Call for Submissions
ARTSPACE Peterborough is seeking proposals from visual and new media artists for its 2012/13 programming.
 
DEADLINE:
MAY 16 2011 (postmarked)
 
ARTSPACE is dedicated to exhibiting Canadian Contemporary artists working in a variety of disciplines. We strive to present art that reflects and promotes the diversity of cultural and political perspectives, which shape contemporary art practices. Emerging, mid-career and senior artists whose works are alternative, experimental and/or critically engaged are presented. ARTSPACE receives a high volume of submissions. Before submitting, please look at past exhibitions and projects at ARTSPACE to decide if your work fits the gallery mandate.
 
With multiple exhibition spaces available, we invite artists to apply in the following categories:
 
MAIN GALLERY: designed for the presentation of solo and group shows.  We invite artists, collectives and curators to apply with new or existing exhibition proposals. Video installations will not be considered for the Main Gallery given the natural light in the space from full exposure windows.
 
MUDROOM: a black-box gallery designated for the presentation of short-term, experimental projects predominantly by local and regional artists, as well as presentation of video installations and single channel works.
 
PROJECT ROOM: accommodates small and individual pieces that require an intimate and dark space.
 
PERFORMANCE/RESIDENCY: We are seeking proposals for original performance pieces. We are also interested in works that are participatory in nature and fall under the category of relational aesthetics. In addition, we invite artists to consider doing workshops and lectures during their stay in an effort to engage local artists in research and production. Duration of residency may vary depending on the nature of work and research.
 
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
ARTSPACE asks that all proposals be submitted electronically on CD or DVD. Disks should be clearly labeled by artist name and must be readable on MAC OSX. Please save supporting documents as individually labeled pdfs (CV.pdf, Proposal.pdf, StatementandBio.pdf etc.).
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST INCLUDE
Brief project proposal and any technical requirements (one page maximum)
Artist statement and Bio
Current CV
Documentation of recent work.
*Images should be labeled numerically with the artist’s name (01_name.jpg, 02_name.jpg etc.) and should be no larger than 1024x768 at 300 dpi.
*Video documentation may be presented either in DVD format or as Quicktime files and should run no longer than 5 mins.
Image list with brief description
Do not submit original artwork. ARTSPACE does not return submission packages and will dispose of materials appropriately.
 
Artist fees paid according to CARFAC schedule
 
Please send submissions to:
Programming Committee
ARTSPACE
P.O. Box 1748
Peterborough, ON
K9J 7X6
 
ARTSPACE does not accept submissions packages via email.
 
Full details at http://www.artspace-arc.org/submissions
Contact: Fynn Leitch, Programming Director
             705 748 3883 | fynn@artspace-arc.org
 
Please allow 3-4 months for consideration.