Fall 2022 Workshop Series
Workshops
Tuesday, November 1st - 3:30pm to 6pm
4th Space, LB ground floor, room 103
This event will launch the pilot edition of the Art Volt Grant Writing program and will include a panel discussion with several major public granting bodies, followed by a tabling fair.
The panel discussion, “Demystifying the Arts Funding Landscape,” will be moderated by the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Annie Gérin, and will provide attendees with an understanding of current strategic priorities at three major granting agencies. We will address questions of language, changes in the funding structures, and other big-picture questions that can help us understand how public money for the arts is distributed, to whom, and for what.
The tabling fair will allow attendees to ask more specific questions to the funding bodies and to discover other support organizations in the city.
Organisations Participating in the Tabling Fair:
How to Register
This event is open to all recent Fine Arts alumni, as well as the general Concordia Fine Arts Community. No registration is required.
Tuesday, November 8th - 5pm to 7:30pm
District 3, FB 6th floor, room 620
The goal of this workshop is to clarify the contents and structure of a grant application, and offer guidance with regards to the grant writing process. Participants will learn how to present themselves and their artistic practice (artist biography) and propose projects that are clear in focus and consistent with their vision (project proposal.) We will also examine strategies for putting together a clear, concise and professional application.
About Jessica
Jessica Auer is a Canadian photographer, filmmaker and teacher who works between Montréal, Québec and Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. Through a research-based practice, she examines our social, political and aesthetic attitudes towards place, including but not limited to – historical sites, tourist destinations, and small communities.
Jessica received her MFA from Concordia University in 2007, where she has since been teaching part-time in the Photography department. Her work has been presented in several museums, galleries and festivals, such as the Canadian Center for Architecture (Montréal), The Mulhouse Photography Biennale (France) and most recently at the The Reykjavík Museum of Photography (Iceland). While in Iceland, Jessica runs Ströndin Studio, a photographic research facility and educational institution in Seydisfjördur.
How to Register
This workshop is open to recent alumni who have graduated within the last three years of Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. Places are limited and will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
To register, please email your name, program/department, year of graduation and proof of graduation to artvolt@concordia.ca.
Wednesday, November 9th - 5pm to 7pm
District 3, FB 6th floor, room 620
Through this workshop, participants will learn about the main categories found on an artist CV. They will also explore how to highlight their professional experiences in this key document, and how it relates to the different milestones of their career.
About Gabrielle
Gabrielle Bouchard works as a project manager for visual artist Marc Séguin. At his side, she is currently coordinating the Ateliers 3333, a renovation project of an industrial building transformed into 70 artists' studios. Among other things, she has also been responsible for projects integrating the arts into private architecture, she was project manager for Aurores Montréal, projections on Mount Royal in collaboration with the firm 4U2C as part of the 375th anniversary of Montréal, she was production and post-production director for the feature film Stealing Alice and the documentary La ferme et son Etat. In parallel with these functions, she held the position of manager of the Giverny Capital collection for 7 years. Since 2014, she has been giving training on the art market in order to support visual artists in the development of their career. She was coordinator of the Symposium international d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul from 2012 to 2014 alongside curator and artist Serge Murphy. Having at heart the dissemination and sale of contemporary art, she co-founded the Foire en art contemporain de Québec in 2013. She sits on several boards of directors and is part of the artistic committee of the organization Les Impatients for their exhibition. benefit Parle-moi d’amour. She holds a bachelor's degree in art history from McGill University and a master's degree in management of cultural enterprises from the École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales of the University of Montreal.
How to Register
This workshop is open to recent alumni who have graduated within the last three years of Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. Places are limited and will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
To register, please email your name, program/department, year of graduation and proof of graduation to artvolt@concordia.ca.
Tuesday, November 15th - 5pm to 7pm
District 3, FB 6th floor, room 620
In this workshop, participants will learn how to create realistic budgets to accompany their grant applications. Using practical examples and group exercises, they will review the components of a successful, balanced budget and gain familiarity with eligible expenses, in-kind revenues, standard fee schedules, and reporting.
About Nicole
Nicole Burisch is a curator, critic, and cultural worker. She is a settler of German/Scottish/Irish/English descent, born and raised in Treaty 6 territory (Edmonton, AB) and currently living in Tio’tia:ke/Mooniyaang (Montreal, QC), where she works as Director of the FOFA Gallery at Concordia University. Her projects focus on discourses of craft, feminism, performance, publishing, labour, and materiality within contemporary art. Burisch has held positions and presented projects with organizations such as the National Gallery of Canada, Optica, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, She Works Flexible, Mentoring Artists for Women's Art, Artexte, Walter Phillips Gallery, The New Gallery, Centre des arts actuels Skol, and the Mountain Standard Time Performative Art Festival.
How to Register
This workshop is open to recent alumni who have graduated within the last three years of Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. Places are limited and will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
To register, please email your name, program/department, year of graduation and proof of graduation to artvolt@concordia.ca.
Monday, November 21st - 5pm to 7pm
District 3, FB 6th floor, room 620
Grant application guidelines can be very vague on what should be part of your submission’s portfolio— what works are the most suited to support your project proposal? should you go for a broad selection of works, or one that is more specific? In this workshop, we will work with you to untangle this mystery.
About Chloë & Yannick
Chloë Lum and Yannick Desranleau are installation artists who work across video, performance, sculpture, sound, text, and photography,. Their collaborative practice is rooted in the theatrical and choreographic, and examines the slippery and complex relationships between bodies and inanimate objects. Since several years, these subjects are examined through the lens of chronic illness. They are based in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) and have worked collaboratively since 2000.
Their works have been exhibited internationally, and are included in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Montreal Museum of Fine Art, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
How to Register
This workshop is open to recent alumni who have graduated within the last three years of Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. Places are limited and will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
To register, please email your name, program/department, year of graduation and proof of graduation to artvolt@concordia.ca.
