November 10th, 2009 will be the 30th anniversary of the Mississauga train derailment and evacuation. I'm collaborating with groups and the people of the community to create exhibitions in memory of this event. The Hot Box project is inviting the people to submit their memories of the Train derailment and evacuation of 240,000 residents.
-Sonja Hidas
Call for Submissions:
The “Hot Box” project is a community art project currently accepting submissions for a 2009 exhibition. Please forward memories of the Mississauga train derailment and evacuation of November 1979. All media are accepted (letters, Photographs, objects…). Please included contact information.
Deliver or mail your entry to:
Heritage Mississauga c/o Hot Box
1921 Dundas Street West
Mississauga Ontario L5K 1R2
or email us at hotbox24@live.ca
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Green Youth Showcase!
CALLING ALL YOUNG ARTISTS
Get into the "limelight" and submit your work for the
GREEN YOUTH SHOWCASE
Are you a young visual artist who wants to effect positive change? Are you a spoken-word
artist with a message to share about the quality of the air we breathe and pollution in our city?
The Mississauga Arts Council is now accepting applications from artists between the ages of
13 and 24 to participate in the Green Youth Showcase. The event is an evening of visual and
performing arts exploring environmental awareness in Mississauga.
Formally known as the Mississauga Youth Arts Showcase, this dynamic event has been
presented annually for the past seven years by the Mayor's Youth Advisory Committee in
collaboration with the Mississauga Arts Council. The Green Youth Showcase takes place on
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at the Clarke Hall in Port Credit. The event kicks off with a visual art
exhibition at 7 p.m. followed by a performing arts showcase at 8 p.m.
Ingrid Gardiner, Development Director of the Mississauga Arts Council believes the Green
Showcase is a great opportunity for youth to express their feelings about the environment and
transportation options in the future. “Linking visual art with an environmental message is not
just subliminal. Youth’s vision can convert good intentions into real action. We can change our
choices: - we can use our cars less, we can carpool and we can use our bikes more often.
Together we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The art display will tap into how youth
feel about their local environment, how it affects their future and how they can send a positive
message to their fellow citizens.”
Submissions for the showcase must be dropped off at the Mississauga Arts Council office by
Friday, April 17, 2009 at 4 p.m. For application forms and additional information, please visit
www.mississaugaartscouncil.com or call 905-615-4278.
Media Contact: Heather Brissenden, Communications Officer
Mississauga Arts Council
Tel: 905-615-4212 Fax: 905-615-4171
heather@mississaugaartscouncil.com
www.mississaugaartscouncil.com
Download the application from the website here
Get into the "limelight" and submit your work for the
GREEN YOUTH SHOWCASE
Are you a young visual artist who wants to effect positive change? Are you a spoken-word
artist with a message to share about the quality of the air we breathe and pollution in our city?
The Mississauga Arts Council is now accepting applications from artists between the ages of
13 and 24 to participate in the Green Youth Showcase. The event is an evening of visual and
performing arts exploring environmental awareness in Mississauga.
Formally known as the Mississauga Youth Arts Showcase, this dynamic event has been
presented annually for the past seven years by the Mayor's Youth Advisory Committee in
collaboration with the Mississauga Arts Council. The Green Youth Showcase takes place on
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at the Clarke Hall in Port Credit. The event kicks off with a visual art
exhibition at 7 p.m. followed by a performing arts showcase at 8 p.m.
Ingrid Gardiner, Development Director of the Mississauga Arts Council believes the Green
Showcase is a great opportunity for youth to express their feelings about the environment and
transportation options in the future. “Linking visual art with an environmental message is not
just subliminal. Youth’s vision can convert good intentions into real action. We can change our
choices: - we can use our cars less, we can carpool and we can use our bikes more often.
Together we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The art display will tap into how youth
feel about their local environment, how it affects their future and how they can send a positive
message to their fellow citizens.”
Submissions for the showcase must be dropped off at the Mississauga Arts Council office by
Friday, April 17, 2009 at 4 p.m. For application forms and additional information, please visit
www.mississaugaartscouncil.com or call 905-615-4278.
Media Contact: Heather Brissenden, Communications Officer
Mississauga Arts Council
Tel: 905-615-4212 Fax: 905-615-4171
heather@mississaugaartscouncil.com
www.mississaugaartscouncil.com
Download the application from the website here
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Call for submissions - Living Arts Centre
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – NEW AND EMERGING ARTISTS
The New Hybrids: A Juried Exhibition in Mixed Media
In a time when technological innovation races against the shrinking of the globe, artists seek refuge in an ever-growing palette of media. The New Hybrids is an exhibition searching for new and creative ways of combining media to give voice to a rapidly changing world.
The Living Arts Centre is accepting submissions from new and emerging artists for a juried art exhibition in mixed media. Selected works will be exhibited in the Living Art Centre’s on-site gallery from May 2nd - May 24th, 2009. All submissions must incorporate at least TWO media and have been completed within the last two years to be considered.
The New Hybrids: A Juried Exhibition in Mixed Media
In a time when technological innovation races against the shrinking of the globe, artists seek refuge in an ever-growing palette of media. The New Hybrids is an exhibition searching for new and creative ways of combining media to give voice to a rapidly changing world.
The Living Arts Centre is accepting submissions from new and emerging artists for a juried art exhibition in mixed media. Selected works will be exhibited in the Living Art Centre’s on-site gallery from May 2nd - May 24th, 2009. All submissions must incorporate at least TWO media and have been completed within the last two years to be considered.
Submission Information:
-$20.00 application fee made out to the Living Arts Centre
-artist statement (max. 100 words)
-current CV
-2 submissions of current work (jpegs on CD), including: title, medium, size, date, artist’s name for each image. Artist’s name must be clearly labeled on the submission CD.
-SASE (self addressed and stamped envelope) – please ensure correct postage for return of CD (The Living Arts Centre assumes no responsibility for images sent without return postage)
**Email submissions will not be accepted
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, February 23rd, 2009 at 5 pm
Please send submissions to:
Studio Arts Living Arts Centre
4141 Living Arts DriveMississauga
ON L5B 4B8
For more information, please email exhibitions@livingarts.on.ca or call 905.306.6161
Submissions will be reviewed by a selection committee.
Notification of Acceptance: Artists will be notified by phone or email on Monday, March 31st, 2009 if their piece has been selected to be in the exhibition. Only those accepted will be notified. Accepted artists will receive details pertaining to the exhibition including delivery of artwork, insurance coverage, opening reception and awards.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Professionalize your artistic practice!
WORKSHOP
Developing an Artist’s Statement
In this two hour hands-on workshop you will learn how to develop, articulate and write an effective artist’s statement. Come prepared to share your ideas and write. You will leave with a completed and effective artist’s statement. Space is limited.
The workshop will be facilitated by Tara Marshall, writer, educator and Outreach Coordinator at the Art Gallery of Mississauga.
Registration:
$20 Public (MAC & VAM members receive a 20% discount)
$15 Students and Art Gallery of Mississauga members
To register call Tara Marshall: 905-896-5507
or email tara.marshall@mississauga.ca
Date: Monday March 9th, 7- 9 pm
Location:
Art Gallery of Mississauga,
Main Floor, Mississauga Civic Centre
300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, ON
Developing an Artist’s Statement
In this two hour hands-on workshop you will learn how to develop, articulate and write an effective artist’s statement. Come prepared to share your ideas and write. You will leave with a completed and effective artist’s statement. Space is limited.
The workshop will be facilitated by Tara Marshall, writer, educator and Outreach Coordinator at the Art Gallery of Mississauga.
Registration:
$20 Public (MAC & VAM members receive a 20% discount)
$15 Students and Art Gallery of Mississauga members
To register call Tara Marshall: 905-896-5507
or email tara.marshall@mississauga.ca
Date: Monday March 9th, 7- 9 pm
Location:
Art Gallery of Mississauga,
Main Floor, Mississauga Civic Centre
300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, ON
Friday, July 04, 2008
Clothing Swap-Free Wardrobe!!
Clothing Swap at the Gallery
Tuesday, July 8th at 6:30pm
Call 905 896 5506 or email suying.lee@mississauga.ca to RSVP
In honour of our first ever Artist-in-Residence, Christina Kolozsvary, from Syracuse, New York, the Gallery will be hosting our first ever Clothing Swap!
What’s a Clothing Swap? A Clothing Swap is an event where the participants trade their pre-loved clothes, shoes and accessories. It’s a chance to clean out your closet, get a new wardrobe and meet the artist.
Christina Kolozsavary is taking up a short residency in Mississauga this summer in anticipation of an exhibition Couch surfing in Mississauga/Couch surfing in Syracuse. The exhibition will feature work created by Kolzsavary in response to her stay in Mississauga. Likewise, Mississauga artist, Alison Kobayashi will create work for the exhibition during a residency in Syracuse. Couch surfing in Mississauga/Couch surfing in Syracuse will be on exhibit February 5 to March 22, 2009 and will also be exhibited in Syracuse.
How do artists in the formative stages of their careers assimilate location and residential identity into their work? This exchange has been created to consider Mississauga and its identity as a city-suburb and cultural producer. A highly diverse, densely populated city, Mississauga’s identity is often overshadowed by its closest urban neighbour, Toronto. Syracuse shares some of Mississauga’s identity struggles and each of us, a few uniquely our own.
The Art Gallery of Mississauga wishes to thank Emily Vey Duke & Cooper Battersby, Couch surfing Residency co-curators and Séamus Kealy, Curator, Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga for provision of residence space.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Exhibition opportunity at the Living Arts Centre
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – NEW AND EMERGING ARTISTS FOR JURIED ART SHOW
The Living Arts Centre is accepting submissions from new and emerging artists for a juried art exhibition. Selected works will be exhibited in the centre’s on-site gallery, Laidlaw Hall from May 3 - May 25, 2008. Eligible artists must be living, working, or attending school in the City of Mississauga or Peel Region. Works in all media will be considered. Works must be original and completed within the last two years.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
· $20.00 application fee made out to the Living Arts Centre
· artist statement (max. 100 words)
· current CV
· 2 images of current work (jpegs on CD), including: title, medium, size, date, artist’s name.
· SASE (self addressed and stamped envelope) – please ensure correct postage for return of CD (The Living Arts Centre assumes no responsibility for images sent without return postage)
Email submissions will not be accepted
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 17, 2008 at 5pm
Please send submissions to:
Laidlaw Hall Gallery Emerging Artist Exhibition
Studio Arts Department
Living Arts Centre
4141 Living Arts Drive
Mississauga, ON
L5B 4B8
For more information, please email exhibitions@livingarts.on.ca or call 905.306.6161
Submissions will be reviewed by a selection committee.
Notification of Acceptance: Artists will be notified by phone or email on Monday, February 18, 2008 if their piece has been selected to be in the exhibition. Only those accepted will be notified. Accepted artists will receive details pertaining to the exhibition, including delivery of artwork, insurance coverage, opening reception and awards, etc.
The Living Arts Centre is accepting submissions from new and emerging artists for a juried art exhibition. Selected works will be exhibited in the centre’s on-site gallery, Laidlaw Hall from May 3 - May 25, 2008. Eligible artists must be living, working, or attending school in the City of Mississauga or Peel Region. Works in all media will be considered. Works must be original and completed within the last two years.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
· $20.00 application fee made out to the Living Arts Centre
· artist statement (max. 100 words)
· current CV
· 2 images of current work (jpegs on CD), including: title, medium, size, date, artist’s name.
· SASE (self addressed and stamped envelope) – please ensure correct postage for return of CD (The Living Arts Centre assumes no responsibility for images sent without return postage)
Email submissions will not be accepted
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 17, 2008 at 5pm
Please send submissions to:
Laidlaw Hall Gallery Emerging Artist Exhibition
Studio Arts Department
Living Arts Centre
4141 Living Arts Drive
Mississauga, ON
L5B 4B8
For more information, please email exhibitions@livingarts.on.ca or call 905.306.6161
Submissions will be reviewed by a selection committee.
Notification of Acceptance: Artists will be notified by phone or email on Monday, February 18, 2008 if their piece has been selected to be in the exhibition. Only those accepted will be notified. Accepted artists will receive details pertaining to the exhibition, including delivery of artwork, insurance coverage, opening reception and awards, etc.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Calling all Art & Art History Alumni
ATTENTION GRADUATES OF THE ART AND ART HISTORY PROGRAM
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, MISSISSAUGA AND SHERIDAN COLLEGE.
Call for submissions:
Dear Alumnus,
AAHlumniex, an exhibition of recent work of graduates from the Art and Art History Program, to be held in the Art Gallery of Mississauga
from February 15 to March 25, 2007.
Deadline: Friday, December 29, 2006.
Please include the following with your entry: There is no entry fee. Documentation for one (1) or two (2) of your recent works available for exhibition, in the format of slides, CD, or DVD, (no web sites), with the titles, sizes, media, year, retail value, installation guidelines, a
1 page C.V., and a Self-Addressed Return Envelope.
Selected works must be delivered to the Art Gallery of Mississauga by Monday, February 5, 2007.
The gallery is located at:
300 City Centre Drive
Mississauga, Ontario,
L5B 3C1, Canada
Attention: Robert Freeman, Curator
Work must be delivered in the format intended for exhibition in packaging suitable for safe handling, temporary storage, and return. Work may picked up at the close of the exhibition after March 25, 2007.
A two-person jury comprised of Robert Freeman, Curator of the Art Gallery of Mississauga, and Seamus Kealy, curator of the Blackwood Gallery, will meet in mid December 2006. The artists selected for exhibition will be notified by January 15, 2007.
Artists in the exhibition will receive the CAR/FAC group show fee, be highlighted in the publicity, and receive a special invitation to attend the opening with the community and students and faculty of the Art and Art History Program.
The opening of the exhibition is on February 15, 2007 and the exhibition continues to March 25, 2007.
On behalf of the Art Gallery of Mississauga and the Art and Art History Program we look forward to the participation of our alumni in this celebratory exhibition.
Robert Freeman, curator, Art Gallery of Mississauga
Seamus Kealy, curator, Blackwood Gallery
Louise Noguchi, co-coordinator, Art and Art History Program
300 CITY CENTRE DRIVE, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA L5B3C1
TELEPHONE (905) 896-5088 FAX (905) 615-4167
WEBSITE: WWW.ARTGALLERYOFMISSISSAUGA.COM
A public Art Gallery sponsored by the City of Mississauga, the Ontario Arts Council,
The Canada Council, Corporations, Private Citizens and its Membership
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, MISSISSAUGA AND SHERIDAN COLLEGE.
Call for submissions:
Dear Alumnus,
AAHlumniex, an exhibition of recent work of graduates from the Art and Art History Program, to be held in the Art Gallery of Mississauga
from February 15 to March 25, 2007.
Deadline: Friday, December 29, 2006.
Please include the following with your entry: There is no entry fee. Documentation for one (1) or two (2) of your recent works available for exhibition, in the format of slides, CD, or DVD, (no web sites), with the titles, sizes, media, year, retail value, installation guidelines, a
1 page C.V., and a Self-Addressed Return Envelope.
Selected works must be delivered to the Art Gallery of Mississauga by Monday, February 5, 2007.
The gallery is located at:
300 City Centre Drive
Mississauga, Ontario,
L5B 3C1, Canada
Attention: Robert Freeman, Curator
Work must be delivered in the format intended for exhibition in packaging suitable for safe handling, temporary storage, and return. Work may picked up at the close of the exhibition after March 25, 2007.
A two-person jury comprised of Robert Freeman, Curator of the Art Gallery of Mississauga, and Seamus Kealy, curator of the Blackwood Gallery, will meet in mid December 2006. The artists selected for exhibition will be notified by January 15, 2007.
Artists in the exhibition will receive the CAR/FAC group show fee, be highlighted in the publicity, and receive a special invitation to attend the opening with the community and students and faculty of the Art and Art History Program.
The opening of the exhibition is on February 15, 2007 and the exhibition continues to March 25, 2007.
On behalf of the Art Gallery of Mississauga and the Art and Art History Program we look forward to the participation of our alumni in this celebratory exhibition.
Robert Freeman, curator, Art Gallery of Mississauga
Seamus Kealy, curator, Blackwood Gallery
Louise Noguchi, co-coordinator, Art and Art History Program
300 CITY CENTRE DRIVE, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA L5B3C1
TELEPHONE (905) 896-5088 FAX (905) 615-4167
WEBSITE: WWW.ARTGALLERYOFMISSISSAUGA.COM
A public Art Gallery sponsored by the City of Mississauga, the Ontario Arts Council,
The Canada Council, Corporations, Private Citizens and its Membership
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Entry forms now available!
Click here to go to the Art Gallery of Mississauga web site and down load a pdf entry form.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Two Call For Submissions! Art Gallery of Mississauga
What is Mississauga?
The Challenge…to create an artwork that defines Mississauga. The artwork can be in any media. The only restriction is the size. The artwork must be 12 inches by 12 inches (overall size) for two dimensional works and for three dimensional works must be able to fit into a 12 inch cube.
What is the true nature of Mississauga? What is Mississauga to you as long time resident or as a newcomer? What is Mississauga to you as a young person or as a senior citizen… as a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Hindu, a Jew or a Sikh (no matter what your religion)?
The artwork does not have to be representational and in fact we discourage pictures, or photographs of the Civic Centre (or the Mayor). What we want are thoughtful and perceptive works that define the City as it is to you. They can be conceptual, abstract or illustrative. They can be new media works or traditional paintings. They can be critical or positive, introspective or universal. They should reflect your artistic style and/or even you cultural background. What we are after is a variety of works from a cross section of the Mississauga Community.
Entry Fee: $15 per work (a two work maximum)
Selection of Works: The entries will be juried. The selected works will be shown at the Art Gallery of Mississauga from March 29, 2007 to May 3, 2007. Artist fees will be paid to all of the artists whose work is selected.
Eligibility:Artists must live in Mississauga or have a significant connection to the City.
Entry Forms: will be available by February 1, 2007 at the Gallery and from our website. Forms and entry fees must be received by Friday, March 9, 2007.
Delivery of Submissions: Artworks are to be brought to the Gallery on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 between 3pm and 7pm.
Submission Format:
- The artwork must be ready to hang.
- Framed if it is a work on paper.
- An artwork may not need a frame but it must have hanging hardware on the back.
- If special installation instructions are necessary they must be provided on submission.
- All of the information pertaining to the artwork must be provided on submission… artist's name, title of the artwork, date completed (it should have just been created 2006 or 2007), media, size (it should be 12" x 12" in most cases), value of the work and whether it is for sale
- If there is an explanation/statement of the artwork required this must also be supplied on submission
- All works will be for sale unless noted as not for sale (NFS) and the Art Gallery of Mississauga will retain 20% of the sale of the artwork.
- Any electronic or new media works must be entered with the necessary equipment to be viewed (format must be consistent with other media formats 12" x 12")
Pick up of works not accepted:The judging will take place on Thursday morning, March 22nd and the works not selected can be picked up on Friday, March 23rd from 9am to 5 pm.
An opportunity for all works entered to be viewed:Works not selected will be photographed (with the artist's permission) and available for viewing on a CD during the show.
Art Gallery of Mississauga Blog Photo Contest
Competition open to all Mississauga Secondary School students
How to enter:
1. Go to the Art Gallery of Mississauga blog at http://905arttalk.blogspot.com/, read the postings and think about Mississauga. What do you see here? What don't you see? What would you like to show the world about Mississauga?
2. Pick up your digital camera, camera phone, film camera or Polaroid and just take a photo! (Entries must be converted to digital files).
3. Send your submission via email to suying.lee@mississauga.ca. Include your image (jpeg format), a short paragraph about your photo and a completed entry form. Click here to down load pdf entry form.
By entering this contest, you consent to have your photograph posted on the Art Gallery of Mississauga blog and used for promotional purposes.
Selected entries will be posted on the Art Gallery of Mississauga blog and the winners will receive a one year membership to the Art Gallery of Mississauga.
For questions or more information call the Gallery at 905 896 5088 or email suying.lee@mississauga.ca
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