Material Girls Curated by Jennifer Matotek, Blair Fornwald and Wendy Peart (installation view), Dunlop Gallery 2015.
- Application Deadline
Friday, October 6, 2017 at 4:00pm - Thursday, October 19, 2017
MAWA members have the opportunity to apply for free studio visits with Blair Fornwald, the Dunlop Art Gallery’s Assistant Curator. This is an excellent chance to get your work in front of someone who might want to include it in an exhibition and to receive valuable professional feedback.
Please apply for a studio visit with Blair Fornwald. She will be selecting the artists she will meet to ensure that the dialogue will be engaging and fruitful for both parties, based on common concerns and interests. Artists both established and emerging are encouraged to apply.
Email applications to [email protected] and put “Studio Visit” in the subject heading. Applications must be received by Friday, October 6 at 4 pm.
Please email a single pdf document containing:
- a one-paragraph description of what you make and the ideas that drive your work
- a line or two about why you would like a studio visit with Fornwald
- 5 images of your artwork with caption information
And if you would prefer to meet Fornwald in a group setting, consider coming to “Tough Love”,
For MAWA members only. Application deadline: Friday, October 6, 2017 at 4pm. Free!
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Blair Fornwald is a queer white settler and an interdisciplinary artist and curator originally from Treaty 4 Territory/Saskatchewan who holds degrees from the University of Regina (BFA 2002) and Western University (MFA 2007). Fornwald is Director/Curator of the School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba and has held curatorial positions at the Dunlop Art Gallery and RPL Film Theatre. Her practices are united by a collaborative impulse and interests in performativity, vulnerability and humour. Fornwald has presented work across Canada, the US and Germany. Blair Fornwald’s mentorship of two emerging artists will be in honour of long-serving MAWA mentor Sigrid Dahle (1955-2020).
Photo by Zoë Schneider.
