programming:
  • Artist talks & Star Party in Lisgar Park: Sat Jul 21, 7pm+
  • other programming TBA

Please direct inquiries to:

Nathan Heuvingh, Gallery Director
gallery@propellerctr.com
1-416-504-7142
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PropellerTO/
Twitter: @PropellerTO
Instagram: @propellerygallery_to

Call for Submissions: Queen West Art Crawl →

The 16th Annual Queen West Art Crawl

Deadline: April 30th 2018

Show Dates: September 22-23rd from 11AM to 6PM

Display your work at one of the most exciting and popular art festivals in Canada!  Annually drawing 60,000 visitors to its various events, the Queen West Art Crawl is hailed as one of Canada’s most popular cultural and art attractions! The Queen West Art Crawl is accepting applications for this year's event. Artist booth fees are only $325.00 (plus HST).

The 16th annual festival will take place in the heart of the city, Trinity Bellwoods Park on September 22-23rd. 

All artistic mediums are welcome Artists are selected by a jury of prominent community leaders. Applications close on April 30th 2018.

Stuff to Apply and Sign Up for

Call for Applicants:

Teen Fringe:  Deadline: June 6, 2017

Teens aged 13-17 can have the chance to train with leading professionals in acting, singing and dancing during the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival. Applicants are required to audition and perform a monologue of their choosing and a song from the Musical Theatre Repertoire list. Participants can expect 5 full days of training with industry professionals, the chance to perform at Edge of the Sky’s closing night show at the 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival and a Rush Pass to all 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival productions.

Call for Submissions:

Art Encounters Program, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Deadline: May 1, 2017

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is accepting applications from visual artists and makers with disabilities, newcomer and indigenous artists to participate in the new Art Encounters Program during the 56th Exhibition on July 14 – 16, 2017 at Nathan Philips Square. Through this program Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition will provide exhibition assistance and free booth space to offset the costs and relieve the economic pressure of exhibiting in the fair to a select group of five artists with disabilities, newcomer and aboriginal artists.

Arts and Minds: A Community Arts Series

Neighbourhood Arts Network's has partnered with Workman Arts on Arts and Minds: A Community Arts Series, exploring the theme of mental wellness and public space. Arts and Minds will convene members of the Victoria Village community together to have conversation around the importance of mental health management in all our lives. This will be a helpful series of collaborative workshops using community arts as a tool to talk about how mental health can possibly be managed, and some of the challenges it can present. The City of Toronto’s 2011 Neighbourhood Demographic Estimates revealed that 67% of community members in Victoria Village are accessing mental health services, so these workshops will be responsive by convening a space for community members to gather and discuss their own mental health issues, while encouraging the reduction of the stigma associated with seeking support. Victoria Park Village community members will be consulted in sparking the project objectives and support community outreach. The project in 2018 will celebrate this growth of stories told through a public art piece reflecting dialogues from the workshops. Workman Arts Members are asked to submit Request for Proposals to apply to partake in community consultations, as well as design and deliver hand-on workshops

Regent Park Film Festival: Deadline: May 12, 2017

Regent Park Film Festival's call for submissions is now open and free. Regent Park Film Festival welcome films of all lengths and genres that reflect the multitude of experiences that make up our cities and communities. Regent Park Film Festival is especially dedicated to showcasing works by Indigenous filmmakers and filmmakers of colour, as well as works by trans, queer and female identified filmmakers.

Events:

Sick Muse Art Projects: Multicultural Night Event:  May 19, 2017

Serving as a fundraiser for their new project relating to Latin America (specifically Peru and Ecuador), Sick Muse Art Projects is hosting a Multicultural Night Event that features a variety of music and food. This will also be a great opportunity to network with cultural workers and cultural leaders from different organizations, artists from different disciplines and backgrounds, and arts/culture dreamers and doers. The Multicultural Night Event will be at 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media and Education and will run from 7-10 PM.

Call for Curators

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Newsletter #9 Hello curators. We present the opportunities gathered this month and hope you find them at least as interesting as we do. Good luck! Exhibition Design: online course by Node Center Node Center’s Online Program offers those interested in contemporary art practices, the opportunity to extend their experience in an internationally oriented e-learning program. Deadline: May 29, 2013  Read more JOBS Curator, Permanent Collection Display The Curator will play a key role in delivering an exciting new permanent display at the new Design Museum and managing the museum’s collection in readiness for the move to Kensington High Street.Deadline: June 7, 2013 Read more Art Gallery Manager The Axel Vervoordt Gallery, located in Belgium and with a branch office in Connecticut, is establishing a new Gallery in Hong Kong and is looking for a full time Gallery Manager for this new space. Deadline: June 25, 2013 Read more Job opportunity at Whitney Museum of American Art Open job offer at the Whitney Museum of American Art as Director of Public Programs and Public Engagements, to develop, plan and implement all public programs, including artist-driven events, lectures and conversations, gallery talks, symposia, and courses. Read more Museum Research Consortium Project Coordinator With the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Museum of Modern Art has embarked on a four-year (January 1, 2013–December 31, 2016), Museum-based pilot program for the study of objects in MoMA’s collection. Read more Curatorial Assistant, Contemporary Art, BRIC The Curatorial Assistant reports to the Director of Contemporary Art and plays a key role in the operation of the Contemporary Art program, with a focus on curatorial duties. This position will begin in late summer 2013. Read more RESIDENCIES 2013–14 curator residencies – Fogo Island Arts, Canada Fogo Island Arts Residencies provide opportunities for artists and thinkers from a wide range of disciplines to live and work on Fogo Island (off the coast of Newfoundland) for periods ranging from three to six months. Deadline: June 1, 2013 Read more VAA Nida Art Colony call for residency applications, curatorial proposals and a trainee Nida Art Colony (NAC) welcomes proposals from artists, designers, architects, curators, and art researchers for its upcoming residencies on the Baltic Sea coast in the Curonian Spit National Park, Lithuania. Deadline: June 15, 2013 Read more MINI/Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38 MINI/Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38, the contemporary art space of the Goethe-Institut New York generously supported by MINI, is presently seeking a Curatorial Resident (2014). Deadline: June 30, 2013 Read more EDUCATION Postgraduate Programme in Curating Zürich The aim of this Programme is to examine changes in current cultural production and to develop innovative displays in that context. Particularly for participants from the fields of design, art, culture, and media, the programme aims to open new perspectives in the professional field. Deadline: May 31, 2013Read more Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts offers two courses in curatorial practice Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts offers two courses in curatorial practice with Bassam El Baroni "Lyotard for the twenty-first century curator: a singular account" and Nancy Adajania "Re-enchanting the curatorial moment: eluding institutional frameworks". Read more Partners: