Visual Artists Submission
Vertigo Theatre Society
Deadline to submit: August 19, 2024
Vertigo Theatre is seeking visual artists to feature during our upcoming productions in the 2024 – 2025 season.
The deadline to submit is Monday August 19, 2024 at 11:59pm.
The Selected Artists for this Showcase will:
- Showcase their artwork in Vertigo Theatre’s lobby for the duration of one production (4 – 6 weeks)
- Receive a display fee as per CARFAC guidelines & 100% of the proceeds from any sales
- Receive 2 flex passes (4 tickets) to any show in our BD&P 24/25 Series
- An Artist Spotlight feature in the show playbill
- Have artwork insured while on-site
Requirements:
- Artists must be local to the Calgary or Alberta area and able to deliver and pick up their artwork.
- It will be the artist’s responsibility to install and take down their art (as well as provide the required hanging hardware), with support from a Vertigo Theatre liaison.
- Upon the installation day, artwork must be framed (unless it is a canvas).
- Artwork must not contain nudity or excessive violence.
The showcase is to be themed to the Vertigo production for which the artwork is on display. Please submit any and all art you wish to share. These are just guidelines to the upcoming shows; for full show details, please visit our website at vertigotheatre.com.
Please see the production options below:
The Woman in Black, by Stephen Mallatratt, based on the novel by Susan Hill.
Dates: September 28 – October 27, 2024
Synopsis
Arthur Kipps was a young solicitor, when he was sent to a remote town in England to oversee the funeral of an elderly recluse. While there, he learns about a woman in black, a phantom, who haunts the residents of the town. Years later, Kipps hires a young actor to help recount the events of that time, never expecting the haunting to move into the theatre and curse them both.
Potential influences: vaudevillian theatres, abandoned mansions, ghost stories, gothic horror, foggy London, feminine haunting, heavy cloaks, mist and mirrors.
Murder on the Links, adapted from the novel by Agatha Christie
Dates: November 16 – December 15, 2024
Hercule Poirot and his associate Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-sur-Mer to the news that their newest client has been found dead – stabbed in the back with a letter opener in a freshly dug grave on a local golf course. With a list of usual and unusual suspects, the case takes a turn when a second, identically murdered body is discovered.
Potential influences: French architecture, vintage circus, bright colours, manicured lawns and freshly splattered blood, vintage golf attire, mustaches and pipes.
Deadly Murder, by David Foley
Dates: February 1 – March 2, 2025
Camille Dargus is a successful jewelry designer who has it all: beauty, brains, wealth and a glitzy Manhattan lifestyle. While attending a society gala, she meets Billy, a handsome young waiter, and brings him back to her apartment. However, there seems to be more to Billy than meets the eye. Camille now finds herself staring down the barrel of a gun held by a man who seems chillingly familiar with her past.
Potential influences: emeralds and rubies, industrial loft apartments, liquor and lace, New York fire escapes, cool blue and midnight black, hidden identities.
A Killing at La Cucina: A Lucia Dante Mystery, by Thomas Morgan Jones
Dates: March 15 – April 13, 2025
World-famous food critic Richard Carlyle dies after dining at the hottest new 5-star restaurant, FATE – an establishment that offers diners an experience to face their own mortality. Did he die by eating the improperly prepared puffer fish, or was he murdered? Enter Lucia Dante, renowned detective, to solve the case. With numerous suspects that all have reasons to kill, Lucia must draw on her skills and the help of her AI colleague Isabella. She must also settle scores from her own past in order to crack the case.
Potential influences: stainless steel and white cloth napkins, crystal wine goblets and dirty coffee cups, tech future, neon, fast paced cities.
The Da Vinci Code, adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, based on the novel by Dan Brown
Dates: May 10 – June 14, 2025
In the deep labyrinth of the Louvre, a museum curator is found viciously murdered. Alongside his body are a series of mysterious codes. In a race against time, it is up to Professor Robert Langdon, along with Cryptologist Sophie Neveu, to try and solve the riddles of the codes and the centuries-old mystery of the Holy Grail. With the help of teacher and friend Sir Leigh Teabing, Langdon and Neveu embark through the streets of Paris in hopes of deciphering the code before forces of darkness extinguish the historical secret forever.
Potential influences: gilded streets of Paris, dark cobblestone alleyways, Renaissance art, arched chapel ceilings, hidden languages, invisible ink.
For a more detailed schedule of the productions and the visual artist showcase, please see vertigotheatre.com/jobs-and-auditions.
How to apply
Interested candidates should submit the following to Development Coordinator, Ali Grams, at development@vertigotheatre.com, by Monday August 19, 2024 at 11:59pm:
- A brief artist bio (roughly 200 words) including place of residence, cultural background, medium of work, and number of years working as an artist.
- A website link, digital portfolio, or images of specific pieces being considered, with a combined file size 2 MB or less.
- Which show you would like to be considered for and an idea of how your work may fit in with the show’s theme – if you have any pieces in progress that would fit, please feel free to share! You may submit your pieces for multiple shows if you believe the artwork applies.
Application Process
Vertigo Theatre has a responsibility to create work spaces where people are comfortable in a creation process, and can be themselves in every capacity. With this in mind, we encourage submissions from those who identify as Indigenous, Black, or POC as well as women, 2SLGBTQIA+, Disabled/People with Disabilities and/or Neuro-Divergent people.
*If there are any potential barriers (language, disability, or any other considerations) preventing you from applying, please let us know and we will work with you to find a suitable application process.
