Call for Submissions: Home Sweet Home
Deadline: March 1, 2008
The Gathering Space is calling artists to submit proposals for wall-hung works, site-specific indoor and outdoor installations, and ephemeral performances for The Gathering Space’s April exhibition, Home Sweet Home. Multi-disciplinary artworks interpreting the theme, “Home Sweet Home”, will be installed and/or performed either in The Gathering Space, in shops along Dundas St. West, or in outdoor venues in the Junction neighbourhood.
All of the proposals should include collaboration with Junction residents in the creation, performance and/or dissemination of the work. Entries should indicate how they will work with residents and whether they would prefer to collaborate with a particular age group, demographic etc. We will assist in arranging collaborations.
The Gathering Space is an arts initiative based in the Junction that uses maps, photographs, text, film, visual art, and objects to research, reflect, and respond to people’s ideas, stories, and memories about everyday life.
Since September 2007 we have been working with residents gathering stories, images, and text and leaving traces of artwork throughout the Junction. We have a public workspace and gallery at 2804 Dundas St. West that we share with Cool Hand of a Girl Coffee Shop.
The exhibition will run from Wednesday April 3, to Thursday April 24, 2008.
Please include the following in your submission:
• Contact information: include telephone number, full mailing address and email address.
• Artist’s bio: max 75 words – Word document
• Artist’s statement: max 75 words – Word document
• Description of proposed work: include size, materials, process and installation (wall-hung, indoor or outdoor,
performance) – Word document
• 3 – 5 images: representation of proposed work- Jpeg format. Images may be sent on a CD or as email attachments.
Emailed image files should be no larger than 640 x 480 ppi (72 dpi) and must be numbered and named to correspond
with the image list.
• Numbered image list: include size of work, medium and any other relevant details.
Submissions:
• The deadline is 01 March, 2008 (must be received by 11pm)
• Entries may be dropped off or submitted by email or surface mail
• If you are sending a submission by email, please include your name in the file names of your attachments.
• If sending your submission by surface mail, please send your contact information, bio, artist’s statement, details of
proposed work and the image list in hard copy along with a CD of images.
• Please include a SASE if you would like your submission package returned.
Send your entries to:
Home Sweet Home
The Gathering Space
c/o Cool Hand of a Girl
2804 Dundas St. West
Toronto, Ontario
M6P 1Y5
Email: gatheringspace@gmail.com
