Inter(connected) Reception
Inter(connected) is an exhibition of work by the 2022-2023 hear/d residency artist cohort; Ella Crompton, Brendan Djentle Hamilton, Liz Kim, AJ Kluck, Sydney Paquette, Sid Serafin, Jiaqi Shi, Juli Song, Sasha Terway, and Christina Yao.
Each of these artists were prompted to explore themes of mental health and resiliency, in ways that resonated with them. Artists met weekly, throughout the school year, in meetings facilitated by peer-mentors Elise Lavallee Findlay and Levin Ifko. Through discussions, as well as our own musings and experiences, we created Inter(connected), an exhibition that explores each artists’ relationships to vulnerability, growth, tension, and in-betweenness, in ways that are so much more than linear.
Inter(connected)
Opening Reception March 30th 6 - 9pm
Inter(connected) is an exhibition of work by the 2022-2023 hear/d residency artist cohort; Ella Crompton, Brendan Djentle Hamilton, Liz Kim, AJ Kluck, Sydney Paquette, Sid Serafin, Jiaqi Shi, Juli Song, Sasha Terway, and Christina Yao.
Each of these artists were prompted to explore themes of mental health and resiliency, in ways that resonated with them. Artists met weekly, throughout the school year, in meetings facilitated by peer-mentors Elise Lavallee Findlay and Levin Ifko. Through discussions, as well as our own musings and experiences, we created Inter(connected), an exhibition that explores each artists’ relationships to vulnerability, growth, tension, and in-betweenness, in ways that are so much more than linear.
Zine Share and Swap
Local zinesters are invited to share and swap their zines and connect with the local community!
If you make zines that include photography and/or are related to the photographic medium, art, collage, skateboarding, and/or mental health, come and hang with us! Zines can be works in progress and can be home printed (if printed, please bring multiples if you can!)
Arrive at noon when we’ll ‘share’ our zines via short self-introductions. At 1pm we’ll ‘swap’ our zines and connect with one another over drinks and snacks, provided by Exposure and TCS. If you’re a zine-fan but don’t create your own zines, please feel free to come to the event and hear from others about their work.
This event is co-hosted by the Exposure Photography Festival and The Camera Store with supporting partners Contemporary Calgary, AUArts Hear/d Arts Residency and Star Roots Zine.
This is a free event and advance registration is required.
Please use the following link to register for your zine creator or zine fan tickets, visit thecamerastore.com.
Location is wheelchair accessible.
If you have any questions, please email beth@exposurephotofest.com.
Show + Sale + Hear/d + MNG Portfolio Day
Want an edge when applying for this semester’s programming? Have your portfolio reviewed in the Nest!
Hear/d Info Session
Our one-of-a-kind mental health residency is accepting applicants! What should you expect as a Hear/d resident? Hear/d Coordinator Rocio will tell you everything you need to know.
Hear/d Residency: Call for Applicants
Submissions for the upcoming hear/d residency are now open for all AUArts students of any year or major!
Apply through our online form. Deadline to apply is September 26th.
The Dates:
This year’s residency will run from early October 2022 - early April 2023.
About the Residency:
The hear/d residency is a six-month artist residency that asks students to create work centered around the theme of healing and recovery as it relates to mental health. We invite participants to collaborate on researching, developing, creating, and curating an exhibition that allows our community to safely explore these themes, while offering hands-on experiences that directly relate to the fields of art, craft, creative research, and design.
We foster self-advocacy and resilience-building while developing a visual language that de-stigmatizes mental health conversations.
The Perks:
This is a great opportunity to see what it’s like to be a part of a collaborative exhibition that creates real impact in our community. We pride ourselves in facilitating communities of care where supportive relationships translate beyond of the residency.
The hear/d residency will culminate in an exhibition on campus where the participating students will have the opportunity to network and share their work with the larger public.
Alongside workshops, mentorship and curatorial feedback, we provide students a chance to explore possible career paths while enhancing their resume and CV. Each participant is provided with an honorarium to support the time, resources, and materials required to participate in the program.
In addition, hear/d residency participants have the opportunity to participate in an annual collaboration with Exposure Festival that offers access to international audiences.
Hear/d Residency Presents: Subject to Change
Building a path to resilience involves accepting the flux of life, the impermanence of being. As we become more attuned to our ever-changing mental states, we start to notice what nurtures us and what drain us. "Subject to Change" explores the power of giving self-permission to evolve, to do and undo with self-compassion.
Join us as we celebrate the work of our 2022 Hear/d residents: Megan Hamilton, Lu Bassett, Rachel Denbina, Vivian Smith, Rachel MacKinnon, GK Villanueva, Melody Poon, Quynn Covey, Brooklyn Payne, and Vian Esterhuizen.
April 1st - 14th in the AUArts lower main mall.
Exposure x Hear/d Residency Present: Exposure X Hamburger Eyes
AUArts Zine Artist Collaboration
Feb. 10th-27th at Contemporary Calgary as part of the Exposure Reading Room
Exhibition as part of Exposure Photography Festival 2022
www.exposurephotofestival.com/exposure-x-hamburger-eyes
Hear/d Residency x Exposure Present: Rewinding the Tape
Feb. 7th-18th at the MNG Gallery in-person and online: https://www.marionnicollgallery.ca/
Exhibition as part of Exposure Photography Festival 2022
Call for Submissions: Rewinding the Tape exhibition
via https://www.marionnicollgallery.ca/submissions
Rewinding the Tape shows the courageous journey of artists exploring their mental health through their art. After all, rewinding the tape is the first step to moving forward. Rewinding the Tape explores the process of fragmenting and studying one's story to make sense of it. Breaking patterns, stereotypes and self-destructive behaviours requires the courage to explore one's looped narrative. It requires finding where we got stuck in our narrative and starting the painful process of untangling the threads of our stories to make sense of them and to start the healing process.
Applications close December 6th, 2021
How Can We Help?
SA Community Hub event.
Our four main program leads will be hosting virtual office hours on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and can help you with anything from general questions, to going over your applications together before you submit them! Send them an email to book a one-on-one session now:
Hear/D Residency: Rocio Graham – heard.sa@auarts.ca
Marion Nichol Gallery: Jasmine Piper – mng.sa@auarts.ca
Show and Sale – Leia Guo – showandsale.sa@auarts.ca
Community Grants – Jamie Russett – studentlife.sa@auarts.ca
Application Deadline: Hear/d Mentor Role
For our upcoming 2021-22 Hear/d Residency we are seeking Hear/d Mentors. See below for the role, and click on their titles for more information.
Hear/d Mentors
Deadline to apply: September 19th, 11:59pm
Programming Call for Jurors
It's jury season! Want to help determine which artists will be selected for the Marion Nicoll Gallery, Hear/d Residency and Show + Sale?
Find out about the various positions and how to apply at: https://forms.office.com/r/QBVADX2sJ0
Programming Call for Submissions
Interested in participating in our programs this year? Our call for submissions is has been extended from Oct. 1st to Oct. 3rd at 11:59pm!
We are accepting submissions for the Marion Nicoll Gallery, Hear/d Residency, Show + Sale and Community Grants! We’re also accepting jurors for these programs until this time via https://forms.office.com/r/QBVADX2sJ0
Click on the links below to navigate to each program stream:
Under Maintenance Hear/d Exhibition
Resilience requires openness and trust values that are the pillars of the Hear/d Residency . We are excited to showcase the exhibition Under Maintenance where residents show work developed to explore their personal ways to build resilience.
Visit the MNG Gallery website May 17th- May 27th to see the remarkable work of Levin Ifko, Camryn Carnell, Chloe MacDonald, Elise Findlay, Jaci Vanderkooi, Janira Moncayo, Laura Olive, Natalie Melara, Portia Scabar, and Emily Fyfe
Exposure 2021: Embodiment
For more information please visit https://www.marionnicollgallery.ca/exposure2021
Hear/d: System Repair Artist Panel
Artist panel with the artists from the Hear/d residency 2019-2020. Their current exhibition System repair is exhibited at the MNG Gallery November 26th -Dec 13th.
Join us for a candid conversation about artists experience with the Hear/d residency. They will share how resilience shows in their work and how their art making has evolved post art residency.
Panelists include Nina Patafi, Jill Cote, Fiona Duffy, Brooklyn Payne, Katherine Foster Jamie Russet ( past residency mentor) Moderated by Rocio Graham Hear/d Residency Coordinator
This is an SA Community Hub event.
Hear/d: System Repair Exhibition
The Hear/d residents of 2019-2020 proved that when it comes to resilience, having a peer group supporting you makes all difference. It showcases the amazing work of Nina Patafi, Levi Martin, Katherine Foster, Arielle McEwen Brooklyn Payne, Ayesha Lantican, Jillian Cote, Dalena Hugnh and Fiona Duffy. Give it some love to this online exhibition being held starting November 26th at https://www.marionnicollgallery.ca/ and share it with your networks.
Hear/d Residency Submissions Open
The Hear/d Residency invites students from all disciplines to work together to collaborate on the research, development, creation and curation of an exhibition. The residency will have its own central theme of resilience, relating to the journey of mental health issues currently experienced by many post-secondary students.
Given this theme, participants are invited to explore and share their journeys in a creative and innovative way. Through group discussions, reflection, individual studio time, critiques, and workshops, this residency will provide a platform for a diversity of creative activity.
The residency will aim to raise awareness towards the health + well-being of post-secondary students, while also connecting members from different disciples who will help to build a stronger sense of inclusion and solidarity in the AUArts community.
To apply, and for more information visit https://www.auarts-sa.ca/heard-residency