Call for Exhibition Proposals: Installation
Theme: Immersion
Installation week: July 23 - 26
Duration of exhibition: July 30 - September 10, 2024
Deadline to apply: Monday, March 11, 2024 - 11:59pm (ADT)
Struts Gallery is seeking proposals for an exhibition/installation that fully considers and transforms our gallery space. Located in a 120-year-old building worn by time, our gallery is well used and versatile, with white walls, a weathered ceiling, and a painted grey tile floor. The space is functional but not precious. It offers a unique layout with vast potential for physical, psychic, or conceptual alteration. We invite proposals from artists and artist collectives based in the Atlantic region to create an immersive environment in our space. Successful applicants will spend the week of July 23-26 installing the work while living in our artist accommodations above the gallery.
We’re interested in ambitious projects that change our visitors’ perception of the gallery, envelope the viewer, and/or create opportunity for meaning and dialogue to emerge. We are open to new or previously exhibited work from a broad spectrum of mediums and approaches. Works that incorporate analog or digital video, sound, performative elements, ritual, interactivity, sculpture, sensorial stimulation, architectural intervention, or contemplative ambiance will all be considered. For those who are interested, Struts Gallery has an extensive collection of media arts equipment available for artists’ use.
Struts will provide:
Artist fee according to CARFAC exhibition rate
Per diems for a 4 day install
Accommodations above the gallery
Travel expenses
Transportation expenses
Installation assistance
Promotion and documentation of the exhibition
Who can apply?
Artists and Artist Collectives at all career stages living In the Atlantic region. Struts is dedicated to presenting work from contemporary artists working in a variety of disciplines. We venture to present art that reflects the diversity of disciplines and media that shape contemporary art practices. Proposals from artists whose works are alternative, experimental and/or critically engaged are encouraged. We welcome proposals from artists from groups that have historically been underrepresented in the gallery, including Indigenous people, Black people, people of color, 2SLGBTQIA+.
In preparing your submission, please consult Struts floor plan. Proposals can be tailored to either or both gallery space 1 and 2.
Click here to submit your application. If you have any questions at all feel free to reach out to Struts Programming Coordinator, Simone Schmidt. (506) 536-1211
Image: Mitchelle Wiebe, Trash Panda and the Carousel of Plywood Rejects, Installation, Struts Gallery, 2007.