by Carole Epp | Aug 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
From their website:
“About Us
Our Mission
The short-term goals of the coalition includes two specific asks to all parties:
- increase the annual budget of the Canada Council for the Arts to $300 million; and
- invest in a new market access and development fund – an investment measure aimed, in part, at replacing cut programs that supported international touring and dissemination.
The Canadian Arts Coalition is the largest consortium of arts, culture, and heritage supporters — business leaders and arts philanthropists, sponsors and volunteers, artists and cultural workers, and arts, culture and heritage organizations, — ever assembled in Canada.
We all believe that the future of our citizens, their towns and cities, and indeed, the nation itself depends on a rich, vibrant and diverse arts and heritage community. The viability of cities greatly depends on their cultural opportunities. Our artists are inventive and generous. But the arts can flourish only when they have adequate, stable, sustained investment.
History
The CAC was originally assembled to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Canada Council for the Arts and to advocate for the Government of Canada to further invest in stable, long term support that increases the Canada Council’s budget by an additional $100 million per annum. We believe the Canada Council is fundamental to the cultural infrastructure of Canada as the key public vehicle for supporting the promotion and development of the arts in Canada. In 2007, we applauded the federal government for a $30 million permanent increase to the Canada Council for the Arts.”Find out more and about ways to get involved here.
by Carole Epp | Aug 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
International Deadline: Ongoing – The Pollock-Krasner Foundation‘s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation‘s mission is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as professional artists over a significant period of time. Application Guidelines: The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers. There are no deadlines. The Foundation encourages applications from artists who have genuine financial needs that are not necessarily catastrophic. Grants are intended for a one-year period of time. The Foundation will consider need on the part of an applicant for all legitimate expenditures relating to his or her professional work and personal living, including medical expenses. The size and length of the grant is determined by the individual circumstances of the artist. Grant Restrictions: The Foundation does not accept applications from commercial artists, photographers, video artists, performance artists, filmmakers, crafts-makers or any artist whose work primarily falls into these categories. The Foundation does not make grants to students or fund academic study. READ MORE >>
by Carole Epp | Jan 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’m sure you’ve all been holding your breath in eager anticipation…so here we go:
The artist of the day who will be getting a little Carole Epp piece in the mail is Laura B. Cooper.
Tracey Broome will also be receiving a cup thanks to her comment regarding Jim Gottuso’s work. Congrats to both. In order to receive your prizes you’ll have to email me at [email protected] with your mailing address and then I’ll pop them in the mail for you.
Again many, many thanks to everyone that participated. This blog is what it is thanks to it’s readers.
On a separate, yet interestingly related note – in regards to how small the world really is – a while back I received a lovely email from someone who had purchased some of my work. Seems that they had also purchased some of Laura B Cooper’s work as well (what good taste indeed!) They were kind enough to forward me the following images of our works in their home, which is always so lovely to see. I’m sure you can agree with me that there is no greater joy in making art then knowing that what you have made from your heart and mind is cherished by another. These images made my day.
by Carole Epp | Dec 11, 2008 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Deadline January 21, 2009.
All Canadian artists are invited to visit the Web site www.cirquedusoleil.com/Shanghai2010 for information on how to submit their completed application for Canada’s cultural program at Expo 2010 Shanghai. The Web site also includes the eligibility criteria and the criteria that will be used to evaluate applications. The criteria were established by Cirque du Soleil after consultation with the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canada Council for the Arts.
UPDATE —
Check out www.expo2010china.hu or www.vilagkiallitas.hu for the most up to date info.
by Carole Epp | Nov 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Every once in a while you run across work that just gives you goosebumps, it hits you somewhere internally in all the right ways and changes how you see things. Kate MacDowell’s work was just that for me recently so I wanted to share it with you. I’ve long dealt with environmental/socio-political topics in my own work, but when I came across Kate’s work via ARTAXIS I realized I had found someone who deals with such subject matter in the most beautifully poetic way and that that methodology was in fact extremely successful in portraying the importance of the subject matter.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Please check out her website for more info, images and contact details.
