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Call to Canadian Artists – Solo Show

POSTER DESCRIPTIVE TEXT Stark black font on neon green text boxes pops from a background of blue skies with white clouds. The text reads “APPLY BY MAY 31. SOLO SHOW. WE PAY CARFAC FEES TO SELECTED ARTISTS. Music. Dance. Visual. Literary. Etc. You must be Canadian and d/deaf or disabled. MORE INFO: aanm.ca”. Along the bottom of the image below a rust-coloured bar are the small logos for Manitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage, and Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba.

 

Submission Deadline: Friday May 31, 2023

Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba, with funding from Manitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage, mounts monthly online/in person solo exhibitions to showcase the work of artists with disabilities. Canadian emerging and established artists of all disciplines (dance, film, visual art, comedy, music, etc.) are welcome to apply. Selected artists will receive a $423 CARFAC artist fee and limited assistance with documentation/presentation of work if necessary.

Submission deadline is May 31, 2023. Only selected artists will receive notification of results.

To apply, send the following to programming@aanm.ca:
• A brief proposal (200 word max) describing your medium, the ideas you will be exploring in your show, and why you feel your concept is important.
• photos of THREE examples of your work (past work indicative of your style, and/or finished pieces you propose to show).
PLEASE NOTE:
• Video/audio submissions cannot exceed a maximum of 6 minutes total per artist. You can submit one 6min piece or 3 shorter pieces that add up to 6mins. Format must be YouTube video.
• Images: maximum file size is 200MB. Format must be jpeg.

Applicants must be Canadian and self-identify as disabled. AANM is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. To that end, we ask for Deaf and disability, culturally diverse, Indigenous, LGBT2Q*, rural and northern self-identification in your application if you choose. Applications are confidential, reviewed by staff and jury members.

Feel free to contact us at programming@aanm.ca or 204-336-2366 with any questions. Artists must be AANM members to show with us. Free and sliding-scale memberships are available to those facing financial barriers. View membership options and renew memberships here https://aanm.ca/join-aanm-today/.

If you need any assistance with your application or would like feedback ahead of time about your proposal contact Jenel Shaw at info@aanm.ca or (204) 336-2366.

 

 

This is a poster for the Deaf and Disabled Arts Grant. Against a beige background is dark blue text which says “Deaf and Disabled Arts Grant. With the support of the Manitoba Arts Council Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba will award 4 grants of $2,000 to help artists in all disciplines with all creative projects and professional development. Deadline to apply: March 31, 2023. Visit aanm.ca/deaf-and-disabled-arts-grants/ to learn more!” Along the top of the poster is the logo for AANM and the Manitoba Arts Council. On the left side of the poster is a bubble with an AI generated artwork by Meagan Hoskins. The image is the profile of a person with the top of their head pixelating.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Deadline: Friday March 31, 2023

Amount: 4 grants of $2,000

Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba AANM, with funding from the Manitoba Arts Council is awarding four grants of $2000 each for Deaf and disabled artists in Manitoba.

The Deaf and disabled Arts grants through AANM, are available to help AANM members with creative projects in all art disciplines and professional development. Tell us how this grant could benefit your practice and achieve your artistic goals.

These grants are intended to help artists with disabilities and the D/deaf with financial support to create and improve their artistic practice. Adjudication is based on the clarity and scope of your project proposal (what you want to make and what you need to make it) and/or your plan for professional development (what you want to do to develop your professional practice).

Some project proposals might include:

  • Purchasing art supplies for your project
  • Hiring a web designer to improve your art website
  • Studio rental necessary to complete your project
  • Workshops that would contribute to your artistic development
  • Finances assistance for completing an exhibition

We accept proposals from artists in all disciplines at all levels of their careers.

Requirements for all applicants:

To apply each applicant must submit:

  • An up-to-date artistic CV (1 page maximum)
  • Project description (500 words maximum)
  • Five samples of work (past or current work indicative of your proposal)

 PLEASE NOTE:

  • Video/audio submissions cannot exceed a maximum of 6 minutes. You can submit one 6 min piece or 3 shorter pieces that add up to 6mins. Format must be YouTube video.
  • 5 Images: maximum file size is 1MB. Format must be jpeg or png.

Consider the following questions, if applicable:

  • What are you planning to do?
  • What do you hope to achieve?
  • Why is this project important?
  • What will be the impact on your arts practice?
  • What is your ability to undertake this project?

Applications must be sent to submissions@aanm.ca

If you need any assistance with your application or would like feedback ahead of time about your proposal contact Jenel Shaw at info@aanm.ca or (204) 336-2366.

 

AANM Calls for Submissions

Katrina Craig – SICK PARTY

Mar 1, 2024

ARTIST STATEMENT Sick Party explores invisible illness and the ongoing pressure to perform ‘wellness’ in everyday life while feeling anything but well. The figures in Sick Party are arranged clumsily…

harper k. smith – EP Release

Feb 9, 2024

BIO Harper K. Smith is a queer and mad/disabled, freakfolk-pop musician from Winnipeg (Treaty 1 Territory). Her songs ache over broken relationships, sickness, and death, while still pointing—albeit wearily—to her…

Akayna- IS THIS REALITY?

Dec 1, 2023

BIO Akayna is a Métis, multidisciplinary conceptual emerging artist and Emily Carr University of Art & Design graduate who practices chemically mindful art. They are currently working on a photographic…

Kim Kitchen – HER VOICE THE WAVES LIKE SILK

Oct 18, 2023

  BIO Kim Kitchen is a multidisciplinary artist working in audio and film as a result of a debilitating and transformative illness. She explores collective cultural understandings of the female…

Manitoba Calls for Submissions

Katrina Craig – SICK PARTY

Mar 1, 2024

ARTIST STATEMENT Sick Party explores invisible illness and the ongoing pressure to perform ‘wellness’ in everyday life while feeling anything but well. The figures in Sick Party are arranged clumsily…

harper k. smith – EP Release

Feb 9, 2024

BIO Harper K. Smith is a queer and mad/disabled, freakfolk-pop musician from Winnipeg (Treaty 1 Territory). Her songs ache over broken relationships, sickness, and death, while still pointing—albeit wearily—to her…

Akayna- IS THIS REALITY?

Dec 1, 2023

BIO Akayna is a Métis, multidisciplinary conceptual emerging artist and Emily Carr University of Art & Design graduate who practices chemically mindful art. They are currently working on a photographic…

Kim Kitchen – HER VOICE THE WAVES LIKE SILK

Oct 18, 2023

  BIO Kim Kitchen is a multidisciplinary artist working in audio and film as a result of a debilitating and transformative illness. She explores collective cultural understandings of the female…


National Calls for Submissions

Image Description: This is a poster advertising Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba’s CALL TO ARTISTS. At the top of the poster is an image of Winnipeg’s cityscape at night, with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in the foreground. Long-exposure photography makes the city streets glow in amber and gold from the headlights of traffic. On a banner of white, red font proclaims “CALL TO ARTISTS with disabilities.” Below, in plain black text, are bullet points of information: • perform/show work at Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg during CRIP STRENGTH: ART + BODY + MIND festival Oct 29/22 • we pay $367 CARFAC fees • apply by Aug 26/22 • https://aanm.ca/call-for-submissions-3/ or 204-336-2366 for more info At the bottom of the poster are logos for The Thomas Sill Foundation Inc, AAANM, and Canada Council for the Arts.

WHAT IS CRIP STRENGTH: ART + BODY + MIND?

Crip Strength: Art + Body + Mind is a one-day event held at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). Crip Strength will also be presented virtually to reach artists who may not be able to travel to attend in-person. There will be a juried exhibition of visual art, dance, theater, musical, literary performances and readings. 

Crip Strength will explore the concept of what is “normal” when it comes to disability. Through art, many artists who are Deaf and/or disabled are questioning assumptions of normality in how the mind and body perform. Deaf and/or disabled artists have much to share and teach the larger art community about access, creative problem solving and adaptation. These concepts have long been necessary for Deaf and/or disabled artists to participate in the larger arts community and have become even more relevant to the larger society as we live through a pandemic that requires us to self-isolate and find creative solutions to reach one another through alternative means.

ARTIST APPLICATION INFORMATION

Crip Strength will occur at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on October 29th from 1pm-3pm, and will include juried performances and art exhibition. The exhibition will be on display for one day at the CMHR during Crip Strength and will then be exhibited at Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) until December 2, 2022.  The exhibition theme is “Creative Accessibility.”  Interpret this theme however you choose; it could include art about your personal experience as a d/Deaf or disabled person, art about society, art about art, etc.

Chosen visual artists may include two pieces of artwork in the exhibition. Performance artists (comedians, actors, musicians, poets, etc.): please note the run time of your performance and list any needed equipment. 

Artists who are not from Winnipeg will be responsible for any shipping/insurance/travel costs etc. associated with showing their work. If you are selected, AANM can assist you if you decide to apply for grants to offset your costs. 

If selected you will receive full carfac fees of $367 for your participation.

Deadline to apply: August 26, 2022 5pm

Submissions should include:

1) Artist CV

2) Written statement explaining how your artwork or performance reflects the theme of Creative AccessAbility. For performers, please include run time and needed equipment. (300 words Max.) 

3) Samples of your work, chose one of the following:

Up to 3 digital images, Max image size 200MB, JPEG format only

Or

Up to 5 pages of text

Or

Up to 3 minutes of audio or video, YouTube format only

Send your submission to info@aanm.ca

If you need assistance with your submission you can contact Jenel Shaw at info@aanm.ca or 204-336-2366.

Applicants must be Canadian and self-identify as disabled.  AANM is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.  To that end, we ask for Deaf and disability, culturally diverse, Indigenous, LGBT2Q*, rural and northern self-identification in your application if you choose.  Applications are confidential, reviewed by staff and jury members.

Artists must be AANM members to show with us.  Free and sliding-scale memberships are available to those facing financial barriers.  View membership options and renew memberships here https://aanm.ca/join-aanm-today/.

 
The background of this poster appears to be graph paper, with fold creases slightly visible. In the top right corner, in large purple text with lilac shadows, it says “CALL TO CANADIAN ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES”. Bullet points below, in small black font, read “online solo show”, “$423 CARFAC FEE”, and “www.aanm.ca for more info.” Below a stylized turquoise and pink image of three oranges in the upper left corner are the words “DANCE, MUSIC, FILM, VISUAL ART, WRITING, ETC.” in black text. Below that is a stylized image of a pot of honey in yellow and turquoise. In larger bold black print in the left bottom corner is “DEADLINE FEB 18, 2022”. Below that are the small logos of Canada Council for the Arts and Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba. In the bottom right corner is a stylized turquoise and hot pink image of a bottle of chili sauce.

Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba, with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, mounts monthly online solo exhibitions to showcase the work of Canadian artists with disabilities. 

Emerging and established artists of all disciplines (dance, film, visual art, comedy, music, etc.) are welcome to apply.

Selected artists will receive $423 CARFAC artist fees, and limited assistance with documentation/presentation of work if necessary.  

Submission deadline is February 18, 2022.  Only selected artists will receive notification.

To apply, send the following to programming@aanm.ca:

  • A brief proposal (200 word max) describing your medium, the ideas you will be exploring in your show, and why you feel your concept is important.
  • THREE small examples of your work (past work indicative of your style, and/or finished pieces you propose to show).

PLEASE NOTE: 

  • Video/audio submissions cannot exceed a maximum of 6 minutes total per artist. You can submit one 6min piece or 3 shorter pieces that add up to 6mins.  Format must be YouTube video.
  • Images: maximum file size is 200MB.  Format must be jpeg.

Applicants must be Canadian and self-identify as disabled.  AANM is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.  To that end, we ask for Deaf and disability, culturally diverse, Indigenous, LGBT2Q*, rural and northern self-identification in your application if you choose.  Applications are confidential, reviewed by staff and jury members.

Feel free to contact us at programming@aanm.ca or 204-336-2366 with any questions.

Artists must be AANM members to show with us.  Free and sliding-scale memberships are available to those facing financial barriers.  View membership options and renew memberships here https://aanm.ca/join-aanm-today/.

Katrina Craig – SICK PARTY

Mar 1, 2024

ARTIST STATEMENT Sick Party explores invisible illness and the ongoing pressure to perform ‘wellness’ in everyday life while feeling anything but well. The figures in Sick Party are arranged clumsily…

harper k. smith – EP Release

Feb 9, 2024

BIO Harper K. Smith is a queer and mad/disabled, freakfolk-pop musician from Winnipeg (Treaty 1 Territory). Her songs ache over broken relationships, sickness, and death, while still pointing—albeit wearily—to her…

Akayna- IS THIS REALITY?

Dec 1, 2023

BIO Akayna is a Métis, multidisciplinary conceptual emerging artist and Emily Carr University of Art & Design graduate who practices chemically mindful art. They are currently working on a photographic…

Kim Kitchen – HER VOICE THE WAVES LIKE SILK

Oct 18, 2023

  BIO Kim Kitchen is a multidisciplinary artist working in audio and film as a result of a debilitating and transformative illness. She explores collective cultural understandings of the female…


 

International Calls for Submissions

Katrina Craig – SICK PARTY

Mar 1, 2024

ARTIST STATEMENT Sick Party explores invisible illness and the ongoing pressure to perform ‘wellness’ in everyday life while feeling anything but well. The figures in Sick Party are arranged clumsily…

harper k. smith – EP Release

Feb 9, 2024

BIO Harper K. Smith is a queer and mad/disabled, freakfolk-pop musician from Winnipeg (Treaty 1 Territory). Her songs ache over broken relationships, sickness, and death, while still pointing—albeit wearily—to her…

Akayna- IS THIS REALITY?

Dec 1, 2023

BIO Akayna is a Métis, multidisciplinary conceptual emerging artist and Emily Carr University of Art & Design graduate who practices chemically mindful art. They are currently working on a photographic…

Kim Kitchen – HER VOICE THE WAVES LIKE SILK

Oct 18, 2023

  BIO Kim Kitchen is a multidisciplinary artist working in audio and film as a result of a debilitating and transformative illness. She explores collective cultural understandings of the female…

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