General Information

InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre in Toronto accepts submissions of original projects from emerging, mid-career and established artists, curators and collectives on an annual basis. Our mission is to expand the cultural space of technology, and we achieve this through diverse activities in our gallery and production facilities. We are seeking proposals for our 1,000 sq. ft. gallery space at Queen and Ossington in the heart of Toronto's Queen West Gallery district. We support electronic, interactive and new media works which explore this territory in unique critical ways, including connections and cross-over with sculpture, installation, video, site-specific work and performance art.

Proposals are reviewed by the Director and Assistant Curator in consultation with the InterAccess Programme Advisory Council (PAC), a group of knowledgeable media artists and curators who meet 4-6 times per year to make programming recommendations and help shape the gallery vision. The PAC looks at artistic vision, diversity, representation and budget when considering a proposal. The PAC also considers how the work can sustain a dialogue with activities and workshops in the InterAccess production studio.

Please note: InterAccess does not accept unsolicited submissions of artwork except during calls for submission periods. As much as we love art, and being introduced to new artists, if you are not responding to a call, we're afraid we can't respond to your work. We're a relatively small centre and this is all we can manage successfully. Thanks for understanding, and please look out for our calls a few times per year.

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We can not guarantee a response to your work if you submit for the main gallery outside of this time period. Typically, we require roughly six months to review and select submissions for our main gallery.

InterAccess enjoys applicants from all walks of life. We encourage artists of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds to apply.

For a gallery floorplan, please click here.

Images of our Exhibition Space:

• North wall and north west window
• South wall and south west window
• East wall and office entrance

A DECADE OF SUPPORTING EMERGING ARTISTS AND CURATORS - TWO OPEN CALLS FOR ELECTRONIC MEDIA ART: INTERACCESS EMERGING ARTIST EXHIBITION 2010

InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre is now accepting submissions for their 10th Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition!

Call for Emerging Curator, Deadline: May 31, 2010
Call for Emerging Artists, Deadline: June 7, 2010

GENERAL INFORMATION
Since its inception since 2001, InterAccess has organized an annual emerging artists exhibition to showcase new media work by post-secondary students and recent graduates. Curated and organized by a selected emerging curator, this initiative offers young artists and curators professional experience and exposure. Past exhibitions have been reviewed by The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star and The National post. Former participating artists and curators have gone on to work and exhibit in such institutions as the Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto, Xpace Gallery, The Banff Centre, Western Front, Trinity Square Video, Plug In Institute for Contemporary Art, Space Media Arts in London UK, FACT, Liverpool, and Transmediale in Berlin.

InterAccess is announcing two calls related to the 10th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibition: Curatorial Intern and Submissions of Media Art. Details below.

CALL ONE: CURATORIAL INTERN

Deadline: May 31, 2010 by 5pm

NATURE AND SCOPE OF POSITION: Reporting to the Director and supervised by the Board of Directors, the Curatorial Intern is given the opportunity to learn about all aspects of programming within an artist-run, media arts centre environment. This unpaid internship is ideally 7-14 hours per week, June to August and extended hours during the weeks leading up to the exhibition, which opens in July. The Curatorial Internship is an ideal placement for an undergraduate or graduate student looking for hands-on experience. The primary responsibility of the Curatorial Intern is the development of the annual Emerging Artist exhibition.

The Curatorial Intern is responsible for the following duties:

• Will develop a coherent and relevant theme for the exhibition
• Select approximately five works from new media students or recent graduates within Southern Ontario and Canada
• Assist in drafting an exhibition budget
• Write a curatorial statement and extended essay
• Manage the installation of the exhibition in July 2010

The Curatorial Intern also assists with other duties at InterAccess. Additional duties may include organizing submissions for review, assisting with distribution of listings and other communications, assisting with installation and event set-up, assisting with InterAccess' workshop series, researching materials for upcoming exhibitions and events, general office assistance and gallery sitting.

QUALIFICATIONS: The ideal candidate will be an undergraduate or graduate student in a related field of study. Recent graduates will also be considered.

Applicants must have:

• A strong knowledge of contemporary media and visual art practices, especially within Canada.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills (Mac environment).
• Superior organizational skills.
• The ability to deal with diverse public audiences.
• The ability to work in a self-directed manner as well as in a team environment.

The internship is unpaid but InterAccess offers a small honorarium upon the successful completion of the exhibition.

HOW TO APPLY
Submissions must include:

• CV
• A cover letter (maximum 2 pages) detailing your experiences and interest in media arts.
• Two references

CALL TWO: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OF MEDIA ART

Deadline: June 7, 2010 by 5pm

NATURE AND SCOPE OF CALL AND QUALIFICATIONS: InterAccess seeks submissions of new media and electronic works from emerging artists. Artists must be post-secondary students or recent graduates to qualify, and all works submitted must be exhibition ready, and produced in the last two years. No works in progress will be accepted. InterAccess welcomes new media works in the form of: sculpture, installation, video, audio, performance and interactive art. Web-based projects are also welcome. Based on the works selected, the emerging curator will develop an exhibition related to all the submissions received.

Each selected artist will receive CARFAC standard artist fees for participating. The exhibition runs from Friday July 23 until Saturday August 28, 2010.

While we welcome proposals from outside of Ontario, please note that InterAccess cannot provide artist travel fees or cover the shipping of artwork. Participating artists will be responsible for timely transportation of their artwork to the gallery a week before the opening on Friday July 23, 2010. Although the artist is chiefly responsible for installing his/her work, InterAccess will provide technical assistance and basic audio/video equipment.

HOW TO APPLY
All submissions must include:

• an artist statement (1 page)
• a project description (1 page)
• a clear description of technical requirements listing:
1.) materials provided by the artist, including any software and audio-visual equipment
2.) materials expected from InterAccess, including software and/or hardware

• artistic support material of proposed project/piece as well as previous works (DVD is preferred, however, URL links or JPG images are also accepted)
• a current C.V. (3 pages max)

Please send all submissions to:
Emerging Artists Exhibition*
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
9 Ossington Avenue Toronto, Ontario M6J 2Y8 Canada

*Please state whether the application is for the curatorial position or for the artist submission.

Please note: We thank all applicants for their time and interest in InterAccess, however please understand that our application process is highly competitive. For the Curatorial position, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All artist submissions will receive a timely response.

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We are currently accepting proposals for short run, members-driven programming for our continuing beta series.

beta provides InterAccess members an opportunity to exhibit and test work that is new - or even still in development. For anyone who wonders what's going on in the studio, these exhibitions strengthen the connection between the production and exhibition of new media work at InterAccess by showcasing members' studio projects in the gallery.

The beta programme launched in 2007 with beta in Beta, an exhibition of work by Malka Greene, Dave Kemp, Mark Andre Pennock, and Niknaz Tavakolian. Based on the success of that pilot project, InterAccess is making beta a regular part of its exhibition schedule.

Not a current member? Now is the perfect time to join a thriving community of artists who are committed to expanding the cultural space of technology. To become a member of InterAccess, contact Alex Snukal (alex.snukal@interaccess.org) or call 416.599.7206 to check the status of your membership.

Artists exhibiting in beta will be entirely responsible for their own installation and arranging for technical assistance. There are a variety of technical assistance programs offered at InterAccess, and one of these may be what you need.

Submission Guidelines

• all submissions must be from members
• an artist statement (1 page maximum)
• a project summary
• CV
• visual or audio support material with detailed descriptions of content. You can submit up to 10 digital jpegs, 1 URL address (please indicate your preferred browser and platform), and a maximum of 1 VHS tapes, CDs or DVDs (NTSC). Please Note: We do not accept slides.
• a detailed list of all support materials
• a self-addressed, sufficiently stamped envelope if you want your submission package returned.

Deadline: Friday, August 28th, 2009 - 5:00PM. InterAccess will also accept packages postmarked on that date.

Please prepare and cue your materials.

Send submissions to:
beta Programme
Programme Advisory Council
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
9 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6J 2Y8
Canada

Please direct any additional questions to Alex Snukal by email at alex.snukal [at this domain] or call 416.599.7206.

We can't wait to see what's been going on in the basement!

Call for Gallery Proposals

This year, InterAccess is prioritizing projects which can facilitate ties with the production studio, and artists who can lead workshops in conjunction with their exhibitions. We are selecting works for our 2010 and 2011 programming years. We also encourage artists working with ideas of scale (size, music, the law, lizards?) to submit work for 2010. Before submitting your work, please review our website carefully. It provides a good overview of past artistic content. InterAccess pays artist fees in accordance with CARFAC standards.

This year's deadline: Monday December 1, 2008 by 5:00 p.m.

Proposals are reviewed by the Director/Curator and Assistant Curator in consultation with the InterAccess Programme Advisory Council (PAC), a group of knowledgeable media artists and curators who meet 4-6 times per year to make programming recommendations and help shape the gallery vision. The PAC looks at artistic vision, diversity, representation and budget when considering a proposal. The PAC also considers how the work can sustain a dialogue with activities and workshops in the InterAccess production studio.

Please allow up to six months for the complete review of your proposal.

Please include:

-an artist statement
-a project summary (100 words)
-a detailed project description
-a list of artworks, equipment, materials and other resources to be supplied by the artist
-a list of technical requirements, equipment and materials to be supplied by the gallery
-a detailed budget
-your CV
-visual or audio support material with detailed descriptions of content. You can submit up to 20 digital jpegs, 1 URL address (please indicate your preferred browser and platform), and a maximum of 2 VHS tapes, CDs or DVDs (NTSC). Please Note: We do not accept slides.
-a detailed list of all support materials
-a self-addressed, sufficiently stamped envelope if you want your work returned.

Please note that InterAccess has a limited amount of time to review each submission. Prepare and cue your materials in consideration that there will be a maximum of 15 minutes allotted to reviewing your support materials.

Send submissions to:
Programme Advisory Council
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
9 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6J 2Y8
Canada

We thank all applicants for their time and interest in InterAccess, however please understand that our submissions process is highly competitive and only a small percentage of proposals can be accommodated in our yearly schedule which features six main gallery exhibitions. Please also watch throughout the year for other directed calls for proposals, such as our annual emerging artist exhibition and our beta series.

Exhibition Assistance

InterAccess is a Media Arts Recommender for the Ontario Arts Council's Exhibition Assistance Programme. It's a new focus this year for the programme and three Media Arts specific recommenders have been declared in the province. If you don't know about the programme, it's an excellent way for artists to receive assistance with costs related to presenting their work for an exhibition. Grants are made through third-party recommenders (public art galleries, artist-run centres and arts service organizations) throughout the province. Artists must apply directly to a recommender located in the zone in which they live, or a media-specific recommender. Approved applications are forwarded to OAC by the recommender once the decision to award a grant has been made. This OAC program is open to Ontario-based professional visual artists, craft artists and media artists who have a confirmed, upcoming public exhibition. Primary criteria is artistic excellence.

InterAccess will also prioritize applications which show excellence in the fields of new media, electronic and kinetic art, sound art, computer-driven works, code-based art and other new forms.

More information, program guidelines, and submission forms can be found here.

Upcoming InterAccess exhibition assistance deadline: November 16th