Call for Submissions – Factory Media Centre &NOW 2022 Production Residency & Scholarship

Factory Media Centre (FMC) is seeking submissions from multimedia and experimental film artists for our annual &NOW Production Residency & Scholarship (PR&S) program set to begin this upcoming Winter 2022.

Amid a global pandemic, this year’s &NOW Residency Program will be taking place virtually, online on a platform of each artist(s)’ choice. How can multimedia artists extend their practice to combat isolation and connect to new communities? Not limited by physical location in Hamilton, Ontario, we are inviting applications from across Canada and beyond.

Artists or artist teams working in digital, or media art forms are encouraged to apply. Selection criteria will be based on project originality, and its potential for artistic growth. Selections will be made by FMC’s Programming Committee.

Eligibility criteria

• Emerging, mid-career or established artists (or artist teams)
• Must be a member of the Factory Media Centre at the start of the residency term (To become a member visit: www.factorymediacentre.ca/join/)
  –  Full Membership: $45
  –  Seniors (65+) & Full time Student (18+): $25

Resources

• $2000 artist fee for the residency period. If applying as a team the artist fee will be split equally among team members.
• Payment for artist talk and public program.
• $1500 – $2000 scholarship for equipment rental (Local artists only: see rental page: www.factorymediacentre.ca/equipment-rentals).
• Introduction orientation session and technical assistance as needed
• Staff and board support
• Online studio visit with peers from Hamilton’s art community

Artist(s) expectations during residency

• Dedicate time to developing new or existing work during the residency period
• Experiment with media art form, technique or content
• Utilize this opportunity production, post-production or to test an exhibition.
• Dedicate set hours per week and advertise virtual open studio hours for FMC’s community to view program updates
• Participate in virtual open studio culminative reception
• Develop and deliver one public program that engages with one of the FMC’s surrounding community. This could be a workshop, participatory experience, or artist talk.
• Acknowledge the support of FMC when presenting the work that was made while in residence.
• Provide high-quality documentation (images, video or sound) for FMC website, archives, or publications.

Dates:
Factory Media Centre’s &Now Production and Scholarship Residency Program has openings for the following terms:

• January 6 – February 11, 2022
• February 4 – March 11, 2022
• March 4 – April 8, 2022

Application Deadline: December 10, 2021 at 11:59pm E.T.

Apply Here:
www.factorymediacentre.ca/andnow2022

Application Requirements:

1. CV (3 page max) and Bio (250 words max)
2. Project Description (300 words max)
3. Work Plan and Schedule (200 words max)
4. Local artists only: What production and postproduction equipment will your project require. Please review our rentals page (www.factorymediacentre.ca/equipment-rentals) and list the equipment we have available.
5. What public program would you to provide to FMC’s Hamilton community and how does this compliment your project? (150 words max)
6. Visual support material: (only one option is required)*
   –  5-7 still images in one PDF document with image information.
   –  2-4 DIRECT website links to video projects or video/photo documentation (videos 2 min max) with project information.

About the Factory Media Centre
The Factory Media Centre is a not-for-profit artist-run resource centre located in Hamilton, Ontario. FMC is dedicated to the production and promotion of creatively diverse forms of independent films, videos, and other streaming multimedia art forms. FMC is currently renovating our new home at 366 Victoria Avenue North, with current programs taking place off-site and online.

Our mission is to develop and support a vibrant, sustainable, creative, and diverse community of Members within Hamilton and its surrounding region, who are involved or interested in the art, the craft, and the technologies, of motion picture media. In addition to our mission, we also provide access to facilities, equipment, peer resources and educational initiatives to the community of time-based visual artists, as well as to the community at large. Through our programming we hope to encourage the development and appreciation of all related visual art forms through an ongoing program of screenings and events.

www.factorymediacentre.ca
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www.instagram.com/factorymediacentre

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Résidence de création interprovinciale – Appel de candidatures
Résidence de création

L’Association acadienne des artistes professionnel.le.s du Nouveau-Brunswick (AAAPNB), La Fédération culturelle acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse (FéCANE), le Conseil culturel Fransaskois (CCF) et Théâtre Action s’associent afin d’offrir une résidence artistique d’une semaine dans les locaux du théâtre l’Escaouette à Moncton au Nouveau-Brunswick.
 

Type de résidence

Cette rencontre artistique prendra la forme d’une résidence multidisciplinaire. Les artistes de toutes les disciplines sont encouragé.e.s à déposer leur candidature. Du 15 au 22 mars 2022, cinq artistes des trois provinces prendront d’assaut le théâtre l’Escaouette afin de travailler sur des créations individuelles, tout en créant des liens entre eux.
 

QUI PEUT S’INSCRIRE?

1. Ce projet est offert aux artistes du Nouveau-Brunswick membres de l’Association acadienne des artistes professionnel.le.s du Nouveau-Brunswick.
2. Ce projet est offert aux artistes professionnel.le.s de la Nouvelle-Écosse et de la Saskatchewan.
3. Ce projet est offert aux artistes membres de Théâtre Action qui auront soumis un dossier de candidature au concours Feuilles vives 2022. Le choix sera déterminé par le comité de pairs des Feuilles vives selon la grille d’évaluation en vigueur.

COMMENT S’INSCRIRE ?

1. Les artistes doivent s’inscrire à l’aide du formulaire au lien suivant.

2. Les artistes doivent soumettre, en plus du formulaire rempli, un curriculum vitae à jour.

 

HORAIRE

Date limite pour soumettre votre candidature : 20 décembre. 

Les candidat.e.s obtiendront une réponse avant le 14 janvier 2022.

Détails

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Call to Artists: ArtworxTO Legacy Artist in Residence (AiR) Program

Image of Toronto City Hall by Scott Webb on Unsplash.

ArtworxTO invites Toronto-based professional artists to submit Expressions of Interest to participate in the inaugural ArtworxTO Legacy Artist in Residence (AiR) Program.

The ArtworxTO Legacy Artist in Residence (AiR) Program supports the three pillars upon which both the 10-year Public Art Strategy and Year of Public Art are built: “Creativity + Community—Everywhere.”

The ArtworxTO Legacy Artist in Residence (AiR) Program gets to the heart of embedding creativity in Toronto as a core element in city building. To be piloted with Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021–2022, in its first year this program will embed a professional contemporary artist working within a City of Toronto department.

The three shortlisted departments in the program’s first year are:

Court Services
Parks, Forestry and Recreation (Parks Development and Capital Projects)
Parks, Forestry and Recreation (Urban Forestry)
Artists working alongside City staff will bring new ways of thinking about the work that is done within the City. In its pilot stage, this is an opportunity to be part of something new, and to set a precedent for how the City can work collaboratively with artists. This program has been developed with extensive research into similar programs in other municipalities.

The Artist in Residence term will range from 12 to 18 months, depending on the project timeline that works best for the artist and host department, working collaboratively. The term will include 60 hours (across the first 3-6 months) working alongside a department host in a period of embedded research. Following this, the artist will embark on development of a public-facing project, which may take any number of forms. This is a working residency (not live-in) and we are looking for Toronto-based artists.

The following three City departments have been shortlisted to host the inaugural Artist in Residence. One of the following departments will be selected to be the host, based on best match with artists’ expressions of interest.

Departmental Key Issues:

Court Services
Court Services is seeking to work collaboratively with an artist-in-residence to generate an art project that expresses the division’s commitment to maintaining trust and confidence in the delivery of court services to the public and justice stakeholders.

This commitment to justice remains paramount as the division prepares itself to move to a modern courthouse in the historic St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood. This means that as part of the court move project, the division will continue its efforts to provide accessible justice in the heart of the city.

Parks Forestry and Recreation, Parks Development and Capital Projects (PDCP) – Play
Parks are where Torontonians come together to build community, play, celebrate and explore. Public demand for parks, and diverse programs within, continues to grow and has been highlighted during the pandemic. In exploring the concept of play, the artist will take collaborative approach to the identification and creation of more inclusive and diverse opportunities for play, social connection, and community-building in the planning and design of our parks.

This includes:

Celebrating and promoting inclusive and diverse sites for play, engagement and interaction for all ages and backgrounds
Demonstrating through public art that parks belong to everyone and can be used for leisure, exercise, play, cultural celebration
Creating safer and more culturally-accessible spaces within our parks
Exploring how Toronto Island might play a more prominent role as a ‘Hub’ for artists and collaborators to explore
Parks, Forestry and Recreation (Urban Forestry) – Ravines
Toronto, often called a “City within a Park,” is home to one of the largest urban ravine systems in the world, extending over 300 km and covering 17 percent of Toronto’s land area. Toronto’s ravines are rich in biodiversity, providing vital habitat for wildlife and ecosystem services, and intersect with a diverse array of cultures and communities who use and perceive ravines in equally diverse ways. Climate change and the effects of urbanization, such as increased use of these areas, are significantly impacting our natural systems. PFR hopes to showcase the benefits of our ravines, the impacts we have on our ravines, and the ongoing commitment to preserving and improving this invaluable resource. The artist will help develop creative approaches to sustainably celebrate these spaces and encourage recognition and respect for nature throughout Toronto.

Budget: $100,000 +HST ($60,000 artist fee plus minimum $40,000 project production budget).

Selection process:

Three departments have been shortlisted through a departmental invitation and selection panel process. In this second stage, artists are asked to submit Artist Statements (and qualifications) specific to the key issue identified by departments (see submission requirements below). The selection panel will select an Artist applicant and host department matched by artistic concern and departmental interest.

To Learn more about this opportunity please attend the following ArtworxTO Symposium: Public Art of Tomorrow panel:

November 24, 2021 – ArtworxTO Legacy AiR: Shortlisted Host Department Workshop Q and A
3:00pm-4:00pm EST

Live panel discussion with representatives of the 3 shortlisted departments. This is an opportunity for artists to ask questions of the departments as you determine your interest and develop your submission.

*Please note that you must register for the Symposium to attend the AiR information panels. Registration is free. (sign up here)

Submission requirements:

All interested artists are encouraged to submit:

A written description of artistic practice and interest in working in a unique residency process, working with a City department. Please indicate your department preference and include a response to their key issue and its connection to your practice. (Not to exceed 2 pages (.pdf))
NOTE: Artists are permitted to respond to more than one department and key issue. These should be submitted as separate submissions.
Artist Bio and CV(.pdf)
5 images of past work (.jeg files)
All questions and submissions are to be emailed to: Rebecca [point] Carbin [arobas] artworxto [point] ca
Please include Legacy AiR Submission as your subject line.

Deadline for EOI submissions: December 13, 2021

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Application deadline: November 29, 2021

EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Rte Cantonale
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland


www.epfl.ch

Located in Switzerland, the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) is a leading university and one of Europe’s most vibrant and cosmopolitan science and technology institutions.

EPFL hosts more than 350 labs at its international campus in the Lausanne area.

Initiated by EPFL College of Humanities (CDH), and amplified by EPFL Pavilions, the EPFL CDH Artist-in-Residence (AiR) Program reflects the CDH mission of fostering transdisciplinary encounters and collaborations between artists and EPFL’s scientific community, by supporting up to four artists in residence per year.

The program invites emerging and established international artists and creative practitioners for three- to four-month residencies to realize innovative and visionary projects at the intersection of art, science, and advanced technologies.

EPFL CDH AiR Program 2022: Enter the Hyper-Scientific
The goal of the program is to further various interpretative and aesthetic avenues around the manifold scientific landscape of the EPFL through specific artistic productions. Forging encounters between artists and scientists in different disciplines, the program aims to establish a dynamic, critical, and inspiring platform for propelling new approaches and aesthetic investigations within the exponentially developing scene at the intersection of art, technology, science, and the humanities. The program functions as a facilitator and promoter of investigations in multiple directions, many of which will be discovered through the submitted projects themselves.

For its first comprehensive edition, the EPFL CDH AiR Program offers four paths:

Open Transdisciplinary welcomes international artists and creative practitioners from all disciplines and media to propose projects which investigate the fluid intersection between art, humanities, science, and technology and leaves applicants free to suggest the specific direction they would like to explore.

Wearable Technologies in collaboration with EPFL Nanoelectronic Devices Laboratory (NANOLAB) and Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID), invites innovative artists and designers, including fashion and jewelry designers, to explore the potential of apparel technology and wearable accessories and to imagine the next generation of smart wearables through creative approaches to fashion in general or specific items such as gloves or jewelry.

Interface Design and Digital Animation in collaboration with EPFL Reconfigurable Robotics Lab (RRL), prioritizes artists and designers working in the field of emerging technologies. We invite innovative artists and designers to submit a project to be developed in collaboration with the RRL, and which explores, reinvents, and questions the new frontiers of interface design and their applications in prosthetics and robotics.

Scientific Imaging in collaboration with the EPFL Center for Imaging, prioritizes artists familiar with imaging technologies, CGI, digital practices, and visual arts more broadly. We encourage projects that aim at exploring this unique repository of transdisciplinary and cross-scale scope, and to investigate its scientific aspects as well as its aesthetic and visual potential.

Regardless of these suggested profiles, artists coming from different fields are welcome to apply if they can present a clear rationale for doing so in their project.

Who do we want to reach?
Emerging and established Swiss and international artists, with a proven career path or clear potential, who are interested in harnessing science and technological interventions in their artistic endeavors.
We welcome projects in diverse fields: visual and media arts; film, digital, mixed-media and imaging; musical composition, sound, and experimental forms of music; experimental design and fashion; literature and critical and speculative writing.

What do we offer?
Travel costs and accommodation within the Lausanne region. Preferably, applicants will reside in the region during the entire period of the residency.
Monthly stipend and production budget.
Curatorial mentoring and supervision for the whole duration, including the final presentation of the project.

For detailed information about the program and the application process please visit our website or read the application guidelines.

Applications (in English) should be submitted by November 29, 2021 (midnight CET) at the email address: applications [point] CDH-AiR [arobas] epfl [point] ch preferably as one single PDF.

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Application deadline: November 30, 2021, 11:59pm

Amant
315 Maujer st
Brooklyn, New York 11206
United States
Hours: Thursday–Sunday 12–6pm


contact [arobas] amant [point] org

www.amant.org
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Amant is pleased to announce the annual call for applications for its Studio & Research Residency Program.

Amant’s 2022–2023 international Studio and Research Residency Program offers two iterations: fall and spring. Artists and artist duos at all stages of their careers and across a wide array of disciplines from the visual arts, literature, poetry, performance, filmmaking, and cultural theorists are encouraged to apply.

Amant Studio & Research Residency Program allows artists from around the world to spend three months in New York City to develop a specific research project that would benefit from the city’s communities, resources, and vibrant art scene. The residency is self-directed and research-based, as the studios are not designed for the production or fabrication of large-scale artworks.  Residents are encouraged to participate in an active dialogue with other residents and with Amant’s staff, as well as in Amant’s many public programs and activities. Amant highly values and promotes cross-disciplinary conversations.

Residency
The Amant campus features individual studios and office spaces, exhibition galleries, a library/reading room, a café & bookstore, and a fully outfitted performance space suitable for rehearsals and other activities. Residents also have exclusive access to a communal meeting and dining area with a courtyard garden. Residents receive round-trip economy flights to New York and airport transfers as well as a  monthly expense allowance of 3000 USD to offset the costs of accommodation, transport, and day-to-day expenses. Please be advised that the Amant studios are not residential. The candidates will be selected by a professional committee that includes Amant’s senior internal team and three external advisors.

Timeline
Cohort one: fall 2022: mid-September to early December 2022
Cohort two: spring 2023: early March to late May 2023

Application deadline: November 30, 2021, 11:59pm EST / New York Time

Final selection for both fall 2022 and spring 2023 announced: March 1, 2022

Important
Due to the high volume of applications received in 2020, the Amant Studio & Research Residency Program for 2022–2023 will limit the number of applications to a maximum of 800. Once the system receives 800 applications, it will no longer accept any additional applications, regardless of the November 30 deadline.

Application can only be submitted via the online form provided on the Amant website. Application materials received via email, WeTransfer, Dropbox, or similar will not be considered.

Current New York City residents are not eligible to apply.

The application form requires artists to include:
–A current CV listing education, significant exhibitions, awards, grants, residencies, and published writings.
–An artist statement.
–A proposal outlining the specific research project to be pursued while in residency at Amant NY, explaining how it would benefit from the context of New York City.
–A portfolio of 10 work samples that includes corresponding captions and short descriptions. Videos, films, and sound recordings should include up to 5 hyperlinks to external websites. Writers, poets, historians, or theorists should include samples of published writing (samples can include essays, poems, blogposts, book chapters, but not entire books). Those applying as an artist duo should only submit examples of collaborative work.
–Specific people and/or places in New York that are relevant to the research project.
–Professional references.
–All submissions must be in English.

Please carefully read the Q&A section before applying.
For more information on how to apply, visit here.

About Amant
Amant is a non-profit arts organization in Brooklyn, New York City and Chiusure, Siena (Italy) founded in 2019. We are a non-collecting institution that fosters experimentation and dialogue through exhibitions, public programs, and artist residencies.

Our aim is to slow down art-making processes so that our residents and exhibiting artists can experiment with formats and reflect on the meaning and context of their work. We support both established and mid-career international and local artists who work across diverse creative fields. We are committed to building cultural partnerships with like-minded organizations in the US and abroad, while activating new and ongoing conversations with our local communities.

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Application deadline: December 12, 2021, 11pm

Konsthall C
Cigarrvägen 14-16
SE-123 57 Farsta
Sweden
Hours: Thursday–Sunday 12–5pm


T +46 8 604 77 08
info [arobas] konsthallc [point] se

konsthallc.se

Konsthall C is one of the most exciting art spaces in Northern Europe. Located in a former laundry space in a suburb of Stockholm, we have created exhibitions, events and projects since 2004, often in close partnerships with our local communities.

As borders are opening up again, so are we. This fall features a series of open calls aimed at artists, researchers, programmers and students, to participate in Konsthall C’s program.

Artistic Director Ulrika Flink’s program examines people’s voice and language, i.e. the ability to speak and to formulate oneself in relation to one’s own and others’ rights. Every voice arises through interaction with the voices, dreams and lives of others. The program has brought together practices that relate to the relationship between individual and collective voices. The ability to see someone else in oneself—and based on this insight, act and speak  in the world—is one of life’s moral pillars, inspired by the Martinique poet and philosopher Édouard Glissant.

Ulrika Flink has invited practitioners that engage in collective thinking and intervene into the present. Embedded in the program is a rich, rigorous, powerful poetry of language, combined with tools for listening that gives the viewer keys to a deeper understanding of the effects of structural violence and the need to envision different forms of resistance and radical emancipation.

Konsthall C is special in its close connections between program and structure. Its form allows for experiments and changes that impact the organisation. The themes addressed in the exhibitions informs the way we operate as a collective. This is an invitation to our international community, to participate in the construction of a new type of art organisation.

Here is how you can get involved:

Open call for residency: Transforming Bricks and Mortar
Konsthall C’s AiR-platform The Research Station welcomes artists, researchers, writers and activists to apply for our two upcoming residencies focusing on the transformative potential in building a decolonial art institution from the inside and out. Selected applicants are invited to work with any aspect of Konsthall C’s organisational structure and program to help uncover new ways of building an accountable and open institutional structure.
Application deadline is December 12, 2021 at 11pm.
Read more here.

Open call for programmers
We are looking for programmers or designers with programming skills, or people interested in developing new forms of presenting art online, to create a digital exhibition space. The platform will be made use of by both Konsthall C and local artists in Hökarängen.
Application deadline is December 12 2021 at 11pm.
Read more here.

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Application deadline: November 30, 2021, 5pm

Blitz Valletta
68 St Lucia Street
Valletta VLT1181
Malta


blitzvalletta.com

Blitz Valletta is an independent, not-for-profit, contemporary art space that has supported original and radical arts practice in all its forms since 2013, through an international programme of residencies, exhibitions, and public engagement activities. Blitz Valletta is pleased to launch an open call for three digital artistic residences that will take place in 2022 and expand OPEN, an online platform founded in 2020, aimed at further developing Blitz Valletta’s activities in the virtual space and exploring the most recent trends and researches in the digital landscape. The international open call is exclusive to recent graduates—from 2017 onwards—with no age limit and for this first edition, one residency will be awarded to a Maltese artist to support our local artistic community.

The new OPEN Digital Residency Programme will expand Blitz’s engagement in contemporary art, both locally and internationally, by means of cross-fertilization between artists and professionals within the digital landscape—from virtual reality, to gaming and blockchain technology—which have significantly developed in Malta in the past decade. With a specific interest in art circulation beyond physical spaces, our digital programme turns Blitz Valletta into a post studies e-training ground and experimental production space. Each selected artist will participate in a tailored, international mentorship programme and awarded a 2,000 EUR grant to develop a new digital artwork in collaboration with Blitz’s curatorial team. The research and production phase will last one month, followed by an online exhibition lasting two months.

In eight years of activities, Blitz has organized several exhibitions, plus conferences, workshops, commissions and talks, including a three-year residency project (2015-2018) which received mentions by ArtBasel Crowdfunding initiative and Tate Art Exchange Programme. Since 2019, Blitz has kicked off a new curated programme which reflects the institution’s commitment to support Malta-based artists abroad, while engaging with international artists at home. Blitz’s exhibition programme has presented, for the first time in Malta, the work of international artists such as Cory Arcangel, John Coplans, Sara Cwynar, Jesse Darling, Eva Kotátková, Simon Fujiwara, Adrian Paci, Rob Pruitt, Amalia Ulman and Tobias Zielony, alongside Maltese artists including Kane Cali, Charlie Cauchi and Pierre Portelli. Their work is a portal to rethinking the boundaries of art making all while exploring the big questions of contemporary existence.

In response to a recently altered reality, Blitz decided to operate in three spaces equally relevant to its community: online through OPEN, in the physical galleries and in the city of Valletta. OPEN embraces the possibilities presented by the elimination of physical distance and geographical borders of online platforms. Through this boundless, virtual space, Blitz explores art’s capacity to redefine collective imagination locally and internationally and to connect Malta’s IT landscape to an international art practice. Through this new programme, we also keep expanding Blitz’s dialogue with younger audiences and future generations.

Calendar
November 1–30, 2021: Blitz is accepting applications
December 1–15, 2021: Selection process
January 2022: Announcement of selected residents
February 2022: 1st residency research and production
March–April 2022: 1st residency exhibition
June 2022: 2nd residency research and production
July–August 2022: 2nd residency exhibition
October 2022: 3rd residency research and production
November–December 2022: 3rd residency exhibition
Applicants will be informed in case of variations in the calendar.

Jury
The jury includes Blitz director and artist Alexandra Pace, Blitz curator Sara Dolfi Agostini, artist Oliver Laric and art critic, writer and digital art thinker Valentina Tanni.

Guidelines
For more information and to apply please follow the instructions here.

The OPEN Digital Residency Programme is supported by Arts Council Malta and Melita Foundation.

Contact
contact [arobas] blitzvalletta [point] com

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APPEL DE DOSSIERS
Résidence Empreintes 2021-2022


Bonjour,

Le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, avec l’appui du Conseil des arts de Montréal, lance un appel de dossiers pour une résidence d’artiste intitulée Empreintes, offerte à un(e) artiste en arts visuels issu(e) de la diversité culturelle montréalaise.

Nous vous invitons à consulter les détails de l’appel de dossiers en pièce jointe. Nous vous serions reconnaissant(e)s de bien vouloir le partager dans vos cercles.

Nous restons à votre disposition pour tout renseignement complémentaire : appelresidence [arobas] mbamtl [point] org

TÉLÉCHARGER LES DÉTAILS DE L’APPEL DE DOSSIERS

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Funded Residencies 2022/23
Open Call for Applications

Cove Park’s annual open call is now live and we are pleased to accept applications to our funded residency programme for 2022/23.

This call is open to national and international artists, cultural practitioners, and researchers at every career stage and working individually and collaboratively in all art forms, in the creative industries, and across disciplines. 

Cove Park’s residencies support research, the development of existing and new projects, collaboration, interdisciplinary practice, and the production of new work and ideas. We host between 12 to 20 residents at any one time, and Cove Park’s team provide the support and care necessary to ensure each residency is as productive, engaging, and enjoyable as possible. 

We are pleased to accept applications from those wishing to engage with Cove Park’s first enquiry connected to the environmental crisis. This enquiry-based model – for the production of cross-disciplinary work and collective intelligence around pressing global concerns – is founded upon the belief that artistic research is uniquely placed to unpack some of the most acute problems of our times, and that the transformative power of the arts is amplified through collaboration and exchange with other disciplines, including academic and scientific research. During 2022 Cove Park will offer opportunities for residents to take part in and actively contribute to this enquiry.

We also welcome applications from those who urgently require the time, support, and facilities Cove Park can offer to develop their own work. A presentation or participation in a public event is not a requirement for our funded programme, but we are keen to support those who wish to work within and contribute to a community of artists, creative practitioners, and researchers, and to benefit from the experience of working alongside individuals and collaborators from a wide range of backgrounds and specialisms. 

This year, reflecting the development of Cove Park’s programme and our ambition to involve as wide a range of disciplines and sectors as possible, Cove Park is no longer producing separate Application Guidelines for individual art-form focussed residency strands. Instead, one set of Guidelines accompany one application form for general funded residencies in 2022/2023.

These residencies include a fee payable to the resident of £450 per week, a travel allowance, and a materials allowance (when relevant), and will take place at Cove Park between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023. 

Former residents and members of the Cove Park Associates programme are welcome to apply through this open call. Please scroll down for details of this programme.

For further information and the link for the Application Form please see the Application Guidelines.

The deadline for applications is Monday 20 December 2021.

Call to Artists: Public Artworks for the Western North York Community and Child Care Centre, Toronto

CITY OF TORONTO
CALL TO ARTISTS FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
PUBLIC ARTWORKS FOR THE WESTERN NORTH YORK COMMUNITY and CHILD CARE CENTRE
60 STARVIEW LANE, NORTH YORK
Ward 7: Humber River-Black Creek

Deadline: Monday, December 20, 2021 by 5:00pm

The City of Toronto invites practicing artists (including artist teams) to submit their Expression of Interest to the first stage of a competition for public art for the new Western North York Community and Child Care Centre (WNYCC).

Up to three artists will be selected for three sites, through an open, two-stage competition for artists residing in Canada.

PROJECT BACKGROUND

The WNYCC is a project by the City’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division and Children’s Services, and is being designed by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects (MJMA) as the prime consultant and landscape designer, and architectural sub-consultant Bortolotto. The WNYCC will provide residents with a state-of-the-art community and recreation facility, a licensed daycare and a new park. It will include an aquatic centre, a gymnasium with a walking track, and a fitness centre. It will be a place for the community to gather and socialize; a place that cultivates creativity, health and well-being, inclusivity and accessibility for all ages.

PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITY

The site of the new WNYCC is in the Humber River-Black Creek ward, an area defined by its waterways. It is located just east of the ecological corridor of the Humber ravine and river. The Humber River and valley also formed part of the Toronto Carrying Place Trail, an important navigational route used for thousands of years by Indigenous people making the journey to and from Lake Ontario.

Thematically, artists are asked to broadly consider the history and ecology of the area and the surrounding community. Community engagement will be a requirement for the selected artist, and artists should outline their interest in and experience with community engagement in their submission.

There will also be a paid mentorship opportunity, with details to be provided to the short-listed artists.

 

PUBLIC ART SITES

Opportunity 1:
Site A: Promenade
Estimated Budget: $200,000.00 (+HST)

Running from Bob Yuill Drive in the north to Starview Lane in the south, the promenade formalizes a path through the site which the community already uses to move through the neighbourhood.

The promenade also runs along the parking lot, a point of arrival for many visitors to the Centre.

Specific artwork locations are not yet defined, but a series of three-dimensional works would be appropriate for this linear site, which many visitors will experience sequentially.

Opportunity 2:
Site B: Pool Terrace (Proposed location. Final location to be confirmed for Stage 2)
Estimated Budget: $250,000 CAD (+HST)

The intention for Site B, an outdoor terrace connected to the interior Aquatic Hall by sliding doors, is to commission a work which incorporates water.

The finalists for Opportunities 1 and 2 will be awarded a design-build contract, with project budgets which include all costs directly associated with the artwork: design fees, fabrication, installation, engineering and professional services, insurance, travel and other incidental expenses.

Artist may apply for one or both of these opportunities.

 

Opportunity 3:
Site C: Indoor Walking Track
Artist Design Fee: $20,000.00 (+HST)
Production budget to be confirmed for Stage 2.

A 240m walking track encircles the perimeter of the Centre’s second floor, which provides users with views of the surrounding park as well as interior views of Centre activities. This site is for two-dimensional work on the walls around the track.

The finalist for Site C will be awarded a design contract and will be paid a fee of $20,000.00 (+HST), for design and consultation services, working closely with relevant project partners and stakeholders to refine their concept proposal and complete the project.

TWO-STAGE COMPETITION

This is a two-stage, open, competition for practicing artists residing in Canada.
The City of Toronto’s Public Art Strategy outlines the City’s commitment to public art created for, and with the input of, Toronto communities, and to create opportunities for artists of diverse backgrounds, experience and practice. We welcome submissions from Indigenous, Black, and racialized artists, and artists with relevant experience who may not have previously worked in the public realm.

A specially convened Selection Panel, composed of arts professionals and community members, will be established for this competition.

Stage 1: Request for Expression of Interest: 6 weeks (November – December)

An internal panel, consisting of design team members, City staff, and external advisors, as required, will review all submissions and identify a long-list of qualified artists, based on artistic excellence and demonstrated or perceived ability to create and execute an innovative, engaging public artwork.

The long-listed artists’ submissions will be reviewed by the external selection panel to short-list to 4 artists for each opportunity.

Stage 2: Request for Proposals: 2 months (January – March)

The short-listed artists will be notified in late January 2022, and invited to create a proposal. A detailed Terms of Reference document will be provided to guide short-listed artists in the preparation of their proposals.

Short-listed artists for Opportunities 1 and 2 will be paid a fee of $3,000.00 (+HST) for this stage.

Short-listed artists for Opportunity 3 will be paid a fee of $1,000.00 (+HST) for this stage.

Full submission requirements, competition schedule, and additional details are at the City of Toronto website.

The City of Toronto acknowledges that we are on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. The City also acknowledges that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.

Contact
Catherine Dean
Public Art Officer
(647) 458-5657
catherine [point] dean [arobas] toronto [point] ca

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Call to Public Art Curators – Expression of Interest (EOI)
Indigenous Art Trail
Project Budget: $ 272,000.00
Proposal Deadline: December 14, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.

The City of Mississauga seeks to commission a professional Indigenous public art curator to assist with the development of a waterfront Indigenous Art Trail. In this position, the curator will develop a community-informed public art plan and lead the commissioning process for three public art projects by Indigenous artists.

Submissions to this call are due December 14, 2021. Short-listed applicants will be required to attend a virtual interview the week of January 31-February 4, 2022.

Please review the full Submission Guidelines before applying.

For any questions regarding this artist opportunity, please contact public [point] art [arobas] mississauga [point] ca.

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