VANL-CARFAC Now Accepting Nominations for 2022 Excellence in Visual Arts Awards!
NOMINATION DEADLINE EXTENDED: MAY 16TH 2022
All artists and art lovers in the province are encouraged to submit nominations for the 2022 Excellence in Visual Arts Awards.
There are five categories for this year’s ceremony.
The Endurance Award for lifetime achievement; the Milestone Award, for an artist who has had an exceptional year; the Emerging Artist Award; the Mary MacDonald Award, which recognizes an individual or organization who has helped the growth of the sector; and the Critical Eye Award, which recognizes a visual arts writer for an exceptional piece of writing on an NL artist in any print or online publication worldwide.
Cash prizes of $2000 are attached to the awards, except the Mary MacDonald Award, whose recipient receives $1000 and an original work of art.
Applications must be received or postmarked by May 16th 2022. Application forms and full rules can be found here.
As the only awards program solely dedicated to celebrating the achievements of Newfoundland and Labrador’s visual artists, the EVA Awards recognizes excellence province-wide.
Some experience or specific interest in arts advocacy/policy/administration.
Organized, deadline oriented and a self starter.
A visual arts related degree from a post secondary institution is an asset but is not required to apply.
Job Description:
VANL-CARFAC is the primary umbrella advocacy organization for the visual arts sector in Newfoundland and Labrador and as a member’s-based group, VANL-CARFAC’s official motto is “artists working for artists.”
The program coordinator will be tasked with maintaining the VANL-CARFAC office and will serve as the primary contact for members and for non-member artists and organizations. In this capacity the coordinator will be required to address individual concerns of artist members, locate and dispense the information and resources they may need and/or filter appropriate calls/emails to the Executive Director, the board or committee chairs.
In addition the Program Coordinator is responsible for (but not limited to) the following duties:
producing the weekly E-Bulletin highlighting exhibitions, gathering news from the visual arts sector, residencies and job opportunities, and sending it to the VANL membership.
Bi-weekly bookkeeping, processing memberships and keeping the artist member databases current.
email membership/information packages to new members.
co-ordinate with the Executive Director and Board of Directors on all events and programming for the organization as they occur over the course of the year: including the Excellence in Visual Arts Awards, annual general meeting, board meetings, Professional Development workshops, Artist Talks, etc. and work with necessary committees to actualize all details of these programs.
maintain updated media, gallery and patron contact lists as well as artist’s websites.
Managing mail orders and memberships
Maintaining the VANL office
Managing VANL’s website and social media and overseeing member communications.
Skills
Ability to self-direct and set ongoing goals and objectives, as well as, ability to work with board of directors, committees and staff
Good communication skills
Some familiarity with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MailChimp, Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, WordPress will be considered an asset
This position is 30 hours a week.
Salary: $25,750
Starting Date: May 2nd
VANL-CARFAC Employees receive a contribution to the cost of a basic health and dental plan; two weeks vacation time; and two weeks professional practice time annually.
Deadline for application: April 18th 2022
Please include references with your resume
For more information, or to email a resume and cover letter contact: vanlcarfac@gmail.com or call (toll free) 1-877-738-7303 .
Resumes/Cover letters can also be mailed or delivered in person to:
Call for Proposals: Commission of Artwork, The Mary MacDonald Award (The EVA Awards)
Project: Commission of Artwork, The Mary MacDonald Award (The EVA Awards)
Date of Call: April 1st 2022
To: VANL-CARFAC Membership
Description:
VANL-CARFAC is looking to engage an artist to produce an original work to be presented as the prize for the Mary MacDonald Award. This award is one of five awards to be presented annually as part of the EVA Awards (Excellence in Visual Art Awards). Offset reproductions will not be considered.
Eligibility:
Artists submitting proposals must be up-to-date members of VANL-CARFAC. Individuals may become members at the time of submission. Please, contact the VANL-CARFAC office for details.
Evaluation:
1. The artwork must take into account the purpose behind the award, which is meant to honour an individual, group or organization whose efforts have helped to sustain and build the visual arts sector.
2. The artworks must be small in scale. As a rough guideline for applicants, we suggest that you keep proposed works within range of the following measurements:
two-dimensional and framed works, approx. 11” x 17”
three-dimensional works, approx. 1 ft. sq.
3. The visual artists currently sitting on the VANL-CARFAC EVA Committee will serve as the selection committee to evaluate all proposals and select the artist for this commission.
Submissions:
Submissions can be made electronically via email to vanlcarfac@gmail.com (with ‘Mary MacDonald Artwork submission’ in the subject line), or mailed or delivered by hand to VANL-CARFAC, 155 Water St., St. John’s NL, A1C 1B3. All submissions must include the following materials:
a written project description, no more than one (1) page in length, stating visual art medium, materials, approximate size and concept of the proposed final artworks.
a sketch or some form of visual representation of the concept
the artist’s CV
up to 10 images of past work, saved as JPEGs , to be sent via email (only images of past works will be accepted for consideration) This should be accompanied by a numbered image list with image title, size and medium, and the JPEG titles should include the artist name and image number (e. Smith_01).
Deadline for Proposals: April 15th 2022
Selection of Artist: April 22nd 2022
Final Project Delivery Date: June 3rd 2022
Fee:
Artist fee of $1000 (firm) to be paid for the completed artwork, payable once the artwork has been delivered. Any shipping costs are the responsibility of the artist.
Please note that VANL-CARFAC retains the right to photograph the artworks in the context of the EVA Awards Ceremony, for the purposes of display in own website, newsletter and other organization materials, including newspaper advertisements congratulating the winner of the award. The artist will be credited in all instances where the image may appear. We will not sell or licence images of the artworks for use by any other organization.
For more information about the EVA Awards program, you can view program information online at www.vanl-carfac.com or contact the VANL-CARFAC office by phone at 1-877-738-7303 or email, at vanlcarfac@gmail.com
Cox & Palmer Pivotal Point Grant Recipient – Ethan Murphy
Recipient of the 2021 Cox & Palmer Pivotal Point Grant Announced Visual Artist, Ethan Murphy, Awarded $5,000
For Immediate Release St. John’s, NL – December 8th, 2021 Cox & Palmer and Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador (VANL-CARFAC) are pleased to announce Ethan Murphy as the recipient of the 2021 Cox & Palmer Pivotal Point Grant in support of “Eternal Return”—a photographic project centered around a cabin given to the artist by his late father and interrogating the ways that “positivity and resilience can emerge from grief”.
The Cox & Palmer Pivotal Point Grant is a funding opportunity offered through VANL-CARFAC for visual artists in Newfoundland and Labrador. It was created to provide financial support for working visual artists who have reached a crucial point in their artistic career, to allow them to evolve their practice and develop their reputation and visibility within the art world.
“Cox & Palmer is delighted to congratulate Ethan on this well-deserved recognition,” said Leanne O’Leary, Managing Partner. “His work, and the meaningful motivation behind it, pays tribute to the relationship between people, places, and culture in Newfoundland. We are pleased that this grant will support Ethan as he develops ‘Eternal Return’ and pursues his career as a visual artist.”
“Eternal Return” will be an exciting next step in Ethan’s work and every aspect of his application demonstrated his investment in its success,” said this year’s jury. “Ethan obviously has big dreams for this project and a clear sense of its importance to the development of his practice as a whole. The jury was very pleased to award this year’s Pivotal Point Grant to this project.”
For media enquiries, please contact VANL-CARFAC’s Program Co-ordinator, Kristen Piercey, at vanlcarfac@gmail.com or (709)-738-7303.
NOMINATION DEADLINE EXTENDED: MAY 16TH 2022
