Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
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OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION
The Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the return of our partnership with Canada’s leading juried outdoor art fair. The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Career Launcher award is for students and recent alumni (2020) in the Illustration, Material Art & Design, Photography and Printmaking/Publications programs. The selected students will have a free showcase opportunity at the special hybrid online/outdoor 60th Anniversary Fair; TOAF was established to nurture excellence and an entrepreneurial spirit, and to showcase contemporary work to the general public. This free public event showcases works by over 360 exhibitors and attracts 130,000 visitors to Nathan Phillips Square each year.
At the beginning of July, ten talented OCAD U students/grads exhibited their work in an online curated showcase from July 2-11 as part of the OCAD U TOAF Career Launcher.
RECIPIENTS
Best of Student Award
Sid is an artist and illustrator from Toronto who makes drawings, paintings, and comics. They are mostly interested in folklore, horror stories, and finding good sticks for their stick collection. Sid attended OCAD University, works in a bookstore, and published The Wolf Suit, their first graphic novel for kids, with Annick Press in October 2022.
Student Purchase Award
Yuki Wong's passion for jewellery is about designing fine jewellery that is unique and conceptual. His works are structural, abstract, and geometrical base. He also creates holloware and art objects with precious metals. Yuki's work has been exhibited in Crafting the Future: A National Student Exhibition 2017 and also an award winner of the Student Purchase Award in TOAF 2021.
The Artscape Emerging Artist Award
Anthia's work is rooted in the realm of traditional craft, but often draws inspiration from contemporary art and design practices. With an interest in both history and philosophy, Anthia blends disciplines with merging of textile and jewellery techniques to create detailed works of jewellery. Anthia has received the Carol Rapp Award, featured in Heusers Magazine, and a gallery artist with L.A Pai Gallery in Ottawa.
Camilla Teodoro is a Filipina-born illustrator based in Toronto, Canada. Her favourite medium to use is gouache, which she began exploring in high school. Through this medium, she creates colourful illustrations that involve happy characters roaming in their own world.
Lina Wu (BDes OCAD U) is an artist learning and playing in Tkaronto. She conjures images and stories that meld adolescence, gender, fantasy, and figuration. When not creating visual art or writing, Lina works in arts administration and teaches workshops and mentorships.
Meegan Lim (she/her) is an illustrator and emerging arts facilitator based in Brampton & Toronto. She is known for her detailed illustrations focusing on food and cultural identity, and the vast stories that exist within those intersections. From her detailed gouache illustrations to her personal risograph zines, Meegan’s work provides a colourful and lighthearted entry point to topics that can be hard to digest.
Melody Juthamongkol is a Thai-Taiwanese aspiring Art Jeweller based in Toronto. After receiving her Bachelor of Design from Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U), Jewellery and Metal-smithing program, she was accepted as an artist in residence at Harbourfront Center’s Metal Studio. Her current practice focuses on fabricating on-of-a-kind narrative art jewellery through depletion gilded sterling.
Most of Micheal Hu's works are digital, composed of various colour blocks and few lines, and often inspired by verse fragmentation thoughts from dreams
Tenzin Tsering is a multi-disciplinary artist who focuses on illustration, concept art and design. Tenzin loves comics, characters and colour which is greatly reflected in their work. They are am inspired by books, music, fashion, and current trends as well as love to explore the deep roots of my Tibetan and Filipino cultural heritage. If I’m not drawing, you can find me watching anime, going camping, or collaborating with my friends at Fuelled By Coffee Collective!
Tianshu Kuai is a Toronto-based illustrator and designer who grew up in Zhuhai, China. Her experience on the two continents gave her virtues of eastern and western ways of thinking and aesthetics to draw inspiration from. A large focus of her work is on narrative and editorial subject matters about cultural, social and mental concerns. She is preoccupied with delicate and detailed lines work and whimsical colour combinations in storytelling.
PHOTOS FROM THE FAIR
Olivia Mae Sinclair at TOAF60, July 2021. Photo: Shane Fester
Anthia Barboutsis. Image courtesy of TOAF"
Yuki Wong interviewed by Fairchild TV. Image courtesy of TOAF
Yuki Wong interviewed by Fairchild TV. Image courtesy of TOAF
OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION
The Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the return of our partnership with Canada’s leading juried outdoor art fair. The Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Career Launcher award is for students and recent alumni (2020) in the Illustration, Material Art & Design, Photography and Printmaking/Publications programs. The selected students will have a free showcase opportunity at the special hybrid online/outdoor 60th Anniversary Fair; TOAF was established to nurture excellence and an entrepreneurial spirit, and to showcase contemporary work to the general public. This free public event showcases works by over 360 exhibitors and attracts 130,000 visitors to Nathan Phillips Square each year.
TOAF has always reserved a portion of the Fair to emerging and student artists and is proud to have hosted many well-known Canadian artists early in their careers including: Barbara Astman, Edward Burtynsky and many others. This is an amazing opportunity to get yourself out there, nurture an audience, and sell your work! Student applications will be reviewed by the TOAF jury for final selection.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be an ILLU, MAAD, Photography or PRNT/PUBL student graduating this year (2021) or a recent alumni from these programs (2020)
- Multidisciplinary artists can submit up to 3 different applications in 3 different categories (see below for category descriptions)
- You must apply individually under your own name
CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS
- 3D Works - Original works that are three-dimensional, using additive or reductive techniques, including freestanding sculptures, reliefs, assemblages etc. created using either traditional or experimental materials.
- 2D Works – original works that are two-dimensional, created using one or more physical material, including Drawing, Printmaking, Illustration, Collage, and Mixed Media works, etc.
- Craft & Design - hand crafted objects (functional or decorative) created using fine craft and/or industrial design practices including, Ceramics, Glass, Jewellery, Textile, Wood/Furniture, etc. Multi-disciplinary and/or hybrid practices welcomed. Exclude machine-screen patterns or other forms of mass production, and factory produced wearable items regardless of additional modification.
- Painting - works created using oil, acrylic, encaustic, watercolour, inks, etc.
- Photography & Digital Media - Photographic prints made from the artist’s original image, and/or digitally manipulated images created from original artist images, and/or other sourced material.
COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES
The TOAF team cares about the health and safety of our artists and the public we serve. We are hopeful to return to a smaller in-person, physically-distanced event by July 2021, following the safety guidelines provided by Toronto Public Health.
In the event that the in-person event is cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Online Fair will continue regardless. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, our dedicated community of patrons, community partners, and art lovers came together in 2020 to support the pilot Online Fair, creating a viable platform that we plan to build upon for 2021 and aid in artists’ financial recovery.
TOAF Virtual Info Session + Q&A (OCAD U specific)
Date: March 2, 2021
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Are you interested in applying to the TOAF Career Launcher? Join Ania Harmata, Operations Manager at Toronto Outdoor Art Fair for an info session on best practices for putting your application together. This opportunity through OCAD U's Career Launcher program is open to OCAD U students in Illustration, MAAD, Photography, or Print/Publications in their graduating year.
TOAF Virtual Info Session + Q&A
Date: February 16, 2021
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EST
Thinking of applying for the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair Career (TOAF) Launcher for ILLU, MAAD, Photography or PRNT/PUBL students in their graduating year (2021)? Or perhaps you're thinking of applying for the fair's general call?
On Feb 16, learn how to create a strong submission, what the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair jurors are looking for, and get some insight into the hybrid online and in-person event.
PARTNER
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
Date: July 2-11, 2021 (10 days online, 3 days in-person)
Location: Online and In-person at Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen Street W, Toronto, ON
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- 7 images of your artwork (a consistent portfolio of work)
- 1 Installation, grouping or booth image (your work in context)
- A brief artist statement (500 characters max)
- A short description of your work, your medium/method (200 characters)
APPLICATION TIPS
https://torontooutdoor.art/application-guidelines/tips-for-a-successful-application
DEADLINE
Extended to March 18, 2021 at 11:59 PM
QUESTIONS
Contact Ania Harmata, Operations Manager
ania@torontooutdoor.art or 416-408-2754
