Indigenous Artist in Residence
The deadline for this opportunity has passed.
The Calgary Public Library invites applications for the three-month, paid position of an Indigenous artist in residence at Central Library for January to March 2020.
This residency aims to recognize the contribution of Indigenous artists, craftspeople and knowledge keepers to Calgary.
In response to the calls of action in the City of Calgary’s White Goose Flying report, the library seeks to honour Indigenous cultures and to promote intercultural understanding, perspective-taking, and communication between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
The residency aims to create a supportive environment for artists in Calgary to have time and space to create their own work while introducing library patrons to artists and art forms they may not otherwise experience.
Community engagement events, such as lectures, workshops, and regular open studio hours provide the public with opportunities to meet artists, observe the artistic process and participate in artmaking.
Application Deadline: December 6, 2019
Description of the Position
The library seeks emerging or mid-career self-identified First Nations, Inuit, and Métis artist and artist teams working in any artistic discipline and who enjoy working with people. An emerging or mid-career artist is identified as one who has not been internationally shown and does not have regular representation by an agent or gallery.
Description of the Residency
The residency is based in a glass-walled studio in a public space, which means while the artist’s practice and privacy are to be respected whether in the studio or in the public space of the library, we do expect the artist to be comfortable and open to engaging with patrons.
Artists are encouraged to make their creative process visible in the studio space so that the public can look in through the windows when the studio doors are closed. Experience working with communities, large groups and/or children and youth is an asset.
The Indigenous residency runs for three months, January to March annually. The artist will be required to take part in an artist talk at the beginning of the residency and, at minimum, two public workshops and/or school programs, all set in collaboration with the library. The artist will determine and hold regular, open studio hours at Central Library for a minimum 7.5 hours per week, culminating in a May/June exhibition or performance.
The artist in residence studio is available to the artist during opening hours to work on their own projects.
Remuneration
The artist in residence honorarium is $50 per hour to a maximum of 100 hours per residency. This amount includes offsite preparation time and onsite program delivery time, and any other project expenses incurred by the applicant, except for materials specific to community engagement events.
Qualifications
Artists may not apply as an individual and be part of an organization or collective applying in the same competition.
The successful candidate will be selected by a committee of library employees and Indigenous community members. All applicants will be notified once the committee has made its selection, generally in mid-December.
The successful candidate will be notified, but their name will not be announced until the residency has been secured.
Please submit applications to:
Service Design: Artist in Residence Program
Central Library (800 3rd St. SE)
Calgary, AB T2G 2E7
Or electronically by email to artist.residence@calgarylibrary.ca.
For more information, visit calgarylibrary.ca.
