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Volume 22 - Issue 4 - December 2016

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Draw More $ncome

In the photo: Draw More Income panel on Sunday, September 25, 2016.
Left to right: Sally Lee (Executive Director), Vandana Taxali (panelist) and Meera Sethi (panelist).
Photo Credit: CARFAC Ontario

Features: Interview with Meera Sethi | Draw More Income Using eCommerce
Plus: CARFAC Ontario Member Exhibition Listings | Grants Calendar |
Keeping you Connected... Local News from Across the Province

Content:

Meet Our New Staff

Executive Directors Report | P 1

Presidents Message | P 2
Interview with Meera Sethi | by Elissa Pendergast
|P3
Draw More Income Using eCommerce | by
Venessa Harris | P 5
Elissa Pendergast, Administrative Assistant

Keeping you Connected ... Local News from

Across the Province | P 7

Elissa Pendergast is a self-taught textile artist,

occasional performer and lover of the arts.
With over 6 years working and over 15 years
volunteering in various non-profits, she brings
great enthusiasm and varying skill sets to
CARFAC Ontario. Her past includes helping out
with Nuit Blanche Toronto, The MakeHouse in
Victoria, BC, and The Forest City Gallery and
the London Fringe Festival in London, ON.

CARFAC Ontario Member Exhibition Listings |

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Grants Calendar | P 15

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Executive Directors Report

about artists rights. For the most part, I have been
heartened by the passion and sense of solidarity
among artists. However, I have also learned that
the work of CARFAC Ontario is at times taken for
granted, and that many next generation artists have
no idea of the decades of activism and advocacy that
went into establishing some existing norms, such as
exhibition fees at public galleries.

Dear members,
Throughout the year,
CARFAC Ontario fields
inquiries from individual
artists who have specific
questions and concerns
around issues ranging
from fees and payment,
copyright protection and
infringement, contract negotiations, breach of contract,
and so on.

As we embark on the new year, I cannot emphasize

enough the importance of continuing our outreach
efforts to educate and/or remind not only artists,
but also curators, arts administrators, and other
organizers about ensuring that artists are treated
fairly and with respect. If 2016 has taught us
anything, its that hard-won gains can very easily be
lost. All of us here at CARFAC Ontario look forward
to continuing ongoing efforts around the Artists
Resale Right; public funding for the arts; ensuring
that individual artists and their ability to earn a
living are part of the discussion around government
digital strategies; and other issues that affect artists
such as the preservation and affordability of unique
live-work spaces for artists, and the promotion
of cultural pluralism. In doing this work, we will
continue to coordinate efforts with various partners,
including CARFAC National, other provincial and
regional CARFACs across the country, and other
arts service organizations across the province to
support you, our artists. In the wake of a tumultuous
2016 and facing the uncertainty of 2017, I dont
think Im alone in thinking that we need our artists
now, more than ever.

Typically, we are able to assist those who contact

us by referring them to existing resources, like
the CARFAC Fee Schedule, one of our various
publications or advisory notes, or the VALCO legal
clinic we run in partnership with Torys LLP for our
members. Such resources form the foundation of
the support CARFAC Ontario provides to artists.
Despite having all of these excellent resources
at our fingertips, I have found that some of the
most gratifying conversations Ive had with artists
contacting us for assistance or advice are, in
fact, those instances where Ive been able to
simply validate a request or course of action that
someone has already been considering, or provide
reassurance that they are well within their rights or
in the range of best practices to request or refuse
something in their negotiations. I sense an almost
palpable relief on the part of some artists that they
are not being unreasonable.
I have also been honoured to represent CARFAC
Ontario at a number of meetings, events, workshops,
panels, and presentations where I often had the
pleasure of participating in lively discussions

Regards,
Sally

CARFAC/ RAAV Launch New Copyright Fee Calculator!

A collaboration between CARFAC, RAAV and CARFAC Ontario, the
calculator is designed to become an essential tool in preparing a budget
for an exhibition, the publication of a catalog or any other type of use of
works in visual and media arts.
For more information: www.carfac.ca/news/2016/06/27/fee-calculator

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Presidents Message
CARFAC Ontario is part of that supportive
community and in this issue we are featuring an
interview with Meera Sethi, who presents some
ideas about how to financially support ones
art. Meera spoke at our AGM on the Draw More
Income panel. As well, we have regional reports
from Susan Willis in Prince Edward County, Victoria
Ward in Peterborough, Clayton Windatt representing
Northeastern Ontario and Susan Gold Smith in
Windsor. They speak of art-related activities
that give a profile of rich, culturally engaged
communities throughout Ontario. If you live in those
areas, connect with the action. Its good for you and
good for your art.

In
a
recent
issue
of
Hyperallergic, the free online
art magazine, there is an
article about how New Yorkers
responded to the results of
the presidential election. They
covered the walls of Union
Square subway station with
sticky-note messages. The
wall has transformed into an artpiece full of hope,
that grew out of artist Matthew Chavezs Subway
Therapy project. This provides a reminder to all of
us that setbacks and failure not only strengthen
character (my father always told me that!) but also
can become a catalyst for creativity.

On the national level, members will have received an

email from CARFAC National about the progress of
our advocacy for the Artists Resale Rights. It is very
exciting that the Standing Committee on Finance
has heard us. But much more advocacy is required.
So please donate to the Advocacy Fund if you can
(www.canadahelps.org/dn/5040) or send an email
to Honourable Mlanie Joly, Minister of Canadian
Heritage (www.carfac.ca/initiatives/joly/).

At this time of year, when we take a break from

jobs, meetings, even art-making, and assess how
we will proceed in the new year, let us consider
setbacks and how we learn from them. We must
examine why we create for self-expression,
to explore ideas, to make income, to develop a
reputation; or a combination of these. Lets look at
the rejections we have all received, be they from
galleries, museums or shops, and try to figure
out what needs to improve (wrong venue? poorly
articulated request? under-developed concept or
craftsmanship?). If this self-examination is done
dispassionately and with humour, then we will
know how to proceed in the new year. The outcome
will be exciting.

In the spirit of the season, I want to thank the members

of the board of CARFAC Ontario who have been very
generous with their time in attending meetings and
open houses and in sitting on committees. Thanks
to Kristen, Michelle, Koko, Sophie, Dave, Leesa,
Ashley and Devon. I also want to thank the staff
Victoria, with the help of Venessa and newcomer
Elissa and especially Sally whose sure hand steers
the office and the organization on a solid course.

As we proceed, let us also keep in mind that we

should be thankful that we are creating at all; and
that there is a community, regardless of size, that
appreciates and supports our work.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Yael

Starving Artist
www.canvasfoundation.ca

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Interview with Meera Sethi

Interview by Elissa Pendergast
Please tell us about yourself and your art practice.
Im a Canadian visual artist with an interdisciplinary
practice that encompasses painting, graphic design,
installation, photography and social practice to pose
questions about the relationship between migration
and hybridity. My work foregrounds histories on the
edges of representation, especially queer, diasporic
and post-colonial moments in a contemporary
context. Fashion and the politics of dress is an
ongoing area of focus.
Can you describe some of other ways you have
been able to draw income from your artwork
beyond sales of work and exhibition fees?
Well, grants for one. We are very fortunate in Ontario
to have a number of arts grants available to us. Of
course, it is a tough competition, but I apply for many
grants to help with making work. I also stock limited
edition prints of some of my paintings in select
stores. I make some consignment income from that.
Most of my sales though come from my online shop
which is accessed through my website. It ebbs and
flows through the year, however it is income while I
sleep. I also continue to practice graphic design for
select clients. I generally take on work if it is well paid
and/or if I really enjoy the subject matter/project. As
I have been working with design clients for over 10
years, the process is second nature and tends to flow
smoothly. In general, as an artist, if someone asks
me to speak or participate in a group show, etc., I
always ask about artist fees. That information is not
always offered without asking as the starving artist
myth still holds strong and people take artist labour
for granted. I ask because even though I love what
I do and see it as a privilege, it is still my livelihood
and my time and expertise matters.

Meera Sethi. 2016. Poonam Aunty (Upping the Aunty

series). Acrylic and fabric on canvas. 36 in. x 60 in.

see what was most rewarding both creatively and

financially. This will help you make decisions for what
projects are possible for the new year and what may
have to be put on hold. Over time you will begin to
understand where your inputs come from and then
spend time developing certain streams over others. It
is also important to be bold and professional. Always
ask. Dont work for free unless there is something in
it for you, whether that is personal satisfaction, new
connections or community-building. Know what you
are getting in return. The creative economy is huge
and we are at the source of it. We need to know (and
speak) our worth.

What advice do you have for emerging artists

about alternative revenue streams?

Can you tell us the processes you took in setting

up your online store? What are some of the
challenges and rewards?

I would say that you should develop a strategy and

have good systems in place (inventory, accounting,
website/social media, etc.). Have a plan in place
about different streams of income and monitor it.
These streams could be sales, artist fees, speaker
fees, workshop fees, grants, part-time jobs, freelance
fees, etc. At the end of the year, you will be able to

My current online store is the second one I have set

up. My website is a wordpress site which I created
myself using a template and modifying it through
coding. Initially, as I didnt want to spend any extra
money on hosting, I went the route of setting up
my online store through Wordpress using plugins.
This took a long time and eventually worked, but I

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realized that it didnt create a great experience for

the user. If I had only one product to sell and wanted
to add a link to that page that went directly to Paypal
payment, then this method would be fine. I had
several products however and wanted the shop to
look good and be well designed. I decided to pay a
monthly fee for a Squarespace shop. I used one of
their templates and set up the shop within days. It
looks better, flows better and brings me more sales.
The challenge for me with an online store and my
website more generally is keeping it up-to-date and
offering new content. As an artist, I am not a content
creator but simply a creator. However, it is important
that my site and shop stay current.

get into the themes and ideas. I like there being a

beginning, middle and end. Its quite a design-based
approach I think. I was a self-taught graphic designer
for years before I began making art, so a lot of the
process comes from that. Its not all pre-defined
though. With my painting for example, I sketch out
ideas but then really work out the details and colours
directly on the canvas. I like having some structure
but lots of freedom within that. I use my sketches
and photography as guides.

Can you comment on favourite projects and can

you tell us about the logistics behind them?

I was introduced to CARFAC years ago when I

was on the Board of FUSE Magazine whose office
used to be on the same floor as CARFAC Ontario.
CARFAC is such a valuable resource to me. They
advocate on behalf of artists and offer lots of
information and services that would otherwise be
difficult or impossible to afford. For example, through
CARFAC, I have been able to speak to Bay Street
lawyers regarding copyright and contract issues
for no extra charge. I have also used the CARFAC
documents on sending artwork internationally for
exhibition and navigating customs and duties. I am
so grateful for this support.

What brought you to CARFAC Ontario and what

services do you find useful?

I tend to work in series and on projects rather than

one-off pieces. The arc of creation spans from
conceptualization to sketching to material-sourcing
to creation, documentation, exhibition and sales. At
the moment, I do all of this myself. When I begin
working with a gallery, some of this will be taken care
of by them, freeing up more time for me to create,
although I hear that increasingly this is not the case
with artists being asked to do more and more.
Working in series or on projects allows me to think
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Draw More Income Using eCommerce

by Venessa Harris
This year, CARFAC National and its affiliates all
over Canada explored the topic of economic wellbeing for visual artists with the theme Draw More
Income. In September, CARFAC Ontario hosted a
panel on the subject following our AGM, featuring
visual artist Meera Sethi and art agent/lawyer
Vandana Taxali. One implicit theme that came out
of this discussion was that artists have started
mastering the art of becoming business people in
order to represent themselves.

through their own website, as a way of legitimizing

their work.
Creating a website, a once difficult task requiring a
vast knowledge of coding or the assistance of a web
designer, is now easier than ever. While many people
still code their own websites from scratch in order to
achieve a completely custom look, an increasingly
popular option is using a website builder. Sites like
Squarespace and Wordpress (with an eCommerce
plugin) are a good option for people with a basic
knowledge of HTML and CSS, as they allow you to
select a template for your site and customize it using
code. For people with no knowledge of coding, sites
like WIX and Shopify make website building easy, by
providing a completely user-friendly design model
(follow the link in the references for more information
on these sites). For as little as $7 a month, using
a website builder allows you to have a professional
looking website in which you can easily add and remove
products, interact with buyers, and gain a following.

Considering the fact that the average adult spends

upwards of 8 hours a day on the internet, having an
online presence and brand has become increasingly
important for visual artists. This naturally includes
the rising popularity of eCommerce as a means of
drawing more income, as its now as easy as ever
for visual artists to sell their work online.
eCommerce refers to the buying and selling of
goods through online transactions. Prior to the
development of eCommerce tools, artists were
limited in methods by which to sell their art, often
having to get representation through an art dealer/
agent or gallery. While these relationships are
absolutely still prominent and important today, it is
now possible for smaller and/or emerging artists to
launch their careers sooner by building a brand and
reputation for themselves all on their own.
If you are interested in starting your own online
store, this article will provide you with some helpful
information on getting started.
Setting up a webstore
There are a few ways to set up your online store. The
first, and easiest, is to put your work on a platform
designed for selling products, such as Etsy or
ArtPal, for little to no cost (see a full list of platforms
by following the link provided in the references).
The main benefit of using an ecommerce platform
is that very little technical skills are required you
simply upload your pictures, fill in your payment
information, and start selling. Because these
platforms generate significant audiences daily,
there is a chance of gaining organic views of your
work from people exploring the website. That said,
because anyone can start an online store through
these platforms, artists often opt to create and sell

Making your online store a success

Here are a few tips to find buyers and drive sales:
You should to be able to the convey value of your
art through product descriptions this could be in
terms of process, materials, rarity, etc.
Indicate as much information as possible about
the product, the shipping times/method, the return

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policy, and anything else you think the buyer might

want to know so that there are no surprises.
Utilize as many social media platforms as deemed
appropriate for your practice. Creating pages on
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr,
and Google Plus are a few options you can use to
diversify outreach.
Photos should be present throughout your website
and in all your marketing. Visual posts on social
media garner a larger reach than text posts.
Follow up after sales with a personalized email
(this can be manual or, in many cases, you can
have this sent through your site automatically after
purchases). Thank your buyers and urge them to
spread the word and, if possible, leave a review on
your website.
Make sure your website is mobile friendly, as
to not drive away potential buyers. Many website
builders allow you to preview your site in mobile
view to ensure that it scales down appropriately
when being viewed on phone or tablet.
Collect information about your buyers and use it
to make decisions about your online store in the
future. Many websites send you reports regarding
your sales if not, you can use Google Analytics to
track this information.
A few features to consider adding to your site in
order to increase sales include:
- the ability to buy without registering to the website
- a search bar for easy navigation
- breadcrumbs (i.e. links at the top of the screen
that show the path buyers took to get to their
current screen, allowing them to easily backtrack
if necessary)
- suggestions of related products to upsell your
work

To avoid copyright infringement, try to use low-res

images of prints and photographs to avoid illegal
copying and/or include a watermark.
Be sure to test your site (i.e. go through the
process of making a purchase from start to finish)
in order to ensure everything is working correctly
and avoid buyer frustration.
Starting an online store to sell your work is a great
way to diversify your income sources while working
as a visual artist. While setting up and maintaining
an online store requires hard work and dedication,
the payoff can be well worth the effort especially
regarding international recognition and sales.
Hopefully the information provided here, as well as
the resources provided, provide you with a starting
point to draw more income using eCommerce.
References
Platforms for selling art:
https://www.artsyshark.com/125-places-to-sell/
Best website builders:
http://www.beautifullife.info/web-design/10-bestecommerce-builders/
eCommerce regulations in Canada:
https://www.shopify.ca/guides/canada/globaldigital-marketplace
Bibliography
Catalin Zorzini. 50 Unbeatable Ecommerce
Marketing Tips (December 2016). Ecommerce
Platforms. 1 Dec 2016. Web. 27 Dec 2016. http://
ecommerce-platforms.com/articles/50-unbeatableecommerce-marketing-tips

Things to remember
As an artist, there are a few things you need to
remember when selling your work online:
Know the laws! Before you get started take some
time to research the laws regarding eCommerce in
your country, as well as other countries if you plan
to do international orders (Shopify has a condensed
version of eCommerce regulations in Canada the
link is in the references).
Protect yourself financially make sure your
payment method is reputable and secure.
Take order fulfillment seriously. If your art requires
made to order goods, ensure that you have the
time to make the products and ship them in a timely
fashion. If you have a limited amount of a certain
product, make sure your site restricts how many of
the product can be sold.

George, Tom. 5 Tips To Creating A More Usable

E-Commerce Site. Hongkiat. n.d. Web. 27 Dec
2016. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/ecommercewebsite-tips/
Karaian, Jason. We now spend more than eight
hours a day consuming media. Quartz. 1 Jun 2015.
Web. 27 Dec 2016. http://qz.com/416416/we-nowspend-more-than-eight-hours-a-day-consumingmedia/
Tyrrell, Katherine. E-Commerce for Artists. Art
Business Info. n.d. Web. 27 Dec 2016. http://www.
artbusinessinfo.com/e-commerce-for-artists.html

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Keeping you Connected ...

Local News from Across the Province
Susan Gold Smith from Windsor

the heneghan peng/ Kearns Mancini Architect team.

Not many artists in the region participated in the
Canadian Heritage consultations this past fall as they
felt the process to be confusing and that attention
seemed to be directed toward urban centers.

The holiday arts and crafts shows revealed the

rich creativity and ingenuity of the Windsor Essex
Region. It just gets better and better! LUV LOCAL
Makers Market displays bright new talent and
entrepreneurship every year; SB Contemporarys,
100 artists for 100 dollars, is an amazing showcase of
local talent, and Artcite Incs 35th Doin the Louvre,
floor to ceiling with everything under $99.99, is a fun
acquisitioning experience. After the flurry of these
events, Windsors artists move on to substantive
cultural issues and pursuits.

Susan Wallis of Prince Edward County

Christmas in the countryside of Prince Edward
County is a wonderful time of the year. The wineries
have just celebrated Wassail, paying tribute to the
age old tradition of celebrating the harvest through
merrymaking with song, food and of course wine.
Artistic juices are also flowing as the Countys artists
and artisans take advantage of the many venues
both ephemeral and permanent to sell their work.
The Busy Hands show, the POP-up Winter Market
and Gallery and the Christmas show at the House
of Falconer along with the Good things in Small
Packages at Mad Dog Gallery, all feature many of
the Countys artists and artisans producing work
perfect in size and price range for the gift giving
season. Buying and supporting local artists is not
just an advertising slogan in the County, it is a way
of life in this bucolic part of Ontario.

Art, My Refuge, was a Common Ground painting

exhibition featuring three artists who are new to
Canada, Adnan Al-Zuhairi, Maham Gull, and Nozah
Omar. Currently there is an exhibition review In
SCOOP Windsor
(www.scoopwindsor.ca) that
discusses the very interesting process, organizations,
and artists who brought this project to its realization.
The Arts Council Windsor Region is continuing to
take on leadership in the advancement of culture
in the region. A new Director of Public Programmes
and Advocacy has been appointed, artist and
independent curator, Julie Tucker. Julie is coming
from Ottawa where she lived for seven years after
receiving her MFA from University of Windsor.

Clayton Windatt the Nipissing region

The coming and going of major arts initiatives has
become commonplace within the regional and
Indigenous arts circles that I engage through in
Northeastern Ontario. Aanmitaagzi, a multi-arts
collective with dance and theatre focus, has been
busy with their Serpent People project engaging
in development work both within this region and in
partnership with Spiderwoman Theater in New York.
The Ojibwe Cultural Foundation has begun major
project initiatives both within their gallery space and
looking at larger provincial level projects that bring
attention to their artists. Zakide, a curatorial collective
of research based artists and curators, has begun
work engaging Ontario as well looking towards
future partnerships in other rural areas. All of these
things and I havent even started to talk about the big
things that the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective (ACC),
National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition (NIMAC) and
the Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance (IPAA) have
planned for the next few years Rural Ontario and
the rest of Canada have lots of awesome headed their
way.

The University of Windsor School of Creative Arts

(SOCA) has donated its extensive Print Archive from
the most senior Printmaking Department in Canada
to the Windsor Printmakers Forum (WFT). Those
who knew about the de-accession were given the
opportunity to retrieve their prints before they were to
be sold at an Art Gallery of Windsor event to benefit a
Scholarship Fund and the WPF Development Fund.
Victoria Ward from the Peterborough area
A Certain Place was a festival honouring the artist
Bernie Martin who was not known outside of
Peterborough, but fondly remembered by artists
working there today. The festival included art
exhibitions, panel discussions on regional art making
and theatre, it ran for the entire month of November
and was very well attended. The design for the yet to
be built Canoe Museum has already won a national
award, the Canadian Architect Award of Merit went to

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2017

artists day planner

Need a way to organize calls for submissions and grant

deadlines for the upcoming year? Order a CARFAC
Ontario 2017 Artists Day Planner and support an
organization working to promote your rights as an artist!
The Day Planner provides visual and media artists
and arts professionals, with submission opportunities,
residencies, and deadlines for various funders.
Now with a NEW & IMPROVED minimal design and
functional layout, there is plenty of room to plan your
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Email your MP about the Artists Resale Right. For more information:
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CARFAC Ontario Member Exhibition Listings

Any CARFAC Ontario member can be included in these free listings. The deadline for inclusion in the
next issue is Tuesday, February 21, 2017 for shows running during April, May and June 2017. Please
submit listings for shows running only during these months through the on-line form: http://tinyurl.com/
dispatch-exhibitions
The listing should include: your name; title of your show; gallerys address and contact information; date for
which the show will be on display; and a brief artists statement or description of the work. Your exhibition
listings will also be posted to the members section on our web site: www.carfacontario.ca

Oryst Sawchuk

Alistair MacRae

Monday, November 21 - Friday, January 20, 2017

Thursday, December 1, 2016 - Sunday, January 29,

2017

Oh Canada?

Material Narratives

Gallery 6500
66 Brady Street, Sudbury ON P3C 1M7

Katami Designs Studio & Gallery

138 East Broadway, Vancouver BC V5T 1V9

OH Canada ? A challenge for artist to reflect on what

the nations 150th means as we move into the 21st
century. There are issues that are still disconcerting,
the environment, indigenous, precariousness, etc.

Selection of paintings completed in 2016 in my new

location at Portside Studios East Vancouver. Tags Abstract, Complex, Trippy, Pattern, Colour, Meditation.

Barbara Zuchowicz

Marian Wihak

Thursday, December 8, 2016 - Thursday, January

19, 2017

Thursday, January 19 - Sunday, January 22, 2017

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 21 at 7:00 pm

Works on Paper

lan Vital

Red Poppy Gallery

103 Malvern Avenue, Ottawa ON K2J 4T2

CUTMR (Come Up To My Room)

The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen Street West, Toronto ON M6J 1J6

Recent works on paper focusing on the boreal forest

landscape.

A massive shipping crate beached upon a field of

sand, fills the darkened room.
Light glows from inside the crate, invitingly.
Both container and transporter, Marian Wihaks
lan Vital engages a range of perceptual and
phenomenological sensations, while offering
oblique connections between variant histories of
transplantation across the physical and cosmological worlds. lan Vital evokes the link between the
beating heart of our planet and the origins of the
galaxy itself.

Johnnene Maddison
Remembering Venice
Thursday, June 1, 2017

Rotunda Gallery
City Hall, 101 Queen Street North, Kitchener ON
N2H 6P7
Large abstract acrylic paintings depict the atmosphere, colour, light, shadow and texture of the
artists recent visit to Venice, Italy.

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Lauren McKinley Renzetti

Blair Sharpe

in exhbitions:

The Human Condition Revealed

in exhibitions:

Tell Me What You Really Think:

Selected Paintings 19752016

Sunday, December 4, 2016 - Sunday, February 12,

2017

Thursday, January 5 - Sunday, February 5, 2017

Reception: Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 5:30PM

Neighbourhood Gallery
79 Hiawatha Road, Toronto ON M4L 2X7

Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Byward Market Campus

35 Geoge Street, Ottawa ON K1N 8W5

A portrait can be an accurate rendering of someone

but that image can be soulless. While a more artistic
view can reveal more about the inner workings of
the subject but may not be accurate. There is a balance. This show was all about trying to capture the
inner workings, not just an accurate rendering of
their subjects outer packaging.

When you have months to think about things,

strange things can happen. You might even learn
something about yourself. I did.
This exhibition is a compressed personal survey of
the first 40 years of my life as an exhibiting artist.
Think of it as my take on the Stones wonderful
Through the Past Darkly compilation album of
1969. The only new work; Chair: Piece in Art Time:
19542016, is an autobiography in the form of a site
specific multi-media installation

These are more than just portraits, these are invitations to view the Human Condition Revealed.

Just Another Roadside Attraction

Sunday, February 12 - Sunday, April 9, 2017

Opening Reception: Sunday, February 19 at 12:00pm

lie Low Lie low Selected Paintings

from the On Some Faraway Beach series,
20082016

Neighbourhood Gallery
79 Hiawatha Road, Toronto ON M4L 2X7

Thursday, January 5 - Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Reception: Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 1:00PM

Urban Landscapes start right at our door step. We

stand on them, we walk by them, through them, in
them; each day. Sometimes we are awake enough
to notice them, and capture the worthy moments
and views with possibly a camera, digitally, paint or
pencil

Wallack Galleries
225 Bank Street, Ottawa ON K2P 1W9
A companion exhibition to Tell Me What You Really
Think: Selected Paintings 19752016 at the Ottawa
School of Art Gallery.

Solo Show

Tuesday, February 28 - Sunday, March 19, 2017

Opening Reception: Friday, March 3 at 7:00pm

The lie Low Lie low exhibition will be selected

mainly from the extended On Some Faraway Beach
series, painted from 2008 to 2015.

LucSculpture Gallery and School

663 Greenwood Avenue, Toronto ON M4J 4B3

Colette Grco-Riddle
Abstraction

Works will include mostly recent small acrylic

Aboriginal dot paintings of sacred objects, along
with conceptual sculptural works from her Unlikely
Spoon Collection. there will also be most recent collages, and prints related to these subjects.

Thursday, April 6 - Sunday, April 30, 2017

Vernissage: Sunday, April 9 at 2:00pm
Galerie dart Jean-Claude Bergeron
150 rue St Patrick, Ottawa ON K1N 5J8
My artistic pursuits have been characterized by
abstraction and experimentation. I work in oil,
multi-media and etching with materials as traditional
as canvas but also paper, wood and metal.
Observers of my work will appreciate elements of
uniformity between works, an ever present
invocation to detail and ultimately sweeping colour
and contrast.

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Canadian Sculpture Centre

Judy Raymer Ivkoff | Earthly Matters

presents:

Thursday, April 6 - Friday, April 28, 2017

Artist Talk: Saturday, April 8, 2017 at 2:00PM

Canadian Sculpture Centre

500 Church Street, Toronto ON M4Y 2C8

Canadian Sculpture Centre

500 Church Street, Toronto ON M4Y 2C8

KUDOS III

Thursday, January 12 - Friday, February 3, 2017

Reception: Saturday, January 14 at 2:00pm

Ivkoffs work in Earthly Matters centres on elements

of the natural physical environment. She works
intuitively within the context of movement, order,
time, energy, rhythm and regeneration employing
wood, stone, clay and metals in various combinations.

All media works celebrating the generous support,

dedication, and commitment of the Sculptors Society
of Canada - Executive Committee, Volunteers, and
the Green Family.
Meet Artists: Iain Downie, Cesar Forero, Camie
Geary-Martin, Karen Stoskopf Harding, Judy
Raymer Ivkoff, Elaine Jaques, Saulius Jaskus,
Marlene kawalez, Won Lee, J.Mac, Richard McNeill,
Peter Por, Peter Shoebridge, Dina Torrans, Judi
Michelle Young

Lois Schklar
Deep Roots

Wednesday, January 4 - Monday, February 20, 2017

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 12 at 7:00pm

SSC Presents NEW MEMBERS

Living Arts Centre

4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga ON L5B 4B8

Thursday, February 9 - Friday, March 3, 2017

Reception: Saturday, February 11 at 2:00pm

Leftovers: Marking Time re-imagines my aesthetic

and personal associations to the objects I have collected over a lifetime and re-purposes materials I no
longer use or need

The Sculptors Society of Canada is pleased to

present ...NEW MEMBERS:
Paul Duval, Saint-Georges, QC
Paperpulp works materializing in characters of his
fantasyworld inspired by human thoughts and attitudes.
Glen Farley, Toronto, ON / Oslo Norway
Kinetic works engaging viewers of all ages...inspired
by
motion, mechanics, sound and theatrics.
Marie-Jose Roy, Trois-Rivres, QC
Welded works in steel, aluminum & copper capture
powerful movement and gestures.
Jonathan Edwin Simpson, Toronto, ON
Engaging psychological elements in multiplicity
dreamscapes.

The 150

Canadas Online Source

Saturday, March 11 - Friday, March 31, 2017

Reception: Saturday, March 11 at 2:00pm

for Visual Art Information

Exhibitions, Events, Jobs, Calls,

Reviews, Videos, and more

Canada turns 150 years old in 2017. Two of

Canadas foremost art societies unite to hold a joint
exhibition in recognition and celebration of this
historic moment in time. Members of the SSC
(Sculptors Society of Canada) and MASC (Medallic
Art Society of Canada) have created new work in
their individual, distinctive and varied styles in
tribute of their nations birthday.

Subscribe and follow for your

daily dose of art news!

@akimboart
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Jessie Parker

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre presents:

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre
305-370 King Street West, Kingston ON K7L 2X4

Urban Celebration

Friday, March 31 - Thursday, April 20, 2017

Reception: Sunday, April 2 at 1:30pm

Jay White | Traveller

Galerie Old Chelsea

783 Route 105, Old Chelsea QC J9B 1P1

Saturday, January 7 - Saturday, February 18, 2017

Modern Fuel is pleased to present an exhibition of
work by Jay White in our Main Gallery from January 7
to February 18, 2017. Unseen and furtive spaces like
vacant lots, highway medians, intertidal zones and
riparian areas are a place of learning in Jay Whites
practice. In Traveller, his intimate interactions with
these interstitial areas are shared with a different
public, and other humans become implicated in
reciprocal and embodied relations with the animate
entities that surround them. Modern Fuel is pleased to
present an exhibition of work by Jay White in our Main
Gallery from January 7 to February 18, 2017. Unseen
and furtive spaces like vacant lots, highway medians,
intertidal zones and riparian areas are a place of
learning in Jay Whites practice. In Traveller, his
intimate interactions with these interstitial areas are
shared with a different public, and other humans
become implicated in reciprocal and embodied
relations with the animate entities that surround them.

The show features lightscapes of Ottawa, Toronto,

New York City. Lightscapes are created using photobased digital art involving imagery composed entirely of light. The artist uses controlled movement of
the camera, creating imagery which the camera can
see but the eye cannot. These images are digitally
interpreted, celebrating light, space and time while
exploring the personality of the city.

Lois Schklar
Do Design

Thursday, January 19 - Sunday, January 22, 2017

Walking Tour: Sunday, January 22 at 2:00pm
Caldense Bakery
802 Dundas Street West, Toronto ON M6J 1V3
A piece of my new work, Leftovers, will be shown
during Do Design, a 24 hour street-wide event featuring the work of contemporary designers in a variety of storefronts on Dundas Street west between
Grace and Bathurst.

Barbara Meneley | Unmapping the Last

Best West
Saturday, January 7 - Saturday, February 18, 2017

Modern Fuel is pleased to present Unmapping the

Last Best West, an exhibition by Barabara Meneley
in our State of Flux from January 7 to February 18,
2017. A central fiction to every map is that the truth
of a placethe undulating terrain, the growth of a
treewhich must be translated to a static and two
dimensional representation. Unmapping the Last
Best West investigates the tensions in conventional
cartographic representation and explore the potential
for wider expression in representing place.

Leftovers is part of a new series that re-purposes

materials I no longer use or need into works of art.
Please join us for a walking tour on January 22, 2:00
pm at Caldense Bakery at 802 Dundas Street West.

Gary Mulcahey

Farmer: Portraits of Family Farms in

Northumberland County
Saturday, April 1 - Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 7:00PM

Carina Magazzeni and NO and NO |

Common Names

Ah! Arts and Heritage Centre of Warkworth

35 Church Street, Warkworth ON K0K 3K0

Saturday, March 4 - Saturday, April 15, 2017

This series of portraits is a photographic

documentation of people who have farmed for
generations in an area where farming has traditionally
been run by families on small farms. The
photographer captures a social, economic, industrial
group at a time in Canadian history that is pivotal to
their industry and their culture.

Modern Fuel is pleased to present Common Names,

an exhibition of work by Carina Magazzeni and NO
and NO (Gabriel Cheung and Katharine VingoeCram), on in our State of Flux Gallery from March 4
to April 15, 2017. The exhibition explores divergent
representations of everyday life, with assemblage
and collage-based works that unsettle conventional
narratives and mainstream histories.

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Andrew James Smith

Loop Gallery presents:

Loop Gallery
1273 Dundas Street West, Toronto ON M6J 1X8

2017 Joint Mathematics Meetings

Wednesday, January 4 - Saturday, January 7, 2017

Pattern Recognition by Libby Hague

Hyatt Regency Atlanta - Grand Hall Ballroom Atlanta

265 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA

Saturday, January 7 -Sunday, January 22, 2017

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 7 at 2:00 PM

Cambridge artist, Andrew James Smith, is pleased to

announce the inclusion of two artworks by him in the
2017 Joint Mathematics Art Exhibition held at the
Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. commencing
January 4, 2017. The show is essential to the Bridges
Organization (founded in Kansas in 1998) annual
international gathering of interdisciplinary work in
mathematics and art. There are two participants from
Canada this year; Smith is the only artist. This is his
second time with exhibiting with Bridges.

Pattern recognition has two experimental installations - one visual, the other audio visual. Both build
complexity with simple components. The visual
installation explores the edge of excess, packing
intense colour one layer on another creating the
retinal over-stimulation we need in winter.
Each audio sculpture has a limited but interesting
sound capacity. They can be bowed, plucked, tested
with contact mics and played by puppets. They
await curious and musical viewers to improvise
something new for the world.

Angela Walcott

People, Places & Things

Wednesday, March 1 - Friday, March 31, 2017

Reception with light Refreshments and including artist remarks: Saturday, March 4

Suzanne Nacha | Interior Deometry

Saturday, January 7 -Sunday, January 22, 2017

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 7 at 2:00 PM

Northern District Library

40 Orchard View Blvd, Toronto ON M4R 1B9

Interior Geometry is an exhibition of paintings, screen

prints and animations by Toronto artist Suzanne
Nacha. Drawing on her background in geology, interests in industrial landscape and geometric patterning,
she brings together a diverse collection of works that
function as carefully crafted vignettes. Inspired by
industrial landscapes, Nachas animation works present seamlessly looped, staged scenarios. Viewed in
ceramic boxes, these animated vignettes appear as
windows on-to other worlds. Their moving geometries
play with the viewers perception.

A member of the Central Art Collective, the exhibit

explores movement, focal point, contrast, unity, balance, shape, texture, line and color in their pieces.
Various genres including still life sketches, perspective drawing, printmaking, photography and painting
are reflected in this group.

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Grants Calendar
The CARFAC Ontario Grants Calendar is published in every issue, allowing you to plan in advance for
grant deadlines. All the information published here has been edited for space, and is meant to give you a
general sense of the types of grants available. Deadlines and eligibility criteria are subject to change at any
time. Visit the funders websites to verify deadlines and to find out more about application requirements.
CARFAC Ontario makes every effort to provide information which is up-to-date and accurate. Neither
CARFAC Ontario nor any of its employees can be held responsible for any errors or omissions, or for
any losses, costs or claims which arise as a result of relying on this information.

CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047, Ottawa ON K1P 5V8

Phone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or at their individual numbers | Fax: (613) 566-4390
TTY (TDD) machine for hearing-impaired callers: 613-565-5194
http://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants

Deadline

Grant Name

Contact Person

Contact Information

Anytime before
departure date until
January 31, 2017

Inter-Arts Office: Travel Grants

to Artists

Lys Stevens
Program Officer

613-566-4414 ext. 4679

lys.stevens@canadacouncil.ca

Anytime before
departure until
January 31, 2017.

Travel Grants to Media Arts

Professionals

Media Arts Section

613-566-4414 ext. 5060

ma.travelgrants@canadacouncil.ca

Anytime before
departure until
January 31, 2017.

Travel Grants for Aboriginal

Collaborative Projects

Nol Habel
Program Officer

613-566-4414 ext. 4178

noel.habel@canadacouncil.ca

1 March

Fine Craft: Long-Term Grants to Jos Niaison

Artists and Curators
Program Officer

613-566-4414 ext. 5269 | 1-800-263-5588

jose.niaison@canadacouncil.ca

ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL

121 Bloor Street East, 7th floor, Toronto ON M4W 3M5
Phone: 1-800-387-0058 (toll-free in Ontario) or 416-961-1660 | Fax: 416-961-7796
info@arts.on.ca | www.arts.on.ca/Page16.aspx

Deadline

Grant Name

Contact Person

Contact Information

16 February

Media Arts Projects

Mark Haslam
Program Administrator

416-969-7453 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7453

mhaslam@arts.on.ca

22 February

Indigenous Artists in
Communities

Darlene Naponse
Northeastern Representative

705-222-0263 | 1-844-721-0111 / 1605

dnaponse@arts.on.ca

Indigenous Arts Projects

Kateri Gauthier
Aboriginal Arts, Multi and InterArts, Community-Engaged Arts
and Community Arts Councils
Program Administrator

416-969-7424 | kgauthier@arts.on.ca

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Deadline

Grant Name

Contact Person

Contact Information

1 March

Touring Projects

Maura Broadhurst
Cross Sectoral Associate
Officer

416-646-7476 | mbroadhust@arts.on.ca

Lizzy Braoudakis
Touring and Compass
Program Administrator

416-969-7412 | lbraoudakis@arts.on.ca

15 March

Artists in Communities and

Schools Projects

Nasreen Khan
Program Administrator

416-969-7428 | nkhan@arts.on.ca

21 March

Skills and Career Development:

Indigenous Arts Professionals
and Arts Professionals of
Colour

Bushra Junaid
Program Administrator

416-969-7407 | bjunaid@arts.on.ca

Maya Bedward
Program Administrator

647-258-5081 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 5081

mbedward@arts.on.ca

Multi and Inter-Arts Projects

Loree Lawrence
Program Administrator

416-969-7425 | llawrence@arts.on.ca

Kateri Gauthier
Program Administrator

416-969-7424 | kgauthier@arts.on.ca

Noora Sagarwala
Program Administrator

416-646-7466 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7466

nsagarwala@arts.on.ca

Lizzy Braoudakis
Program Administrator

416-969-7412 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7412

lbraoudakis@arts.on.ca

Anne Gard Gravestock

Program Administrator

416-969-7461 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7461

agravestock@arts.on.ca

21 March

1 April

4 April

National and International

Residency

Media Artists Creation Projects

TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL

26 Grand Trunk Crescent, Suite 200, Toronto ON M5J 3A9

Phone: 416-392-6800 | Fax: 416-392-6920
michelle@torontoartscouncil.org | www.torontoartscouncil.org

Deadline

Grant Name

Contact Person

Contact Information

1 February

Community Arts: Project

Grants for Organizations
and Collectives

Andrew Suri
Grants Officer, Community
Arts

416-392-6802 ext. 213

andrew@torontoartscouncil.org

1 March

Visual/Media Arts Projects

Peter Kingstone
Acting Visual/Media Arts
Officer

416-392-6802 ext. 208

peter@torontoartscouncil.org

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DISPATCH

At a glance ....

V o l u m e 22, I s s u e 4, D e c e m b e r 2016
ISSN 1201-0081

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