Applying for an Exhibition at an Artist-Run Centre

***Space is limited. Advance registration is required.***

Applying for an Exhibition at an Artist-Run Centre:
This will be a guide to making your exhibition proposal user-friendly. What do I write in a cover letter? How detailed should my descriptions be? What does the jury need to know about me and my practice? I am not offering a definitive how-to, but I can describe what has been appreciated by the jurors I worked with over the years and some of the things that successful applications have in common. Expect slides and asides.

Hannah Godfrey/hannah_g (she/her) is an interdisciplinary writer & artist and community radio producer. Hannah’s practice has included live art, video, soundscapes, drawing, poster making, and text. She has exhibited, performed, and given readings in Canada, the US, and Europe. Kindness, mischief, and social justice underpin her practice. She has been awarded funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council, and Arts Council England for her work. Her book, Five Artists, a collection of interdisciplinary writing about five queer, Canadian artists will be published by ARP in 2022.

Hannah was the director of the Artist-Run Centre, AceArtInc. from 2008-2018. AceArtInc. is an artist-run centre and gallery in Winnipeg mandated to support, exhibit, and disseminate work by contemporary artists, especially those from underrepresented communities. As director, she managed over 60 exhibitions and ran the annual juries to select them. She also ran the art writing program, Critical Distance. She co-founded Flux Gallery, co-founded and ran The Cartae Open School, and co-founded the gallery’s first Indigenous Curatorial Residency.