Upcoming residency opportunities at MEDALTA

by | Mar 1, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday


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MEDALTA 2011 JULY with Sukjin Choi July 4th – 31st 2011 This residency will be led by invited artist Sukjin Choi and is intended for artists who are comfortable working independently within a group setting. Sukjin Choi is a Korean artist, educator and writer currently working in Virginia. Her practice ranges from the seemingly effortless production of traditional Onggi jars, to large scale multimedia installation art. • $625 •All firings included •Artist supplies materials and clay •12 spaces available •Application deadline is April 15 2011

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@font-face { font-family: “Arial”; }@font-face { font-family: “Cambria”; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Pots For the Kitchen, Bread For The Table with Fredi Rahn August 5th – 14th 2011 $775 (all materials included) Registration on a first come first served basis. (12 spaces available) This ten-day workshop focuses on the connection between the food we cook and the pottery we cook and serve it in. The emphasis of the workshop is on repetition, focus, and getting the details right. We will divide our time between the (improvised) bakeshop and the pottery studio, using the philosophy of mindfulness and creativity through practice and repetition. In the kitchen, our focus is on artisan hearth breads. Learn how to improvise a hearth oven in your home oven, and how to mix, ferment, shape, and bake beautiful loaves using simple natural ingredients and time. In the ceramics studio, choose a form (or 2) to practice and develop and delve into the details of scale, weight, proportion, edges, and surface. In between we find the connections between food and pots, how they converse and strengthen each other. The workshop will be punctuated with daily demo’s, tastings and discussions, all intended to make you consider the humble objects you make for daily use and consumption more deeply and fully. For further information about our facilities, residency experiences, application and registration info please visit our website at: http://www.medalta.org/miair/index.html

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT RED DEER COLLEGE

by | Feb 9, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday



Red Deer College has expanded its Visual Arts facility in the newly opened Center for Visual Art in the Four Centers Building and now has three purpose built Artist-in-Residence Studios. The studios are designed to attract artists to Red Deer and to give an opportunity for emerging and professional artists alike to engage in research in an inspiring environment with equipment that they would not otherwise have access to. The ambition of the program is to promote meaningful interaction between the students, the resident artists and the community at large. The AIR studios are available during two 15 week periods; September to December and January to April coinciding with the academic year.


IMMERSE YOURSELF
The new studios are designed to offer interested artists an opportunity to chart some new territory by stepping outside of their usual studio routine. Through the interaction with students and staff in the Visual Art Department and beyond the resident artist can take advantage of the opportunity to research and produce new work that contributes to their discipline. Collaborations across media and with the RDC’s Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing, where there is access to rapid prototyping, water-jet cutting, and CNC milling offer up possibilities that will prove to be fruitful and position RDC to be a destination for innovative art research.

Who is Eligible?
We are interested in hosting both emerging and established artists of all disciplines, practices, and nationalities. Artists applying should have a current and active practice and have completed their basic training and able to work in a self-directed manner.

Artist-in-Residence Coordinator: Trudy Golley
Contact Info:
Office: 403-342-3453
email: [email protected]

What is provided:
• dedicated studio space approx. 250 sq ft
• residency for 1 to 3 months
• Access to fully equipped studios:
Ceramics, Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking.
• 24 hour access
• Library and Internet privileges
• Materials budget up to $200.00
• Exhibition opportunity at the conclusion of residency
• Public lecture opportunity
• Letter of support to pursue individual funding
• Assistance with finding accommodation

To submit an application: We are currently accepting Digital Applications only – please ensure all images are readable on a Mac or PC and are in a suitable format (1024 x 768) – doc, jpg or pdf preferred.

Send by e-mail to the address above
Please send the following:
1) 10 images of work and an image list
2) One letter of interest outlining both your artistic history and how you would use your time as an artist in residence (including preferred dates and length of residence)
3) A current CV (3 pages max.)
Deadlines
– October 1 for the January – April period
– March 1 for the September – December period

RED DEER COLLEGE VISUAL ART DEPARTMENT
100 College Blvd.
Red Deer, Alberta
Canada T4N 5H5
www.rdc.ab.ca

Studio Tech and Resident Artists positions for 2011-2012

by | Feb 8, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Carbondale Clay Centre will be looking for a new Ceramic Studio Tech Residency for June 2011-June 2012. Deadline for applications and supporting material is April 4th and notification is April 20th. Click here to download information. We are also looking for Ceramic Resident Artists for our Twelve Month Residency Program. Application deadline is April 4th and notification is April 30th. Click here for information. Please email us at [email protected] for any other questions. Please look for us at NCECA to interview for the positions!!

Call to Artists: Boyle Street Community Services, RFQ, Artist in Residence, Edmonton

by | Jan 25, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday


Deadline: JAN 31

Boyle Street Community Services, an inner city agency, is inviting artists in the Edmonton area to become its first Artist in Residence, starting March 1, 2011. The Artist in Residence will work with community members to mentor and build their talents, develop a body of work by the Artist in Residence that reflects their experience at the agency and participate in a public showing of artwork produced during the artist’s tenure. We are searching for an appropriate candidate who comes from disciplines including painting, drawing, photography, fine craft, song writing or literary arts.

In an appropriate cover letter, candidates should refer to:
•Experience working with people who live in poverty, are marginalized and face multiple barriers.
•Examples of a candidate’s background using art to build self-esteem and foster personal growth.
•Examples of an artist’s own work that reflect issues related to social inclusion and poverty.
•Experience working with Aboriginal peoples and newcomers from varied cultures.

Applicants should detail key components of a proposed program, including suggestions on how to monitor program impacts. Examples of artwork should be provided using a CD or other appropriate digital format (including the option of providing a link to an applicant’s website). Proposals should also indicate how much time the candidate expects to spend working with community members at Boyle Street and on their own work over the six months for the project.

Appropriate space will be provided at Boyle Street to enable the selected artist to practice his or her own craft, host classes for the target population and offer individual consultation. The incumbent’s remuneration will be $25,000 over six months; a further $3,000 is available for supplies for the program. This initiative is sponsored by the Edmonton Arts Council, as part of the Art of Living cultural plan. The organizing committee includes representatives from the University of Alberta, Grant MacEwan University and Boyle Street Community Services.

Please respond with the noted cover letter, proposal and appropriate digital support material by 5 p.m., January 31, 2011 to: [email protected]
For further information about Boyle Street Community Services, please see our webpage: www.boylestreet.org

For more information about this opportunity, please contact David Berger, Deputy Director, Boyle Street Community Services, 10116 – 105 Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T5H 0K2; (780) 423-3122, extension 254.

via Alberta Craft Council