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The Arts Council Windsor & Region (ACWR) is seeking two experienced sketch artists to participate in Micah Lexier’s Dog Days of Ontario Culture Days. Selected artists will receive an artist fee of $400 for participating in the four-hour live drawing performance on Sunday, September 20, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Requirements:
We are looking for 2 experienced sketch artists who can draw quickly and are comfortable with both animals and humans. Ability to render realistic, black and white, line-based depictions of animals. Each drawing is to be completed within 10 minutes. Drawings are to be made on 11x 14” pads of paper, which will be supplied. Must be comfortable drawing with the black pen or charcoal/conte that will be supplied. This will be a continuous, 3-4 hour drawing performance, broken into 10-minute drawing sessions, with short breaks between sessions and washroom or rest breaks as needed. We need two sketch artists per session, the first artist sketching the dog and the second artist sketching the first artist.
How to Apply:
Application deadline: Friday, August 14 at 11:59 p.m.
Please email [email protected] with the subject line: Dog Days of Ontario Culture Days
Include:
- A brief statement explaining why you are interested in the opportunity and why you are a good fit.
- Your CV.
- A portfolio of relevant work.
Culture Days is a national celebration of arts and culture. At the end of each September, millions of people attend thousands of free participatory arts and culture events across the country both in-person and online. Culture Days programs invite the public to get hands-on and behind-the-scenes to highlight the importance of arts and culture in our communities.
Micah Lexier’s Dog Days of Ontario Culture Days is a multi-location conceptual art project exploring the ritual and culture of dogs and their humans. Dog Days of Ontario Culture Days consists of a pair of independent yet thematically linked components:
Guess Your Dog’s Age or Weight: A performance in which a “carnival guesser” attempts to accurately guess a dog’s age or weight. In exchange for a donation, dog owners will receive a custom-minted coin as a memento of having participated in the project.
A Portrait of The Person Making a Portrait of Your Dog: A live drawing activation where visitors receive a free sketch of their dog by a local sketch artist, while a second artist sketches the first artist at work. Dog owners get to keep their sketch, while Micah Lexier keeps the second sketch, to be included in a subsequent publication.
This edition of Dog Days of Ontario Culture Days is produced in partnership with the Arts Council Windsor & Region.