Although we live in a period of great wealth, there continues to exist poverty and hunger; although we are increasingly aware of our environment, we continue to damage it incredibly; and although we have made great strides in understanding human diseases, we struggle to provide person centered care and promote health. There is now growing evidence that participation in the arts promotes health and well being in individuals and their community. It is therefore critical that artists explore collaboratively within their communities the issues that confront people of all ages.

I describe myself as an interdisciplinary research artist. I am a full-time artist since finishing my MFA studies in 2011. During those studies, I became aware that much of contemporary art had distanced itself from the general public and lost its place to science, entertainment and business as a way of knowing.

I therefore became interested in projects that reconnect citizens of all ages with art to explore, learn and express themselves. My practice has evolved to be a composite of socially engaged art, environmental art, and installation art. I use various mediums as needed to explore an issue and because of my interest in creating multisensory works to better understand and communicate.

I work on two intertwined tracts: a socially engaged one and one of personal inquiry. Most of my work focuses on our environment and on mental health.

I am a member of the Gallery Gachet and the Art Is Land Network artists’ collectives, on the board of the Community Arts Council of Vancouver and on the Emily Carr Alumni board. On the CACV board I have championed its Eco-Art program and Outsider Arts Festival.
 

Gravitational doors

“Gravitational waves open doors to our understanding of the universe.”

In February 2016, LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave observatory reported finding for the first time ever, gravitational waves. These waves are produced in space-time when massive objects move. This historic signal was produced by a pair of black holes roughly 1.3 billion light years away, orbiting each other and then merging into a single black hole.

At first, the resulting bigger black hole was lumpy instead of round, and getting rid of the lumps caused it to emit more gravitational waves. It then settled into a sphere and grew quiet.

There is much theorizing about if anything exists after you go through a black hole: an alternate universe or nothing. Also, under Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravity can bend time. This leads to the idea that the space time continuum could be folded. This would allow for faster than light time travel and possibly even time travel.
 

Edzy Edzed
Artist Statement

My art production is the result of exercising my obsessive/compulsive impulses through my hands and mind on a painting problem. I like making art. I like to obsess on an idea. That interest led me to years of study on my own in libraries, through commercial art courses and graphic arts programs.

An 89 piece gouged cardboard, monochromatic grey painting series was created by me between 1986-88 about the passe-partout occupying the image space within the frame and therefor generating meaning to paintings; sometimes becoming part of the painting. Both, artist Lucio Fontana and philosopher, Jacques Derrida referred to the passe-partout prominently through their works in different ways, which I then discovered. I’ve designed this tiny series as my manifesto of ideas to explore in the expression of painting as a discipline and a visual language.

I had become obsessed with Jacques Derrida's book, The Truth in Painting, (1987), which later brought me to UVic to earn a BFA (Hons) degree by 1992. At UVic, I would continue making gouged paintings on plywood after the Canadian artist Paterson Ewen's work, simply because I couldn't find any purely non-objective, contemporary gouged wooden paintings by him or by anyone else. The idea was to study non-objective (abstract) painting in western art history through the filter of deconstruction. My belief is that several new forms emerged from that exercise of evaluation.

A New Spin On Gravitational  Art

Now in 2018, Pierre Leichner and myself found common ground between our two art disciplines to explore the manipulation of gravitational forces and inertia in the production of art resulting in a collection of painted artifacts that we desire to share with the public. My goal is to add new aesthetics, narratives and processes to the non-objective gouged painting series together with Pierre.

RESERVOIR by Rebecca Belmore at the Audain Art Museum November 26 – May 16, 2021 Over the past 30 years, Rebecca Belmore has developed a highly charged aesthetic rooted in socio-political commentary that hinges upon her Anishinaabe ancestry. As an internationally renowned multidisciplinary artist, from the Lac Seul First Nation in Northwestern Ontario, she has been featured at contemporary art fairs from Havana to Athens. These new works examine the disparity between wealth and poverty in Canada with poignant references to Vancouver, Whistler and the Sea to Sky corridor. RESERVOIR by Rebecca Belmore includes the North American premiere of Body of Water, an overturned tarped canoe rendered in aluminum that was commissioned for the 2019 Istanbul Biennial. Further information on this exhibition is available on the Audain Art Museum website. Our legacy publication Wordless: The Performance Art of Rebecca Belmore, focusing on her remarkable performance career, is available for purchase via our online bookstore. Featuring full-colour photos and stills documenting Rebecca Belmore’s remarkable performance career, including the photo series nindinawemaganidog (all of my relations). Essays by Richard William Hill, Curtis Collins, Kathleen Ritter, Wanda Nanibush, Jessica Jacobson-Konefall, Glenn Alteen, Jen Budney, Dan Pon and Florene Belmore. Edited by Florene Belmore. Image: Rebecca Belmore, X (blue), 2014, dimensions variable. Still by Scott Benesiinaabandan

Centre A is proud to announce, The Remains of a Journey, a new solo
exhibition by Vancouver-based artist Gu Xiong.

Gu Xiong: The Remains of a Journey
November 13, 2020 " February 13, 2021

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday to Saturday, 12 PM " 6 PM*
*Subject to change as per COVID-19-related protocols

The Remains of a Journey by Vancouver-based artist Gu Xiong brings
visibility to historic sites that have gradually faded away from official
narratives because their physical remnants have disappeared from the
landscape. During the mid-19th century, Chinese immigrants from
Guangdong, China, began settling along the coast of British Columbia
to work the gold and coal mines and to build the transcontinental
railway that would form the backbone of Canada. Today, there are only
a few remaining structures of the many settlements that spread
throughout the province. Yet, the immigrants
collective memories have
lived on in the community in the form of stories, artifacts, and
monuments.

Comprised of a new body of multimedia works, along with archival
materials sourced from the BC Archives and the City of Vancouver
Archives, the exhibition will revive three historic sites across British
Columbia that bear the untold struggles of the Chinese immigrants: the
destroyed bone house of Harling Point, the Leper Colony of DArcy
Island, and the burnt-down Chinatown in Cumberland. It will take the
form of an immersive installation that reanimates these early Chinese
immigrant experiences during an era of exclusionist policies. Part of the
artists ongoing investigation into the living conditions of the early
waves of Chinese immigrants since 2011, the exhibition sparks an
uncanny parallel to the anti-Chinese sentiment prevailing during the
current coronavirus pandemic.

Gu Xiong works with painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture,
photography, video, digital
imagery, text, performance art and
installation. Throughout his career as a visual artist, Gu Xiong has
drawn on both his own life experience as an immigrant and his active
engagement with migrant communities around the world. His works
have been globally exhibited and recognized for transforming and
deepening the understanding of the migrant experience, in terms of
home, geography, globalization, and labour.

Part II of the exhibition about Canada Village in Kaiping, China, New
Westminster Chinese Cemetery, and Mountain View Chinese
Cemetery, will be on display at Canton-sardine (Unit 071, 268 Keefer
Street) simultaneously.

This two-part exhibition is curated by Henry Heng Lu and Steven
Dragonn.

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Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
205-268 Keefer Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1X5
centrea.org
Tel: +1 604-683-8326
Fax: +1 604-683-8632
Email: info@centrea.org

 

Upcoming Exhibition: Black Gold by Tsēmā Igharas Curated by Natasha Chaykowski January 22nd—April 16th, 2021 As more than 12,000 square kilometers of land—forests, grassy expanses, life—burned within the unceded territories now known as British Columbia, the east moving wind from the Pacific Ocean pushed the ensuing smoke across the Rockies, shrouding Alberta in darkness. As the smoke wafted eastward, millions of barrels of heavy crude were pumped westward: the movements of black gold. Black Gold, a project by Tahltan artist Tsēmā Igharas, approaches mining practices and the indisputably thriving yet destructive extractive industries in the colonial states of British Columbia and Alberta, particularly within the context of Athabasca oil sands. This project takes for start the idea that mined substances are inherently connected to our bodies through a shared geological origin. The energy of a molecule is the energy of a person is the energy of a place is the energy of a moment. In Summer 2018, Tsēmā investigated these tensions through site-specific research and a residency supported by Untitled Art Society, which allowed her to delve into how these issues are made manifest on Treaty 7 Territory and Treaty 8 Territory, in comparison to how mining industries exist culturally, historically, politically and economically in the unceded lands of the artist’s home territory, Tahltan First Nation in northwestern British Columbia.  Images: Tsēmā Igharas, Black Gold, Untitled Art Society, 2019. Image courtesy the artist and Untitled Art Society. Photo: Katy Whitt.

First Saturday

Call for Submissions: COVER ME – Records, Cassettes & Artists

Call for Submissions
COVER ME – Records, Cassettes & Artists

Hotam Press Bookshop/Gallery is now accepting artwork for our upcoming exhibition COVER ME: Records, Cassettes & Artists.

From Nov 21, 2020 to Jan 31, 2021, our gallery will be transformed into a record shop/discotheque/listening space. We would like to bring together artwork made with or inspired by music of all genres. Vinyl records, cassette tapes, and paraphernalia such as drawings, prints, fanzines, clothing and multiples are all welcome.

Please send us your work by mail (no deadline/until end of show). All accepted works will be available for sale on consignment (70/30) unless otherwise arranged.

For inquiries, our contact email is: hotampress@gmail.com

HOTAM PRESS
BOOKSHOP/GALLERY
218 East 4th Ave.
Vancouver BC V5T 1G5
bookshopgallery.hotampress.co

Grants for emerging artists: Creative Spark Vancouver

We have partnered with ArtStarts in Schools to support emerging artists through Creative Spark Vancouver. Creative Spark Vancouver provides small grants to emerging artists.

About Creative Spark Vancouver

Creative Spark Vancouver supports emerging artists (of any age and any artistic or cultural discipline) to engage young people ages 5 to 18 in arts-based projects and gain experience on small projects that could lead to:

• New career opportunities
• New community relationships
• Different perspectives on arts and education
• Future learning opportunities
• Exciting multi-faceted projects

There are two application deadlines in the spring and fall. The grants offer 100% funding for small projects, up to $3,000 for individual emerging artists and $5,000 for groups/collectives of emerging artists.

What the grant funds

The grants offer 100% funding for small projects, up to $3,000 for individual emerging artists and $5,000 for groups/collectives of emerging artists.

Grant funds are intended to cover:

• Artist fees
• Project materials and supplies
• Rentals
• Honoraria

Submission deadline: There are two application deadlines in the spring and fall.

Apply and learn more

Who should apply for the grant

The grant is designed for you, if you're:

• An emerging artist looking to explore career opportunities
• Interested in working with young people, particularly those from equity-seeking communities
• Have a project idea but don’t have the funds to cover the required materials and supplies
• Critically engaged in processes of reconciliation, decolonization, equity, and accessibility.

A minimum of 50% of the available funding goes to emerging artists from Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and from equity-seeking communities.

You must be either a:

• Resident of the City of Vancouver
• Resident and member of the Musqueam, Squamish, or Tsleil-Waututh First Nations

Arts Micro-Grant 

This program provides funding to enable artists and performers to take advantage of unexpected opportunities where artists would not be able to otherwise participate.

For example, funding through this grant can be used to support an art show, travel or regalia for a performance. The grant allows artists and collectives to respond to new approaches, reduces barriers to opportunities and advances the artist’s skills, knowledge and professional development.

Eligible applicants have completed basic training in their field, demonstrated their commitment to their art form and be working to develop their activities to a professional skill level. Applicants from any artistic disciplines are encouraged to apply.

This funding is for Indigenous artists or collectives, 19 years of age or older, working in any artistic discipline, who have been a resident of B.C. for at least the past year. 

Class Highlights Childrens Classes for ages 6-10 Kids Only Nights Drop the kids off for a fun and creative art night with professional artist Kimberly Blackstock, while parents can enjoy a Friday night to themselves! Pro-D Day Camps Spend Pro-D Day at PoMoArts! Enjoy a day full of visual arts, ceramics, or crafting paper journals! Play with Digital Space Learn beginner coding skills and create your own game online, complete with characters, animations, and collaborative stories. Youth Classes for ages 11-17 Express Yourself Through Clay Join our Ceramic Artist in Residence for a class to play with identity and self expression through sculpture! Delve Into Drawing Teens can explore their drawing skills in one of our many courses. From perspective or observational drawingto drawing intensives and design challenges, we have something for every skill level. Adult Classes for ages 16+ Explore Ceramics Try a beginner friendly handbuilding or wheel throwing course, or get more explorative with ceramic identity objects, making a teapot, or trying out traditional Korean pottery techniques! Expand Your Artistic Practice Join teacher Christy Dunsmore for a 12-week online journey through the 1992 classic book The Artist's Way. Begin Your Painting Journey We have a range of beginner oil and acrylic classes to try your hand at this season. Start 2021 by learning a new skill!

Seeking the Periphery: Call for Entries 2021

Opening March 2021

Iconic architectural photography disseminated global Modernism and canonized utopic design principles, shaping internationalism while erasing local cultural practices. The carefully composed advertising-ready image was instrumental to the new message; the Image folded snuggly within the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, expanding the Factory to employ a complex hierarchy of production from top to bottom, from design to delivery. Internationalism was (is) an aesthetic that flowed through and replaced place. This aesthetic is still dominant while peripheral nodes of resistance emerge.

The Paul H. Cocker Gallery invites submissions that redirect the eye away from the iconic photographic image toward new forms and representational culture. The aim is to assemble and display alternative representations that lead away from homogeneity toward an architecture and culture that claims no specific center. The abolition of the center, and its replacement with the void is a position in architecture and culture that places no being in the center and redirects perception to the Periphery.

Submission Format: Submissions will be accepted through Google Forms. Videos accepted via YouTube or Vimeo link. Accepted file types include JPG, PNG, GIF, DOCX, PDF. Avoid submitting panel/posters, rather individual files of content, with a maximum of 10 files. For alternative forms of submission or questions please contact: periphery@ryerson.ca

Submission Form Link: https://forms.gle/kFnBkYPtPfkQdk7T6

Qualifications: Open to everyone including but not limited to artists, academics, designers, and institutions.

Deadline to submit an entry is January 29th, 2021 at 11:59pm EST

2021 Call for Submissions at Hamilton Artists Inc.

Call for Submissions
Exhibitions, Billboard, Special Projects and More!

Hamilton Artists Inc. (The Inc.) is seeking dynamic proposals from artists, collectives and curators at various stages of their careers for its exhibition platforms and public programs. The Inc. exhibits a range of artistic disciplines and welcomes applications by artists from local, regional and national communities. We have numerous opportunities available, please read the full descriptions for each call to identify which opportunity is best suited to your practice/objectives.

As an artist-run centre, we are interested in works/projects that push boundaries and engage with critical, conceptual and/or experimental thinking from diverse perspectives. We are committed to providing platforms for risk-taking and creating an inclusive space for artistic exploration. The Inc. supports submissions that showcase artists and curators’ most recent endeavours as well as works that incite conversation and promote a range of intersectional narratives. We pay artists based on CARFAC fee standards.

We welcome submissions from artists of all backgrounds (including but not limited to): Indigenous, Black, people of colour, refugees, newcomers, immigrants, Two-Spirit, LGBTQ+, gender non-binary persons, persons with disabilities, and those on low-incomes or living in poverty. The Inc. is committed to equity and inclusion in all aspects of its operations and will accept submissions in various formats.

Indigenous Curatorial Residency
Deadline: January 30, 2021

This program cultivates opportunities for Indigenous (i.e. First Nations, Métis and Inuit) practitioners to grow their practice through long-term support. The curator will be supported in pursuing expansive research on a project of their choice from the idea phase to public presentation over 18 months.

Click here to learn more.

Special Projects
Deadline: Ongoing

Special Projects are activities that do not take the form of regular exhibitions. These can be one-off performances, zines, posters, screenings, workshops, community events, online programs, outdoor projects in our courtyard, site-specific interventions, off-site projects, or other unique initiatives. Special projects provide an excellent opportunity for individuals to engage with social, political and cultural issues in new and unconventional ways.

Click here to learn more.

Photophobia: Contemporary Moving Image Festival
Deadline: May 31, 2021

Photophobia is an annual festival of short-format contemporary media, film, video and moving image. Not confined by restrictions or themes, Photophobia is a two-part screening series presented every August under the cover of night in the Irving Zucker Sculpture Garden at the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Courtyard at Hamilton Artists Inc.

Click here to learn more.

Have questions or need help with your application?

Attend our online submission cafés! Get one-on-one support and advice on your application from our staff on a first come, first served basis. Free, all are welcome!

Saturday, January 9, 2021 from 2:00-3:30 pm
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 from 6:00-7:30 pm

Click here to register for the zoom link.

To read frequently asked questions about the submissions process, click here. For more information or additional inquiries, please contact:

Abedar Kamgari
Programming Director
programming@theinc.ca / 905.529.3355

As an artist-run centre, Hamilton Artists Inc. empowers artists of all career levels to take risks with their contemporary visual arts practices and present their work in a critical context. Our exhibitions, publications, and special projects offer education and mentorship, facilitate regional and national dialogue, and encourage collaboration, conversation, and critical inquiry. Our programs are free and open to everyone.

Hamilton Artists Inc. gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council, City of Hamilton, Canada Council for the Arts, Incite Foundation for the Arts, Hamilton Community Foundation and all of its sponsors, donors and programming partners.

Hamilton Artists Inc.
155 James Street North
Hamilton, ON L8R 2K9
http://www.theinc.ca/
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Call for Submissions from Artists, Collectives, Curators and Writers!

Call for Submissions
Exhibitions, Billboard, Special Projects and More!

Hamilton Artists Inc. (The Inc.) is seeking dynamic proposals from artists, collectives, curators and writers at various stages of their careers for its exhibition platforms and public programs. The Inc. exhibits a range of artistic disciplines and welcomes applications by artists from local, regional and national communities. We have numerous opportunities available, please read the full description for each call to identify which opportunity is best suited to your practice/objectives.

As an artist-run centre, we are interested in works/projects that push boundaries and engage with critical, conceptual and/or experimental thinking from diverse perspectives. We are committed to providing platforms for risk-taking and creating an inclusive space for exploring expanded art practices. The Inc. supports submissions that showcase artists and curators’ most recent endeavours as well as works that incite conversation and promote a range of intersectional narratives. We pay artists based on CARFAC fee standards.

We welcome submissions from artists of all backgrounds including, but not limited to, Indigenous, Black, and persons of colour; refugee, newcomer and immigrant persons; Two-Spirit, LGBTQ+ and gender non-binary persons, persons with disabilities, and those on low-incomes or living in poverty. The Inc. is committed to equity and inclusion in all aspects of its operations, and will accept submissions in various formats.

Special Projects
Deadline: Ongoing

Special Projects are activities that do not take the form of regular exhibitions. They can be one-off events, print materials, multiples, digital platforms, screenings, workshops, outdoor projects in our courtyard, site-specific interventions, off-site projects, or other unique initiatives.

Click here to learn more.

Writers/ Essayists
Deadline: Ongoing

We’re seeking submissions from regional writers interested in producing short, commissioned texts to accompany our exhibitions and programs.

Click here to learn more.

Have questions or need help with your application?

To read frequently asked questions about the submissions process, click here. For more information or additional inquiries, please contact:

Abedar Kamgari
Programming Director
programming@theinc.ca / 905.529.3355

Artists interested in applying to Richmond Public Art opportunities may find the brochure  Guidance for Applying to Public Art Calls helpful in preparing applications for consideration by a Selection Panel.

Engaging Artists in Community Program 
Open Artist Call
Requests for Proposals, RFP

The City of Richmond Public Art Program seeks artists with socially-oriented and civic-minded practices to engage culturally diverse and multigenerational audiences in three unique artist-in-residence opportunities. Emerging and professional artists are invited to imagine innovative ways in which art can act as a catalyst to foster individual creative expression, build community and nurture mental health and well-being during this time of uncertainty.
Opportunity A: $10,000 | Richmond Public Library
Opportunity B: $10,000 | Richmond School District 38
Opportunity C: $10,000 | Richmond Multicultural Community Services 

Eligibility: Artists residing in British Columbia
Deadline: January 29, 2021
Duration: Spring/Summer 2021 – Spring/Summer 2022

For more information and to apply download  Engaging Artists in Community Program

Curator, Latcham Art Centre

Camille Turner and Camal Pirbhai, Where We Stand exhibition, 2019. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid

Job Posting
Curator – Latcham Art Centre

Closing Date: Until position is filled

Latcham Art Centre is seeking a creative, motivated and flexible team member to bring their experience and enthusiasm to the position of Curator. This position will link the gallery exhibitions and contemporary artists to the community.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Curator will be responsible for the following:

• Executing planned exhibitions for 2021 and planning 2022 exhibition schedule including research, liaising with artists, installation, curatorial writing, documentation, attending opening receptions, etc.
• Connecting the audience with the exhibitions through gallery reception including coordination of volunteers, summer students and interns
• Connecting exhibitions with the gallery audience through exhibition-related programs like talks and tours including in-person and virtual
• Marketing exhibitions including e-invitations, press releases, social media, etc. to expand audience and raise the profile of exhibiting artists
• Handling exhibition related reports, correspondence, grant applications, communicating with exhibition related sponsors
• Being responsible for gallery exhibition space regarding facility needs
• Acting as an ambassador for the art centre with artists, galleries, community, stakeholders, funders
• Assisting with several community and fundraising events as part of the Latcham Art Centre team
• Other duties as determined by the Gallery Director

The ideal candidate will offer the following skills and qualifications:

• Fine Arts or Art History degree and/or equivalent experience
• A minimum of two years curatorial experience in a contemporary art setting
• Understanding of the provincial arts community
• Experience and interest in linking the gallery and exhibiting artists to visitors and the community
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work within the team
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills
• Experience working with volunteers
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent computer skills with proficiency in Word, Excel, Adobe Creative Suite and database knowledge.
• A valid driver’s license and ability to drive to various locations
• The ability to work flexible hours, including some weekends and evenings

If you are a community-oriented team player, we want to hear from you! This is an opportunity to share your skills and expertise and contribute significantly to the success of a public art gallery. You will seek out relationships with the arts community and connect the Gallery and the community through the Gallery’s exhibition program. You will be part of an experienced, enthusiastic and committed staff and volunteer team.

Latcham Art Centre is a public art gallery featuring exhibitions of contemporary art, arts education programs for all ages, artist talks, and special events and is located in Stouffville, Ontario, a growing community of 46,000 people situated north of Toronto.

This is a 12-month contract with the possibility of renewal that pays $25 per hour (plus EI, CPP, 4% vacation pay and stat holidays) for approximately 30 hours per week.

Please send resume and cover letter outlining curatorial experience in ONE document to opportunities@latchamartcentre.ca and put YOUR first and last names in the document title. Please put CURATOR in the email subject line.

Interviews will be held once sufficient applications have been received and will continue until the position is filled. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

We seek candidates who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas at Latcham Art Centre. We support and encourage diversity and equity, and we are committed to making staff positions accessible and welcoming to all potential team members, regardless of ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender or identity.

Latcham Art Centre
2 Park Drive, Stouffville ON L4A 4K1
www.latchamartcentre.ca

Instagram: @latchamartcentre
Twitter: @LatchamArt
Facebook: @LatchamArtCentre

Tenure-track position in Creative Producing for Film, Ryerson University

THE SCHOOL OF IMAGE ARTS, Ryerson University

Assistant or Associate Professor: Tenure-track position in Creative Producing for Film

Located in downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada and on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples, the School of Image Arts in the Faculty of Communication and Design at Ryerson University welcomes applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in Creative Producing for Film, effective July 1, 2021, subject to final budgetary approval.

The successful candidate will engage in a combination of teaching, creative projects/initiatives resulting in project funding and service duties, maintaining an inclusive, equitable, and collegial work environment across all activities. Teaching responsibilities will include courses in the Film Studies program such as Film Production and Business of Film. Teaching students in the upcoming program in Scriptwriting and Story Design (MFA) is an additional possibility. Supervising graduate students is expected. This position is also tied to a commitment to expanded pedagogy that will embed students more directly in the Canadian film industry through internships or other intensive professional experiences. We expect the candidate to play a key role in this endeavour. The position also includes serving on curricular and administrative committees. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the university’s shared governance model (committee participation, departmental planning and programming), develop co-curricular activities, and remain connected to a network of scholars and professionals that will benefit students intending to enter the field.

The successful candidate will hold a terminal degree such as an MFA. A master’s degree in a related field with relevant professional experience will also be considered. In addition, the candidate must present evidence of the following:

• extensive experience managing complex productions in fiction film and/or television series, including traditional and/or emerging forms of filmic media;
• significant experience and background in story development for narrative scripted productions;
• leadership experience in film producing or in related organizations and institutions;
• experience in screenwriting or documentary film would be considered an asset;
• deep connections with the Canadian and international film industries, with a record of active engagement with the film industry and professional organizations;
• a well-defined agenda for ongoing projects and creative initiatives that will generate future project funding and gain visibility and prominence in the discipline;
• an ability to serve as a mentor and professional liaison for students;
• potential for teaching excellence at a post-secondary institution as evidenced by experience working with students from diverse backgrounds, dedication to experiential learning, examples of best practices in pedagogy, including effective use of classroom technology, strong teaching evaluations, teaching awards and/or other relevant achievements in teaching. Teaching experience outside the traditional academic environment will be considered. Curriculum development experience will be considered an asset, as will administrative academic experience in a leadership role;
• commitment to upholding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion as it pertains to service, teaching, and scholarly research, including a demonstrated ability to make learning accessible and inclusive for a diverse student population; and
• an ability and willingness to contribute to collegial service, leadership and a desire to help shape the future direction of the School.

This position falls under the jurisdiction of the Ryerson Faculty Association (RFA).

Ryerson University
Serving a highly diverse student population of over 45,000, with 100+ undergraduate and graduate programs built on the integration of theoretical and practical learning and distinguished by a professionally focussed curriculum with a strong emphasis on excellence in teaching, research and creative activities, Ryerson is a vibrant, urban university known for its culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, community engagement and city-building through its award-winning architecture.

School of Image Arts
The School of Image Arts is part of FCAD, Ryerson’s Faculty of Communication and Design, which comprises programs in communication, design and the performing arts. The School’s unique and professionally-focused undergraduate curriculum supports programs in Photography and Film and it is recognized as a national and international centre for creative innovation in the study, production, exhibition, and research of film, photography and digital arts. Its innovative graduate programs include the MFA in Documentary Media, the MA in Film + Photographic Preservation and Collections Management and an interdisciplinary program in Scriptwriting and Story Design (MFA) currently in development. The School’s programs are designed to lead to careers in film, photography, communications, education, and broader cultural industries. The School’s full-time faculty is made up of dedicated individuals with established professional, research, and teaching experience in their respective areas of expertise.

The School of Image Arts is committed to the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion, and to the development of an increasingly diversified faculty. The School strongly encourages applications from candidates who self-identify as Black, racialized (also referred to as visible or racial minorities), First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples and Indigenous Peoples in the United States. Further, all candidates are encouraged to provide details of how their lived experiences inform their work.

Working at Ryerson
At the intersection of mind and action, Ryerson is on a transformative path to become Canada’s leading comprehensive innovation university. At Ryerson and within our department/school, we firmly believe that equity, diversity and inclusion are integral to this path; our current academic plan outlines each as core values and we work to embed them in all that we do.

Dedicated to a people first culture, Ryerson is proud to have been selected as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers and a Greater Toronto’s Top Employer. We invite you to explore the range of benefits and supports available to faculty and their family, including access to our diverse faculty and staff networks.

Visit us on Twitter: @RyersonU, @RyersonHR and @RyersonECI and our LinkedIn company page.

Ryerson is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. To find out more about legal and policy obligations please visit the accessibility and Human Rights websites.

Ryerson University welcomes those who have demonstrated a commitment to upholding the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion and will assist us to expand our capacity for diversity in the broadest sense. In addition, to correct the conditions of disadvantage in employment in Canada, we encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, Black-identified persons, other racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.

How to Apply
Applicants must submit their application online via the Faculty Recruitment Portal. All applications received by January 15, 2021, will be guaranteed consideration. The position will remain open until filled.

The application must contain the following:

• a letter of application;
• a curriculum vitae;
• a statement of creative activities and/or research interests;
• 2-3 examples of scholarly creative activity (e.g. links to films, book chapters, journal articles, etc) and links to films produced with a description of your role in the production;
• a teaching dossier including a statement of teaching philosophy and evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g. course evaluations)

Please provide the names, professional affiliations and contact information for three referees in the cover letter. Candidates who are shortlisted for interviews will be contacted and letters of reference will be requested at that time. Please note that names of further references may be requested at a later stage in the selection process.

Please note that all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, applications from Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority, in accordance with Canadian immigration regulations. Candidates must therefore indicate in their application if they are a permanent resident or citizen of Canada.

Contacts
Any confidential inquiries about the opportunity can be directed to Robert Ott, Chair, School of Image Arts at robert.ott@ryerson.ca.

Indigenous candidates who would like to learn more about working at Ryerson University are welcome to contact Tracey King, Indigenous Human Resources Lead at t26king@ryerson.ca.

Black identified candidates who wish to learn more about working at Ryerson University are welcome to contact Shurla Charles-Forbes, Black Faculty & Staff Community Network at bfscn@ryerson.ca.

For any confidential accommodation needs in order to participate in the recruitment and selection process and/or inquiries regarding accessing the Faculty Recruitment Portal, please contact Alanna Neshevich, HR Advisor at alanna.neshevich@ryerson.ca.

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Call for Applications | Funded MFA in Studio Art

Media & Design Innovation PhD – a creative practice program at Ryerson University

Placing creativity at the heart of learning, the practice-based Media & Design Innovation PhD provides an opportunity for scholar-practitioners to create original work across a variety of disciplines through research-led innovation.

Uniquely positioned within Ryerson’s, Faculty of Communication and Design (FCAD), students have unparalleled access to state-of-the-art technology labs, incubators, research centres, and global hubs – a creative ecosystem like no other.

The Media & Design Innovation PhD program is accepting applications for September 2021.

The application deadline is January 18, 2021.

Research areas within the program are diverse and may include:

• Experimental modes of storytelling and user interaction
• Digital fashion design and fabrication
• Curation and contemporary exhibition practices
• Innovation in music production and distribution
• Creative technology development and prototyping
• New models of journalistic dissemination
• Numerous other areas of creative media practice

Located in downtown Toronto at Ryerson University, the program is supported by a faculty of researchers, artists and scholars committed to reimagining media, design and the creative industries.

Rethink creativity and scholarship through this exciting new program at FCAD – Ryerson’s home of creativity.

Sign up for our upcoming information session – Wednesday November 18, 7 pm., ET.

Register through the program website at:
https://www.ryerson.ca/phd-media-design-innovation/

For more information contact:
Lissa Quaglia
Graduate Program Administrator
lissa.quaglia@ryerson.ca