by Carole Epp | Jul 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
KAPSULA Magazine is launching and calling for submissions
As
a listserv dedicated to engaged and evaluative art criticism, KAPSULA
Magazine promotes art criticism that dares to be critical, even if that
means publishing a negative review. Championing strong opinions and even
stronger writing, KAPSULA aims to enliven Canadian art criticism for a
new generation of readers.
LAUNCH:
After
months of rigorous preparation and hard work, KAPSULA Magazine will
release its first publication—CRISIS 1/3. This first instalment of the
CRISIS theme will be sent out on Monday, July 15th.
As
a subscriber, you’ll receive an interactive PDF file containing three
feature articles as well as some TBA content to keep you on your toes.
The authors of July’s works are Kerr Houston, Ebony L. Haynes and Ellyn
Walker. Their works are fascinating, beautifully written, and tackle the
notion of CRISIS from three different, engaging prisms. So, dear
KAPSULA subscribers, stay tuned for our first official release!
If you haven’t yet subscribed to receive KAPSULA’s monthly issues, please visit our website and do so for free:
http://kapsula.ca/subscribe
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
KAPSULA is already on its second round for our call for submissions!
As CRISIS
will be addressed in the months of July, August and September, a new
topic presents itself, ready to be further explored by KAPSULA’s authors
in October! The new call for submissions addresses the issue of Aesthetics within contemporary art.
Since
the 1960s, post-structuralist and postmodern theories have influenced
artists and writers to move towards complacent relativism. The classical
discourse of aesthetics—the pleasure of looking at something, or the
appreciation of the concept of beauty through regarding it— has been
replaced by a discourse of images as references. Often in contemporary
art, the work is little more than a signifier for a chain of ‘absent’
images that it’s referencing—those seen in the mind and not in the
gallery. In other words: the art is in the room, and the image is
somewhere else.
But are these disavowals of honed skill and
technical virtuosity entirely accurate anymore? To grapple with this
question, KAPSULA welcomes submissions that seek to explore the notion
of aesthetics in contemporary art, and writers who are interested in the
vital role of visual pleasure in producing critical moments and
paradigm shifts within art.
Although the theme of aesthetics can be taken broadly, some directions could include:
- Returns to formalism
- The problem of aesthetics in architecture (Bauhaus vs. Bilbao)
Aesthetics & public opinion—the challenges of making public art
- The nouveau bourgeois
- Gender in aesthetics
- Anti-aesthetic art
- Aesthetics as a means of control, or the ‘mainstream aesthetic’
- Money and aesthetics (social class/global and local economy)
- The
politics of ornamentation (see Adolf Loos’ argument that ornament
betrays function and does nothing to further the culture that creates
it)
- Net aesthetics
For further submission details please visit: http://kapsula.ca/submissions
deadline:
August 30th, at midnight
MORE CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS:
KAPSULA Magazine is always on the look for exhibition reviews and cover images!
EXHIBITION REVIEWS:
Starting
mid-July, KAPSULA will begin releasing bi-weekly exhibition reviews.
This means that our call for exhibition review submissions will be
ongoing, with no deadlines!
This will give you the opportunity to write about a current show that
you feel passionate about. It will also give KAPSULA’s subscribers the
opportunity to read your work and see the art exhibition that provoked
your critique!
Since there are no set themes, the exhibition and topic you choose to write on are entirely up to you, regardless of location. Our only requirement is that you make it spicy and intelligent.
For more details regarding submission guidelines, please visit our website at: http://kapsula.ca/submissions/
COVER IMAGES:
Great news for artists!
Due
to an overwhelming amount of artwork submissions, the KAPSULA team
found it appropriate to incorporate contemporary artists and their work
to the monthly feature publications. We are looking for one new cover
image each month. This image should thematically relate to the current
call for feature articles that is posted on our official website. The
topic is completely open to your conceptual and visual interpretation.
The call for image submissions is ongoing.
For information on image guidelines and submissions, visit: http://kapsula.ca
To submit an image, e-mail us at: [email protected]
For any further inquiries, please contact Yoli Terziyska at [email protected]
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by Carole Epp | Jul 13, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
BIOGRAPHY
Jasmine
Wallace is a Canadian Sculptor Born in Prince George, British Columbia,
Canada. She comes from a family of self taught artists and grew up in
the artist community of Vancouver Island. Influenced by the various
disciplines of the studio artists that surrounded her, she quickly began
an art making practice using whatever materials were at hand. Since
that time her art making practice has been constant and diverse. In 2005
she graduated from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design with a Minor
in Drawing and a Major in Ceramics. During that time she studied abroad
as an assistant on a large public sculptural project with Professor Neil
Forrest at the Sculpture Symposium, International Ceramic Center in
Guldageraard, Denmark. In 2010 she completed a Master’s of Fine Arts
with a Major in Ceramics and a Minor in Museum Studies at the University
of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has exhibited extensively
throughout Canada and the United States. Currently she lives and works
in Vancouver.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Witnessing the processes of time and history – construction,
deconstruction and the transformation of cities with the resulting
affects on the landscape are the main source material for the work. I
am interested largely in the spaces that have been abandoned, destroyed
and transformed by such actions, such as dead zones, pockets of lands
cut off by roadways, abandoned industrial areas and residual landscapes.
In these locations the natural environment and the built environment
interact. Within these forgotten spaces the two worlds are allowed to
form a relationship freely without any form of maintenance or control.
The resulting relationships are the main inspirations for my sculptures,
drawings and installations.
Focusing on how plants and organic life intermingle within urban
centers, each work deals with the tension between the natural world and
the built world. Drawing inspiration from the cracks in sidewalks and
other concrete constructions where plants defiantly push themselves
through; I am reminded of the constant wrestling between the built and
the natural. We can all witness the persistence of the natural world
through the invasive grasses and weeds that bust through sidewalks, tear
down fences and destroy gutters. What is most inspiring is this idea
that no matter how hard we try to pave over nature, hide or destroy it,
it keeps fighting back and persevering. These small acts of defiance are
positive affirmations of the endurance of life in our seemingly chaotic
and unstable world – that no matter what happens – life will persist.
by Carole Epp | Jul 12, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
NEW! Emerging Artists at the Toronto Art Expo April 10th to 14th 2014
The
Toronto Art Expo returns for its 12th year to the foremost venue for
art in Toronto, the Metro Toronto Convention Centre – style, elegance.
This is a show that art connoisseurs anticipate all year. It brings the
best in Canadian and international art from both juried and invited
artists and also from an increasing number of galleries presenting the
world’s leading-edge art forms. On top of the most intense promotional
campaign of any art exhibition we bring to the Expo the business of art
by sponsoring major international art galleries and houses to attend and
contribute to this fair’s reputation as one of the major art trade
destinations in North America.
New
this year are opportunities for emerging artists to participate in this
major event. Call for details or see under Participate….Independent
on website.
Link to 2013 ad campaign:
www.torontoartexpo.com/2013/TORONTOARTEXPO2013adcampaign.pdf
Website info: www.torontoartexpo.com
Contact: [email protected]
Tel: 416 265-6988
Toll-free: 1 866 228-4238
by Carole Epp | Jul 12, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
SUBMISSION DATE EXTENSION
Established Artists, Fall Issue of FUSION Magazine
Deadline extended to: – July 22, 2013
The Established Artist
An artist who has created an independent body of work over a number of
years and who has received regional or national recognition through
publication or public presentation of his or her work and has
participated in a number of exhibitions.
FUSION: The Ontario
Clay and Glass Association invites submissions for a new FUSION magazine
column that will feature one clay artist and one glass artist in each
issue. The Spring issue will feature Emerging Artists, the Fall issue
will feature Established Artists, and the Winter issue will feature
Student Artists.
Submissions must include an artist statement
and/or biography that is no more than 300 words in length, along with
two professional quality images of recent work (within 12 months). The
images must be minimum 1200 pixels (4 inches) x 1500 pixels (5 inches)
at 300 dpi, JPEG Format. The images should be of professional quality.
Poor quality images will not be used. Featured artists will be selected
by the Magazine Committee.
Submissions must be sent
electronically to the FUSION Office at [email protected]. Please
use “FUSION Magazine, Feature Artist Column” as the subject heading of
your emailed submission.
Find more info about FUSION magazine online here.
by Carole Epp | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
FRIDAY, JULY 16, 6-8PM
“A House is Not a Home” Reception
Lillstreet Gallery hosts its annual Artist-in-Residence exhibition,
which will showcase the varied work of artists representing each of
Lillstreet’s art departments. Lillstreet’s artist residency program
provides an opportunity for artists to work in a collaborative,
community-based arts center offering resources and instruction in a
variety of media. Resident artists work with students, enriching
Lillstreet’s education programs, while developing their bodies of work.
Applications are accepted each spring. Exhibition extends into the
second floor Gallery Annex and is on view through August 18.
Artists include: Garrett Baumer (Digital Arts and Photography), Alice Costas (Kidstreet), Paige Fetchen (Textiles), Heejin Hwang (Metalsmithing), Joanna Pike (Handbuilding), Gwendolyn Zabicki (Painting and Drawing), Erik Zohn (Wheelthrowing).
RSVP FOR THE EVENT ON FACEBOOK
ALSO ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY
Nick DeVries
maintains a studio in the Minneapolis Northeast Arts District. His
wheel-thrown works are glazed with matte and ash and fired in an
electric kiln.
