Fresh Ground new works









Fresh Ground new works

Call for Submissions

Be sure to read the Guidelines before submitting your proposal!


A maximum of $20,000 each will be awarded to up to five separate projects which successfully fulfill the criteria of a new, collaborative artistic creation incorporating more than one discipline or field. The work must be original, never before presented or performed, and ready for presentation or installation at Harbourfront Centre between April 2009 and May 2010.


The applicant shall:

  • be a working professional artist defined as:
    • an individual who has completed specialized training in his or her artistic field (not necessarily in academic institutions)
    • who is recognized as such by his or her peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition)
    • who is committed to artistic activity, and
    • who has a history of public presentation
  • be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant to Canada
  • take on the role of Project Lead and represent the collaborating team by completing the online application and submiting a Letter of Intent

The project shall:

  • be a new artistic creation never before presented or performed
  • involve more than one discipline or field (artistic or otherwise)
  • include participants working in different disciplines or fields
  • be ready for installation or presentation at Harbourfront Centre between April 2009 and May 2010

Proposals will be evaluated on:

  • the innovative nature of the collaboration
  • the depth of the project's engagement with the audience and/or the public
  • the relevance of the project to Harbourfront Centre's artistic mandate and site
  • the achievability of the project by the collaborators
  • the feasibility of the project's implementation within the proposed budget

How to Submit a Proposal

Project Leads must submit a Letter of Intent briefly but clearly outlining the artistic statement and core concept of the project, describing how the project will be realized, and including a brief introduction to each collaborator and their contribution. The Letter of Intent shall be a maximum of two single-spaced typed pages, pasted as text into the field provided in the online application form.

APPLY HERE!
Click here to access the online application!

Submission Deadline

Applications received after 5:00pm EST on Friday April 18, 2008 will not be eligible.

Acknowledgement confirming the date and time of receipt will be sent automatically by return email.

Questions?
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All applications will be reviewed by a selection committee from Harbourfront Centre's Public Programmes division. Short-listed applicants will be invited to submit a more detailed proposal in Stage Two of the adjudication process; these applicants will be notified by Monday June 2, 2008.

If we have not contacted you by this date, you have not been short-listed.


Fresh Ground new works was made possible this season by the generosity of several individual donors who have actively assisted in the creation of new Canadian art works: Robert & Anne Marie Canning, John Harkness, George Myhal, Jim & Sandra Pitblado, Michael & Sonja Koerner, Wil & Judy Matthews, Peter Allen, Margaret & Jim Fleck, Lionel F. Conacher & Joan Dea, and by a grant from Imperial Tobacco Canada Arts Fund.