Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Call: W.I.P. New Dance Series seeks choreographers

looking for artists - please pass on this call! Thanks!
To members of W.I.P. New Dance Series

Jackie Latendresse
12:53pm Feb 12th
Reply
Please forward this call for contemporary choreographers to artists or arts organisations that you you would like to see at the series or that you think may be interested in applying to showcase their work.
Thanks very much!

CALL FOR CHOREOGRAPHERS

The W.I.P. (works in progress) Series in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is looking for professional and emerging choreographers to present original and innovative works in progress in Saskatoon. Jackie Latendresse is the Series Coordinator. Informal showings will take place twice a year and the season culminates in a Gala event of finished works. The first showing of work will be on May 17th 2008 and the second batch of choreographers will be presented in September 2008. The Gala event is to be held in December 2008.

Priority will be given to Saskatchewan based artists however; national applications are encouraged. Please send:
1. A brief description of the proposed W.I.P. (work in progress) Max. 1 page
2. A current dance resume. (include phone #, email and mailing address)
3. A short statement detailing the type of audience feedback that would most help you to continue to develop your work. Max.1 page
4. Using the guidelines from the Canadian Artists Code describe your status as professional or emerging. Guidelines are available at www.freeflowdance.com under the W.I.P. logo.
Applications are being accepted immediately and are accepted on a first come, first served basis. Up to five Choreographers will be accepted for each performance. There will be two in studio performances. Please specify which showing you would prefer to present your work at.

W.I.P.’s should be an exploration using contemporary/modern or experimental style. Choreographers will receive no less than five and no greater than twelve minutes to present their work. They will be expected to speak about their work prior to or immediately after the presentation of it for up to a maximum of ten minutes. Written audience feedback will be collected and distributed to the choreographers. An honorarium will be available for professional choreographers. Billets will be provided for all out of town parties upon request. The W.I.P. Series uses the definition of a professional artist outlined in the Canadian Artists Code and used by the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists. All artists presented will be considered for participation in the final Gala of finished works in the autumn.

Please send your applications to:
W.I.P. Series Attention J. Latendresse
2B 305 26th St E.
Saskatoon SK
S7K 0L9
freeflowdance@hotmail.com
(306) 665-5998

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Call: Infinite Exchange Gallery call for proposals

>Infinite Exchange Gallery
>CALL FOR PROPOSALS
>
>Jurors: Jennifer Delos Reyes and Lori Gordon
>
>"For one sleepless night Toronto will be transformed by artists. The
>familiar will be discarded and Toronto will become the artistic
playground
>for a series of exhilarating contemporary art experiences.
>One night only. All night long. "
>- Nuit Blanche, 2007
>
>In conjunction with the Kensington Art Project**, Infinite Exchange
Gallery
>(IEG) will participate in this year's Nuit Blanche in Toronto. This
public
>gallery will present works and services in exchange for non-monetary
trades.
>Artists will determine what they feel the value of their work is and
what
>they want in exchange for it. This agreement will ensure the cooperative
>collaboration that will manifest between the gallery representatives
and the
>buyer. No work in the IEG will have a monetary value. The viewers are
>thereby invited to swap and potentially even haggle in exchange for what
>they want. Perhaps the trade will be a blender, a story, a hand drawn
map to
>the best place to eat in Toronto. The possibilities are endless.
>
>IEG knows the value of art and believes that everyone should have
access to
>it in their daily lives. In essence this will be an art market
functioning
>outside of the 'art market' constraints. Located within Kensington
Market,
>this unofficial public art venue serves as a place where people can feel
>comfortable bargaining and trading. Artists should currently be making
work
>with an interest in service works.
>
>Deadline for entries: Received by August 15, 2007
>Exhibition event: September 29th, 2007
>Work Samples: Please send up to five jpgs (under 2 MB).
>Supporting Materials: Include a corresponding list with: artist name,
title
>of work, size, medium, and year / Artist Resume / 1 paragraph artist
>statement.
>Please send submissions to: infinite.exchange.gallery@gmail.com
>
>** Through The Kensington Art Project (KAP), Kensington Market has been
>accepted as an Independent Project venue, attached to Zone B, in this
year's
>Nuit Blanche.
>
>The bustle of the marketplace is largely what shapes Kensington's
vibrant
>street life. Public spaces are alive with conversation, the sounds of
barter
>and exchange, movement and the energy of artistic creation. You
immediately
>get the sense that life in Kensington is played out on the streets, and
not
>behind closed doors. But Kensington is also an iconic neighbourhood
where
>many urban threads and issues intersect. As a result, key issues that
affect
>the entire city are often manifested and addressed in the Market, first.
>Kensington citizens often utilize artistic expression as a tool to aid
in
>examining and debating these issues.
>
>The Market is already an unofficial public art venue. Every surface,
every
>street, every alley and every fixture is literally blanketed under
layers of
>swipe posters, graffiti, tags and murals. The streets are often
transformed
>into forums for public dialogue, as citizens showcase their response and
>opposition to important issues with urban art interventions.
>
>Bios:
>
>Jennifer Delos Reyes and Lori Gordon have been collaborating on various
>projects, since meeting at a residency program in New York at The
Kitchen in
>2006. Both artists are interested in work that investigates relational
>aesthetics, gift economies and activities of the everyday. They are
founders
>of the Little Red Hen Collective.
>
>Delos Reyes is currently completing her MFA at the University of Regina,
>where she will be coordinating the conference Open Engagement, an event
>focused on 'art after
>aesthetic distance' for her final thesis project. She has exhibited
videos,
>installations, and site-specific participatory work across North
America.
>She has received several awards and grants including a Social Sciences
and
>Humanities Research Council of Canada Masters Grant.
>
>Gordon received her MFA at the California College of the Arts. She is
the
>recipient of a SECA Award nomination and the Murphy Cadogan Fellowship
from
>the San Francisco Foundation. Exhibition venues include Richmond Arts
>Center, San Jose Museum of Art, Mission17, Southern Exposure, Temescal
Amity
>Works, RockPaperScissors, The Kitchen (NYC). In 2008 she will be
curating
>an exhibition at Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco and will
>participate in the Talking Arts series at the San Jose Institute of
>Contemporary Art, where she will provide portfolio reviews to artists.
>
>--
>Jennifer Delos Reyes
>
>http://jendelosreyes.com
>http://www.myspace.com/openengagement
>http://jendelosreyes.com
>/openenagement
>
>jendelosreyes@gmail.com
>(306)359-0285
>(306)737-5256 #Cell

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