The West Central Women’s Resource Centre exists to empower women to help themselves, their families and their community to safer, healthier lifestyles. Our home is the diverse West Central neighbourhood of Winnipeg. We work toward achieving our vision using a Women Centered Approach, informed by the lived experience of the diverse women in our community. Our shared vision is for a healthy, sustainable, equitable, just and peaceful community where women’s knowledge and experience is valued and respected. Our vision includes women having hope and strength while living out equal social, economic and political rights.
Relevant Information for Artist:
Artists interested in creating an original art piece for the West Central Women’s Resource Centre are called to submit a proposal for our consideration. The art project must use a participatory approach by engaging community women who access our centre in an act of artistic creation that is unique, regardless of skill level.
The artist is asked to take the lead in the creation of an art project while at the same time include community women in the process of creation.
Work Media: WCWRC is flexible and open to various ideas. We may consider a mural, collage, painting, photographs, mosaic etc. The objective of this project is to create a piece of art with some of the community women who access our centre. The number of community women to participate in the project can be up to the artist. Our goal is to have a finished work of art that can be displayed in our sewing room while at the same time strengthen community bonds and leave the woman at our centre with a sense of pride because of their role in the creative process.
Work Size: Artists can come look at our space and suggest ideas they think would be suitable for a large wall in our sewing room. At present, the wall is an empty palette!
Funding: The WCWRC will provide the selected artist with an honorarium of $1225. to cover the cost of art supplies as well as the artist’s time.
Entry Requirements:
1. Please provide a cover letter describing your art proposal. Please speak clearly to how you will create a piece of art using a participatory approach with the community women who our organization serves.
2. Attach images of previous art work to give our organization insight into your style and talent.
3. An artist resume is ideal but not necessary.
Timeline: WCWRC would like the project to begin in early August with the hope of having a completed piece of art to display in our sewing room by August 31rst, 2012.
Selection Process: A small committee will review the art proposals and notify the selected artist by Friday Aug. 3rd, 2012.
Selection Criteria:
· Appropriateness of project to the audience at WCWRC
· Participatory nature of the project
· Overall professional quality and aesthetic of work. Creativity.
· Ability to accomplish an artwork for public presentation in a timely manner and within the designated budget
· Longevity of the art piece
Please submit your proposal to:
West Central Women’s Resource Centre
Att: Candielya Jackson
640 Ellice Street
Winnipeg, MB
R3G 0A7
(204) 774-8975
[email protected]
www.wcwrc.ca
