Updates for all and everyone!
Some news! We have our curators all booked up and venues decided- some idea of the show themes have been posted on the front page as you may have enoticed on your way in. First off a great big thank you to everyone that applied! We had some very difficult decisions to make with over FIFTY curatorial applications this year. We applaud everyones efforts are extremely excited about the shows that are being planned for the festival. NEXT UP: Any day now we'll be launching the first ever online application process for artists! It'll bejust as simple- if not simpler than the ancient means of applying by printing out the application and trying to stuff it under our door. The online form will be fully equipped with a media upload function so that there are no confusions with funny disc formats and dvds. Although, we will still be accepting application classic from those who are more partial to paper and compact disc.
THE ARTIST APPLICATIONS ARE DUE JANUARY 6TH 2010! Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Keep your head in the game!
November 30, 2009
INFO PARTY NEXT WEEK!
This Wednesday the 21st of October we at The ART MATTERS FESIVAL welcome you to our annual INFO PARTY! Come have a drink with us while we dispense valuable information concerning the festival (it's actually just an excuse to throw a party... but shhh. Don't tell or mom will be mad!) We're happy to bring you some wonderful music that will make your hearts and faces melt! Fresh off the release of a stellar debut EP we've got the rattling sounds of The Pop Winds, Montreal synth/good time/psych/adventure pop powerhouse Mixylodian, Calgary expat and sweetheart KNOTS and the master of the decks Humdinger. Come join us for a drink and a wild time at Sala Rossa 4848 Boulevard Saint Laurent. Doors at 8:30 we'll start getting things really moving at 9:30! See you there!
Wined and Cheesed
I hope that everyone made it out to the wine and cheese yesterday- seriously, it was a fantastic turnout and a great opportunity to make new friends, contacts, lovers or whatever... Probably the most succesful of the wine and cheese orientation type events to date! Thank you to everyone that stopped by to say hello at our table!Here's a list of everyone who attended and held a table: FASA, Art Matters, VAV Gallery, Fine Arts Reading Room, Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, FOFA Gallery, Artexte, Articule, Dazibao, Centre Clark, RCAAQ, GIV, Studio 303, MAI Centre, Skol, Oboro, Dare-Dare, Geordie Productions, Esse, The Emporium Gallery, Darling Foundry, ArtPop, Tangente, CARFAC, PRIM + RAAV, SNAP!, Galerie PUSH
A BIG reminder, exec applications are due this friday! So pick-up/download a form, slap on you CV and a cover letterand drop it off under our door!
September 23, 2009
Oh WOW!
So the barbecue was a massive success. Plenty of Beers, and dogs and burgs and carrot sticks and broccolis and hummuses! Exciting news: all of our callouts are up and ready to go! If you missed them on your way in, click the flashing AM logo to download a copy of whatever form you need - executive or contractor, curators or if you're ready to start applying ARTIST! GET TO WORK, YOU!
September 11, 2009
And we're back...
Oh hey there! Welcome back, bright and shiny, to a breand new school year old friend! We've been pushing it real hard all summer in order to get things up and running for the 2010 edition of the festival and all of its fun surroundings. We've also decided to start a blog (like everyon else in the world, I know, I know ) that we promise to keep updated on a reguler basis (everyone also says that, yeah... yeah) with plenty of "pertinent" information! Hope to see you at the barbecue on wednesday!
