The arts council here has issued its last call for applications to win a grant to for professional development opportunities for visual artists residing and practising in Guelph and Wellington County.
Guelph Arts Council is inviting applications for the 2010 Jane Graham memorial award. Any visual artist residing and actively practising in Guelph or Wellington County and who can demonstrate a commitment to professional artistic development is eligible to apply for funding to pursue professional development opportunities.
Specific activities considered include any course, conference, apprenticeship, field trip, or other professional development learning experience that can be shown to contribute to the personal artistic growth of the applicant artist..
The application deadline is Sept. 7.
The award was created in 2006 in memory of Jane Graham, a much-loved and respected visual artist living and working in the Guelph area prior to her untimely death in 2005. With donations received in her memory, Guelph Arts Council created the fund at The Guelph Community Foundation, and, with the income earned, now annually offers an award for one or more local visual artists.
To date, awards have been presented to local ceramic artist Chris Hierlihy in 2006, to artist blacksmith Graeme Sheffield in 2007, painter Janet Stanley in 2008, and figurative painter Meredith Blackmore in 2009.
Applicants must complete the required application form available from the Guelph Arts Council office or from www.guelpharts.ca/guelphartscouncil. More information at (519) 836-3280 or gac@sentex.net.
