Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Member News
| December 15, 2010
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Hello everybody,
Last Chance for Early Bird Discount Today!
The Early Bird Saves the Money! Studio Guide Early Bird Deadline, December 15, 2010
Just a reminder that Studio Guide Applications for 2011 have gone out in the mail to all Members. You still have a chance if you get your application in TODAY!
Download the application here and either fax it in at 709-753-2766 or mail it to: Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, 59 Duckworth Street, St. John's, NL, A1C 1E6.
Questions? call Caroline at 709-753-2749 or email: communications@craftcouncil.nl.ca
The deadline to apply for next year's Studio Guide is January 15, 2011.
Did you miss something from last weeks Member News? If there is any information you want to look up from past weeks, visit the Member News archives on the website.
Caroline Clarke
Director of Communications
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From the Craft Council
1) Awards Committee News - Help Need!
Starting in January, the Awards Committee will be selling tickets on a fabulous prize - a Michael Paterson rocking chair, accompanied by a Jean Adey woven blanket. We will have 1,500 tickets, and need 100 wonderful people to sell 15 tickets each. Will you be one of them? We'll send you the tickets in January, along with a picture of the prize, and you will have 10 weeks to do your bit for a good cause! Tickets will be $2 each of 3 for $5.
If you can help, please contact a member of the Awards Committee:
Libby Moore libbymoore@nf.sympatico.ca
Kim Marshall idm@nf.sympatico.ca
Vicky Taylor-Hood vickytaylorhood@warp.nfld.net
Susan Stephen susanlee.stephen4@gmail.com
Pearl Fifield pefifield@gmail.com
Anne Manuel amanuel@craftcouncil.nl.ca
2) In the Gallery...Comfort & Joy 2010
Show continues until December 19, 2010
This week is your last chance to come and see this wonderful exhibit. Craft Council members really outdid themselves this year so come down and see what your peers have done.
We would love to see you before the Christmas season is come and gone.
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Professional Opportunities
NEW! 3) Promotional Opportunity: The Ontario Crafts Council Craft Boutique (ON)
Date: December 31, 2010
Craft Boutique - promoting Canadian craftspeople! The Ontario Crafts Council is pleased to offer this promotional opportunity to you!
Craft Boutique reaches approximately 75,000 readers across Canada through memberships of four Craft Councils in Canada and through targeted distributions of subscribers, bookstores and newsstands. Through this distribution your message will be read by a dedicated audience of people who share a passion for craft. Our next issue will be released in April of 2011.
The cost of this promotional advertising offer is $175 (plus HST), which represents a savings of $125 for a 1/8 page space...and the best part is, you don't even have to spend time on designing your ad - the OCC does it for you! There are some restrictions to the image size to fit the template we have created for Craft Boutique, so please refer to Page 9 of the media kit in order to get an understanding of how to submit. Vertical images tend to work better.
To hold your spot, I will require the last page signed and sent to us by the end of the year. Payment is not required immediately. We can invoice you in January but I do require the signed agreement as soon as possible.
Click here to find the Studio Media Kit - Self Promotion offer for Canadian Craftspeople
If you have any questions about submitting contact Valerie McClean at vmclean@craft.on.ca.
www.craft.on.ca
NEW! 4) Call for Submissions: Beverly Entrance Feature Public Art Project, City of Edmonton (AB)
Deadline: Friday, January 14, 2011
The Beverly Entrance Feature Public Art competition, open to all Canadian visual artists, is held in accordance with the City of Edmonton policy "Percent for Art to Provide and Encourage Art in Public Areas" (C458C).
Budget: $23,000 CAD (maximum, all inclusive)
Deadline for Submissions: 4:30 pm on Friday, January 14th, 2011
Installation: June 2011
Visit our website to download the complete public art call: http://publicart.edmontonarts.ca/calls/
For more information, contact the Edmonton Arts Council: phone (780) 424-2787 or email: publicart@edmontonarts.ca
NEW! 5) Call for Entry: Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles 2011/12 Calendar (QC)
Deadline: January 15, 2011
The Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles (MCCT) invites curators, artists and groups of artists working in the area of creative textiles to submit projects for exhibitions to be included in our 2011-2012 calendar. The MCCT gallery wishes to promote innovative practices that underline the expertise as well as the research and reflection process involved in the medium. The gallery annually presents five to six exhibitions regrouping the production of professional artists working in the areas of craft, visual art, fashion and design.
Proposals for workshops:
We also invite you to submit projects for workshops aimed at the general public for the 2011 winter semester.
For more information, please contact Marielle Chouinard, Educational Director. Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles Call for Entries - 2011-2012 gallery program 5800 St-Denis espace 501 Montréal (Québec) H2S 3L5 Canada
Also visit: http://www.textiles-mtl.com/images/stories/invitations/callgallery.pdf
NEW! 6) Call for Entry: Harmony Jewellery Design Competion (ON)
Deadline: January 15, 2011
The objective of Hoover Harmony Jewelry Design Competition is to use jewelry as a way to raise money for different charities through out the world. The Harmony Jewelry Design Competition will target jewelry students and small, US based, independent artisan/designers to come up with original designs within a specific budget. Hoover and Strong will then manufacture a singular winning design and market it to [retail] jewelers at the end of the competition to raise money for an annually selected charity. A fundraising for charities marketing structure will guide the jewelry design competition as the primary motivator for participation to designers, retailers, and consumers.
View more info: https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=637&sortby=fair_deadline&apply=yes
NEW! 7) Public Art Opportunity: Military Commemoration Public Art Project, Edmonton (AB)
Deadlines: 4:30pm, January 28, 2011
Budget: $300,000 CAD (maximum, all inclusive)
The Military Commemmoration public art competition, open to all Canadian visual artists, is held in accordance with the City of Edmonton's public art policies. The theme of the project is Edmonton: a Home for Its Citizens in the Armed Forces. The artwork is to represent the Canadian Forces as part of the community of greater Edmonton. It will tell a story about the modern military connection in the region. This could be achieved by demonstrating Edmonton's special recognition and care for the Canadian Forces, and/or Canadian Forces members' integration into the community as Edmontonians themselves. The artwork will be situated in the Edmonton civic precinct. Churchill Square, City Hall Plaza, and the surrounding areas make up a flexible year-round public venue that can easily transform from a festival site, to a community gathering place, to the start line for runs and walks. This area is already home to an eclectic mix of art and architectural features, including Edmonton's main military cenotaph. The intent in placing a new military recognition piece in this area would not be to markedly change the existing use or character of the civic precinct, but instead to further enhance this prominent public destination in the city's core.
Click here to download the Military Commemoration Public Art Project RFP
For more information, contact the Edmonton Arts Council: phone (780) 424-2787 or email: publicart@edmontonarts.ca
NEW! 8) Call for Images: The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (NLAC), (NL)
Deadline: December 17, 2010
The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (NLAC) is preparing a PowerPoint presentation and would like to include lots of great photos representing Newfoundland and Labrador arts and artists of all disciplines.
Do you have a photo or two that you'd be willing to let us include in this presentation please? It could be a picture of you at work, the work itself, or any other photo you think represents Newfoundland and Labrador arts. Photos of yourself and your work would be best. If there are other people in the photo, we would have to obtain their consent.
This presentation will seen across the province during our upcoming public consulations in January 2011. Please stay tuned for more information on this.....
Independent consultant John Doyle is working with the NLAC to help organize and facilitate these sessions. Please e-mail your photos (jpgs no larger than 2 Mb) to John at nlac_photos@yahoo.ca by Friday, December 17, 2010.
Please note: photos provided for this presentation will not be used by the NLAC for any other purpose.
www.nlac.nf.ca
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NEW! 9)The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants, Montreal (QC)
Valued at $12500
The purpose of the Foundation is to aid artists in the early stages of their careers. Awards are limited to candidates working in the following: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture. Work must be representational. The Charter of the Foundation precludes the consideration of non-objective art.
Applicants must have started or completed art school training or must demonstrate, through past work and future plans, a commitment to making art a lifetime career. Funds may be used for any art-related purpose: study, travel, studio-rental, purchase of materials, etc.
Download an application form at: elizabethgreenshieldsfoundation.org
For more information:
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
1814 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 1
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3H 1E4
Telephone 514. 937 9225
Facsimile 514. 937 0141
Email greenshields@bellnet.ca
10) New Award For Visual Art Writers Thanks To Anonymous Donor (NL)
The Excellence in Visual Arts Awards (EVAs) are the province's only awards program for visual artists, and this year the EVAs will see another award category added to the existing four prizes. The Critical Eye Award recognizes the impact that critical art writing can have on a visual artists' career. Any writer worldwide who has written about a NL artist in any recognized print or online publication during the past calendar year is eligible for consideration. The winner was to receive $500, courtesy of an anonymous donor, but just recently a second anonymous donor came forward and doubled the prize money to $1,000.
This award, The Critical Eye Award, was initiated by an anonymous donor who wanted to encourage more critical writing about this province's artists - a crucial part of growing a visual artists' career.
Applications for the Critical Eye Award will be accepted along with applications to the Large Year Award, Long Haul Award, Emerging Artist Award and Kippy Goins Award until April 1st, 2011. The jury will be comprised of a member of the EVA Committee, a provincial visual arts professional and a national visual arts professional.
To be eligible for the Critical Eye Award, the writer may reside in any province of Canada or any country worldwide, as long as they have written about a Newfoundland Labrador artist within the preceding calendar year, from January 1 to December 31, in a recognized print or online publication.
For more information, contact VANL-CARFAC's Program Coordinator Dave Andrews at 1-877-738-7303, or vanl-carfac@nf.aibn.com.
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11) Grenfell Campus, MUN: Ceramic Sculpture at Intersession, Corner Brook (NL)
Dates: Intersession runs from May 9 - June 17, 2011
The Visual Arts Program, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, is pleased to announce that we will be offering Vart 3500 Combined Media with a focus in Ceramic Sculpture during Intersession 2011 (subject to budgetary approval and enrollment). This is a 3 credit 3000 level studio course that can serve the requirements of a third year studio course in the Visual Arts Program, BFA. The prerequisites are permission of the Visual Arts Chair or 48 credit hours in Visual Arts courses. This course will be held in the Fine Arts Sculpture Studio. For further information please contact Don Foulds at 637- 6200 ext. 6392 or dfoulds@swgc.mun.ca
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NEW! 12) Running the Goat Books & Broadsides: Andy Jones Book Signing, Various (NL)
Andy Jones will be signing his delightfully funny picture book Jack and the Manger, a collaboration with illustrator Darka Erdelji; it's a down-to-earth version of a heavenly tale, and a runaway hit.
St. John's Signings- Wednesday, December 15th, from 7 to 8 p.m., at the Bookery on Signal Hill
- Thursday, December 16th, from 7 to 8 p.m., at The Travel Bug (in the Avalon Mall)
- Saturday, December 18th, from 11 to 12 noon, at the St. John's Farmers' Market
Clarenville Reading/Signing - Sunday, December 19th, from 3 to 4 p.m., at Island Fusion
Tune in to WAM on CBC Radio 1 this weekend to hear Andy reading the story to a sold-out audience at Shallaway's Christmas concert earlier this month and find out why Jack and the Manger is a new Christmas classic.
For more information about the book, visit http://www.runningthegoat.com/inprint.html
13) A1C Gallery: Oxfam Unwrapped! Christmas Gala, St. John's (NL)
Date: December 18, 2010 from 7 - 10pm
Locations: A1C Gallery, 8 Baird's Cove (off Harbour Drive)
An Evening of Art & Entertainment Brought to You by MUN Oxfam and Pick-Me-Up Artists' Collective.
MUN Oxfam brings the Oxfam Unwrapped! Christmas Gala to St. John's. The purpose of the event is to attract potential long-term donors to support the Oxfam Unwrapped program. The event will consist of a silent auction featuring original art from members of the Pick-Me-Up Artists' Collective, a string quartet, wine, appetizers, a dessert bar, additional musical guests, and special guest Bill Hynd, who is Oxfam Canada's campaigns director. Last year we targeted the MUN community with great success as we raised $3,500.00 for Oxfam Unwrapped. This year we are expanding the Christmas gala to the St. John's community.
For tickets and information contact: munoxfam.com; email: oxfamunwrapped@gmail.com; or call Erin Heys at (709) 739-5535.
MUN Oxfam
MUN Oxfam is a group that represents Oxfam Canada at Memorial University's St. John's Campus. Working with Oxfam Canada, we strive to contribute to the global effort to eradicate poverty and achieve human rights for all.
The Pick-Me-Up Artists Collective
Pick-Me-Up Artists Collective aims to bring together young/emerging visual artists for the purpose of fuelling inspiration and providing creative outlets. Based in St. John's, Newfoundland, Pick-Me-Up creates educational, collaborative and career-enhancing opportunities between artists by centralizing web presence and building a foundation of artists interested in showing outside of the conventional gallery scene. Pick-Me-Up offers members a socially supportive network which will encourage the cultivation of ideas and the continuing development of skills and concepts.
www.pickmeupart.com
Oxfam Unwrapped is an alternative giving program that offers a selection of life-changing gifts. No matter the occasion- whether a birthday, an anniversary, a retirement or a wedding - we have gifts that allow you to give something special to someone who has everything, while at the same time giving something meaningful to someone who needs it. A gift purchased from Oxfam Canada Unwrapped will be used to help women and men - even entire communities - gain greater self-sufficiency. Oxfam Canada works in more than 20 countries around the world and the gifts we offer through Unwrapped represent actual items used in our programs.
The principle behind Oxfam Unwrapped is that your gift dollars work in two ways:
-By supporting the fight against poverty, your gift helps women and men in developing countries reach greater levels of self-sufficiency and control over their lives.
-The gifts are fun and they make you and the gift's recipient feel good too!
www.oxfamunwrapped.ca
14) The Mummers Festival is Back! St. John's (NL)
Dates: December 5 to December 18, 2010
The Mummers Festival is back again with a series of events and workshops all leading up to the Mummers Parade on December 18th. The parade needs you...and not on the sidelines. We want you rigged up and in the parade. Come visit our new website at www.mummersfestival.ca for all the details.
Make a hobby horse at one of our three workshops. Attend a lecture about mummering past and present. Come to our Rig Up, the province's largest dress-up party. And get your gatch on at the Mummers Parade!
In our first year more than 300 energetic mummers and 200 spectators came out to the Parade. Our workshops generated close to 30 mischievous hobby horses, bringing light to a less common mummering tradition and a lot of horseplay to the Parade. Our focus is on you, the province's diverse public, whose creative and expressive presence makes the Festival such a success.
To find out about all the workshops and events happening:
Phone:739 7870
info@mummersfestival.ca
www.mummersfestival.ca
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General Interest
15) Longtime Craft Council Member and photographer, Ben Hansen (NL)
Ben Hansen, a Danish photographer who found his muse in the scenery of rural Newfoundland and Labrador, has died. He was 83.
Hansen, whose 13 books focused largely on photographs he took throughout the province, died in St. John's Saturday. A native of Copenhagen, Hansen moved to St. John's in 1968 to work with Memorial University.
He retired as manager of photographic services in 1988, but continued to take photographs in outports and isolated corners of Newfoundland for many years.
Memorial University gave Hansen an honorary doctor of laws in 2009.
NEW! 16) Jewellery Equipment for Sale (NL)
Blaine Organ, former owner of Sterling Creations by Blaine, has relocated to Alberta and is selling his jewellery equipment along with all of his original designs and trade show display.
Please click here for a complete listing of items for sale.
To purchase or to find out more info, email Blaine at blaine@rangerinspection.com
17) Craft Council Member's Artwork makes it to CD Cover (NL)
Last spring, Michael Fantuz was commissioned by the incredible Newman Sound Men's Choir of St John's Newfoundland to paint a scene for the cover of their debut CD "The Green and Salty Days". Their debut CD , featuring 14 incredible songs, is a celebration of the culture, traditions and powerful sense of community that Newfoundland Labrador prides itself on!
Comprised of over 40 members, the Newman Sound Men's Choir is a non profit, volunteer group. You can support the Newman Sound Men's Choir by purchasing a copy of their debut CD. Only 1000 copies are available and will surely sell out very very fast.
Michael Fantuz will pay for shipping on the first 40 orders! The CD is also available at Freds Music Store in St Johns, Newfoundland.
To order contact Michael Fantuz at fantuz@nf.sympatico.ca
www.NewmanSound.ca
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