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📣 Are you looking to stay connected with the latest opportunities in Canada's arts and culture sectors? Akimbo helps you navigate calls for submissions, job openings, RFQs, and more at www.akimbo.ca.📣   🎨 ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES  (NEW) Job Opportunity: Gallery Operations Officer @ McIntosh Gallery, London (Deadline: October 27, 2024) (NEW) Call for Artists: Figureworks 2025 Prize and Award Show, Ottawa (Deadline: October 31, 2024) (NEW) Call for Submissions: Holiday Show & Rental Galleries @ Melt Studio + Gallery, Picton (Deadline: November 8, 2024) (NEW) Call for Applications: 2025 Winter Studio Residency @ Melt Studio + Gallery, Picton (Deadline: Rolling) Call for Indigenous Artists: Temporary Public Art Banners @ Markham Village Music Festival (Deadline: October 18, 2024) Call for Submissions: Studio Tour King Art Show & Sale @ Arts Society King, King City (Deadline: October 18, 2024) Call for Submissions: Get Noticed @ Red Head Gallery, Toronto (Deadline: October 25, 2024) Call for Applications: AGO X RBC Emerging Artists Program 2025, Toronto (Deadline: October 31, 2024) Call for New Toronto Public Art Commission Members @ The Percent for Public Art Program, City of Toronto (Deadline: November 1, 2024) Call for Proposals: Public Art for MPV 2 @ The Daniels Corporation, Brampton (Deadline: November 1, 2024) Call for Expressions of Interest: Clock Tower Revitalization Public Art Project @ York Mills Centre, Toronto (Deadline: November 3, 2024) Request for Proposals: Performing Arts Rehearsal and Programming Space @ ArtsHubs, Toronto (Deadline: November 4, 2024) Call for Submissions: Two Open Calls and a Window Display @ Gerrard Art Space, Toronto (Various Deadlines) Call for Submissions: Artist Incubator Residency @ Unama’ki Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design, Sydney (Deadline: Ongoing until all positions are filled) Calls for Submissions: Exhibitions and Programming @ Orillia Museum of Art & History (Various Deadlines) Call for Applications: Artist Residencies 2024 @ Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island (Various Deadlines) 💻 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES (NEW) Chief Curator @ Contemporary Calgary (Deadline: Open Until Filled) Assistant Curator, Temporary and Travelling Exhibitions @ Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax (Deadline: October 18, 2024) Artistic Director @ Mann Art Gallery, Prince Albert (Deadline: October 27, 2024) Director @ McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton (Deadline: October 30, 2024) Public Art Coordinators and Production Staff @ STEPS Public Art, Toronto (Deadline: November 1, 2024) Vice-President, Academic and Provost @ OCAD University, Toronto (Deadline: Open until filled) Deputy Director @ Museum of New, Toronto (Deadline: Open until filled) Details about these opportunities and many more are at akimbo.ca 📸 Image 1: Courtesy of Akimbo [Image Description: A graphic icon with a white megaphone on a striped orange background. The Akimbo logo is in the bottom right.]

🖐 High Five: Telling Your Story Online with Michael Morreale 🖐   In today's High Five, Michael Morreale gives us encouraging tips for cultivating storytelling skills and sharing content on social media.     Michael Morreale is a marketing consultant and video producer/editor at Morreale Digital.  High Five is a weekly series for arts leaders and creative entrepreneurs that offers five pieces of information, insights, or sparks of inspiration for how we want to be in the world and do the meaningful work that we do. Watch the full episode of High Five: https://ow.ly/trbO50TVCjS 📸 Video 1: Courtesy of Akimbo & Heather Kelly [Video Description: A clip from High Five. Heather and Michael both look into their own cameras. Michael speaks to the camera while Heather listens. The captions are in an orange stripe the centre of the frame, splitting the two camera views.]

📢 Call for Proposals: Translating the City @ Nuit Blanche Toronto 2025 📢   The City of Toronto invites proposals for the Nuit Blanche Toronto Open Call and Independent Project programs.  Responding to the 2025 event theme, Translating the City, artists are invited to develop works that translate the landscapes, rhythms, and narratives of cities in unique ways. Attention to accessibility is encouraged for all applications.    📢 OPEN CALL PROGRAM  International and Canadian artists are invited to submit project proposals to be considered for one of the city-produced exhibitions. Projects are selected by the Nuit Blanche Artistic Director and exhibition curators in consultation with City of Toronto staff.  Project Funding: $15,000 Deadline: December 6, 2024   📢 INDEPENDENT PROJECTS PROGRAM Toronto-based artists, and institutions are invited to submit proposals for self-produced works in locations across Toronto. Project locations may include public parks, galleries, storefronts, office towers, streets, sidewalks, etc. Proposals from any artistic discipline are welcomed but must be rooted in contemporary art practices. Honorarium: $1,750 Deadline: December 6, 2024   Accessibility for Public Art Workshop (online): November 4, 2024 https://lnkd.in/gq8vCf5F 📸 Image 1: Killim by Roda Medhat, Nuit Blanche 2023 [Image Description: Image 1) A photograph of a large, beaded sculpture at dusk. The sculpture is covered in a pattern evoking Middle Eastern rugs. The sculpture is lit from below.]

📢 Call for Submissions: Landscape POV @ Part Crowd Art Gallery, Online 📢 Part Crowd Art Gallery invites artists to submit any artwork that was inspired by, or showcases, landscapes in any of its forms. Landscapes can provide us with beauty from any point of view, natural or unnatural. From vast forestry, running rivers, sprawling buildings, or sandy beaches, inspiration can strike from all surroundings. Landscape POV is non-juried and will be on view online December 1 – 31, 2024. Submission Fee: $20 USD Deadline: November 28, 2024 https://ow.ly/ELYe50TUSVT 📸 Image 1: “Blue Bridge” – Ravi Brian [Image Description: A photograph of a bridge over a body of water. The bridge is designed like a wave. The water and sky are both greyish blue.]

🧡 Akimblog Review: oualie frost Reviews Nicolas Premier: Africa is the Future: Echoes and Responses at SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art in Montreal 🧡 In this week’s Akimblog review, oualie frost writes, “Film, brand, and art project, Parisian-based Nicolas Premier's exhibition Africa is the Future: Echoes and Responses proposes that a prosperous African future is inevitable, and envisions what that may look like. A video projection greets you across from the entrance, flanked on both sides by images of dusk-lit shorelines pasted onto the inky-colored walls. To your right is a small reading nook with books chosen by the artist and curator to further visitors' understanding of the exhibition's concepts. In the room to the left, there is a display across three walls with a series of t-shirts, mock magazine covers, and tablets playing blue-hued videos.” Nicolas Premier: Africa is the Future: Echoes and Responses is on view at SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art until November 9, 2024. Read the article on Akimblog: akimbo.ca/akimblog/ 📸 Image 1: Nicolas Premier, Africa is the Future, 2024, installation view at SBC Gallery (photo: Freddy Arciniegas) [Image Description: An installation photograph featuring two rows of graphic t-shirts displayed on a dark blue wall. The shirts are in various colours, and all have graphics relating to Africa.]

📢 Request for Qualifications: William Hawrelak Park Public Art Project @ Edmonton Arts Council 📢 The Edmonton Arts Council, on behalf of the City of Edmonton, invites qualifications from artists and artist teams residing in Canada to create one or two freestanding sculptures responding to the site and the surrounding land in William Hawrelak Park, Edmonton, Alberta. The sculptures will be situated in planting islands surrounded by shared-use pathways; both locations will be highly visible. This Request for Qualifications includes a two-stage selection process. Final artwork proposals will be due in Spring 2025. Emerging artists, Indigenous artists and artists from equity-seeking backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Project Budget: $290,000 Deadline: December 4, 2024 https://ow.ly/FSOM50TTJpc 📸 Image 1: Courtesy of Edmonton Arts Council [Image Description: A digital rendering of William Hawrelak Park on a winter day. People walk around the park and its structures; a fire pit fills the right side of the rendering.]

📢 Call for Arts Organizations @ Neilson Park Creative Centre, Toronto 📢 Neilson Park Creative Centre (NPCC) is accepting applications from registered not-for-profit arts organizations to become part of the vibrant collective of guilds that call Neilson Park Creative Centre home. NPCC prioritizes groups that encompass Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. Groups who employ or serve equity-seeking individuals will be given priority consideration. Resident Groups enjoy one free 3-week gallery exhibition annually, discounted studio and gallery rentals, special event pricing and storage space, reasonable insurance rates and more. Deadline: November 25, 2024 https://ow.ly/SCXJ50TTIfX 📸 Image 1: Photo taken by Neilson Park Creative Centre staff [Image Description: A photograph of Neilson Park Creative Centre on a sunny day. Green scrubs line the pathway to the Centre.]

📢 Job Opportunity: Senior Director, Advancement @ Stratford Festival 📢 
The Senior Director, Advancement, at Stratford Festival builds the donor and prospect pipeline and key revenue streams, including major gifts, special appeals, membership, special events and endowments, and implements high-return campaigns, fundraising programs, systems, and activities in a timely manner. Reporting to the Executive Director and working closely with the Artistic Director, the Senior Director manages a committed staff team of 11 and works in partnership with the Advancement Committee Chair, along with a group of dedicated senior volunteers to manage donor relations and systematically increase support for the Festival. A collaborative and dynamic leader, the Senior Director will use their networking and communication experience to authentically convey the joy and value of theatre to increase engagement and greater support for the Festival. The ideal candidate is a highly strategic fundraiser with experience working in arts and culture, and a demonstrated passion for the arts and for the Stratford Festival’s mission. Prospective candidates must have post-secondary education in a related field, progressive experience in senior fundraising roles, experience in staff management, strategic leadership, and operating as part of a cross-functional senior leadership team. Salary: $172,023 - $206,428 Deadline: November 26, 2024 https://ow.ly/KcTN50TTIrG 📸 Image 1: Courtesy of Stratford Festival [Image Description: A photograph of an ensemble of performers on stage at Stratford Festival. The performers and audiences are lit with pink and blue lights in the dark theatre.]

📣 Akimbo connects you to professional opportunities across contemporary arts, public art, film, arts education, and more. Whether you're looking for calls for submissions, a full-time job, or RFPs, your next career move begins at www.akimbo.ca. 📣   💻 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES  (NEW) Extended Term Appointment in Art Therapy: Arts in Systemic Health @ Concordia University, Montreal (Deadline: November 1, 2024) (NEW) Research Chair and Director of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art @ Concordia University, Montreal (Deadline: November 15, 2024) Gallery Operations Officer @ McIntosh Gallery, London (Deadline: October 27, 2024) Artistic Director @ Mann Art Gallery, Prince Albert (Deadline: October 27, 2024) Director @ McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton (Deadline: October 30, 2024) Public Art Coordinators and Production Staff @ STEPS Public Art, Toronto (Deadline: November 1, 2024) Chief Curator @ Contemporary Calgary (Deadline: Open until filled) Vice-President, Academic and Provost @ OCAD University, Toronto (Deadline: Open until filled) 🎨 ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES  (NEW) Call for Expression of Interest: FIFA World Cup 26™ Poster Design @ City of Toronto (Deadline: October 29, 2024) (NEW) Call for Artists: Figureworks 2025 Prize and Award Show (Deadline: October 31, 2024) (NEW) Call for Submissions: Give a Little Bit Holiday Show @ Melt Studio + Gallery, Picton (Deadline: November 8, 2024) (NEW) Call for Submissions: On Paper Art Show & Sale @ Grimsby Public Art Gallery (Deadline: November 10, 2024) (NEW) Call for Submissions: Holiday Smalls Show 2024 @ Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto (Deadline: November 10, 2024) (NEW) Call for Submissions: New Vistas: Echoes of Home @ City of Toronto (Deadline: November 12, 2024) (NEW) Call for Artists: 2024 CreateSpace Public Art Forum @ STEPS Public Art, Online (Deadline: November 24, 2024) Call for Artists: Figureworks 2025 Prize and Award Show, Ottawa (Deadline: October 31, 2024) Call for Applications: AGO X RBC Emerging Artists Program 2025, Toronto (Deadline: October 31, 2024) Call for Applications: 2025 AGO x RBC Artist-in-Residence Program, Toronto & Online (Deadline: October 31, 2024) Call for New Toronto Public Art Commission Members @ The Percent for Public Art Program, City of Toronto (Deadline: November 1, 2024) Call for Proposals: Public Art for MPV 2 @ The Daniels Corporation, Brampton (Deadline: November 1, 2024) Call for Expressions of Interest: Clock Tower Revitalization Public Art Project @ York Mills Centre, Toronto (Deadline: November 3, 2024) Call for Professional Advisory Council Members: Faculty of Animation, Arts, and Design @ Sheridan College (Deadline: Open until positions are filled) Details about these opportunities and many more are at akimbo.ca 📸 Image 1: Courtesy of Akimbo [Image Description: A graphic icon with a white megaphone on an orange background. The white Akimbo logo is under the megaphone.]

📢 Call for Submissions: Holiday Smalls Show 2024 @ Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto 📢 Leslie Grove Gallery invites artists to submit original 2D artworks in any medium for the Holiday Smalls Show. The overall dimensions, including the frame, must be 12″ x 12″. Tondos with a diameter of 12″ are welcome. From painting to photography and everything in between, this is a great opportunity to share your creativity. This exhibition is presented by The Artists’ Network and will be juried by the Leslie Grove Gallery committee. Deadline: November 10, 2024 https://ow.ly/eC5150TSTbE 📸 Image 1: Courtesy of Leslie Grove Gallery [Image Description: A photograph of a busy gallery. People fill the space, and art fills the walls.]