Arts Catalyst seeks a new Chair to lead Board of Trustees

Thursday, June 28, 2018 – 16:45Arts Catalyst is seeking a new Chair to lead our Board of Trustees and guide our mission and development.  Arts Catalyst is a non-profit arts organisation, based in London and working nationally, that has been a pioneer in producing projects, artworks and exhibitions that connect with other fields of knowledge, expanding artistic practice into domains commonly associated with science and specialist research. In its 24 years, Arts Catalyst has commissioned more than 160 artists’ projects, including major new works by Tomas Saraceno, Aleksandra Mir, Critical Art Ensemble, Jan Fabre and the Otolith Group, and produced numerous exhibitions, events, performances and publications, collaborating with major arts, science and academic organisations. Arts Catalyst’s Centre for Art, Science & Technology in King’s Cross, London, is a hub for our work, where we develop new projects and showcase our national and international work. We are seeking a Chair who shares our passion and commitment to contemporary and interdisciplinary art, and who is interested in how artists and scientists can work together to create new artworks addressing current relevant topics. They will need to have the knowledge, experience, energy and networks to support the organisation and its Artistic and Executive Directors and to help advance the organisation’s work and its impact locally, nationally, and internationally. Information and how to submit an expression of interest The deadline for Expressions of Interest is Monday 3rd September 2018, 10am.Interviews will be held in early October 2018. We value diversity of perspective and lived experience and particularly welcome people of colour, immigrants, and disabled candidates. 

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Call to Artists :: SNAP Emerging Artist Studio Residency 2018

SNAP’s Emerging AIR Program offers emerging artists and recent graduates the opportunity to work rent-free at the SNAP Printshop for a 6 month term. The residency is aimed at providing a new environment and stimuli for the artist to help expand her or his artistic practice. During the residency, artists are invited to give a lecture on their work and offer a workshop or demonstration of their specific technique(s). The program offers emerging artists a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with other print artists and discover Edmonton’s internationally acclaimed arts community while further developing their practice.

NOTE: The residency provides a rent-free studio space however monthly supply fees for consumables apply.

To maximize the potential for artistic growth, and to encourage the production of a body of work outside of a formal institution, an exhibition is a requirement of the residency. The exhibition directly follows the residency. The exhibition will occur in either SNAP’s community or studio galleries within 6 months of the end of the residency.

Residency terms run: September – February and/or January-June.

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Rijksmuseum opens exhibition focusing on Dutch design in the age of Rembrandt

Fantastic sea creatures, monstrous beasts, whimsical body shapes and fluid contours that seem to drip like syrup from a spoon: all are manifestations of the ornament style known as kwab, ‘auricular’ or ‘lobate’ – with the English denominations referring to the organic forms of the ear. In the 17th century their almost molten form was to be found on luxury items such as ewers, dishes, furniture, wall-hangings and frames in the most stylish interiors of the elite. The kwab style is the most sensational and important Dutch contribution to the development of decorative art in Europe. Its originators – the Dutch silversmiths Paulus and Adam van Vianen and Johannes Lutma – enjoyed unprecedented fame in their day. Their work was also an inspiration for artists such as Rembrandt and the cabinetmaker Herman Doomer. In this exhibition, a spectacular design by theatre and lighting designer Keso Dekker, renowned for his ballet sets by Hans van Manen, brings together 130 auricular masterpieces in t

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“Passages” by Vincent Roper

Exhibition: July 5 to August 26, 2018. Opening reception @ Gallery 501 July 5, at 7 PM.

Roper’s art practice draws inspiration form the fields and structures in and around his home here in Strathcona County.  He sketches in pastel en plein air whenever possible and his landscape paintings in oil and acrylic emphasize colour.  Roper’s artwork explores colour as descriptors, opposed to creating work that describes nature.

Visit Gallery 501’s website for more information.

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Exhibition at Tate Britain marks 100 years since the end of the First World War

Marking 100 years since the end of the First World War, this exhibition explores the immediate impact of the conflict on British, German and French art. As the first exhibition to examine the culture of memorials alongside new developments in post-war art it will consider how artists responded to the physical and psychological scars left on Europe. Aftermath brings together over 150 works from 1916 to 1932 by artists including George Grosz, Fernand Léger and C.R.W. Nevinson. During this tumultuous period, artists began to explore new imagery and new ways of making art in their responses to the experience of war, the culture of remembrance, and the rebuilding of cities and societies. To mark the centenary of the First World War, free tickets will be available for all veterans and members of the armed forces for the duration of the exhibition. The First World War began to be constructed as memory almost as soon as it had begun. During the war artists created works which reflected on its

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