Call for Submissions!

OPEN OCTOBER 1 - NOVEMBER 17, 2024

(Paid Opportunity)

The call is open for submissions to the Marion Nicoll Gallery for the Winter 2025 semester!

Apply as a solo artist or as a group to see your work displayed in one of two galleries operated by the MNG: the LRT and Main spaces:

Applicants with smaller scale 2D or 3D work are best suited to the LRT. Space. The Main Space is best for larger works and installations which engage with the gallery in inventive ways.

Gallery layouts on the MNG are available on the MNG website.

Submissions are open to current students and alumni of up to 3 years. Exhibitions will be evaluated by an anonymous selection committee and successful applicants will be paid according to current CARFAC rates.

Deadline: November 17, 2024 11:59pm

Please direct any questions about the submissions process to the MNG Coordinator Bex at mng.sa@auarts.ca

Supported by RBC Future Launch

Welcome back to the Zine Zone! Zines are a medium beloved by artists, activists, and anyone with something to say in need of somewhere to put it. Zinesters utilize the freedom this cheap medium offers to educate their communities and advocate for underground movements, as well as share poetry, illustrations, comics, and all means of artwork for next-to-no cash.

The Zine Zone was initially created for the fall of 2023, conceptualized as a space for students to relax and make zines. In a space craving community bonds, the initial exhibition found success by offering a “zone” for students to spend time and craft a low-stakes publication. It was so enjoyed that it felt worth repeating.

This time, there will be a zine-making workshop and exchange during the closing reception on October 7th from 5-8pm, hosted by Volatile Sex Pill and featuring tunes by The Hill and materials from Stickee Label.

Wow! You responded to last year's Zine Zone with such enthusiasm we thought we'd give it another go. Once again, we're focused on the value of zines in a world that is hungry for community. This accessible art form is a treasure trove of information on grassroots organization, political realities, as well as an accessible repository of poetry, love, and rants on topics so hyper-specific you couldn't find them anywhere else. As artists you're already inventive communicators. Make a zine and say it loud.

Zines could be:

• Cyanotypes made with every flower you picked this spring

• A collection of grocery lists which reveal your thirst for orange juice (with pulp)

• An essay you wrote furiously at 4am after waking from an odd dream

• Several poems on the benefits of actually eating food and not just drinking 3 coffee meals a day

• Doodles from your sketchbooks that haven't seen the light of day

The possibilities are endless. Get to cutting, pasting and copying!

NOTE: A selection of zines will be archived by the Luke Lindoe Library. All zines will NOT be returned to submitting artists. Don't send anything you're hoping to keep!

Drop off in-person or mail to AUArts SA: Room 335 1407 14 Ave NW Calgary Alberta T2N 4R3

Last day to submit: August 25 2024

Call for Marion Nicoll Gallery’s Selection Committee Members!

OPEN JULY 1 - AUGUST 16, 2024

(Paid Opportunity)

Apply Now!

The call for Selection Committee members is open for the Fall 2024 semester!

Being a member of the Selection Committee is an opportunity to:

• Exercise critical evaluation of exhibition proposals in a professional setting

• Get an inside look at how applications are reviewed and selected

• Practice skills involved in adjudication

• Add a line to your CV

• Get a say in what goes in the Marion Nicoll Gallery spaces for the Fall 2024 semester

Successful applicants will be required to review all MNG submissions, make notes of their evaluations, and participate in a collective review of applications with the MNG Coordinator and technician.

Please note that you cannot be part of the Selection Committee if you are also applying to exhibit in the MNG in the same semester.

*Applicants must be available September 9, 2024 from 1-4PM*

Please direct any questions to the MNG Coordinator Bex at mng.sa@auarts.ca

Supported by RBC Future Launch

EXTENDED DEADLINE: Call for Submissions!

OPEN JULY 1 - AUGUST 16, 2024

(Paid Opportunity)

APPLY NOW

The call is open for submissions to the Marion Nicoll Gallery for the Fall 2024 semester!

Apply as a solo artist or as a group to see your work displayed in one of two galleries operated by the MNG: the LRT and Main spaces:

Applicants with smaller scale 2D or 3D work are best suited to the LRT. Space. The Main Space is best for larger works and installations which engage with the gallery in inventive ways. Gallery layouts of the MNG are available on the MNG website.

Submissions are open to current students and alumni of up to 3 years. Exhibitions will be evaluated by an anonymous selection committee and successful applicants will be paid according to current CARFAC rates.

Deadline: August 16, 2024, 11:59pm

Please direct any questions to the MNG Coordinator Bex at mng.sa@auarts.ca

Supported by RBC Future Launch

MNG Main Space

better than lasagna...

Sam Lloyd :^)

04.19.2024 - 05.06.2024

Reception April 19th 7-9PM

Sam’s work as a queer and trans artist originates from a largely conservative city, where he aims to challenge societal norms and explore the relationships between object, process, concept, and context. Through humour and a solitary artistic approach, he reflects on his personal history and cultural identity to create artwork that communicates his experiences and perspectives.

At the core of his artistic practice are his Garfield paintings, where he depicts the iconic cartoon character in sexual ways or explores his sexuality in a queer context through the use of text, bright colours, and provocative poses. The inclusion of sculptural elements, particularly in the form of phallic imagery, serves as a blunt confrontation and a rejection of conservative artistic norms. It is important to note that Sam’s work is not about a cisgender man making genitals, but rather a trans man creating a trans dick, reclaiming control over his sexual and gender identity

Elevating the Paper Object

Collaborative project curated by Jonathan Creese

3.4.2024 - 3.22.2024

MNG LRT Space

Through the medium of an 8 ½” x 11” sheet of handmade paper, art students, university faculty, and staff at the institution were confronted with the result of one artist’s process and challenged to enact a manipulation upon it. Conventional labour and material relationships were encouraged to be upended, resulting in a myriad of approaches to the understanding of the paper object. The work as a whole embraces fluidity, not only in terms of the physical material as it traversed manipulation through the hands of various possessors, but also in relation to its contextualisation. The resulting objects transcend the threshold of a material of potential -that is utilitarian and ambiguous- to one of fixed function and purpose as an art object: this further assisted by the positioning of the object within the exhibition space. -Jonathan Creese

The call for MNG jury members opens December 4, 2023!

Meet and discuss art with your peers, eat snacks, and have input on what will be shown in the gallery spaces this winter semester!

Please note: jury members are required to commit time to reviewing all MNG submissions, taking notes on submissions, and meeting with the MNG Coordinator and other jurors to discuss each application.

Deadline for applications is January 8, 2024 at 11:59pm.

Find out more and apply at: https://www.marionnicollgallery.ca/submissions

Call for Submissions

Submissions for the Winter exhibition season are now open! Calling all AUArts students of any year or major and recent alumni [within last three years]. Show your work in either our Main Space or LRT Window Space here at AUArts! 〰️

Learn more: https://www.marionnicollgallery.ca/submissions

Email mng@auarts.ca if you have any questions or need assistance with the application process.

MNG Main Space

11.4.2023 - 12.22.2023

Scoring the MNG

by Marsel Reddick

Scoring the MNG is a durational performance where a musical score is composed on a piano inside of the Marion Nicoll Gallery (MNG) as an exploration of translation and interpretation. The characteristics and architecture of the MNG guide the composition process, and the score is written directly onto the walls of the MNG throughout the duration of the exhibition. Compositional parameters are extracted from observations made in and around the gallery related to the language of music. For example: the MNG’s cubic/square shape might be represented through use of quartal harmony, four-note chords, shell chords (to create a sense of containment/spatiality), and avoiding the antithetical circle of fifths. The work becomes an ongoing process of attempting to translate one non-verbal language (architecture) into another (music) to underscore a relationship between the two.MNG Main Space

Reception December 8, 2023 at 7pm

iloveyou_worm explores relationships between program and user. Using video game characters from the turn of the millennia and repurposing them as moments of reflection, this exhibition aims to uncover moral compromises while existing in a digital landscape. As technology and social media have evolved, so have the adaptive strategies deployed by its most invested users…Why do I act differently online than at the dinner table?

Kyle Anderson-Nguyen is an interdisciplinary artist based in Mohkinstsis/Calgary who works with

representations of self in the digital age. With a focus on transferring the digital experience into the physical world, he aims to bring renewed forms and unique contexts that reflect the preferred digital-based communication of the modern world.

Please join us for this exhibition's closing reception during Gallery Crawl on the evening of November 10th!

The MNG's first LRT exhibition will be Plundering Through the Pond of Perplexing Memory Soup by Matthew Springer

MNG LRT Space September 7 - October 9

This series of works explores our minds relationship in managing memories and how they degrade or become recontextualized throughout time.

All images are abstract fractions of both positive and negative distorted memories collected over the years. “Infinity Clocks” are placed throughout the works as markers of different periods of time that start to meld together over time past. Obscured with multiple arms they show that our perceptions of memories are skewed the more time progresses. Some memories become so recessed in our minds that we fill in new details that never existed. It may even seem like it was all just a dream.

More info https://www.marionnicollgallery.ca/

9/05-10/20/2023

The Zine Zone is an exhibition in celebration of independent publishing and the DIY aesthetic. Zines can be community-makers, direct communicators, and street educators. They’re the original tools of political agitators, helping radical ideas spread without approval. They’re also the most accessible, easily replicable means of creative expression. Not simply the domain of anarchists any longer, the zine is home to the hearts of poets, photographers, painters, and illustrators. A zine can be a collection of emotions, thoughts, and dreams…or it can be a silly little treatise on sunflowers. The Zine Zone is a space to relax, collage, and spit out some thoughts onto a page you can shove into the hands of friends and strangers. It’s my hope that this exhibition will support an existing network of zinesters keeping a very special art form alive, and encourage those new to the format to play around and try something new. Please enjoy.

The MNG is proud to present the Zine Zone exhibition! Created in celebration of independent publishing and the DIY aesthetic. Zines can be community-makers, direct communicators, and street educators. They’re the original tools of political agitators, helping radical ideas spread without approval. They’re also the most accessible, easily replicable means of creative expression.

Up from September 5th to October 20th.

The Zine Zone is a space to relax, collage, and spit out some thoughts onto a page you can shove into the hands of friends and strangers. We hope to see you attend and enjoy!

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Call for Submissions

Submissions for the Fall exhibition season are now open! Calling all AUArts students of any year or major and recent alumni [within last three years]. Show your work in either our Main Space or LRT Window Space here at AUArts! 〰️

Learn more: https://www.marionnicollgallery.ca/submissions

Email mng@auarts.ca if you have any questions or need assistance with the application process.

Open: August 4 - September 12, 2023

Deadline: September 12, 2023 11:59pm

This is an excellent opportunity to exercise critical discourse, get experience sitting on a fine arts jury, and critique work outside of class with a group of students from various departments. Volunteering to be on the MNG jury also looks great on a CV!

Apply here!

Lailey Newton + Nicole Jones

March 27th - April 11th

MNG Main Space

'Misremembering Space: Vacant Bodies' deconstructs concepts of space, memory, and one's relationship with their surroundings through the use of architectural imagery and pattern. Lailey and Nicole’s work aims to analyze the relationship between the body and shelter through the lens of the memories contained within these specific locations. To achieve this, they focus on images of familiar areas by utilizing local Albertan imagery, including rural landscapes, farmhouses, and brutalist architecture. These locations are then distorted by projecting images and patterns to create new and unsettling spaces that disorientate the viewer with their bright colors and unattainable geometries. These distorted structures blur the line between romanticized and overlooked architecture by dissecting and reconstructing fragments of memory. A lack of presence or witness in these works makes this loss of memory all the more isolating, investigating how the body interacts with space by highlighting its absence.

Images courtesy of the gallery and Nicole Jones.

For full info and more images, please visit marionnicollgallery.ca.

Lauren Jacobson

MNG LRT Space

March 27 - April 11

"Love, Laugh, L’CHAIM! is an exercise in pulling text upwards from a two dimensional plane into three dimensional forms. Constructed through a paper mache process, the material which composes the word is the substrate on which words are traditionally written. The effort required to construct words into physical space mirrors the effort required for us to speak about things when they are distant from us. I use this process as an allegory for my Jewish identity, which is not totally lost, but distanced from me, historically stripped from my family by force, and requires me to reach outwards to understand my own culture, my own identity, my own past. Because work which discusses identity often necessitates a heaviness of tone, I instead investigate these themes through kitsch and humour: how does laughter factor into survivorship?"

This image "chai" courtesy of the artist.

For more information and images, please visit marionnicollgallery.ca.

📸 Sign up for Photo Doc Days on March 17-19 in the Marion Nicoll Gallery!

Professional photo documentation at affordable prices for students

• $2-$5 per photo set!

• 2D, 3D, and artist portraits available!

Good documentation is super important for your portfolio and can make all the difference when applying for markets, gallery shows, residencies and even grants!

Sign up by March 10 via jotform.

📸 Sign up for Photo Doc Days on March 17-19 in the Marion Nicoll Gallery!

Professional photo documentation at affordable prices for students

• $2-$5 per photo set!

• 2D, 3D, and artist portraits available!

Good documentation is super important for your portfolio and can make all the difference when applying for markets, gallery shows, residencies and even grants!

Sign up by March 10 via jotform.

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Now Hiring: MNG Coordinator

The Marion Nicoll Gallery (MNG) Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the gallery, and for ensuring that programming is communicated and adequately promoted to the community.

• Learn more at https://www.auarts-sa.ca/classifieds/jan2023/marion-nicoll-gallery-coordinator

• Closing Date of Opportunity: 1/23/2023

Call for Submissions

Submissions for the Winter 2023 exhibition season are now open! Calling all AUArts students of any year or major and recent alumni [within last three years]. Show your work in either our Main Space or LRT Window Space here at AUArts! 〰️

Learn more: https://www.marionnicollgallery.ca/submissions

Apply at https://form.jotform.com/223347181548257

Deadline EXTENDED TO January 16th 2023

Email mng@auarts.ca if you have any questions or need assistance with the application process.

Call for Submissions

Apply through our online form. Deadline to apply is September 26th.

Calling all students and recent alumni (within last three years). Submit your work to show in either our main space or LRT window here at AUArts! Open to all years and all majors.

Call for Jurors

Apply through our online form. Deadline to apply is September 26th.

We are currently accepting applications for the Fall 2022 season. This is an excellent opportunity to exercise critical discourse, critique work outside of class with a group of students from various departments and also looks great on a CV!

MNG Presents

Genesis: New Worlds

By Laura Holck

Every object originates from a concentration of energy, matter, imagination and intention. Moving outward from a generative source, planets and stars spill into the universe, inventions flood the marketplace, music fills the airwaves, ideas become corporeal. Everything begins somewhere, springing forth from a creative source and birthed into being. Seeming to arise from nowhere in particular, every genesis heralds the appearance of a new world, evoking awe and wonder at the diversity and power of creativity itself.  

Through photography, copper, ceramic, and organic materials, Genesis explores the frontiers of imagination, scale, and the creative mind that brings new worlds to life. 

See the exhibition in the Main Space Gallery from May 5th-22nd.