Call For Submissions: ‘Resilience’ A Queer Collaborative Art Installation in partnership with Mayworks
What: a collaborative visual art installation (photography, short video and multi-media arts) that celebrates Toronto’s LGBTTQ2SIA spectrum people as working people, as bodies of resilience and resistance, and as storytellers. This installation will be part of the Mayworks Festival this year (exhibiting from May 12-19th) (www.mayworks.ca),
Why: As queer people, it often feels like we are either resisting outright homophobic and transphobic violence, or we are resisting being sucked into the mainstream. We can do better.
This exhibit aims to celebrate queer resistance, express struggles in the workplace, challenge ideas of heteronormativity, identity roles, and much more.
Who: The People Project is an organization that believes in the power of arts and culture-building to empower communities against homophobic and transphobic violence. This exhibit is being curated by the People Project, the Hispanic Development Council and the Mayworks Festival. And hopefully features you!
We are encouraging young queer artists of Toronto to send us submissions by Monday February 14th, 12am.
8-10 selected artists will have their work exhibited during a Community celebration (likely at the raging spoon) and will receive a $100 honorarium.
If Interested, please follow these five easy steps and email (peopleprojectsubmissions@gmail.com)
1) 50-100 words about why you think your art fits into the theme of the exhibit
2) Photos of your work (1-4 pieces)
3) Your preferred name, size, materials, year of creation
4) *optional: artist’s statement for each piece/ entire collection
5) *optional: Short Bio and picture. Please tell us if you would like to be featured on the Mayworks Website (http://www.mayworks.ca/artists.html)
Contact Email: peopleprojectsubmissions@gmail.com
More information here.
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