small feats
What About Rodman Hall?
Deadline for submissions:
Thursday 24 March at 5PM at NAC
As an art gallery, Rodman Hall’s place in the consciousness of our
community has fluctuated over its fifty-five-year history. The gallery has
at times been a proud emblem of civic health and an indicator of our
collective progress, while at other tines it has been misunderstood and
purposefully marginalized.
The history of the Niagara Artists Centre and Rodman Hall are
intertwined. Rodman Hall’s founding curator and director, Peter Harris,
was also one of NAC’s founding sixteen members and NAC made an
early home in the Coach House on the grounds of Rodman.
small feats 2016
Presented by the Niagara Artists Centre
Sign on by Friday 12 February
Deadline for Art Works is Saturday 2 April at 4pm
SMALL FEATS is Saturday 9 April 2016
Artist members of NAC, your Artist-run Centre needs you! We’re
seeking remarkable works of art crammed into the confines of
a single square foot. We’re going to line the walls of our Dennis
Tourbin Members Gallery and sell them off at $200 a piece. We have
limited space and only the best works will be accepted. Contributing
artists choose to donate all or half the proceeds of their work to NAC.
NAC will supply some materials on request (canvas or masonite)
but photographic, mixed-media, and works on paper will also be
considered. You must be a member in good standing to participate.
The place of the Rodman Hall Art Centre in our community is once
again the subject of deliberation. Brock University, which in 2003
pledged to be the sole operator of the art gallery for twenty years, is
now reconsidering the terms of its supporting role. Why is it that our
community leaders have not always recognized the value of having a
strong, well-resourced public or university art gallery like Rodman Hall?
NAC is interested in the ideas that the visual artists of Niagara would
like to share about Rodman, an organization that is mandated to
support the development of artists and cultural workers in southern
Ontario, as well as providing art experiences that enrich peoples’ lives.
What is the role of a public gallery such as Rodman in a community like
ours? What will the future of Rodman Hall look like? What should our
community leaders recognize about the value of an art gallery such as
Rodman Hall?
Artists with works accepted for exhibition will be paid at rates above
those recommended by the Canadian Artists Representation Copyright
Collective (CARCC).
Questions about the exhibit can be directed to Stephen Remus at the
Niagara Artists Centre [email protected]. Please include ‘What About
Rodman Hall?’ in the subject line.
Let us know if you intend on making work by filling out the form
(above) and emailing it to [email protected] by
Friday 12 February at midnight.
For more information
905-641-0331
[email protected]
www.nac.org
CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS / NIAGARA ARTISTS CENTRE