Indefinite Arts Centre + You

Indefinite Arts Centre + You Programming + Supports for Our Artists

2020

We’re here to support you through these challenging times.

The Indefinite Arts Centre team has been coming together to brainstorm and test new ways to support our artists – because you are amazing and you deserve it! We’re thrilled to share some highlights of our new programs that will be rolled out in the coming days and weeks.

CALL US, EMAIL US, REACH OUT TO US. During our closure, our team is still here for you. If you are an IAC artist, family member, support worker, supportive roommate, or other, and you want to share your ideas, have questions about our upcoming programs, or just need support – we are here. Call Kyra at 403.253.3174 x 0 and she can direct your call to a studio facilitator or staff member. Or email us at info@ouriac.ca and we will forward your inquiry and respond.

Make sure you’re connected with us to receive regular updates.

The best way to stay informed of any new programs, online events and other initiatives is through our Facebook or Twitter pages. We also ask all artists, family members, support workers, supportive roommates, and others to subscribe to our mailing list.

Note that all activities and resources will be made available online, along with an event calendar so you know what kind of content to expect each week! Visit www.ouriac.ca and click on “Indefinite Arts Centre + You.”

Indefinite Arts Centre 2020 Programming + Support

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You are witnessing history.

We’ve never seen something quite like this before, and as artists, you have an opportunity to record your perspectives and be engaged during these times… as artists. The following initiatives will be rolled out to support your ongoing creative growth, and giving you a platform to share what you’re feeling and thinking through the power of art.

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You are an artist and a historian >

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Be inspired by spaces > Be inspired by other artists > Be inspired by calls to action >

5 Working from your studio at home > 5 6 7

Home Studio Tours > Instructional Guides > Flux Kits: Your toolkit to work on projects from home >

8 Staying Connected >

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YOU ARE AN ARTIST AND A HISTORIAN How do artists record and respond to events and changes?

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Computer, tablet, or smartphone with internet connectivity DESCRIPTION Over the coming weeks, we will be working with you with the theme of Artist as Historian. Historians record important events that have had an impact on our lives and you as artists can play an important role here.

Congratulations you are all now historians!

Historical accounts can be day-to-day activities, such as journal entries, sketchbook drawings, photos, creative writing, paintings, sculptures.

How might you as an Indefinite Arts Centre artist contribute to an understanding of what’s currently happening on a local and personal level? How have artists responded to historical events in the past? How do contemporary artists continue to shape and record the culture of our time?

The following ongoing initiatives will help you formulate your role as an artist and historian.

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Indefinite Arts Centre 2020 Programming + Support

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BE INSPIRED

BY SPACES Examples of how museums and exhibitions tell stories + reflect on events.

WHAT YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL NEED: Computer, tablet, or smartphone with internet connectivity Audio access (speaker or headphones) for videos M U S E U M S A N D E X H I B I T I O N S A S N A R R AT I V E Whether in museums or galleries, exhibitions tell a story and shape narratives. Artists are natural storytellers, and here we will explore the ways museums and exhibitions can help tell those stories. We will provide information about accessible and digital ways our artists can explore online exhibitions while we outline how exhibitions can enliven their experience as artists.

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BE INSPIRED BY OTHER ARTISTS Historical and modern-day examples of artists as historians.

WHAT YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL NEED: Computer, tablet, or smartphone with internet connectivity CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AS HISTORIANS Explore historic and contemporary examples of how artists have shared the stories of their time. Each post will provide background information on a particular artist, accompanied by images of their artwork. The content will be compiled by each of our IAC Studio Facilitators, who will provide their personal connection to the artist (i.e. why they consider them to be important to their art practice).

Providing context and examples will help show how we as artists can participate in these historical conversations.

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BE INSPIRED

BY CALLS TO ACTION Art making prompts for at home artists historians.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Computer, tablet, or smartphone with internet connectivity ART PROMPTS Art prompts are all about provoking interesting and creative responses! Our Art Prompts series will be simple, compelling, and amusing instructions to help fuel the imaginations of our artists.

Similar to other examples of instruction-based projects from, for instance, the Fluxus art movement and Nova Scotia’s College of Art and Design’s experimental Projects Class, rough guidelines will be presented in ways that will allow our artists to engage in any way they see fit. These prompts will not only introduce artists to these historical types of artistic experimentation, but they will promote a playful way to work out, or through, new kinds of artmaking processes!

W O R K I N G F R O M Y O U R S T U D I O AT H O M E Learn from our team and take advantage of interactive online sessions where you can convert your space into a creative studio environment. You’ll also get a glimpse into our studio facilitators’ own studios at home!

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HOME STUDIO TOURS WHAT YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL NEED: Computer, tablet, or smartphone with internet connectivity Audio access (speaker or headphones) for videos O U R S T U D I O FA C I L I TAT O R S S H O W Y O U T H E I R S T U D I O S P A C E S AT H O M E .

Artists all face unique challenges when setting up a studio at home. See how each of our Studio Facilitator works from their home studios and learn from their tips and tricks and to how to set up an art making space that works for all kinds of practices. See what makes our Facilitators happy while they are working, how they share space with other artists, how they set up and stay organized in a small space, and how you can use anything as an art-making material.

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INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDES Our team is excited to create and share instructional videos and guides that will teach new ways of making.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Computer, tablet, or smartphone with internet connectivity Audio access (speaker or headphones) for videos L E A R N N E W S K I L L S . S T E P B Y S T E P. Artists are always learning new skills. Here we will provide step-by-step instruction learning how to make in new ways.

We’ll start with a sketch book tutorial. Don’t have a sketchbook at home? No problem! Learn how to make your own using all kinds of found paper in a “Make Your Own Sketchbook” video.

This video will take you through book binding to daily sketchbook challenges.

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FLUX KITS: YOUR TOOLKIT TO WORK ON PROJECTS FROM HOME. Coming soon – all Indefinite Arts Centre artists will receive “flux kits” that will help you work on an exciting new project.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: No computer necessary.

Look forward to getting your kit in the mail!

FLUX KITS Our Indefinite Art Studio Facilitators have assembled our very own version of a Flux Kit! The Flux Kit was first developed in 1962 by George Macjunas, a prominent artist in the transcontinental Fluxus movement. These artistdelivered kits consisted of a scattering of objects and instructions, assembled in a box, and distributed.

Received through the mail, our IAC Flux Kits will promote an interesting way to engage with art-making as well as learn more about another important movement in art history. We’re using these kits as another way of stimulating your sense of participation while away from the IAC studio space!

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Access upcoming events, including an up-to-date program calendar that details when all of these activities are happening, on our website.

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Indefinite Arts Centre 2020 Programming + Support

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STAY CONNECTED Online sessions can also be arranged by Zoom software, phone, or other methods so stay tuned.

Videos will also be uploaded to our YouTube page (no login required). View by clicking here.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Computer, tablet, or smartphone with internet connectivity and webcam access.

No computer necessary. Sessions can be arranged via phone using Zoom (instructions will be shared later.)

DESCRIPTION Online Studio Sessions: Led by our studio team, these sessions will provide an opportunity for our artists to interact with our beloved facilitators to learn about how they can further develop their projects and works from home. Zoom video and telephone options will be made available and shared when the schedule is confirmed.

Birthdays: Stay connected with Indefinite Arts Centre through social media to hear if you’re birthday will be recognized by one of our staff. Our studio may be closed but we are carrying on this timeless IAC tradition!

Just the Hits: What’s IAC without celebrating our artists’ works that are currently sitting in our studio, observing common themes, and sharing them with the public to inspire the world with our artists’ creativity!

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Access upcoming events, including an up-to-date program calendar that details when all of these activities are happening, on our website.

ourIAC.ca

Indefinite Arts Centre 2020 Programming + Support

Access upcoming events, including an up-to-date program calendar that details when all of these activities are happening, on our website.

ourIAC.ca

For more information, please contact:

Indefinite Arts Centre â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 403.253.3174

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