John Hobday Awards in Arts Management

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Established through a donation of $1 million from The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation to the Canada Council for the Arts, the awards recognize outstanding established and mid-career arts managers in Canadian professional arts organizations. Arts managers from any artistic discipline supported by the Canada Council may apply for the awards, which are intended for professional development, mentoring and related purposes.

There are two distinct awards:

  • The Professional Development and Renewal award allows an outstanding established or mid-career arts manager to take part in a short-term, recognized program, seminar or workshop for professional renewal and revitalization.
  • The Mentorship award allows an exceptional mid-career arts manager who is seeking to acquire different knowledge, experience and skills to be mentored by an outstanding established or mid-career arts manager.

The John Hobday Awards in Arts Management are intended for professional development of individual arts managers and not for direct assistance to arts organizations.

Deadline(s)

30 September, 2014

If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.

Prize Amount

Two awards of $10,000 each may be given annually.

Eligibility

Note that meeting the eligibility criteria does not guarantee that you will receive an award.

General eligibility criteria for both awards

Organizations are not eligible to apply for these awards. To be eligible, you must:

  • be a Canadian citizen or have permanent resident status, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. You do not need to be living in Canada when you apply.
  • have a minimum of 10 years’ experience (not necessarily continuous years) as a professional arts manager
  • have significant expertise in arts management in one or more of the seven disciplines funded by the Canada Council (dance, music, theatre, media arts, visual arts, writing and publishing, and/or inter-arts)

Specific eligibility criteria for the Mentorship award

For the Mentorship award, you and your mentor must be employed by different Canadian, professional arts organizations. In addition, the mentor must:

  • be a Canadian citizen or have permanent resident status, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  • have significant expertise in arts management in one or more of the seven disciplines funded by the Canada Council (dance, music, theatre, media arts, visual arts, writing and publishing, and/or inter-arts)
    • be working full time in a Canadian, professional arts organization
    • be an established or mid-career arts manager
    • have submitted all overdue final reports to the Canada Council.

Further Information

Janet Riedel Pigott
Program Officer, Prizes Section

1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 6004

TTY: 1-866-565-5559

SAVAC-MAWA Residency Program

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Deadline: 5 September 2014 

Presented in partnership with Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) in Winnipeg, this residency opportunity is open to woman-identified* SAVAC Member artists. Become a SAVAC Member for $30/year here.

The residency takes place in MAWA’s urban, loft-style apartment for a self-directed residency of 2-4 weeks in duration between January 1 & December 31, 2015. The selected artist will be granted use of this space free of charge, for research, reflection, networking and/or production.

The SAVAC-MAWA Residency Program is intended to increase dialogue between SAVAC’s membership and the Winnipeg arts scene, to create networking opportunities for women-identified artists, and to provide an opportunity for artists to move their artistic practices forward in a self-structured environment.

The MAWA apartment is fully furnished and includes a kitchen, a bathroom with shower, a queen bed, a double futon/couch and a designated parking space. All linens and cooking utensils are provided. The apartment is located on the second floor of 611 Main Street, in downtown Winnipeg. The apartment is a clean space that is not conducive for painting and many forms of sculpture.  Please note, it is a walk-up building and is not wheelchair accessible.

If the selected artist needs specific facilities outside of what is offered, MAWA staff will connect them to other Winnipeg art centres to assist in gaining access to spaces and resources as required. These could include a rough studio, printmaking, video and darkroom facilities, or introductions to like-minded artists and curators.

MAWA also asks that the selected artist present their work to MAWA members in a form of their choosing (screening, talk, performance, showcase of work-in-progress, etc.). The artist will be paid CAD$300 for this presentation.

Women-identified artists at all stages of their careers are encouraged to apply. Equal consideration will be given to emerging and established artists.

 

To Apply

Applications must be received by email or post by 5 September 2014 at 5 pm, and should include:

  • A cover letter explaining why you would like time in the MAWA apartment, articulating your goals and rationale (max. 500 words)

  • A detailed description of what you will need while you are in Winnipeg, such as access to other facilities or equipment (max. 500 words)

  • Your first and second choice of preferred dates, including start and end dates (between January 1 – December 31st, 2015)

  • An artist’s CV (max. 3 pages)

  • Up to 10 images as jpgs, 72 dpi at 1024 X 768 pixels, not embedded in a program such as PowerPoint.

  • Up to two videos on playable DVD, in QuickTime or as a web link.

If applying online, please format your application so that the text documents are in one PDF file but the images are not embedded (individual jpg files, please).

Please include the line “SAVAC-MAWA Residency Program” as the subject header and send applications to submissions@savac.net

If applying by mail, please send applications to:

 
SAVAC-MAWA Residency Program
SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre)
401 Richmond St. West, #450
Toronto, ON
M6P 1P7
Canada
 

If you would like application materials to be returned to you, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your application.

Questions can be directed to Sharlene Bamboat, Artistic Director at SAVAC:
sharlene@savac.net
416-542-1661

 

*Mawa’s Summer 2014 newsletter addresses the ways in which the organization defines the term ‘woman identified’: “By women, we mean anyone (cisgendered, transgendered, two-spirited or of any plural gender identification) who uses the word “woman” or “female” to describe herself.”

Read the full article here

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Call for Proposals (Of Africa project)

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all for proposals for site-specific artistic intervention at the Royal Ontario Museum
Deadline: September 10, 2014

The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto is excited to invite artists of African heritage to submit a proposal for an original artwork to be featured in the Wilson Canadian Heritage Exhibition Room, in the Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Canada. This installation or intervention will explore the position and representations of African Canadians in the nation’s historical and contemporary narratives.

This call is part of the Of Africa project, a multiplatform and multiyear project aimed at rethinking historical and contemporary representations of Africa and its diasporas in one of Canada’s largest cultural institutions. This proposal is aimed at enhancing the ROM’s representation of African Canadian history in its display and creating new opportunities for dialogue and engagement with the public.

APPLY ONLINE

Objective and background

On the 25th anniversary of the exhibition Into the Heart of Africa – which revealed deep social, political and racial gaps between the institutional perception of what constituted the “museum public” and the actual complexity of Ontario’s and Toronto’s society – the ROM welcomes a reflection on different ways to present and interpret images, ideas, and histories and to explore the persistent historical absence of people of African descent in the Canadian consciousness.

Despite the fact that Black people have lived in Canada for centuries, they continue to be portrayed as marginal or outsiders. The selected work will help to question this positioning and offer an opportunity for reflection on issues of historical marginalization and racism in mainstream society through a contemporary reframing.

We invite Canadian artists of African heritage to reposition blackness in the Canadian narrative through a creative engagement with the ROM’s Canadian Gallery. We welcome projects that tackle, trouble or contextualize African Canadians’ experience in Canadian society and in relation to the holdings of the Sigmund Samuel Gallery of Canada. We expect this installation/intervention to raise questions, challenge stereotypes, envision futures, and be an opportunity for dialogue and discussion.

The selected project will open during Black History Month and run from February to November 2015 in the Wilson Canadian Heritage Exhibition Room and will be activated with complementary programming.

Adjudication criteria

Project proposals will be reviewed by a jury of professionals from the arts and cultural community and the Royal Ontario Museum. Projects will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

  • The relevance of the project in relation to the call’s objectives;
  • The level of innovation and creativity of the proposed installation or project;
  • The levels of artistry achieved through previous artistic activities;
  • The feasibility of project in relation to budget, time allotted and space available.

Budget

The selected artist will receive a $CAD 3,000 prize and up to $CAD 5,000 for production of the work and an additional exhibition and reproduction fee for installation. Artists not living in Toronto, will also receive support for travel and accommodation up to $CAD 2,000 for the return shipping and installation of the work.

The copyright in the work produced and the work itself will remain property of the artist and will be returned at the end of the installation period. Visual documentation of the installation will be archived on the ROM Of Africa website and remain accessible to the public beyond the duration of the exhibition.

Who can participate?

Artists of African heritage (African, Afro-Canadian, Black, Caribbean, etc.) that are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.

Submission of proposals

Individual artists or collectives wishing to submit a proposal should contact ofafrica@rom.on.ca to request the Application Form.

Proposal should contain:

  1. A completed application form
  2. A detailed description of the project accompanied by all the documentation necessary to provide a full understanding of the scope of the proposal (sketch, photo, video etc).
  3. A technical description of the proposed work (how the work is mounted, dismounted or otherwise installed and the list of technical equipment required)
  4. A budget detailing the costs for project realization

Important Dates

  • All applications must be received by September 2, 2014;
  • The selected artist or collective will be contacted by September 29, 2014;
  • Artwork to be delivered to the ROM by January 5, 2015;
  • February 2015 to November 2015, run of the exhibition in the Wilson Canadian Heritage Exhibition Room.

Please contact ofafrica@rom.on.ca for any further queries.

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