The Illingworth Kerr Gallery (IKG) is looking for a 3rd or 4th year SCD student to help design a print publication for our third Emerging Art Writers Program 4 (EAWP 4). This year’s thematic is Magic + Ritual. The student will be working with IKG staff intermittently from November-May 2022, with the option to sit in on meetings with student writers to assist in the design process for this publication.
Upon completion, the student will be credited in the publication and awarded an honorarium of $1500.
EXPECTATIONS
The student will be working with IKG staff to produce thumbnails, comprehensive roughs and templates for a booklet containing 8 essays and several images. The student will need to be available for some crucial team meetings from January - May 2023 but can otherwise work in their own studio environment. (max. 5hr/week).
OUTCOMES
The student will gain valuable experience working with a client (EAWP participants and IKG Team) and using their design and creativity skills to produce a physical and digital publication. The final physical publication is distributed across Canada in partnership with C Magazine.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, please submit via email with the subject line: “EAWP 4 Designer”, include one PDF document (titled: Last nameFirst Name_EAWP4) to ikg@auarts.ca by Friday November 18th 11:59pm MST.
Please include the following in your submission:
1) Preferred Name and pronouns, year of study, SCD stream
2) 3-5 relevant design works (ex: editorial spreads, website designs, app design, anything that highlights your ability to organize text and images)
3) A brief letter of interest* (max. 250 words)
4) CV/Resume *optional
ABOUT ILLINGWORTH KERR GALLERY
The Illingworth Kerr Gallery, as part of Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts), provides a platform for curated exhibitions and other forms of cultural research production, with a focus on contemporary visual culture. A vital part of AUArts’ Office of Research and Academic Affairs, it supports graduate and undergraduate learning, provides a rich mix of public programming, and participates in global dialogue by hosting local, regional and international artists working in a variety of disciplines. The IKG is located in the Main Mall of AUArts.
EMERGING ART WRITERS PROGRAM 4
Magic + Ritual
with Lyndl Hall and Shazia Hafiz Ramji
The Emerging Art Writers Program (EAWP) is an art writing program organized through the Illingworth Kerr Gallery (IKG). EAWP is a non-credit series of writing workshops, led a faculty facilitator who also acts as a mentor and a community mentor. Current AUArts students in any year, or program of study are encouraged to apply with up to 8 being selected to participate in the program. Students will be guided throughout the program by mentors and their peers in the development of a text. By the end of the program, each of the participants produces a final piece of writing to be published in a printed catalogue, distributed across Canada by CMagazine.
Thematic: Magic + Ritual
The fourth iteration of the Emerging Art Writer's Program will look at the role of magical or ritual practices in relation to art and art writing: how these practices can be utilized as a methodology to produce a text or as a lens to critically respond to a subject. Magic will be viewed as a mechanism for translation and transformation, and ultimately as a means for imagining the world differently.
Email ikg@auarts.ca with questions.
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