GALLERY 44
401 Richmond St W # 120 M5V 3A8 Toronto, ON, Canada

Last Call for our Mentorship and Student Employment Opportunities! Summer Photography Mentorships Deadline: May 7, 2021... Membership and Education Assistant (YCW, Returning Student) Deadline: May 9, 2021 Visit the link for more information on how to apply!

ONLINE WORKSHOP: POETICS & POLITICS OF STILL LIFE Dainesha Nugent-Palache, May 15, 1:00PM Join artist Dainesha Nugent-Palache in this workshop that highlights the poetics and politics of still life photography. Participants will explore the ways in which objects can be used to build and trace larger narratives such as identity and migration, while also considering how the use of satire and pastiche can be implemented to add critical layers. The workshop will culminate with a ...group discussion which considers these elements. Participants are encouraged to pre-select an object of personal significance to be used in the final portion of the session. Through her performative video works and photographs, Toronto-based artist Dainesha Nugent-Palache explores the dichotomies and paradoxes inherent in representations of Afro-Caribbean femininities. Dainesha’s artwork flirts with anthropological and archaeological realms, often produced as a result of her familial digging. Her practice is concerned with visualizations of Black diaspora across pasts, presents, and speculative futures, producing portraits and other still life-based works. With an exuberant approach to colour and display, Daineshas work often negotiates with forms of glamour, excess, and other photographic strategies inherent to the visual cultures of capitalism. Dainesha graduated from OCAD University’s photography program where she was the recipient of the Dorothy Hoover Research Award, and the OCAD University Photography Faculty and Friends Award, she is also a recipient of the 2021 National Gallery Photography Award. Her artwork has been exhibited Nationally through venues such as the AGO, Gallery TPW, TRUCK Contemporary, and internationally in New York, Finland, and Vienna, and can be found in The Wedge Collection, Toronto Dominion Bank Art Collection, as well as several private collections. Dainesha is also a founding member of the plumb. Register now to reserve a spot!

ONLINE WORKSHOP: PICTURING PLEASURE: THE EROTIC IN THE EVERYDAY Steven Beckly, May 8, 1:00PM Casting an intimate gaze on the erotic realm, this workshop invites participants to consider the roles of pleasure, sensuality and eroticism in their everyday lives. Drawing from a range of contemporary image-based practices, artist Steven Beckly will demonstrate various ways of shaping the erotic through image, object and encounter. Attending to the nuances and subtleties of the ever...yday, we will look at aesthetic strategies, including materiality, installation, and collaboration, that can expand our understanding of the erotic. Probing the erotic image as a radical space of meaning, we will uncover and explore the complexities emerging from visual representation, desire, beauty and power. Steven Beckly is a Chinese artist who works with photography, sculpture and installation. Recent solo exhibitions include Lightbringer at Stride Gallery, Calgary; The heart can’t wait at Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto; and Love S.O.S. at Centre3, Hamilton. Beckly’s work has been featured in exhibitions at the Remai Modern, Saskatoon; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Based in Tkaronto/Toronto, Beckly is represented by Daniel Faria Gallery. Register below to reserve a spot!

Attention all returning students. Gallery 44 has a summer position available Membership and Education Assistant (YCW, Returning Student) Deadline: May 9, 2021... 30 hours per week, including Saturdays and some evenings 10-week, fixed term contract Wage: $18.00/hour + 4% vacation pay June 1 August 6, 2021 Gallery 44 is a dynamic space and artist-run centre led by a dedicated group of artists, curators, and educators. We are seeking a highly motivated individual to support two of the gallery's key programming areas. The position of Membership and Education Assistant helps to implement Gallery 44's mission and vision by administering G44's education, outreach, and membership mandates and programs. This role collaborates with two management staff to oversee youth and adult educational programs, as well as ongoing membership activities and spaces, including galleries, production facilities and equipment. Specifically, the position will contribute to OUTREACH, G44's award-winning education program for underserved youth, and members' exhibition programming, as well as day-to-day gallery and studio operations. The role offers a unique opportunity for an exceptional student to develop professionally in a collaborative work environment, alongside a supportive and engaged community of volunteers, staff and Board members. We anticipate the position will run as a split work-from-home and in-office scenario. Working in response to pandemic restrictions, the role will pivot to strictly work-from-home if necessary. Visit the link below for more information on how to apply. https://www.gallery44.org//membership-and-education-assist

Gallery 44 has some exciting upcoming mentorship and employment opportunities! Summer Photography Mentorships Deadline: May 7, 2021... Calling all emerging BIPOC photographers! Want to develop your technical skills? Business savvy? Visual storytelling? Learn one-on-one with a professional photographer in this experimental mentorship program! Mentorship period: June 1 August 30, 2021 5 mentorships available $500 honorarium paid to mentees Membership and Education Assistant (YCW, Returning Student) Deadline: May 9, 2021 30 hours per week, including Saturdays and some evenings 10-week, fixed term contract Wage: $18.00/hour + 4% vacation pay June 1 August 6, 2021 Visit the link below for more information on how to apply. https://www.gallery44.org/about#opportunities

Join us tomorrow at 2:00PM EDT for an online screening and artist talk with Elise Rasmussen and Lauren Fournier. Be sure to sign up below to secure a spot, it's free!

Are you an Ontario-based professional media artist who has a confirmed, upcoming public exhibition? Gallery 44 is a recommender to the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Exhibition Assistance Program. The program provides grants to assist individual artists with costs related to presenting their work in an exhibition. Exhibitions in Ontario, other Canadian provinces and international locations are all eligible. Deadline: November 27, 2020, 1PM ET.... For more information about the program visit the link below!

ONLINE WORKSHOP - Creative Prompts for Raw Nerve Endings Geneviève Wallen. During the first wave of COVID, a trend of capturing moments of stillness emerged on Instagram. This manifested as detailed oriented pictures such as blooming trees, peculiar storefront signs, beautiful evening skies, or contrasting textures joined on the same surface. Intriguing visual accounts of one's adventures in their immediate surroundings have filled feeds with pockets of travelling logs, sha...ring a slice of escapism. This workshop, led by curator and writer Geneviève Wallen, aims to cultivate and explore the effects provided by small wonders and simple awes. Participants will receive a list of seven playful photographic prompts to complete before the workshop. During the online workshop, participants will be invited to share their images and experiences with the other participants. Following the sharing session, participants will come together to collectively generate more prompts to support creative energies during the upcoming pandemic winter. A practice in play, sharing and exploring, this workshop aims to reinvigorate creativity and hone an appreciation for the often overlooked details. Visit the link to register!

Call for Applicants Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs | Full-time position Deadline: November 29, 2020 by 5 PM... Gallery 44 is a dynamic space and a leading artist-run centre led by a dedicated group of artists, curators and educators. We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team. The Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs works on behalf of the Board, staff and members of Gallery 44, in consultation with the Exhibition Programming Committee, to develop and administer Gallery 44’s exhibitions and public programs. The main responsibilities of this position are to oversee two exhibition spaces (the Main Gallery and Vitrines), and coordinate the publishing program, which includes exhibition catalogues. The Curator also coordinates all other exhibition-related programs, as well as auxiliary public programs, which may take a variety of forms such as performances, lectures, artist talks, reading groups, screenings, et cetera. Major Responsibilities Include: Programs: In consultation with the Exhibition Programming Committee and the Executive Director, the Curator develops and implements all exhibitions-related programming as well as auxiliary public programs, including, but not limited to, artist talks, panel discussions, tours and accompanying publications. The Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs coordinates with guest curators and writers, and they themselves curate and/or write about exhibitions. Additionally, this position oversees the artist-in-residence and writer-in-residence programs, with support of the Executive Director and gallery staff. Promotion: Assists in the promotion of exhibitions and public programs, contributing to marketing plans, producing press materials, overseeing the production of promotional materials and updating the website. Administration: Coordinates calls, submissions, and submission reviews, assists with grant-writing by preparing information specific to exhibition programs, liaises with artists, prepares contracts and contributes to annual and project budgets, coordinates shipping and oversees exhibition installation. Sits on the Gallery’s Access and Inclusive Action Committee, and contributes to tasks related to its annual work plan, including ongoing research, policy development and review, and liaising with community advisors. The Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs also trains and supervises interns to assist with administrative tasks. General Office: Assists in day-to-day office duties such as answering telephone and walk-in inquiries, talking to student groups, assisting with G44 member inquiries and transactions, assisting with mailings, attending staff meetings, and other general office tasks as needed.

Gallery 44's Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs, Heather Rigg, is moving on to exciting new opportunities. Heather has been a valued member of the team since 2018. During her time at the gallery, Heather held reading groups and curated a number of poignant exhibitions championing the work of Eve Tagny, Jawa El Khash, Nam Phi Dang, Tricia Livingston and Elisabeth Belliveau, among others. Her contributions will be greatly missed but we wish her all the best in her futu...re endeavours! With this change comes an exciting opportunity; we are now seeking applications for the position of Curator of Exhibitions and Public Programs. For more information on the call for applicants visit: https://www.gallery44.org//curator-of-exhibitions-and-publ

We've launched our new website just in time for our upcoming exhibition! A Few Howls Again Silvia Kolbowski... *Main Gallery + Vitrines* October 31 - December 12, 2020 Silvia Kolbowski: A Few Howls Again presents film and photographic works by Argentine-born New York-based artist Silvia Kolbowski. Kolbowski’s research-based visual and textual practice addresses questions of temporality, historicization, political resistance, and the unconscious. In this exhibition, video, collage and installation work by the artist examine contemporary issues around political narrativization and power structures through historical figures and film history. This exhibition will create a space to nurture the multiple dialogues embedded in Kolbowski’s practice and explore its capacious ability to gesture outward to our present political moment. In collaboration with the artist, the curators have selected fragments from Kolbowski’s archive that frame both the broad and personal stakes of her work. As Kolbowski is also a prolific writer on art and politics, A Few Howls Again will extend into written word through the inclusion of selected texts. Curated by Alexandra Symons Sutcliffe, Jared Quinton and Magdalyn Asimakis. Exhibitions are open by appointment only Tuesday to Saturday 12-5PM. Maximum 5 visitors in the gallery and masks must be worn at all times. https://www.gallery44.org/exhibitions/a-few-howls-again