{"id":35321,"date":"2024-10-31T16:41:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35321"},"modified":"2024-10-31T16:41:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:41:27","slug":"calling-local-artists-cultural-centre-launches-artists-residency-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/calling-local-artists-cultural-centre-launches-artists-residency-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling Local Artists: Cultural Centre launches Artists\u2019 Residency program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Local artists will soon have the chance to create and display their work in a unique way as the Aurora Cultural Centre launches its inaugural Artists-in-Residence program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Centre is currently accepting applications from artists through to 11.59 p.m. this Sunday, November 3, with a special emphasis placed on local artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first residency will run from January 18 to April 18, 2025, with a summer residency launching June 1 and running through August 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each residency culminates in a solo exhibition within the Aurora Cultural Centre\u2019s historic Church Street School space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a pretty robust program,\u201d says Samantha Jones, the Centre\u2019s Gallery Manager. \u201cOur basement activity room is typically the room where there is open studios and [for the first term] it will be converted to an artists\u2019 residency space. One artist will be selected from the community, as there is an emphasis on local talent for this call. We\u2019re especially encouraging them to apply and during that three-month residency period, they will make artworks. At the end, those artworks will be exhibited in a solo exhibition in the lower hall gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very exciting program. We have not had a residency here before. While not a live-in residency, it comes with lots of community engagement opportunities; each artist will do a workshop with the community, we\u2019ll do an Art Byte feature on our YouTube channel, social media posts, as well as two Artist-In-Studio days where we invite patrons from the community to come in and watch the artist at work. They get lots of exposure, lots of marketing, and we just want to showcase them as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The call is open to artists working in just about all media, as long as the art can be hanged from the gallery\u2019s wire picture rail hanging system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not limited necessarily to two-dimensional works, but works that can be hung on the wall,\u201d notes Jones. \u201cIf you\u2019re a sculptural artist, if your work can be moved to a wall space, that can work, but that is just one of the limits of the residency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two successful applicants will also receive an honorarium of $4,020 for their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The studio space will be equipped with easels, a sink table space and storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All works created during the residencies will be listed for sale at the resulting solo shows, with the Centre subject to a 40 per cent commission. It\u2019s expected that the show and sale will include a minimum of 50 per cent of art created during the residency term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is an emphasis on local for this particular [residency program] and one of the reasons we\u2019re focusing on local artists is because it was founded out of the recognition of a lack of affordable studio space in Aurora and York Region,\u201d says Jones. \u201cIn response to that, we created this residency program and made it paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re an artist in Aurora or surrounding area, and you\u2019re looking for a free studio space to create your work and also get payment for it, this is the place for you. It comes equipped\u2026 and is especially good for anyone who is new to the community and is looking to get their name out there and connect with other patrons and people in the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, including how to apply, visit auroraculturalcentre.ca\/open-calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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