Critical Distance
180 Shaw Street, Suite 302 M6J 2W5 Toronto, ON, Canada

R/P Job Opportunity at @cafkabiennial Call for applications: Program Manager. CAFKA is currently seeking a Program Manager to join its team. This is a full-time contract position that will report to the Board of Directors and General Manager. Please see the link in our bio for the full job description. Application deadline Monday March 8th, 2021.... #CAFKA #CallForApplications #ProgramManager #Apply #Biennial #PublicArt #ContemporaryPublicArt

On February 19 2021, the City of Toronto served a Notice of Application for a court injunction against local carpenter Khaleel Seivwright, to halt the construction, placement, and relocation of tiny shelters. Over the past few months, Toronto Tiny Shelters have provided warmth, privacy and security for many people who have been living in encampments across the city. The work of Khaleel and countless advocates and volunteers is critical because it is rooted in finding pragmati...c and humane solutions for people’s survival in the absence of permanent housing or viable and accessible indoor shelter space. We encourage you to take part in the collective action of writing to our city councillors to condemn this egregious exercise of power and demand to: -Drop the notice against Khaleel; and don’t pursue future action to others who are providing aide -Expropriate hotels and buildings in the downtown core to create rent-geared-to-income housing -Ban encampment evictions - we still want an eviction moratorium on encampment evictions -Defund the police and Parks Ambassadors - the money spent on enforcement could be better spent on long-term housing for people For more information and to support @torontotinyshelters, visit the link in bio. #HousingNotLawsuits #EvictTory #TOpoli #JohnTory

Critical Distance - February 2021 Update - https://mailchi.mp/criticaldis/december-2020-update-4819291

R/P Very excited and looking forward to @ma_ma________ publication for their Winter 2020 exhibition 'a big heritage with a glorious past' shown at @critical.distance, and featuring the works of @afictionalastronaut and @yaknowme.eleana coming soon! our publication for the exhibition a big heritage with a glorious past published by critical distance center for curators. it opened a year ago we miss celebrating together

R/P @koffler.digital . Insightful words from artist, curator, and all around wonderful @lizikiriko (who also is in @critical.distance's Programming Advisory) on creative process and intuition. Check out @koffler.digital's Call for Submissions for their upcoming online exhibition - details below! ... Artist and curator Liz Ikiriko (@lizikiriko) made headlines last week as she becomes the first Black artist whose work has been acquired by Dunlop Art Gallery (@dunlopartgallery) for permanent collection. In 2018, Ikiriko spoke about her creative practice in our publication Work in Process. Discussing the ways in which she embeds herself into her work, Ikiriko detailed the role of interior worlds as a processing tool in her practice. She states: My process begins very unguarded. Intuitively, I start gathering experiences, ideas, fragments of stories as well as tactile materials that are often very personal. This stage is not for the public. I draw from within, and avoid creating barriers or prescribed ways of presenting this work, I set aside worries of it feeling too raw or exposed. I spend time with these elements and then I begin to build, connect and tie the components together. Looking for inspiration for your proposal? Check out Work in Process and other past Koffler.Digital exhibitions and publications at the link in our bio Submissions for our call for proposals are due February 21, 11:59pm

Dr. Carmen Robertson and CUAG invite you to a free public discussion on Indigenous curatorial practice featuring three Indigenous curators: Lee-Ann Martin, Suzanne Morrissette and Danielle Printup. This lively conversation will explore the importance of relationships to Indigenous curatorial practice: to artists, to art, to land and to all living beings. Martin, Morrissette and Printup will take up a range of issues relating to how their curatorial practice draws upon living knowledges in ways that serve as agents of change. Click below for more details and to register:

R/P @thehivhowler We’re live! For our TIME+MONEY issue, The HIV Howler is thinking about the hustle... How do artists living with HIV make money and survive amidst capitalism? Are you sick of being asked to volunteer or work for free?... Do you have the time and resources to make the art that matters most to you? This survey is for anyone who self-identifies as an HIV+ artist, working in ANY arts medium from visual art to writing to performing arts and more. We are doing this survey as a collective of artists/activists interested in artist labour and equity. Please REPLY BY NOVEMBER 10, 2020 to be included in the first wave of info to be released in Issue 5. If you are HIV negative, DO NOT fill it out - please support by sharing the survey in your networks. Thank you. Link in bio. https://forms.gle/GHERvgPUgTycw75B7 #hivpositive #hivpositiveartists #wagegap #artworkiswork @ccaexhibitions @realtimeandspace @southernexposuresf @torontoartscouncil @visual_aids

Join us Thursday, November 12, from 2-5pm for the next event in our Public Displays of Affection series! Plain Language in Arts Writing Workshop led by Victoria Anne Warner and Tamyka Bullen... Much has been said about the art world’s reliance on obscure or difficult language. But language complexity also opens up questions of access. This workshop explores the role of plain language in arts writing. Working with plain language creates an opportunity to widen the reach of your writing to include folks whose first language is not English (which includes ASL speakers) and folks with learning disabilities, processing disabilities, and Neurodiverse brains. How can weas artists, arts writers, and arts publishersmake better use of plain language? What challenges does plain language produce? How can plain language best convey complex thought? Join Victoria Anne Warner of @tangled_arts and artist/performer @tamykabullen in this participatory workshop, introducing plain language strategies for arts writing of all kinds. . Limited spaces available - reserve your ticket and learn more below: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/plain-language-in-arts-writing-

We invite you to take part in an info session to learn more about our upcoming Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario Recommender Grants! In this ...session, we’ll be sharing information about the grants including requirements, eligibility, deadlines, and COVID-19 updates, as well as providing you with a space to ask any questions you might have. The session will take place over Zoom. ASL interpretation and live captioning will be provided. RSVP to the info session here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oac-recommender-grants-info-ses Image description: OAC Recommender Grants Information Session in black text on a grey background. Tangled Art + Disability logo in the bottom right.

We’re excited to partner with @reelasian for AKA Don Bonus by Spencer Nakasako for #reelasian24, available online from Nov 12-19. Filmed and released in 1995, the film can be seen as a forerunner of the now-popular diary or vlog documentary format. AKA Don Bonus takes you through the journey of Cambodian-born Sokly Don Bonus Ny takes a Hi8 camcorder into his final year of high school in the San Francisco Bay Area, documenting intersecting events happening at school, at home, and amongst friends and family. Join us for #reelasian24 online, across Canada for the first time, from Nov 12 19. Register for your FREE tickets today at reelasian.com! Apply our promo code FourEggNest to receive a 15% discount for all other screenings.

ArtWorksTO is keeping the ball rolling! After receiving applications to the NEXT stream from youth media artists (18-29) who identify as Indigenous, Black and ...People of Colour and/or 2SLGBTQ+ to gain professional experience, skills and network in the media arts industry; we're announcing the FOUNDATIONS STREAM.... ArtWorksTO Foundations Stream | For emerging, early and mid-career creative professionals who want to grow their independent enterprises and boost their professional profile through paid work and creative networking experiences. The Foundations Stream offers: - Skills to Work: a guaranteed, paid creative contract with an industry partner. - NetWorking: industry networking, masterclasses, and panels offered by the Remix Project, Neighbourhood Arts Network, and the City of Toronto. - Industry Insider: industry mentorship provided by the Remix Project The deadline to apply is DECEMBER 18. https://neighbourhoodartsnetwork.org//education-and-profes

R/P Panel discussion happening today at 2PM with Doleen Tisawii'ashii Manning, who was featured in our Oct. 2019 exhibition Access is Love and Love is Complicated! Read more below @projectrevision Sept 30th, 2-3:30pm! "The Murmuration of Birds: An Anishinaabe Ontology of Mnidoo-Worlding," a talk by Dr. Dolleen Tisawii’ashii Manninga Queen's National Scholar in Anishinaabe Language, Knowledge and Culture (ALKC) @queensuniversity with Sebastian De Line as discussant. ...Hosted by @emergentfutures. What does a bird actually see when it is part of a large flock? In a murmuration, a flock of starlings interweave intricate, cascading flight patterns around land, wind, and other flock formations, without ever colliding. In our upcoming talk, Dr. Manning will elaborate on Ojibwe Anishinaabe ontology through what she terms mnidoo-worlding, which takes as its starting point the presumption of a life-world populated by human and other-than-human persons, "entities/bodies'' or, rather, potencies. During these times of radical uncertainty, continuing threats of colonialism, racism, capitalism and climate genocide, Dr. Dolleen Manning discusses what can we learn from wading into subtle mnidoo regions to collaboratively imagine new futures and formations. Full details and registration: https://www.urgentemergent.org/talking-unce/mnidoo-worlding Image description: The event poster. Black text on a yellowish background says Talking Uncertainty #02: The Murmuration of Birds: An Anishinaabe Ontology of Mnidoo-Worlding Dr. Dolleen Tisawii’ashii Manning. Queen's National Scholar in Anishinaabe Language, Knowledge and Culture Queen’s University with Sebastian De Line as discussant. Wednesday September 30, 2020 2 - 3:30pm EST Become an EFC member to attend the online talk.

Come work with us! Canadian Art is hiring an Audience Development & Digital Coordinator.

Big thank you to everyone who has signed up so far for our first PDA event - we are looking forward to kicking off our program this Monday! If you haven't already, make sure to check out and register for the 2nd event in our Public Displays of Affection series: Case Study: A distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention... Conversation [email protected], @shanfinnegan,andRamya Amuthan Sunday, October 4, 2pm via Zoom In August 2019, artists Aislinn Thomas and Shannon Finnegan published a broadsheet and accessible PDF forA distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention: Six writers respond to six sculpturesthrough the Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Centre. Also presented as a series of sound works, the project invited writers and poets across Canada to produce creative audio descriptions for a range of public sculptures installed throughout the Banff Centre. For this case study session, Thomas and Finnegan will be in discussion, reflecting on the project and the challenges and opportunities of creative audio description in both accessible publishing and gallery/museum practices. They will be joined by Ramya Amuthan, host and producer at Accessible Media Inc, for further reflection. MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOLKS! REGISTER TO THIS FREE EVENT VIA LINK IN BIO!

We're thrilled to share a roundtable event/panel coming up in October featuring Ricky Varghese, one of Critical Distance's senior advisory committee members! Disruptive Anthologies: A Guide to Publishing a Queer Theory/Disability Studies Collection Wednesday, October 21st, 6:00pm to 8:00pm, via Zoom... Info + Register below: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/disruptive-anthologies-tickets-

Check out this panel event today at 1PM hosted by @ryerson_artspace moderated by @lizikiriko! Read more below for more details! This Thursday, September 24th, we will be hosting an online panel discussion via Zoom, "Ethics of Documentary Photography" in conversation with Pat Kane and Liam Maloney, moderated by Liz Ikirko. ... Check back soon for a Zoom link for pre-registeration! We are currently looking into live closed captioning options. The conversation will be recorded and archived on our website with closed-captioning. We understand that this is still prohibitive for live participation and are advocating that the university provide third-party live CC access to its Zoom license. @patkanephoto @liammaloneyphoto @lizikiriko

R/P OPEN CALL: Call to Curators ArtworxTO: Toronto's Year of Public Art offers curators a fresh take on a Toronto public art landmark site. Historically an incubator for artists cutting their teeth in the public realm, THIS call is for curators to program a season at the site...The public art landscape in TO is shifting, lovers....check out how you can participate...call out on @akimboart....link in bio.... . .... Tony Romano,Pigro(2019), as installed in the Toronto Sculpture Garden.#tonyromano . #ArtworxTO #torontosculpturegarden #publicart #torontoart #yearofpublicartto See more

Coming up next Monday, September 28 at 5:30PM! Join us for the first FREE event of Public Displays of Affection with a panel discussion on Crip Culture and Digital Experiments! Artists, activists, and others in disability communities have been adapting online tools and platforms for work and play since well before the pandemic forced able-bodied people online. What creative solutions and experiments in the digital sphere have been happening within disability communities?... What have we learned so far from the efforts to come together and adapt tools that were not designed with disability in mind? Join us as we discuss the particular joys and challenges of creative access in an online world, with reflections from Jessa Agilo, Aimi Hamraie, and Yo-Yo Lin. This conversation is moderated by Lindsay Fisher, Founder and Director of @creativeusers.art Register via Eventbrite below: https://www.facebook.com/events/1437024769835402

@InterAccess is seeking an emerging curator to join the organization under the auspices of the IA Current Program, which supports the professional development of emerging curators and artists interested in new media and electronic arts practices. Full details below:

We are very excited to announcePublic Displays of Affection(PDA), a new ongoing programming initiative exploring creative possibilities in accessible arts publishing.PDAwill work within disability arts communities and beyond, building on Kelly Fritsch’s notion that to crip is toopen up with desireto the ways that disability disrupts. Over the next several months,PDAwill produce a collective learning opportunity that considers the pleasures, desires, and disruptions ...of making arts publishing initiatives more accessible. Public Displays of Affectionwill run throughout the late 2020 and early 2021.To learn more about this program and the lineup of upcomingevents, visit the link in our bio! SAVE THE DATE: Monday, September 28th, 5:30pm - Join usfor the first event ofPublic Displays of Affectionwith apanel discussion on Crip Culture and Digital Experiments featuringJessa Agilo,Aimi Hamraie, andYo-Yo Lin,and moderated byLindsay FisherofCreative Users Projects. Artists, activists, and others in disability communities have been adapting online tools and platforms for work and play since well before the pandemic forced able-bodied people online. What creative solutions and experiments in the digital sphere have been happening within disability communities? What have we learned so far from the efforts to come together and adapt tools that were not designed with disability in mind? Join us as we discuss the particular joys and challenges of creative access in an online world! This event will be held online via Zoom, and will have ASL and captioning. Images will be described and presenters will describe themselves. If you have any other access requests or questions please [email protected] Register+ learn more via our link in bio!

September 2020 Newsletter Update featuring: BIllboard on Shaw featuring Zinnia Naqvi, in partnership with Gallery TPW | Progam Announcement: Public Displays of Affection | Critical Distance - Positions Statement https://mailchi.mp/criticaldistance/september-2020-update

Visual Artists Creation Projects covers eligible expenses such as material and supplies, production costs, studio space or equipment rental and other expenses. https://www.arts.on.ca/gra/visual-artists-creation-projects

ON VIEW NOW in front of @youngplaceto - stop by this weekend and check out @zsnax__'s billboard piece "The Border Guards Were Friendly," presented in partnership with @gallerytpw This image is part of a larger body of work that brings together the artist’s family photos with assemblages of books, games, and VHS tapes. Documenting a 1988 holiday across various tourist sites in Ontario, the images were taken as a reconnaissance mission of sorts, marking the family’s decisio...n to immigrate to Canada from Karachi, Pakistan. The mixture of personal snapshotsfeaturing places like the CN Tower and Cullen Gardens & Miniature Villagewith Zinnia’s deliberate object choices makes visible the tensions between Canada’s mythmaking of multiculturalism and the nation’s persistent legacies of colonialism and injustice. Zinnia Naqvi is an interdisciplinary artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal and Tkaronto/Toronto. Her work examines issues of colonialism, cultural translation, language, and gender through the use of photography, video, writing, and archival material. Recent works have included archival and re- staged images, experimental documentary films, video installations, graphic design, and elaborate still-lives. Her works often invite the viewer to question her process and working methods. To learn more about this work and concurrent programs, please visit our link in bio! *Peep our lovely little gathering featuring Zinnia and the team - we're missing hot summer days already

OAC’s Arts Response Initiative supports artists, groups, collectives and organizations in reimagining ways of working during the pandemic. Learn more: https://www.arts.on.ca/gr/activity/arts-response-initiative

Come and stop by Artscape Youngplace on Shaw to see our new billboard installation, featuring this wonderful and insightful work by Zinnia Naqvi, presented with Gallery TPW! Zinnia Naqvi's piece "The Border Guards Were Friendly" is her second contribution to Gallery TPW's ongoing project MOVEMENTS, an online and site-specific program reflecting on both the intimate scale of the body as it shifts through time and space, and organized actions that provoke vital, unsettling chan...ge. These projects shared within the context of MOVEMENTS call attention to the limits of inclusion, often disguised as generous invitations to participate as artists or as citizens. To learn more about this work and Gallery TPW's MOVEMENTS project, visit the links below: https://www.criticaldistance.ca//billboard-on-shaw-zinnia/ http://gallerytpw.ca/exhibitions/zinnia-naqvi-2/

We're thrilled to feature our new billboard installation now on view at Artscape Youngplacs, presented by @gallerytpw, showcasing Zinnia Naqvi's "The Border Guards Were Friendly", 2020. This billboard is presented in the context of Gallery TPW’s ongoing project MOVEMENTS, an online and site-specific program that reflects on both the intimate scale of the body as it shifts through time and space, and organized actions that provoke vital, unsettling change. The Border Guards ...Were Friendly is part of a larger body of work that brings together the artist’s family photos with assemblages of books, games, and VHS tapes. Documenting a 1988 holiday across various tourist sites in Ontario, the images were taken as a reconnaissance mission of sorts, marking the family’s decision to immigrate to Canada from Karachi, Pakistan. The mixture of personal snapshotsfeaturing places like the CN Tower and the Cullen Gardens & Miniature Villagewith Naqvi’s deliberate object choices makes visible the tensions between Canada’s mythmaking of multiculturalism and the nation’s persistent legacies of colonialism and injustice. In this particular image, Naqvi extends the project to consider the realities and failings of Canadian citizenship. Referencing surveillance culture and systems of public scrutiny, this work is an apt reminder that violent systems of policing are intrinsic to the maintenance of citizenship within a nation state. Who doesand who does nothave the right to move and subsist freely? @ Artscape Youngplace See more

JOB OPPORTUNITY | Lakeshore Arts The Operations Manager is the strategic link between many aspects of organizational development and sustainability, with a focus on creativity and administration. Deadline: Monday, August 24, 2020, at 11:59 PM For more info: http://ow.ly/w2D150B1Nbe

Upcoming Webinar: Navigating Public Art Funding for Indigenous Artists Join TAC Indigenous Arts Program Manager Tash Naveau, along with Dr. Julie Nagam, Artisti...c Director, Nuit Blanche and Camille Georgeson-Usher, Executive Director, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective, for a discussion on Public Art and funding opportunities for Indigenous artists, collectives and organizations in the lead up to ArtworxTO: Toronto's Year of Public Art 2021. WHEN: Friday, August 21, noon-1:30pm WHERE: Zoom register via Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/31LgHFa

Are you an aspiring Inuk filmmaker, videographer, or photographer? Or know someone who is? We're looking for stories about Inuit art, culture, history, lan...guage, and life in the Arctic that highlight perspectives of Inuit artists, Elders, knowledge keepers, storytellers, youth, and community members If that sounds like you, submit an application by the end of August! More info available at wag.ca in the Media section The WAG Inuit Art Centre Visible Vault is going digital thanks to Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada #digitalstrategyfund Pictured: Rendering of the WAG Inuit Art Centre, Michael Maltzan Architecture. See more

Job Opportunity I Artistic Director, b current Performing Arts b current performing arts is searching for an Artistic Director to helm their 29 year old company..., which produces new work by and about the Black and brown diaspora while creating a world in which their stories are held with respect and celebration. For more info: http://www.bcurrent.ca/work-with-us.html