East End Arts invites Artists and Makers to share your skills with the east Toronto community through ArtMEETS, 2024 Summer Edition! The deadline for submissions is Wednesday May 15th, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST.
ABOUT ARTMEETS:
When your hands are busy making something, your brain is happy and relaxed, and that can be a real opportunity for magic! For East End Arts, that magic has the power to bring people together in new and exciting ways; community can be built when we’re making, creating, or just plain getting our hands dirty together, and ArtMEETS is one of the ways that we build communities through art!
Originally launched in 2018, ArtMEETS is a series of low-cost arts workshops in Toronto’s east end, which invite adult community members to make, explore, experience, transform, and share. Led by talented, engaging, and supportive artist facilitators (both emerging and experienced), ArtMEETS workshops will take place on Saturday afternoons at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse in July and August, 2024 and will give adult participants an opportunity to learn a new art skill, meet new people, and let your creative side shine! Join us this summer for our SIXTH season of ArtMEETS workshops!
ABOUT THIS CALL FOR ARTISTS:
East End Arts is seeking artists and arts facilitators to present single-day, three-hour arts workshops in the summer of 2024 as part of the ArtMEETS program. Workshops will take place in-person at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse, 1-4pm on Saturday afternoons, with a small break positioned for the middle of the workshop. This call is open to all arts facilitators who are new, emerging, experienced, and anywhere in between. All creative disciplines and experience levels are welcome, however, preference will be given to proposals that:
- Introduce participants to new, engaging, and innovative art forms & experiences;
- Allow participants to take home completed artworks by the end of a 3-hour workshop;
- Have sustainable practices built into the art form (we are prioritizing workshops that help to reduce waste and have a sustainable framework);
- Have a low barrier to participation, and be suitable for participants ages 17+.
Let your imaginations run wild and propose a fun workshop that our community members will enjoy! We’ve welcomed workshops in the past that focus on printmaking, painting, drawing, collage; textile arts like weaving, dyeing, embroidery, etc; literary arts like creative writing, poetry collage, postcard poems, etc. and more!
SELECTION PROCESS:
ArtMEETS 2024 artists will be selected by a committee made up of East End Arts staff members, board members, and select local artists. Priority will be given to artists from EEA’s Priority Groups, with particular weight given to applications from Local East Toronto Residents. Proposals will be evaluated based on the experience of facilitators, and viability of the proposed workshop to be delivered in-person during a three-hour timeframe. ArtMEETS endeavors to be a fun, accessible space for people of all abilities and backgrounds to learn new art forms, meet new people, and be creative for the afternoon.
All of our Artists and Arts Facilitators for ArtMEETS 2024 will be provided with:
- Fair and transparent facilitator fees: $250 for prep and $400 for one 3-hour workshop;
- Costs covered for workshop supplies and materials;
- Support with administration, outreach, and communications for their individual workshop.
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Deadline for submissions is May 15, 2024 by 11:59PM EST
- Results notification will be by May 31, 2024
- All artists will be chosen and sent contracts no later than week of June 3, 2024
- ArtMEETS workshops will take place on Saturday afternoons between July 13, 2024 and August 24, 2024
HOW TO APPLY TO THIS ARTIST CALL:
Thank you for your interest in working with East End Arts! To apply to work with us through ArtMEETS 2024, please email one single PDF document, which includes your answers and all support material, to submissions@eastendarts.ca, with the following information:
- Name of Artist or Collective:
- Postal Code:
- Website (if applicable):
- Social Handles:
- Please provide an artist bio (200 words), attach a CV & promotional headshot.
** This bio & headshot will be used as promotional material for selected artists. - Describe the artform that you would like to share in your workshop. Keep in mind that all artforms should be accessible enough that they can be learned in a three-hour class online. (Max 250 words)
- What materials are required for your workshop? (Keep in mind there is an approximate budget of $15-25 per participant for ArtMEETS).
- Can you tell us what participants will get to take home, and the possible barriers to participating in your workshop? (Max 250 words).
- Provide 6 examples of your work as support materials. It’s important that these support materials show your ability to execute the type of workshop you have proposed.
- Please confirm if you are a member of any of East End Arts’ Equity Seeking Groups:
-Local East Toronto Resident
-Female/Non-Binary Identifying
-Indigenous
-Black
-Person of Colour
-Person living with Disabilities and/or Mental Illness
-LGBTQ2+
-Newcomer
-Senior
-Youth
-Low Income Community Member
-Crescent Town Community Member
-Bengali Community Member
-Francophone
Please save your single PDF document with your name in the file name, and Artmeets at the end, i.e. Robin_Smith_ArtmeetsApp.pdf. Send your PDF to submissions@eastendarts.ca.
If you have any questions about the application process you can email our Program Manager Cynella at, cynella@eastendarts.ca.
Deadline for submissions: May 15, 2024, 11:59PM EST