Two Paid Artist Residencies!!!
Applications Due December 29th
We have separate paid residencies coming up in the new year: A sound based project and video based project.
Job Call: Sound Art Artist in Residence
Temporary Contract
Applications Due: December 29th, 2023 at Midnight
Remuneration: ($35/h, 35 hours a week)
Anticipated Start Date: January 12th, 2024
Completion date: March 31st, 2024
Sound based residency:
The Centre for Art Tapes is seeking a sound artist for a paid artist residency to create a new experimental sound work. Please note that this position is funded through the Digital Skills for Youth Program. Please see eligibility criteria below.
From January 12th to March 31st, the artist in residence will have a dedicated 24/h studio space in CFAT and unlimited access to all of our equipment and facilities. This includes our audio suite, large collection of audio recorders and mics, and a number of industry level softwares. Please reach out to production@cfat.ca if you have any more questions about our resources.
The artist in residence’s primary responsibility during their time with us will be to learn new audio skills and work towards the creation of a new work. Applicants will be asked at the time of submitting for a general idea of what they’d like to create. It is ok if this idea changes throughout the residency. Most of the artist in residence’s hours will be self directed studio time.
The intern will be mentored by local audio artist Joel Waddell. Joel will meet with the artist in residence six times to discuss the work and troubleshoot any potential issues.
Job Call: Video Art Artist in Residence
Temporary Contract
Applications Due: December 29th, 2023 at Midnight
Remuneration: ($35/h, 35 hours a week)
Anticipated Start Date: January 12th, 2024
Completion date: March 31st, 2024
Video based residency:
The Centre for Art Tapes is seeking a sound artist for a paid artist residency to create a new video art work. Please note that this position is funded through the Digital Skills for Youth Program. Please see eligibility criteria below.
From January 12th to March 31st, the artist in residence will have a dedicated 24/h studio space in CFAT and unlimited access to all of our equipment and facilities. This includes our editing suites, large collection of cameras and audio recorders and mics, and a number of industry level softwares. Please reach out to production@cfat.ca if you have any more questions about our resources.
The artist in residence’s primary responsibility during their time with us will be to learn new video recording and editing skills and work towards the creation of a new work. Applicants will be asked at the time of submitting for a general idea of what they’d like to create. It is ok if this idea changes throughout the residency. Most of the artist in residence’s hours will be self directed studio time.
The intern will be mentored by local audio artist Marissa Sean Cruz. Riss will meet with the artist in residence six times to discuss the work and troubleshoot any potential issues.
The ideal candidates would be emerging media artists. It is not required that they have experience in video/sound, but ideally would feel comfortable with the basics of computer literacy. Comfort in Mac environments as well as Adobe suite are encouraged. The intern must be a post secondary graduate, ideally from a related fine arts or tech program.
This position is primarily self directed. The ability to work independently as well as in a collaborative group environment is required. Candidates should be self-starters with the ability to set their own goals and deadlines and ask for feedback and support when needed.
Interested applicants should submit the following:
a CV or Resume detailing relevant work experience
a cover letter outlining your general project idea and interest in this position.
5 - 10 images max and/or under 3 minutes of video representing your current artistic practice
Email applications to tori@cfat.ca . Applications and any questions can be directed to Tori Fleming, Executive Director
All applicants will receive a confirmation email indicating receipt of application. If you do not receive a response within five business days, please contact 902-422-6822
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must:
Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the internship;
Be legally entitled to work in Canada (either a citizen, permanent resident or person with refugee status - work permits are not eligible);
Self-identify as underemployed (i.e. employed below their level of education, holding part-time employment, or in emerging fields with few jobs);
Have completed post-secondary studies (exception: interns located in Nunavut, Yukon or NWT are not required to meet this criterion);
Have no immediate family relationship with the employer.
ABOUT JOEL: Born in Epekwitk/PEI, Joel was encouraged by family and community in the study of music, performance and sound. At age ten he was immersed in live sound technology and acoustics while assisting his father with a touring church choir. In 2002-03, he was awarded consecutive summer work grants at the Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside, gaining experience with theatre sound systems, lighting, stage production and management. Concurrently, Joel started a live sound business for all-ages venues in Charlottetown, PE, raising funds for tuition to attend the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology in London. Graduating with honours in 2004, he moved to K’jipuktuk/Halifax and networked with the artist community while baking bread at the Heartwood Bakery on Quinpool road. Collaborations that began there were consequential in establishing a broad artistic network with opportunities in his field. Starting out in location sound with Andrew Hines and scoring, recording, producing with Rich Aucoin he found a niche in Halifax to build from. International touring as a technician and musician, producing and recording award winning records, sound designing and composing artworks shown nationally, sound mixing for film and television, teaching at NSCAD and Centre for Art Tapes are career paths that have stemmed from those initial collaborations and continue to carry him into new projects and push his technical and artistic practice.
ABOUT RISS: Riss Sean Cruz is a digital multimedia and video performance artist. Cruz’s topics of interest are related to labour, power and surveillance as seen through digital platforms and pop culture. Their experimental videos comprise found footage, 3D modelling, sound design and costumed performances to look at value systems with critical sensibility. These satirical works aim to capture a fast-paced contemporary present and envision possible, liberatory futures.
Riss has been exhibited in venues like InterAccess, Gallery 1C03, Video Pool Media Arts Centre and Struts Gallery and Faucet Media Centre. Cruz’s various projects have been displayed throughout the United States and distributed digitally through spaces like the Centre for Art and Thought, Canadian Art, The Art Gallery of Ontario, PLATFORM Projects and more.
ABOUT CFAT:
CFAT is an artist-driven media art presentation and production centre; our aim is to support the enjoyment, creation and preservation of experimental contemporary media art practices. Our members and collaborating/exhibiting artists are working in media such as video art, experimental sound, animation, filmmaking, electronic and digital art, and media/interactive installation. We take a broad interpretation of the term “media art” aligning ourselves with its genesis from visual art as opposed to film. CFAT values presentation and research in tandem and places an emphasis on programming that furthers the professional development of its exhibiting artists.
For more information please visit http://cfat.ca
Notes on Access:
CFAT recognizes our participation and complicity with the historic barriers to accessing job opportunities in the arts. Applicants are welcomed to self-identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ2SIA+, disabled, femme or any other community that is important to their identity. We are in an ongoing process of making our space and programs as welcoming and available to all as possible. If you have specific needs that you would like us to address, or any concerns please reach out or mention them in your application.
CFAT’s facility is wheelchair accessible and has one non-gendered washroom. Our Core Staff are happy to work with people with disabilities to support them in comfortably and safely using our space. CFAT’s facility is a community-used space, and a number of members have 24-hour access. Participation with CFAT’s programs and use of our space by anyone is governed by our Code of Conduct, which does not tolerate discrimination or acts of violence in any form.
