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Resources Resources Organizations / Centres Celebration of Women in the CWA offers support and promotion to Alberta women artists. They research statistics and grants available to women artists and offer advice and sometimes administrative support for events. CWA produces two shows annually: a multi-disciplinary showcase for emerging artists and a large visual art exhibit in conjunction with "The Works" festival. Baffin Women's Association BWA hosted a celebration of Women in the Arts for International Women's Day. Some photos and/or videos of the activities, which included an exhibition of Iqaluit women's art work, a concert/celebration introduced by Barbara Frurn, and a slide show on Northern Women, are available. Margaret Atwood is tentatively booked to speak to the community on September 19th. Banff Centre for Continuing Residential summer (May-August) and winter programs are offered. Auditions are in February of each year. Costs vary and scholarships are available. Women's Art Resource Centre WARC's objectives are to: collect information on women's art and cultural activities and make it available to the public; generate a feminist aesthetic; provide a support structure to women artists; and encourage contact between women's art groups and other ,community organizations. All women artists are invited to submit material to WARC's slide registry. Send slides (indicating date, medium and size), resume, biographical information and support material (reviews, etc.) to the slide registry at WARC. WARC's materials and slide registry are available to administrators, curators, educators, researchers, writers, etc. Organization of Saskatchewan OSAC is the umbrella organization for sixty-five arts councils in Saskatchewan and specifically promotes performing and visual arts in rural areas. Through conferences and provincial touring exhibitions, OSAC strives to aid the creative development of emerging Saskatchewan artists. The majority of people involved in the programs are women. Grants The Canada Council The Canada Council's grants and services are available to Canadian professional artists and arts organizations. The Council will consider applications from all fields of art including music, dance, theatre, visual and media arts, film and video, writing, architecture, art criticism, curetting and performance. Explorations, multidisciplinary and project-oriented, is a program to meet the needs of artists, professional or non-professional, whose projects don't fit the traditional art forms. The Council accepts station-to-station collect calls. Books Bibliography on Canadian Feminist Art by Janice E. Hayes. This book provides information on Canadian feminist art and artists generally. It includes briefs, reports and criticism, surveys, collective biography, galleries, exhibitions, visual and applied arts, journal titled and author and title indexes. 43 pp. $5.00 ($5.50 US). Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, McGill University, 3459 MacTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A lYl. |
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