PROPOSALS
EXHIBITION PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
Email all proposals to Stuart Keeler, Curator at agm.proposals@mississauga.ca. Please send all proposals to this email address. Proposals received at other email addresses (e.g. staff email addresses) will not be considered, and will be deleted immediately.
In an effort to be more inclusive, as well as expedite the review process, please do not mail hardcopy proposals to the Art Gallery of Mississauga. Proposals are reviewed monthly in tandem with the Programme Team. You will receive a response via email.
For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Jaclyn Qua-Hiansen, Gallery Assistant at 905 896 5088 or jaclyn.qua-hiansen@mississauga.ca.
Digital Submission Requirements
• Detailed Curriculum Vitae
• Concise artist's statement explaining the conceptual nature of the work
• Artist Bio, one paragraph in length
• Annotated image list
ARTIST RESOURCES
ART MOVERS
Museumpros
Armstrong Fine Art Services
Pacart
ART SUPPLIES
Curry's
DeSerres
D.L. Stevenson's
ARTS COUNCILS
Canada Council for the Arts
Mississauga Arts Council
Ontario Arts Council
Toronto Arts Councll
ARTIST RUN CENTERS (TORONTO)
A Space Gallery
Art Metropole
Gallery 44
Gallery 1313
Gallery TPW
Mercer Union
Open Studio
Women's Art Resource Center
YYZ Artists' Outlet
ARTS IN MISSISSAUGA
Blackwood Gallery
Living Arts Centre
Mississauga Arts Council
Mississauga Office of Arts&Culture
Visual Arts Mississauga
ASSOCIATIONS
Canadian Museums Association
Canadian Artists' Representation (CARFAC)
Ontario Society of Artists
CONSERVATION/APPRAISAL
Bonhams
Canadian Conservation Institute
Canadian Association of Professional Conservators
Heffel
International Society of Appraisers
Joyner Waddington's Canadian Fine Art
Waddington's
DATABASES/RESEARCH
Center for Contemporary Canadian Art Database
Gallery 44 Database of Contemporary Canadian Photographers
Vtape Articles Reference Database
EDUCATION
OCADU
Toronto School of Art
Sheridan College Art
U of T Department of Art
York University
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Mount Allison University
Emily Carr College
The Art Institute of Chicago
ONLINE PROJECTS
Instant Coffee
Year Zero One
PERFORMANCE ART
FADO
7A*11D
PUBLIC GALLERIES
Oakville Galleries
Art Gallery of Peel
Art Gallery of Ontario
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
The Power Plant
York Quay Galleries
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
Robert McLaughlin Gallery
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
National Gallery of Canada
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Musee D'art Contemporain de Montreal
Art Gallery of Windsor
Vancouver Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
PUBLICATIONS
ABC Art Books Canada
C Magazine
Canadian Art Magazine/Foundation
Art Focus
UNIVERSITY GALLERIES
Blackwood Gallery, UTM
Doris McCarthy Gallery, UTSC
U of T Art Center
Carleton University Art Gallery
Art Gallery of York University
McMaster Museum of Fine Art
Ryerson Gallery
Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, UBC
VIDEO/MEDIA ARTS (TORONTO)
Vtape
InterAccess
Charles Street Video
Pleasure Dome
Trinity Square Video
• Selected annotated image sampling of the proposed exhibition's visual content (maximum of 10)
IMPORTANT: Candidates submitting digital support material that does not correspond to the guidelines may result in their application being considered incomplete, resulting in its withdrawal. Therefore, it is advised to test your material before submitting to ensure that it has been formatted correctly. It is your responsibility to ensure that all material reaches The AGM intact and in a readable format.
Image Specifications:
• PC-compatible files only
• JPEG format only
• Image resolution: 72 dpi
• Image size: Maximum of 1024 x 768 pixels
• File size: Maximum of 500KB (0.5 MB) each
• RGB or SRGB colour mode files only (No CMYK)
File Guidelines:
• Image files
• File names should contain the following information:
• image number
• artist surname
• title of work
• The first nine images must begin with a zero (for example: 01_name_title.jpg, 02_name_title.jpg & 10_name_title.jpg) This will ensure that they are presented chronologically and follow your image list.
• Text documents
• File names should be in the same format, beginning with the number 11. For example: 11_name_Bio,12_name_CV
Please do not submit:
• MAC files that are not fully PC compatible
• Any type of presentation format (For example, Powerpoint is not accepted)
• Zipped, Stuffit, or other compressed files
• Any digital material that requires software, plugins, extensions or other executables to be downloaded or installed. They will not be reviewed.
Further Consideration
If you live in the Greater Toronto Area or Mississauga and Peel Region – please consider booking an appointment with Stuart Keeler on a 30 Minute Curator Saturday. Please see Learn / Outreach on the website.
