An overview of repeated art events that happen periodically at Artcite... these events are targeted at different sectors of the artistic community, and always garner much attention and praise by both media and art workers alike. From lectures to video screenings, these periodic events help foster a sense of community, and are an important part of Artcite's commitment to contemporary art practice.

DOIN' THE LOUVRE


Our Flickr set from the 2010 Opening and setup: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artcite2010/sets/72157625553493794/show/

30th annual DOIN' THE LOUVRE Call for Entries

Entry deadline: Sat Nov 26, 6:00 PM
Download our handy DTL 2011 PDF entry form

Please note that DTL submissions will be accepted from Wed Nov 16 - Sat Nov 26, 2011
so get your work in EARLY (but please not before November 16!) for a better chance
at a prime hanging spot! Our walls fill up fast!

(Please note that due to the large number of entries, Artcite staff and volunteers will be
the final arbiters of the placement of artworks; we try to ensure that *everyone's* work
looks great in this HUGE group show)!

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to Windsor and Detroit area artists (if you live outside of the area, but want to submit,
please call--we would love to be able to include works by our out-of-town members and friends!)

EXHIBITION REQUIREMENTS:
Paintings, drawings, prints, photographs (or a combination of these media), small scale 3-D works
and artist-made gift items (books, toys, cards, "art-wear", accessories, xmas ornaments, etc.) will be exhibited.

2-D artworks do not have to be framed, but they MUST be ready for hanging.

This means: if you're using used/ thrift store frames, make sure that they will not fall apart when hung!!

Bernie here - I mean it, If it falls, it falls on someone else's work, so I will reject it!
Same for Oil paintings that are still wet and poorly fixed pastel/charcoal that smear
all over on other folk's work!! Use your common sense and consideration for others, please!

If you are using dollar store frames, PLEASE make sure that they are either WIRED for hanging,
or they have hanging hardware (i.e., 'teeth') attached.
Please note that we CANNOT easily HANG dollar store PORTRAIT frames
(you know--the 'family photo' frames that you prop up on your table, mantle piece, etc.) !!!!
In many cases, we have to remove these cardboard 'props' from the back of these portrait frames,
then the whole mess FALLS APART. S'alright?

SUBMISSIONS DROP-OFF DATES & TIMES:

November 16 - Nov 26 from 1:00 - 6:00 pm. PLEASE respect this deadline!
We need *some* time to hang the show before the Fri opening, y'know?!?

SIZE AND NUMBER CONDITIONS:

A maximum of 10 works per artist will be accepted.
Total combined dimensions of each work should not exceed 36" x 36" (3 sq. ft.).
3-D works must fit within a 36" cube.
PLEASE RESPECT the size restrictions!!!!
With over 800(!?!) entries last year, hanging space was mighty tight!!
Multiples: A number of IDENTICAL and IDENTICALLY PRICED items
(e.g. cards, fridge magnets, etc.) can count as one item.
We may ONLY DISPLAY ONE, and restock as needed.
Please do not abuse or complicate this allowance by bringing in a pile and then clogging
the submission table with an " OOOPs the blue one is $35, and the green one is $18, and .... "

ALL DTL ENTRIES MUST be SALE PRICED $99.99 OR LESS.
(Hint: "less" usually equals more likely sales = MORE $$$ for you--and for Artcite!!)

For this special fundraising event only, Artcite's commission is 30% for artworks sold.

All entries must be accompanied by a $15.00 handling fee (per artist).
That means you submit one or 10 items, and you pay $15 total, NOT per/ item.
This fee is WAIVED for current, paid-up Artcite members. . .
(so time to renew your membership, right?)

. . . and be clearly identified with:
* artist's name, full address (postal and e-mail, if avail) and telephone number;
* title, medium and sale price of work.

TO SAVE TIME when you drop-off your work,
you can download our handy DTL 2011 PDF entry form

Works accepted will be insured by Artcite during the exhibition ONLY.
Due to restrictions of storage space, Artcite cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage to unsold works
not picked up by Friday, Dec 30, 2011.Unsold works left at Artcite after Feb1 2012
without prior arrangement will be considered as donations.

Questions? Please call or fax us at:
(519) 977-6564 or e-mail us at: info@artcite.ca

Proceeds for this gala Christmas FUN(d)raiser® benefit the participating artists,
and help support Artcite's programming and operations.
Artcite is supported by the fundraising efforts of its members and volunteers,
and by the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council & the City of Windsor.

Attention Artciteur volunteer army!!!!

Are YOU available to help w/ DTL INSTALLATION or w/ holiday decorating (afternoon and evening shifts available)?
Have wacky, weirdo or vintage toys, books or Xmas decorations that you'd be willing to donate or lend (for a tax receipt)
for our always-fabulous Xmas window displays? Give us a call! We will feed/ caffeinate you and love you forever for your
generous volunteerism!

Please feel free to pass our DTL call on/ distribute to--any--and all--interested artists!

Artcite Inc.
109 University Avenue West
Windsor, Ontario N9A 5P4
www.artcite.ca

WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Here is a spot from Tom Lucier's DWBIA blog reporting on our 2010 sale:


Embedded video from Youtube courtesy of Tom Lucier/ DWBIA

Artcite's annual Christmas FUN(d)raising exhibition and sale which takes place every December! This annual event is not only important to Artcite as a fundraiser but is also an opportunity for many artists (some of whom have never previously shown their work) to exhibit and sell their works. It features an immense amount of artworks (!) by over many artists from the area, and-as always, many pieces are created specifically for this special exhibit by old and new Artcite members (and many non-members); as a rule, all work is priced under $99.99!

STITCH’N’BITCH + ARTIST TRADING CARDS!

Every month Artcite presents “Stitch ’n Bitch” and “Artist Trading Cards” events in our gallery space or at select off-site locations.
“Stitch ’n Bitch” events feature “how-to” and technique workshops, opportunities for collaborative creation and guest presentations
on various issues relating to the feminist landscape.
“Stitch’n’Bitch” is an international movement empowering and reclaiming “women’s work”
but guys can show up and mend their socks too!

Artist Trading Cards (ATC) are teeny works of art (2.5" x 3.5") that are made specifically to trade.
There are no restrictions of medium or theme and materials can range from collage, drawing, painting, glass, ceramic,
metal, fabric and melted wax to computer-generated imagery and photography, etc.
The creative intention behind the creations and trading of ATC’s is to present a non-commercial, non-hierarchal
avenue for artistic exchange — but more importantly, ATC sessions are meant to be FUN!
Cards are traded one-to-one and people of all ages and artistic abilities are encouraged to participate.

Artcite’s first monthly ATC event was launched in Spring 2007, with a generous gift of several ATC’s
by Vancouver artist Chuck Stake, for Artcite’s “25 Years to Life” anniversary art exhibition and festivities.
Local ATC production and trading has proven to be a success and the gallery
has seen a diverse turnout and increased interest with each trading session.

“Stitch’n’Bitch” and “Artist Trading Card” sessions are usually held on the last Thursday of every month.

“Stitch’n’Bitch” and “Artist Trading Cards” at Artcite now has a Facebook Group!
visit: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=105498902816276
to see what's next!

ART'S BIRTHDAY

"Art's Birthday" has become an annual celebration/event for the Windsor arts community, presented with a nod to French fluxus artist Robert Filliou (who first commemorated art's 1,000,000 birthday on January 17, 1963). Organized annually by Artcite Inc, "Art's Birthday" is truly a community-based celebration of the arts, and is presented in cooperation with other organizations in the community such as the Arts Council Windsor & Region, CJAM 91.5 fm, and Common Ground Gallery. Past "Art's Birthday" performances included: a number of live musical performances by City Wide Vacuum, Teach Yourself Piano (Sarah Atkinson & Kevin Atkinson); Six Guys Named Joe, who performed a tribute to the late Joe Strummer and the Clash; members of Windsor's Sexecutives goofball DJ collective; burlesque performance by "The Rack Sisters" (Nadja Pelkey, Juliana Schewe, and Pricilla Miller); belly dancing performance by Juliana Schewe; contortionist performance by Evann Frisque, among many others. Event proceeds benefit the Windsor arts community.

VISUAL FRINGE presented in partnership
with the “Windsor International Fringe Festival”
Located in sites throughout downtown Windsor!

See our current visual fringe listing: http://www.artcite.ca/upcoming.html#visualfringe2011

For the fourth year , Artcite will host the Visual Arts component of the Windsor International Fringe Festival!

VISUAL FRINGE is an Open, unjuried and curated off-site exhibition; mixed media site installations, interventions and performances Exciting and cutting edge contemporary art by local and international artists
coming to a downtown storefront near YOU!

What is this thing called “FRINGE”?!?
Fringe Performance Festivals have been entertaining audiences for over 50 years,
beginning with the original festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1947.
Over the past 20 years, the Fringe movement in Canada has grown to 18 festivals,
and Canada now enjoys more Fringe Fests than any other country in the world!
The 2011 Windsor International Fringe Festival will feature several performance stages
in Windsor’s downtown core, presenting 21+ independent theatre productions. 2011
Windsor Fringe partners include the Actors Theatre of Windsor, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the City of Windsor, St. Clair College, the DWBIA, area businesses, the U of W, numerous Windsor arts organizations and institutions (like ARTCITE!),
theatre groups, AM800, the Windsor Star, ETC!.

For the last 3 years, with the generous project support of downtown Windsor landlords, business owners and the City of Windsor, Artcite placed a variety of art in a wide range of storefront, in-store and available-for-rent retail spaces. Artists from Windsor and surrounding areas, including the Detroit area, exhibited their artwork in non-traditional, storefront venues.


See our current visual fringe listing:
http://www.artcite.ca/upcoming.html#visualfringe2011

Visit our VISUAL FRINGE 2010 Flickr pages: http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualfringe2010/sets/

And browse the history pages listings;
http://www.artcite.ca/history_p%20folder/2010.html#visualfringe2010
http://www.artcite.ca/history_p%20folder/2009.html#visualfringe2009
and http://www.artcite.ca/history_p%20folder/2008.html#visualfringe2008

to see what all the fun looks like!

ARTSEEN

Artseen 12 boiler room space before (l) and after with mixed media work "Faith" by Suzanne Konyha

Our sometimes annual unjuried, off-site showcase of new and experimental visual art,
site-specific installation, film, video and performance art takes place in fall.
It features Windsor and Detroit area artists showing their stuff in a unique non-gallery environment
(participants in past years have numbered as many as 75 artists and collectives)!
Past "ARTSEEN" locations have included a disused warehouse and box factory;
a vacant post office and government building; a 1930s-era office building,
a former turn-of-the century dairy, and a former police station! For Artseen 13, we scaled
down the concept and presented 60 Shelf-specific installations on Artcite's gallery walls!

The next show will be our 14th showcase!

FAHRENHEIT

See our 2011 Archive at: http://www.artcite.ca/history_p%20folder/2011.html#fahrenheit2011

Artcite Inc., Windsor's artist-run centre for the contemporary Arts schedules the
ANNUAL FAHRENHEIT FESTIVAL OF FIRE SCULPTURE”; in partnership with the Control.Burn Collective,
the Town of LaSalle and the Vollmer Culture & Recreation Complex, each year in mid September.

Our 2011 Fahrenheit was held on SATURDAY, September 24, 2011 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
at the LaSalle Vollmer Culture and Recreation Center, and featured:

Big ART BURN of 10+ original Fire Sculptures, made on site by Canadian artists!
Fiery Feats of Daring by Detroit's acclaimed Bacchanal Promotions Circus and Fire Juggling troupe!
Live Music by Lonesome Lefty (and special guests)!
Event music by CJAM 99.1 FM's DJ "Velvet" Vernon Smith
Food and Beverage concessions on site!
Facepainting for the kids, and much, much more!

The Fahrenheit Festival is a family-friendly, truly "spectacular" spectacle in the great outdoors
-- And still is Canada’s only Fire Sculpting festival.

Fire sculpture harnesses the beauty of fire as a creative, performative act: the beauty of "Fire Sculpture" is not limited to
the creation of a beautiful object, but is rather focused on how each unique sculpture burns.

Skilled fire artists are able to use a minimum of means to control and shape the fire, to choke oxygen in order to control tempo
and pace, and to manipulate the burning pattern so that the fire sculpture doesn't resemble, or burn, like a bonfire.

The big art "burn" is fleeting, kinetic and encompasses a singular moment that can never be precisely restaged.
The lasting value of the unique art form of “Fire Sculpture” is literally created before the spectator's eyes:
the final "art work" is only completed when the sculptures are set alight and witnessed by the crowd.



See highlights of the 2008 Fahrenheit Festival on Youtube

In 2002 Artcite hosted the inaugural "Fahrenheit". Our 2009 festival was attended by over 2,000 guests.
Since 2006, Artcite Inc. and the Control.Burn Collective have held the Fahrenheit Festival of Fire Sculpture
in partnership with the Town of LaSalle at the the Vollmer Culture & Recreation Complex.

For 2011, Fahrenheit returned after a one-year hiatus to a significantly improved outdoor venue
at the Vollmer Complex's Pond Park. A week of rain made the venue too muddy, so the burn site moved to a dryer
gravel lot South of hte Vollmer Center. Despite reduced attendance, the fire sculptures were burned before
an enthusiastic viewing audience of appx. 1200 adults and kids

Fire Sculpture Artists for featured in Fahrenheit 2011 were:

Denis Bolohan, Cookstown ON
Steve Daigle, Windsor ON
Wayne Tousignant, Amherstburg ON
Martin Utrosa, Windsor ON
Rod Strickland’s class U of Windsor, Visual Arts Program
Mike Marcon, Windsor ON
Pat Conrad, Kingsville ON
Bryan Lane, Belleville ON
Ruth Janzen, Kingsville ON
Ed Janzen, Kingsville ON
Mathew Romain, Windsor O


Images from our 2009 Fahrenheit Festival on Flickr - account can also be viewed HERE



See highlights of the 2009 Fahrenheit Festival on Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=602qC8rz52s

The FAHRENHEIT FESTIVAL OF FIRE SCULPTURE is presented in co-operation with the Control.Burn Collective,
a group of artists interested in employing fire in the creation of ephemeral works of art, and is co-sponsored by
the Town of LaSalle Culture & Recreation Department and CJAM 99.1 FM.

Artcite also acknowledges the additional support of its members and volunteers
and the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Windsor.

Artists wishing to propose a work for inclusion in our next event should address correspondance
through Artcite to the Control.Burn Collective - a semi-autonomous subcommittee of Artcite's programming committee.

The VISITORS IN THE ARTS Series (V.I.T.A.)

The V.I.T.A. project brings practicing artist and curators into our community for the purpose of lectures, studio visits and critical discussions. Each year, about six new visitors are invited to Windsor through this program.
(To visit the VITA Website which includes an extensive archive, please click above)

DAY WITHOUT ART

Artcite Inc participates in a day of mourning each December 01.
This annual art vigil is honored by members of the art community
and various social service agencies. Activities/strategies undertaken to acknowledge this international day of mourning
and action in response to the AIDS crisis have involved symbolic exhibition closings and the shrouding of public artwork,
as well as the "blacking out" of websites in more recent years...

ARTISTS + MODELS

1: Artists + Models (1986)
2: Fantasies For The Future (1987)
3: Fashion Maneuvers-- Style Under Attack (1988)
4: Global Garb (1989)
5: Second Skin-- Fashionable Defense Mechanisms (1993)
6: Neuroskin (1994)
7: Going Baroque (1996)

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