Invitation to join Kingston Portrait and Figure Artists Group

Since 1995, a group of amateur and professional artists meet weekly, to pursue the fine art of portrait & figurative drawing and painting.

New members are invited to join the group and all skill levels are welcome.

WEDNESDAYS: Mornings 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Afternoons 1:15- 4:15pm at Joanne Gervais’ studio (1746 Unity Road, Glenburnie, Kingston)
(5 minutes north of the 401 exits)

Cost: $100.00 for ten consecutive ** half day** sessions
$150.00 for ten consecutive all day sessions
Cost includes the session, model fees, refreshments and lunch

Materials: Bring own art supplies and easels if so desired (tables and boards supplied)

If clay, bring drop sheet, no strong solvents please

Session Format: most frequently the sessions follow the following format:
Several 1 and 2 minutes gestures, one short 5-20 min. pose, coffee break
1- 2 hour pose (sometimes repeated in the afternoon) , lunch, repeat in the afternoon.

Experienced artists assist less skilled participants.

Models: Draped, undraped, & costumed , all ages,
: $12.00 per hour, lunch supplied
: Gas stipend or transportation if required
Experience not required, training and assistance provided

Contact: Joanne Gervais 613-542-8451

jgervais@kingston.net
www.joannegervais.com

Call for listings of Dance Activities

Dance Ontario is asking for your help in providing us with a list of the yearly dance activities in your community.

As the dance service organization for the entire province of Ontario, we would like to establish an ongoing relationship with the art councils we have met throughout our past initiatives such as 3x3x3 Dance, Dance Animation, and most recently the Dance Ontario Dance For Youth Forums. With this information, we will be able to map out the dance activities for the province. In turn, this will help to promote your initiatives and events, and engage interest from members of your communities such as students, parents, venue operators, and dance presenters.

Please take a moment to familiarize us with your annual planning for dance activities in your community. These can include any or all of the following:

* Festivals
* Musicals
* Visiting dance artists performing and/or teaching workshops
* Extra-curricular dance after school
* Dance in curriculum
* Student matinee field trips [please tell us who the artist and/or presenter is]
* School dance recitals
* Competitions
* And anything else we may have overlooked.

You can submit this information to:

Jessica Westermann, Program Manager, jessica@danceontario.ca
or
Rosslyn Jacob Edwards, Executive Director, rcj@danceontario.ca

Please do not hesitate to write to us with any questions or comments.
We would be pleased to hear from you.

Jessica Westermann
Program Manager
Dance Ontario
55 Mill Street
Case Goods Bldg. (74), Suite 304
Toronto, ON M5A 3C4
416. 204. 1083

Job Call: Executive Director

Permanent Full Time

The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, located in Hamilton, Ontario is seeking a dynamic, creative and motivated individual to fill the position of Executive Director. This is a permanent position with a January 1, 2009 start date. The purpose of the job is to provide professional competency and effective strategic leadership for the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre. The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors through the Executive Committee of the Board.

Located in the Historic Custom House in Hamilton, Ontario, WAHC works collaboratively with others to engage in artistic activity, preserving the historical, cultural and contemporary experiences of working people in their diverse identities. WAHC performs a number of services including education, research, exhibits, facility rental and a virtual museum and has a diverse market including workers, their unions and organizations, politicians, youth, heritage supporters, newcomers, aboriginal artists, women, general public. At a provincial and national level we work in a network of labour and community arts practitioners and organizations to produce, support and otherwise engage communities in exchanges and production of cultural events, activities and projects.


Duties include:

* Directing the overall operations, budgets and capital assets of WAHC
* Developing and maintaining professional relationships with the labour, culture, heritage and arts communities to promote community and labour arts, heritage and cultural activities across Canada
* Developing and implementing strategic priorities as approved by the board of directors
* Identifying and supporting opportunities to further the mission of the organization
* Identifying funding opportunities and securing funds for the sustainability of the organization, including grant writing
* Providing on-going management functions, including financial planning, financial reporting and timely communication to the board of directors
* Ensuring compliance with reporting and filing requirements;
* Assessing, in conjunction with the board of directors, organizational risks and strategies
* Managing all permanent, part time, and contract staff and volunteers
* Developing and directing the overall programming of WAHC in collaboration with staff, Advisory Committees and the Programming Committee
* Promoting WAHC and its programs in the media and to the general public
* Providing stewardship for the permanent collection




Qualifications:

* Post secondary education, preferably at the graduate level in a related field
* Working knowledge of labour, heritage and arts and culture sectors in Canada
* Experience in the not for profit sector
* Leadership, verbal and written communication skills
* Grant writing and budgeting
* Human resource and financial management
* Demonstrated project management abilities
* Excellent time management skills
* Preferred knowledge of public and cultural policy, cultural equity and anti- harassment and barrier free services
* Working knowledge of labour unions
* Working from an anti-oppression framework
* Creative problem solving



The individual must be able to work in Hamilton and also be available to travel.

Salary range: To be negotiated

Please send resumé by November 21, 2008

Hiring Committee – Executive Director

Workers Arts and Heritage Centre

51 Stuart Street, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 1B5

Executivedirector@wahc-musuem.ca

fax: 905-522-5424


The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre as an employer is dedicated to equity, anti-harassment and barrier free services. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

JOB CALL: Labour Arts Coordinator

(CUPE Local 1281)

Reports to: Executive Director

Hours of work: 30 hours per week, flex time, evening and weekends required

Rate of pay: $15 per hour plus pay in lieu of benefits

The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre is seeking a motivated, experienced individual to animate our labour arts programs. The purpose of the job is to develop, promote and deliver labour arts programming on behalf of WAHC and its partners, including the Ontario Federation of Labour and the Canadian Labour Congress and their affiliates.

You will animate labour arts projects across Ontario and where feasible, Canada; maintain and promote www.labourarts.ca; coordinate the delivery of labour arts curriculum in community, education and workplace based environments; and make linkages between unions, worker organizations, artists and arts organizations across Canada.

Located in the Historic Custom House in Hamilton, Ontario, WAHC works collaboratively with others to engage in artistic activity, preserving the historical, cultural and contemporary experiences of working people in their diverse identities. WAHC performs a number of services including education, research, exhibits, facility rental and a virtual museum and has a diverse market including workers, their unions and organizations, politicians, youth, heritage supporters, newcomers, aboriginal artists, women and the general public. At a provincial and national level we operate in a network of labour and community arts practitioners and organizations to produce, support and otherwise engage communities in exchanges and production of cultural events, activities and projects.

You will have knowledge and experience in developing and delivering arts programming using collaborative, community based anti-oppression frameworks. You will also have experience in arts and/or popular education. This position requires some travel across Ontario and possibly Canada with evening and weekend work as required. Candidates should have working knowledge of programs and policies that support arts programming, such as the Ontario Arts Council’s Artist in the Community/Workplace program.

Other qualifications include:

* Demonstrated project management abilities
* Basic computer skills; knowledge of graphic design and publishing programs an asset
* Effective communicator, both verbal and written
* Excellent time management skills
* Able to follow direction and work in a collaborative environment and able to work independently
* Knowledge of public and cultural policy, cultural equity and anti- harassment and barrier free services
* Working knowledge of labour unions and the not for profit sector


Please reply in writing with resumé and cover letter by November 14, 2008 to:

Hiring Committee

Workers Arts and Heritage Centre

51 Stuart Street, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 1B5

Fax: (905) 522-5425 email: executivedirector@wahc-museum.ca

The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, as an employer is dedicated to equity, anti-harassment and barrier free services. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Workshop: INJURY PREVENTION FOR VISUAL ARTISTS

with Physiotherapist Ginette Hamel and Ergonomic Specialist Jennifer McGillis

Saturday November 22, 2008

at the Artists’ Health Centre
Toronto Western Hospital (3rd Floor, West Wing)
399 Bathurst Street | Toronto

Don't let injuries and pain impact on your ability to create!
This interactive workshop combines basic theory, practical tips and exercises designed to assist visual artists with the specific physical challenges of their practice. Participants will learn to identify potential ergonomic hazards, how to create healthy workflow environments and improve posture to minimize and prevent injury. Topics of focus will include:


- Basic anatomy and ergonomic concepts
- Identifying hazards and creating solutions
- Types of injuries and causes
- How to prevent injury

Ginette Hamel, BSc PT, is trained in sports physiotherapy and is a certified Pilates instructor. She has more than 20 years of experience as a physiotherapist and specializes in the treatment of performing artists. Ginette has worked with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the National Ballet School and is currently consultant physiotherapist at the National Ballet of Canada and with the musical Dirty Dancing. She has been working with the Artists' Health Centre since it opened in 2002.

Jennifer McGillis, M.Sc., C.K. has experience performing physical demands assessments, ergonomic risk identification and re-designing work environments. She has developed effective teaching techniques as a Professor of Lifestyle Management at Georgian College and as a result is a dynamic speaker who specializes in providing informative and interactive ergonomic training sessions.

Workshop: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Workshop fee: $25 / Students & Seniors: $15

Pre-registration is required, as space is limited.

To register:

Phone: 416.351.0239
Email: info@ahcf.ca
Or visit our website to mail or fax in a registration form at:
www.ahcf.ca
Fax: 416.595.0009

For your comfort, this is a scent-free workshop. Please refrain from wearing any perfume, cologne, aftershave or scented products. Please wear or bring clothes that allow ease of movement. Thank you.

The Artists’ Health Centre Foundation gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The Ontario Trillium

Call to Canadian Artists from Culturally Diverse Communities

Special Purchase of Art Works by Canadian Artists from Culturally Diverse Communities for the Canada Council Art Bank Collection

DEADLINE: 16 February 2009 (Postmarked)

The Canada Council Art Bank wishes to celebrate diversity in the visual arts milieu by purchasing art works by Canadian artists of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American and/or mixed racial heritage. The primary objectives of this special purchase are to increase the awareness of culturally diverse artists about the programs offered by the Canada Council for the Arts; complement the Art Bank’s collection; respond to the changing demographics of Canada; and serve the increased demand by Art Bank clients for art works by culturally diverse artists. Paintings, photographs, sculptures, prints, drawings and fine craft will all be considered. This initiative, developed in collaboration with Council’s Equity Office, is in alignment with the Canada Council’s strategic plan directions in support of individual artists and equity.

The process for submitting work to the Art Bank’s purchase program is simple and straightforward. You can visit the Art Bank’s website commencing December 1, 2008 to view the program guidelines and to download the application form or contact the Art Bank to obtain a paper copy. Completed submissions must be postmarked on or before *16 February 2009*.

Please share this letter with culturally diverse artists in your community to ensure that it reaches as many artists as possible. There is a lot of exciting work across the country that would receive excellent exposure through the Art Bank’s rental program.

/Since 1972, the Canada Council Art Bank has been the leading art rental service in Canada offering an affordable art rental service that markets original contemporary Canadian art to promote and support Canada’s artists. With more than 17,000 works of art, we have the largest collection of its kind and provide comprehensive professional services to all corporate and public sector clients.

Contact: Suzanne Wolfe 613-566-4414 or 1-800-263-5588, ext.4612 suzanne.wolfe@canadacouncil.ca

http://www.artbank.ca

Please note that on 30 June 2009, the Art Bank will be announcing a second call for purchases open to all Canadian artists. Visit our website in June to find out the deadline date and to download the application form for that purchase program.

*Working with [More] Words Postponed*

*Now Rescheduled for March 8, 2009

Originally scheduled for November 16, this workshop features talks by two of Kingston's most prominent writers, followed by one-on-one critiquing sessions.

Award-winning journalists and authors Larry Scanlan and Merilyn Simonds will present two lively half-hour talks, after which they will spend one-on-one time critiquing fiction and non-fiction submissions from prospective writers.

This is an invaluable opportunity to have your work viewed by highly acclaimed authors. Space for the critiques is limited to only 16 people, so please register early to ensure you have a time slot.

We will be making more announcements regarding the workshop closer to the date. In the meantime you now have ample opportunity to prepare your writing samples for critiquing. The authors will accept works of fiction, non-fiction, and creative non-fiction.

http://www.artskingston.com/site/html/words_workshop.htm
for more information.

Call for entries, The Kingston School of Art Competition

This is an open competition for drawings and paintings...anyone can enter. The submission fee is $35 per image, and the deadline is September 1st, 2009. The first place is $1000, 2nd $300 and 3rd a Wallacks gift certificate.

See:

www.salonprize.com

Call for entry for the 2009 Wearable Art Awards

The Wearable Art Awards encourage artists of all mediums to submit evocative, imaginative and thought provoking creations for the human body. The event offers $5,000 CDN in cash prizes to category and award winners. More information about this unique event can be found at www.wearableartawards.com.

A poster advertising the 2009 call for entry can be found on our web site. We would appreciate you printing out the poster and placing it alongside any other flyers or handouts made available to your members, students, or patrons:

http://www.wearableartawards.com/poster.pdf

Feel free to contact us at info@wearableartawards.com should you have any questions.

Deadline change for Art Shift Project

Deadline is now Nov. 15

See:

http://www.artskingston.com/blog/2008/10/call-to-emerging-artists-union-gallery.html