Painters Make Better Lovers Call for Submissions

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 12:00pm to Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 9:00pm

Painters Make Better Lovers invites artists and makers from the OCADU community to submit works for an upcoming group show in the summer of 2019. We ask that submissions thematically fall in line with PMBL’s values, following Molly Zuckerman Hartung’s “95 Theses on Painting”, and be of a painterly practice (work that tugs at the boundaries of painting, but are not necessarily limited to traditional media). Submissions are open to all OCADU students, alumni, and Toronto artists with ties to the school. 

What does it mean to make painterly work in Toronto, living and working in a city constantly threatened by gentrification, corporatization, austerity cuts, and rising housing costs? 

How do we survive in a city constantly in flux?

Transparency, sustainability, solidarity, and Toronto’s self-determination as a unique art community will be thematic focuses of the artists involved in the show. 

How does painterly abstraction translate across media? 
What does painting become when it lives in this city? 

The exhibition will be held at OCAD University Ignite Gallery. June 8 - July 28

 Please include all of the following in one PDF, with images attached 
-CV
-50-100-word artist statement
-3 jpegs of completed work under 5 MB each
-One sentence determining your relationship to OCAD (student, alumnus, etc.)

Works should be ready to install for June 1st. 

Honorarium provided to each artist. 

Applicant must be available for 2 gallery sitting weekend shifts from June 6- July 28.

Email to: paintersmakebetterlovers@gmail.com

 

Applications due by April 30th, 2019

 

Funded in part by the Ada Slaight Foundation 

 

Email: 
paintersmakebetterlovers@gmail.com
Painters Make Better Lovers Call for Submissions poster