Saskatoon Welcoming Week Unity in Diversity: Newcomer Art Show & Sale
About Saskatoon Welcoming Week
Welcoming Week is a 9-day, September 13th to 22nd, 2024, initiative led by Immigration Partnership Saskatoon (IPSK) (City of Saskatoon) as a part of a cross-country and international initiative to support and welcome newcomers to our city. Welcoming Week is an annual opportunity to recognize and celebrate the people, places and values that help everyone feel welcome and give immigrants a sense of belonging in their local community, no matter where they come from. Welcoming Week will feature multiple events that will allow newcomers and the community to connect with services and participate in fun, FREE and informative activities. Are you going to be a part of the Saskatoon Welcoming Week Unity in Diversity: Newcomer Art Show & Sale?
These activities will help IPSK to address its strategic goals of facilitating and enhancing the successful settlement and integration of newcomers and making Saskatoon a more welcoming community.
Call for Submissions From New Canadian Artists for the Unity in Diversity: Newcomer Art Show and Sale.
Embracing the Presence – Welcoming Week Art Show & Sale September 19, 2024 at TCU Place
In the vast expanse of our image-saturated world, certain visions remain conspicuously absent, revealing the gaps and silences that will persist in the narrative of contemporary visual art.
“Embracing the Presence” is an exhibition that aims to uncover these missing images, renewing narratives tied to culture, history and our world. This exhibition will create a space for dialogue, sharing, and the expression of struggles and solidarities among the artists who brought their experience, perspective and technique to the Saskatoon art scene.
With underrepresented stories and experiences of newcomers, we are aiming to cultivate memories, culture and history that cultivate Saskatoon as a welcoming community.
Embracing the Presence Invites Artists who are newcomers to express the collective meaning of a visual celebration of the beauty of gathering in Saskatchewan, Canada.
About the Curator Xiao Han
Xiao Han is a multidisciplinary artist-curator originally born in Wuhan, China. Based in the 6 Territory, the traditional land of Indigenous and Métis peoples, Han’s creative practice focuses on photography, lens-based performance, visualizing emotion, and community engagement. Han’s research explores diaspora identity, contemporary gender issues, and the relationship between humans, the environment, and indigenous land. As a curator, Xiao Han is dedicated to building connections between communities, with a particular focus on bridging the gap for local and newcomer artists.
Submission Package for the Unity in Diversity: Newcomer Art Show & Sale
CALL FOR ARTISTS DEADLINE – August 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Document (in Word or PDF format), including:
- Artist statement (maximum 100 words)
- Description of the project (maximum 100 words), detailing the connection with the Exhibition theme. Clearly indicate the stage you have reached in your project: reflection,
- production, etc.
- Artist Bio (maximum 80 words)
- Curriculum vitae/Resume (maximum 1 page)
- Contact information: full name, address, phone number, email, website(optional), country of birth, and current city of residence.
- If you are submitting a collective project, please give the names of all artists and designate a single contact person.
A Visual Portfolio (JPEG or PDF format):
- Maximum 5 images, which must be identified and accompanied by a short descriptive legend (title, year, medium, dimensions, etc.)
- Send us your compressed package via email (.zip maximum size 10 mb), or WeTransfer.
- *Make sure that you have titled your file with your last and first names (e.g., Lastname_Firstname.zip).
Guidelines
Eligible Criteria: Must be an artist who has lived in Canada for 6 years or less.
Deadline: August 11, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.
Send your package to: xiao@xiaohanart.com
Welcoming Week is a Global Annual Event funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. It is also sponsored by the City of Saskatoon and proudly hosted by the Immigration Partnership Saskatoon. If you have any questions about the event, please contact IPSK.
