Submission Guidelines
Deadline: September 15 - Guest Renter Program

Each year, Open Studio accepts Guest Renters who are established printmakers from outside of Toronto.

BENEFITS INCLUDE:

• One month, rent-free, independent use of studio
• Artist lecture with $150 honorarium
  

TO APPLY:
*Email applications are not accepted.*

Please submit:

• Artist Statement - 250 words max.
• A Proposal for a new project involving print media on a separate sheet from your Artist Statement - 250 words max.
• A curriculum vitae with current address, telephone number and email address.
• Twelve (12) images – please follow guidelines below.
• A corresponding image list indicating: number, date, title, medium and dimensions (specify inches/cm).
• Preferred dates: Projects are scheduled between September and April, starting a minimum of one year following the application deadline. Every effort will be made to accommodate your preferred dates, keeping in mind studio programming and assistance requirements.
• All text documents (proposal, CV, image list) must be submitted with the application as printed documents and saved on your disc as PDFs.
• A self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your application materials returned. Please use only stamps, and not prepaid, dated postage meter tapes. If submitting from outside Canada, please include International Postage Reply Coupons, available at your local Post Office. Submissions that do not include postage will not be returned.

Important: If digital support material submitted with your application does not follow the guidelines below, your application may be considered incomplete and may be withdrawn from the competition.

Digital images must be submitted on a CD or DVD. Image files must be:

• MAC-compatible
• in .jpg or .pdf file format
• a maximum of 1 MB file size each
• a maximum resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels, and
• RGB or greyscale colour mode files only (no CMYK).

File names must be in the following format:
01initialsyeartitle.jpg (image number, applicant’s initials, year of the work, title of the work). Image numbers must correspond to the ones on your image list.

Annual Deadline for Submissions: Submissions must be received by Open Studio by 5:00 pm on September 15. Where September 15 falls on a weekend, the deadline will be the following Monday.

Projects will be scheduled to take place between the months of September and April, starting a minimum of one year following the application deadline.

Mail Application to:
The Visiting Artist Committee
c/o OPEN STUDIO
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 104
Toronto, Ontario Canada
M5V 3A8
phone/fax: (416) 504-8238
E-mail: office@openstudio.on.ca

Email applications are not accepted

NOTIFICATION:
Submissions will be juried* and notification sent out approximately eight weeks from the deadline. Submissions not selected will be returned in the self-addressed, stamped envelopes provided. All applicants will be notified of the outcome of the competition. No telephone or email inquiries, please.

* The Visiting Artist and Guest Renter Selection Committee is comprised of 5 peer jurors as follows:
1. Chair of Open Studio's Programming Committee
2. A member of Open Studio's Programming Committee
3. An Open Studio Artist (member or renter)
4. An artist/curator/writer/arts administrator from the larger visual arts community OR an Open Studio Artist (member or renter)
5. A past Open Studio Visiting Artist
—Open Studio’s Technical Director attends this meeting as a technical resource but does not vote.

For eligibility requirements, please click here.

Past guest artists include: Fei Disbrow, Emanuelle Jacques, Jeanette Johns, Alison Judd, Kevin Haas, Amanda MacDonald, Dax Morrison, Minna Resnick, Robynn Smith and Catherine Stewart