Alberta in a Box: Wide Open Members of the Alberta Potters Association, challenged to create small-scale ceramic works to fit in a box (6” x 6” x 6”) have created delightful and thought-provoking art. Though diminutive in size, the works expand into many ‘worlds’ through their diverse approaches, concepts and techniques. The work selected shows the artists’ deep connection not only to the material, but also to the rich cultural heritage and landscape of Alberta.  Exhibition Dates: March 1 – April 14, 2012, closed April 6 & 7 Opening Thursday, March 1 from 7-9:30 pm
at Visual Arts Alberta Gallery, 3rd Floor 10215 112 Street, Edmonton, AB
www.visualartsalberta.com

Registrations are done in person. Be patient and flexible as there are many steps. If you are part of a group or family who wish to paint together, please register at the same time.  Locations are assigned on a first come first serves bases by our team of experienced coordinators.
Registration Procedures:
To register, artists must bring 1 – 3 images representing the subject matter, media and style to be exhibited. Please include photographs or printouts only (no slides, originals, disks, no other electronic images). We will keep images on file for reference.Please bring cash. Official registrationis upon payment. We wish to avoid the banks’ processing fees for visa and credit. This means more money goes towards the festival.

AND while you are waiting to register: Sharon Moore-Foster from Visual Arts Alberta will be there to answer questions about what Visual Arts Alberta and CARFAC actually do for artists.

BIMPE VII Entry Form

For more information visit: www.bimpe.com
This exhibition will be displayed at Federation Gallery, Vancouver; Dundarave Print workshop Gallery and at Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers in Edmonton.

Download the complete call as a PDF Call for submissions

This new TREX exhibition is entitled Black Gold. Through art works, archival photographs, and educational materials this exhibition will recognize the centenary of the Turner Valley Oil discovery of 1913, investigate the development of the petroleum industry in Alberta over the past century, and examine perceptions of this industry as expressed by Albertan artists.

To be considered for this exhibition submissions must include the following:

1/ Artist contact information (address, phone number, e-mail address)

2/ Artist biography

3/ Artist statement

4/ A CD of current or theme-related art images (submission should include up to 10 high quality digital images – images should be in jpeg format at 300dpi)

5/ Image list (including medium, image size)

Please note: Art works may be in any media although, due to eventual venue exhibition requirements, 2D works are preferred.

Please ensure that artist’s name/address is clearly marked on each part of the submission.

Please note: If an artist wishes materials to be returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with the submission.

Submission Deadline: Friday, June 29, 2012

Submissions may be delivered or mailed to:

Shane Golby
Manager/Curator
Alberta Foundation for the Arts TREX Program
Region 2, Art Gallery of Alberta
10550-107 Street
Edmonton, AB T5H 2Y6
Ph: 780-428-3830
e-mail: shane.golby@youraga.ca

JUST THE FACTS

Bill C-11, known as the Copyright Modernization Act, was adopted at second reading yesterday after the government imposed a limit to the debate last week. All opposition parties voted against, but the bill was adopted thanks to the government majority. Barely hours after the vote, the special Legislative Committee met to establish its work plan and once again, the government majority could overcome opposition parties’ objections and set a very tight agenda for the hearing of witnesses and the article by article study of the Bill. The whole process will be over by March 29, whether or not the study is completed. The Bill will then be sent back to the House for third reading and once adopted, sent to the Senate where it is expected it will receive the same expeditious treatment.

COMMENT

The government justifies the fast-tracking of the process by saying that a reform of the Copyright Act is long overdue, something with which everybody agrees. The government argues further that since C-11 is the exact copy of Bill C-32, which died on the Order Paper in March 2011 due to the fall of the government, it has already been discussed at length. Those who have problems with C-11 as it now stands, and they are numerous, may fear that this fast-tracking of the process will not allow for a thorough revision of the Bill article by article. It does not appear either that the review by the Senate, once called the house of “sober second thought”, will comfort them. One must also note that settling the copyright file, at least for the time being, is an important pawn on the chess board of concluding as soon as possible the current free trade agreement with the European Union.

TELL ME MORE

Political parties have until 5:00 p.m. TODAY to give the Clerk of the Committee the list of witnesses they would like to hear. The Committee will meet tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. to prepare what is supposed to be a preliminary list, but given the short period given for the hearings, the list is likely to fill up rapidly. Witnesses will be grouped in panels of three and each session will last one and a half hours. Opening statements will be given 10 minutes, then Committee members will have 5 minutes each for questions, until the time runs out.

The Committee will not hear anyone who has already appeared during the hearings on C-32. However, witnesses heard during C-32 can submit an addendum to the brief they presented then. All documents must be sent to the Clerk in both official languages for presentation to members of the committee. All documents presented and testimonies heard during the C-32 hearings will be given to the members of the C-11 committee.

The committee will start the article-by-article study on March 14 at the latest. Each party will have five minutes to address each article and each amendment. All amendments to be examined must have been presented to the Clerk 24 hours before the beginning of the study, in both official languages. A list of twenty proposed amendments, signed by 70 cultural organizations from all over the country, has already been transmitted to the government and to members of the Legislative Committee under the umbrella of the CCA. The whole study process must be over by March 29, 2012 whether or not the article-by-article study is finished. The hearings of witnesses and the deliberations article-by-article will be public and broadcast.

Schedule of meetings (starting February 27) Monday: 3:30 to 06:30 p.m. Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. to noon Wednesday: 3:30 to 06:30 pm Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to noon

WHAT CAN I DO?

If your organization wishes to appear, contact one of the members of the committee immediately with a copy to the Clerk of the Committee Christine Holke David.

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Statistical insights on the arts, Vol. 10 no 2
February 15, 2012

Canadians’ Arts, Culture and Heritage Activities in 2010, the 36th report in the Statistical Insights on the Arts series from Hill Strategies Research, provides insights into the number and percentage of Canadians 15 or older who, in 2010:

• Attended live performances;

• Visited art galleries and other museums;

• Visited historic sites and other heritage organizations;

• Read a newspaper, magazine or book;

• Watched movies or videos; or

• Listened to recorded music.

The report summarizes data on participation in arts, culture and heritage activities during the 12 months prior to the survey, including information about the frequency of participation. Where comparable data is available, trends in participation between 1992 and 2010 are also highlighted. The data is drawn from Statistics Canada’s General Social Surveys of 1992, 1998, 2005 and 2010, in-depth telephone surveys of Canadians 15 years of age or older.

Canadians’ participation in arts, culture and heritage activities reached record levels in 2010

The percentage of Canadians participating in most of the 18 activities measured in the report – including art galleries, museums, festivals, historic sites, book reading, and more – reached record levels in 2010, higher than in 1992, 1998 and 2005, when this type of survey was also conducted.

The report also shows that, for many activities, there was a substantial recent increase in participation (i.e., between 2005 and 2010).

This means that a broader range of Canadians participated in arts, culture and heritage activities in 2010 than in prior survey years. However, this does not necessarily mean that arts, culture and heritage organizations are achieving record attendance levels, as the survey questions regarding frequency of participation are not specific enough to calculate overall attendance. In addition, the increase in attendance may be spread over a larger number of arts, culture and heritage organizations in 2010 than in 1992.

All Canadians participated in an arts, culture or heritage activity in 2010

In 2010, all Canadians 15 or older (99.7%, or 28.0 million people) participated in at least one of the 18 arts, culture or heritage activities. Because of changes in the survey wording over time, trends in overall participation rates cannot be calculated between 1992 and 2010.

Other key groupings of the participation data show that:

• 47.8% of Canadians 15 or older visited a museum in 2010.

• 72.4% attended a performing arts event or a cultural festival in 2010.

• 73.8% visited a heritage venue (including historic sites, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, planetariums, observatories, conservation areas and nature parks) in 2010.

• 97.5% read a newspaper, magazine or book in 2010.

• 87.2% watched a movie or a video in 2010.

• 86.7% listened to downloaded music or music on CDs in 2010.

Art galleries and other museums

Nearly one-half of Canadians 15 or older (47.8%, or 13.4 million people) visited a museum (including public art galleries) in 2010.

Just over one-third of Canadians 15 or older (35.7%, or 10.0 million people) visited a public art gallery or art museum, including attendance at special art exhibits. A slightly smaller percentage of Canadians (32.7%) visited a museum other than a public art gallery or art museum (9.2 million people).

The percentage of Canadians visiting a museum remained relatively stable between 1992 and 2005 (32.7% in 1992, 32.3% in 1998 and 35.2% in 2005), and then increased significantly to 47.8% in 2010.

Between 1992 and 2010, there was a strong and consistent increase in art gallery visits. In fact, the overall rate of gallery visits increased in every time period: 19.6% in 1992, 24.0% in 1998, 26.7% in 2005, and 35.7% in 2010.

Performing arts and cultural festivals

In 2010, 60.4% of Canadians 15 or older attended at least one theatre, popular music, or classical music performance in 2010 (16.9 million people):

• 44.3% of Canadians 15 or older attended a theatrical performance such as a drama, musical theatre, dinner theatre, comedy (12.4 million Canadians);

• 39.4% attended a popular musical performance such as pop/rock, jazz, blues, folk, country and western (11.1 million people); and

• 12.6% attended a symphonic or classical music performance (3.5 million people).

Given changes in the questionnaire, the theatre, pop music and classical music attendance statistics in 2010 are not comparable to previous years’ data.

Respondents were asked three subsequent questions about attendance at cultural festivals or other performing arts events. In 2010, nearly one-half of Canadians 15 or older (47.9%, or 13.5 million people) attended a cultural festival or other performing arts event:

• 37.2% of the population 15 or over attended a cultural or artistic festival (such as film, fringe, dance, jazz, folk, rock, buskers or comedy) (10.4 million people);

• 23.0% attended a performance of cultural or heritage music, theatre or dance (e.g. Aboriginal Peoples, Chinese, Ukrainian) (6.5 million Canadians); and

• 17.6% attended another kind of cultural performance (4.9 million people).

The 1992 General Social Survey did not include a question regarding attendance at cultural festivals, but this question was asked in the three subsequent survey years. There was very little change in the percentage of Canadians attending a cultural festival between 1998 (24.6%) and 2005 (23.7%). More recently, the percentage of Canadians attending a cultural festival increased substantially, from 23.7% in 2005 to 37.2% in 2010.

The percentage of Canadians attending a cultural or heritage performance increased from 11.8% in 1992 to 15.0% in 1998, remained stable in 2005 (15.1%), and increased substantially in 2010 (23.0%).

Unlike prior survey years, the 2005 and 2010 General Social Surveys did not contain specific questions about other performing arts disciplines, such as dance or opera. The 2010 survey also did not include any questions about participatory arts activities, such as painting, making crafts, playing music, acting, or dancing.

Heritage activities

Almost three-quarters of Canadians (73.8%) 15 years of age or older, or 20.7 million people, visited at least one of the following types of heritage venues in 2010:

• 45.7% of the population 15 or older visited an historic site (12.8 million people);

• 42.3% visited a zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, planetarium or observatory (11.9 million Canadians); and

• 57.9% visited a conservation area or nature park (16.3 million people).

Between 1992 and 2010, there was a significant increase in the percentage of Canadians visiting an historic site, from 27.1% in 1992 to 45.7% in 2010.

After decreasing slightly between 1992 and 2005, the percentage of Canadians visiting a zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, planetarium or observatory increased in 2010. The percentage of Canadians visiting these locations was 35.7% in 1992, 35.0% in 1998, 33.5% in 2005, and 42.3% in 2010.

Between 1992 and 2005, the percentage of Canadians visiting a conservation area or nature park changed very little. There was a slight increase between 1992 (46.7%) and 1998 (48.9%), followed by a slight decrease to 45.9% in 2005. In 2010, however, there was a substantial increase in visits to conservation areas or nature parks (57.9%).

Reading

Respondents were asked whether they had, as a leisure activity (not for paid work or studies), read a newspaper, a magazine or a book in the 12 months preceding the survey. A total of 97.5% read at least one newspaper, magazine or book during the year (27.4 million people):

• 86.4% of the population 15 or older read a newspaper (24.3 million people);

• 82.0% read a magazine (23.0 million Canadians); and

• 75.7% read at least one book (21.3 million Canadians).

Between 1992 and 2010, the rate of book reading increased, while magazine reading remained fairly stable and newspaper reading decreased:

• The rate of book reading remained almost exactly the same in the first three survey years, with two-thirds of the population reading at least one book in 1992, 1998 and 2005. In 2010, however, the percentage of the population reading at least one book increased to 75.7%.

• The overall rate of magazine reading was at essentially the same level in 2010 (82.0%) as in 1992 (80.8%).

• Newspaper reading decreased from 93.2% in 1992 to 88.7% in 1998, to 86.7% in 2005, and then remained stable in 2010 (86.4%).

Movies and videos

A substantial majority of Canadians (87.2%, or 24.5 million people) visited a movie theatre or watched a video in 2010:

• 67.9% of the population 15 or older went to a movie or drive-in (19.1 million people); and

• 79.1% watched a video (22.2 million Canadians).

Both movie going and video watching increased in popularity between 1992 and 2010. Movie going increased sharply from 49.2% in 1992 to 64.1% in 1998 and then decreased somewhat to 61.0% in 2005 before increasing again to 67.9% in 2010.

The overall rate of video watching increased from 71.8% in 1992 to 79.1% in 1998 and then remained relatively stable (78.6% in 2005 and 79.1% in 2010).

Music

Respondents were asked whether they had listened to downloaded music and to music on CDs (or other recorded formats) in the 12 months preceding the survey. The vast majority of Canadians (86.7%, or 24.3 million people) listened to music in at least one of these ways in 2010:

• 75.8% listened to “music on CDs, cassette tapes, DVD audio discs, records, etc.” (21.3 million people);

• 50.9% of the population 15 or older listened to “downloaded music on [a] computer, MP3 player, etc.” (14.3 million Canadians); and

• 40.0% listened to music in both of these ways in 2010 (11.2 million people).

Between 1992 and 2010, there was a decrease in the percentage of Canadians listening to music on CDs and other formats. The overall percentage of Canadians listening to music on CDs decreased from 81.7% in 1992 to 75.8% in 2010.

The question regarding listening to downloaded music was not asked in 1992 or 1998. Between 2005 and 2010, the percentage of Canadians listening to downloaded music increased substantially, from 28.6% to 50.9%.

All 18 arts, culture and heritage activities

The chart below provides a visual overview of the participation rates in each of the 18 arts, culture and heritage activities in 2010.

Full report also available

The full report provides much greater detail about the arts, culture and heritage activities of Canadians. . Funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, the report is available free of charge on the Hill Strategies Research website (http://www.hillstrategies.com) and the websites of the funding organizations.

Subsequent reports in the Statistical Insights on the Arts series will examine provincial data and factors in arts and culture participation.

http://www.rdc.ab.ca/continuing_education/performing_visual_arts/visual_arts/Pages/summer_school_arts.aspx

On this page are links to the 2012 Series and Hot Glass brochures as well as the courses and Instructor bios.

Call for Submissions

The Gallery’s mandate is to provide enriching educational experiences that celebrate visual culture and artistic achievement through research, exhibition and interpretation.

The Gallery strives to provide an exhibition schedule and corresponding public programs that both support educationally challenging art and appeal to its many audiences. Artworks need to provide vision, inspiration and education for residents of St. Albert and surrounding communities. The exhibition selection reflects originality and a diversity of styles and mediums. The Gallery presents artists who exhibit locally, nationally and internationally. Artwork is adjudicated by a panel of visual art professionals who represent a spectrum of expertise in the visual arts. The artists chosen to exhibit receive CARFAC fees.

Requirements:

Artist’s statement (maximum 500 words);

Curriculum vitae;

Contact information (mailing address, phone numbers and an email address);

Up to 10 digital images of proposed or recent work on a CD (JPEG format, max. 300 dpi, no visible signatures, no DVD’s). Only video or sound submissions on DVD or CD will be accepted;

Image list (including title, medium, date and size);

Colour copies of all images in submission (1 to 3 images per page on standard photocopy paper);

Self addressed, stamped envelope with postage for the submission to be returned if not accepted

NOTE: Submission will only be accepted if the above requirements are met

Not accepted:

Email or fax submissions, slides, PowerPoint format, physical pieces of art

Additional information:

Though group submissions are accepted, the gallery recommends artists also submit as individuals

Artists may be selected for either solo exhibitions or group exhibits with compatible artworks. Please clearly indicate if you are submitting for a solo show only

Gallery floor plan available on website

Jury decisions are final

Deadline for submissions: Saturday, March 3, 2012, 5pm All applicants will be contacted by Saturday, June 2, 2012

Please see http://artgalleryofstalbert.ca/exhibitions-events/call-for-submissions/ for more information