Here’s a heads-up for artists looking to stimulate their creativity: Les Territoires are asking for submissions for a challenging project titled Ville Imaginaire, and the English Language Arts Network (ELAN) are offering Portfolio Days, a service for artists who are looking to improve their game. Details below. Good luck!
Les Territoires: Ville Imaginaire
The Goal of Imaginary City is to use games and childhood memories as a means to defuse social realities of exile and immigration. The participants will be invited to reflect on their past memories and cultural luggage in order to rebuild a collective memory where the incoherence and the abuse of power is redefined. During these workshops, the group of artists will create a collaborative work that will that will be presented at Les Territoires in June 2012. This project is a unique opportunity that will allow the participating artists to create links between different practices and artistic realities and to nourish themselves by collaborating with their peers. Furthermore, the exhibition which concludes the workshop will give the artists the opportunity to present their work in a professional context.
Project commitment
- Approximately 70 hours from November 2011 – June 2012
Required criteria
- Only artists having less than 6 years of professional experience will be considered
- You must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada or have recently immigrated.
Applications should include
- A CV (2 pages max)
- A letter of intent describing current goals and projects (2 pages max)
- A reflection letter on the subject of Imaginary City (1 page max)
- A link to your numeric images (or attachment) about 10 jpegs
- Email and phone number
The application must be sent by email to the following address:
sayeh@lesterritoires.org
ELAN’s Portfolio Days
October 14-16, 2011
This October, ELAN invites artists interested in learning how to sustain a professional artistic practice in Quebec and Canada to participate in Portfolio Days.
Portfolio Days is a three day professional development event consisting of a preparatory panel discussion and two one-on-one evaluations. Participants will expand their skills and independent thinking to develop a sustainable creative practice.
On Day 1, a panel discussion offers artists the opportunity to better understand their community and context through a comprehensive view of how art is produced and presented. In this discussion the role of the art presenter (programming officer, gallery owner, artistic director or curator) and exhibition space (gallery, artist run centre, museum or festival) will be explored. Participants will be given an overview of essential grant-writing techniques, budgets, timelines and helpful tips to improve grant writing skills.
Then two days of portfolio evaluations with knowledgeable art reviewers and jury members will give individually-tailored feedback on participants’ artistic practice and written materials. These one-on-one sessions will incIude an aesthetic evaluation of the participants’ work, a discussion of the ideas in development, and direction for the future. A second evaluation session will provide feedback on CVs, bio, artist statements, art proposals, budgets and visual documentation.
ELAN’S PORTFOLIO DAYS
October 14-16, Cost: $35
Location: Illustration Québec
372, Sainte-Catherine West, space 123
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Applicants accepted on a first-come, first-served basis
Contact portfoliodays@quebec-elan.org to reserve your spot
