PROPOSAL GUIDELINES

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Please send your submission to our email (ryersonartspace@gmail.com) with the subject line “SUBMISSION 2015”. Open to all Ryerson University students, alumni, curators, and group submissions.

Attach a completed Proposal Application Form (DOWNLOAD) and all of the following in a Dropbox link (recommended) or a single PDF file (max 5MB) with all the required information:

 

1. Project Description (500 words max):

The project description should give a clear and concrete explanation of how the work will occupy the space at Ryerson Artspace. Please consider how you might utilize different parts of the gallery  (i.e. window space, high walls, etc.). Refer to floor plan and website for further details.

2. Artist/Curatorial Statement (1 page max):

The artist/curatorial statement should give a description of your overall practice as it relates to the specific project you are proposing for installation at Ryerson Artspace.

3. Technical Description (500 words max):

The technical description should include a list of all foreseeable technical requirements including equipment and materials necessary for installation in the gallery (this does not include materials to create the work).

4. Visual Documentation:

You may submit up to 15 jpegs, or 10 jpegs with a video, or 5 videos max.

Please label all works with your last name and a number.

For example: obama01, obama02, obama03…etc.

 

For photography/print-based/2D works please submit low-res jpegs, maximum 700 pixels on the longest edge

For video works, please include a YouTube/Vimeo link with password (if applicable)

For installation-based/sculptural works, please include visual documentation/illustration/description in the form of low-res jpegs, maximum 700 pixels on the longest edge

5. List of Works

Create a numbered list of the proposed works that corresponds to the image number from the visual documentation section (#4). Include the artist name (if applicable), title, size (inches), medium, year, and additionally for video, running time and format. Please keep all information consistent and organized.

Example:

obama01:

Title: Michelle

Date: 2014

Medium: Photography

Dimensions: 20″ X 24″

6. Additional/Secondary Programming (OPTIONAL)

Please consider any ways in which you might extend or promote discussion about the work in the space. Some ideas include: speaking on opening night, artist talks, panel discussions, workshops, performances, exhibition walkthrough, live readings. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. Engage your peers and friends. We strongly encourage all submissions to entertain the possibilities of additional or secondary programming.

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Gallery Floorplan:

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS !!!

Summer Residency for OCAD University & Ryerson Image Arts Photography Students. Open to all current Photography majors & recent alumni.

2015 ART CAMP RESIDENCY 

Spend your summer working with a diverse group of emerging artists to develop an exhibition at the Ryerson Artspace at the Gladstone Hotel! For the first time, photography majors at OCAD University and Ryerson University’s School of Image Arts will collaborate for the inaugural Art Camp Residency in downtown Toronto. Led by core faculty Robyn Cumming, Jennifer Long, and Marc Losier, a select group of students from OCAD U and the School of Image Arts will participate in events, workshops, talks, and portfolio reviews, leading towards a group exhibition of new work at the Ryerson Artspace at the Gladstone Hotel next Fall Applicants will be selected on their artistic merit, availability during summer months, and interest in collaboration.

Application Checklist:

In one PDF or Dropbox link, include the following:

1. Applicant information:

• Name

• University and current year of study/year of graduation

• Preferred email address

• Confirmation of your availability to work on a body of work from May to October with the selected team. This will involve 1 to 3 meetings per month and self-directed art creation.

2. A letter of Intent (max. 400 words), addressing why you are interested in this residency and what inspires your practice.

3. Portfolio of work

• Include 10 images from 2 to 3 different series. If your work is time-based, please contact Jennifer Long at jlong@faculty.ocadu.ca to discuss options.

• Embedded images should be approximately 8”x10”, 72 dpi

• Include an image credit under each visual. This should include the title, year, medium and scale.

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Email the completed PDF or Dropbox link to jlong@faculty.ocadu.ca before May 5th, 12 noon.

A jury will be struck to review the applications and applicants will be notified by May 18th of their acceptance.  

Opening – April 2, 2015, 7-10pm
Exhibition – April 2 – April 11, 2015

THE EXPANDED IMAGE is a selection of work made by third year photography students in a class of the same name. In this course we experiment with widening the definition of photography and exploring hybrid forms. This includes working with the moving image, site-specific installations, and the combination of lens-based media with other forms such as sculpture, drawing and painting, and sound. The exhibition is loosely organized around themes which emerged in these young artist’s work this term: freedom, light and abstraction; the construction of gender, and the transformation of space.

Featured Artists:

Melissa Bessie, Caroline Costa, Jillian Crocker, Diana Edelman, Amir Farokhpour, Lodoe-Laura, Pedro Hespanha, Emily Hole, Hayley Jones, Jacob Laird, Robert Langridge, Ellen McLaren, Petrija Petrusic Dos Santos, Camille Rojas, Evan Roy, Khristel Stecher, Imogen Wallis-Mayer, Ashley Warrington, Sarah Wong