Eligibility and Submission Guidelines
Don Phillips Scholarship
Deadline: May 1

Eligibility
•The Don Phillips Scholarship is for a student currently enrolled in an undergraduate art programme (full or part-time) with a printmaking major at an accredited Canadian institution who will be graduating in the Spring of the year of application and who will not be returning to studies full-time in September.
•The recipient will be chosen for artistic merit. The recipient’s main activity will be in print media.
• Students from all Canadian post-secondary institutions are eligible.
• The recipient must have sufficient technical ability to be able to work independently in a cooperative facility.

Benefits
The scholarship recipient will receive the following:
• Rent-free access to the Studio for a period of one year starting the September following your application submission. There must be a minimum stay of eight months.
• Assistance for professional development workshops of $500.
• Materials assistance up to $1000 for materials used during tenure.
• Tuition-free access to workshops and one eight-week class offered by Open Studio. (Subject to the courses having met minimum enrollment and having not exceeded the maximum).
• Exhibition in the George Gilmour Gallery with Exhibition Fee $300.
• Open Studio is equipped for artists working with photographic, digital and other hybrid art forms within print media.

Obligations
The scholarship recipient will be required to:
• Provide the Studio with one proof from every edition printed during the scholarship period. These proofs become part of the Open Studio’s Archives.
• Provide the Studio with two fundraising prints.
• Maintain a consistent art production schedule during the tenure of this scholarship.
• The recipient will be required to pay only the applicable materials or supply fees.
* Present an artist talk at the opening reception of their exhibition.

APPLICATIONS
To be considered for this scholarship, please forward the following to:

The Scholarship Committee (Don Phillips)
Open Studio
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 104
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8

*Email applications are not accepted.

Required:

• 8-10 images – please follow guidelines below.
  
• A corresponding image list indicating size, medium, title and date for all images.
  
• Artist statement and outline of artistic direction during residency - maximum 250 words, combined total. Before applying, please review our list of intaglio/relief, lithography, screenprinting and photo exposure equipment, to ensure that your proposed project can be accomplished in our studio.
• An outline of print experience detailing specific equipment used and courses taken - maximum 250 words.
  
• A curriculum vitae with current address, telephone number and email address.
  
• All text documents (statement, CV, image list) must be submitted with the application as printed documents and saved on your disc as PDFs.
  
• Two academic letters of recommendation, from post-secondary instructors who are famliar with your work. Letters of recommendation may arrive under separate cover, as long as they arrive before the deadline. Please ensure that referees speak to your technical printmaking skills and your ability to work unassisted/unsupervised in a professional print shop environment.
  
• A self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your application materials returned. Please use only stamps, and not dated postage meter tapes. Submissions without an SASE will not be returned.
• Please do not send any additional materials beyond what is requested here; additional materials such as catalogues and press clippings will not be seen by the jury.
  

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.

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. If you have not provided a self-addressed stamped envelope, your submission will not be returned. All applicants will be notified of the outcome of the competition. No telephone or email inquiries, please.

The Fellowship Selection Committee is comprised of 3 jurors as follows:

• A member of Open Studio's Programming Committee
• An Open Studio artist (member or renter)
• An arts educator who has not been cited as a reference in any of the applications under consideration.
  *Open Studio's Director attends this meeting but does not vote.

Annual Deadline for Submissions: Applications must be received by Open Studio by 5:00 pm on May 1. Where May 1 falls on a weekend, the deadline will be the following Monday.

For eligibility requirements, please click here.