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Ewing Visual Arts Research and Residency Program William A. Ewing Visual Arts Research and Residency Program aims to encourage creative, interpretative, and written work based on the contemporary art represented in the OPTICA Archives. A grant of $25,000 CAD will be awarded through a competition run under OPTICA’s auspices. This program includes an educational component designed for young artists and general audiences. Made available to grant winners are the services of qualified staff, attached either to the centre or to partner organizations, including Concordia University Archives, repository of OPTICA’s archives, the Optica Art Gallery Fonds. Recipients will make their findings public in talks given to a university student clientèle, and such presentations will be published in OPTICA’s “Voix contemporaines / Contemporary Voices” series. The creation of the program was announced in 2007 as part of the centre’s 35th anniversary celebrations, highlighted by a benefit concert given by Pierre Lapointe at the Monument National.
Résidence de recherche jeune création, Montreal – Valence (France) OPTICA (Montreal) and art3 (Valence) initiated a combined residency and grant program for young artists. The host organizations’ primary function is to serve as mediator for artists working in new environments, setting up meetings with professionals and organizing public presentations. At the end of the three-month residency, the grant recipient makes his or her work public and a publication is co-produced by OPTICA and art3 the following year.
- living in Quebec - being less than 40 years old - submitting a proposal including : - 10 to 20 digital images* (CD-Rom) of recent work or a video tape/DVD (if it applies) - press clippings, catalogues - an up-to-date CV, on paper only (a copy submitted on CD will not be taken into account) - a description of the project for the residency, on paper only - all documents must be sent to OPTICA before March 1rst, 2010. * For digital images, please only submit MAC-compatible JPG files in RGB colour, at 72dpi, and no larger than 0.5 MB and 1024x768 pixels. Please include a printed version (contact sheet) with your proposal. Selection Process Stay in Valence, France |
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