2018 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

Career Launcher: Toronto Outdoor Art Fair

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Joshua Heuman (The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery), Kima Lenaghan (OCAD U), Lindsey Dickie (Artscape)

“Lenaghan imagines an attentive world evolved with homo conscience, and humankind that is more profound in thinking, values the earth more, understands dreams as more significant - individually or collectively. Hyper-detailed, hand-drawn illustration with a recent foray into embroidery. Astounding!” - Justine Kohleal, RBC Curatorial Fellow and Joshua Heuman, Curator of Education and Public Programs at T he Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery

Francesca Chan (OCAD U), Joshua Heuman (The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery)

"Working in illustration, Chan's work embraces the serene, the humourous and the melancholic. This is real life filtered through the artist's subjectivities." - Justine Kohleal, RBC Curatorial Fellow and Joshua Heuman, Curator of Education and Public Programs at T he Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery

Description

The Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Career Launcher award for graduating students in the Illustration and Material Art & Design programs. Eligible students will have the opportunity to exhibit in the 57th year of this annual event; Canada's largest and longest running juried contemporary outdoor art fair. The TOAE 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 320 exhibitors and attracts 100,000 visitors each year.

This year, OCADU Career Launcher exhibitors won major awards from the Fair including:

Best of Student Award
Kima Lenaghan (Illustration 2018)
Judged by Joshua Heuman, Curator of Education and Public Programs at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
$1,000 Marie Collins Memorial Award and Artscape Award Includes: Residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point, exhibition at Artscape Youngplace and one year membership to Artscape Daniels Launchpad (Value $4,000)

Kima Lenaghan was also the Recipient of the Student Purchase Award

Judged by house of i.d.e.a.
Value of Artwork by house of i.d.e.a.

Emerging Artist(s) by Emerging Curator Award
Jenn Woodall (Illustration, 2018)
Judged by Nathan Heuvingh, Director of Propeller Gallery
Exhibition at Propeller Gallery by Megan Deeks, Frances Patella, Charles Collins (Value $3000)

The Power Plant Emerging Artist Award
Francesca Chan (Illustration, 2018)
Judged by Joshua Heuman, Curator of Education and Public Programs at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
Annual membership and publications by the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery

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