Call: Red Head Gallery seeks submissions for Nuit Blanche

Call For Submissions

Red Head Gallery is accepting submissions for Nuit Blanche. We are
continuing our successful Insomnia show for the second year in a row,
and this time we are hoping to add even more new faces to the 100
artists that participated last year.


The exhibition runs from September 26 to October 5, culminating in
the night of September 29, when we will be offering all-night access
to our venue for the viewing of this exhibition specially created for
Nuit Blanche.

Works must reflect on the theme of Insomnia as interpreted by the
artist. Pieces can be dropped off during gallery hours or mailed. We
ask that pieces sent to us by mail include both return postage and
packaging. All other submissions must be picked up by October 20,
2007. After this date, all works will become the property of Red Head
Gallery.

There is an office cost of $20 for each entry, and there is a limit
of one piece per artist. The deadline for submissions is September
20th, 2007.

Additional information, including a copy of our Artist Agreement, can
be found on our website.

For any further inquiries, please contact:
Peter Kingstone
Director






Red Head Gallery
401 Richmond St. W, Suite 115
Toronto, ON M5V 3A8

416.504.5654
art@redheadgallery.org
www.redheadgallery.org

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