OCAD U CAREER LAUNCHERS

2020-2021 Partial Gallery Submissions

OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION

Partial Gallery and OCAD U's RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers are excited to announce the return of our partnership which provides an exceptional career opportunity for OCAD U student artists and recent alumni (2020 + 2021). 40 selected artists will be given complimentary 1 year Pro Accounts on Partial and inclusion as featured artists within the  OCAD University Artist Showcase on Partial’s online platform in order to showcase their works, and administrate artwork sales and rentals.

In the inaugural year, the OCAD U Artist Showcase had:

• Over 1.7 million impressions 
• 28 Sales   
• 16 Rentals 
• Over 85 interactions (booking requests and interest sessions)
• 40 featured OCAD U students and grads 

This is an amazing opportunity to get your work out there, nurture an audience, and sell your work! Applications will be reviewed by faculty members and staff from the Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers.

The benefits of being part of the OCAD U Artist Showcase include: 

• A dedicated artist profile page
  
• Active promotion of work by OCAD U's Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers
• Listing on Partial’s artist directory
  
• Smart insights about your artwork
  
• Pricing Guide
  
• E-commerce capabilities for art sales plus rental & payment plans for your art
  
• Trade Access: access to set decorators, designers, and stagers
  
• Priority Artist support
  
• Insurance Protection on all art rentals/rent-to-own plans
  
• Low 20% transaction fee on any sale/rental

About Partial

Partial is an art marketplace and platform for artists and art-seekers to connect and engage in real and accessible transactions. Thanks to the smart try-before-you-buy options, original work by local artists are just around the corner – and now within reach. The small team began Partial in 2016 in Toronto with the simple goal of bringing more art out of artists’ studios and onto the walls of homes and businesses in their city. 

ACCESSIBILITY

Applicants who have concerns about meeting a Career Launcher application deadline are invited to connect with the CEAD in order to discuss possible alternatives. We encourage all who might require assistance with the application process to reach out to determine available support. Outreach of this nature should be undertaken at least one week prior to the published application deadline.

Stories and feedback from artists currently on the OCAD U Showcase is below:

"I feel more defined as an artist from the paintings I have been so grateful to have sold through Partial Gallery…. it’s exciting and validating when you sell a piece on your own. When we think of selling art, we immediately think it is only capable through an exhibition hosted at a gallery, but Partial Gallery gives the opportunity to branch from that “tradition” and offer a new and modern way of buying art! It means that artwork is accessible to everyone!" 

- Mashayla Ritchie, Drawing and Painting, 19’ 

"For me, being a part of the Partial Showcase is being a part of a larger community of creatives in Toronto. It’s giving me the opportunity to reach my work out to more people and build my clientele."

- Zuna Amir, Illustration, ‘20

"The reason Partial is the one I stick to is that it actually works…The local, and personal attention coming from Partial is invaluable. Partial Gallery is extremely helpful, responsive, and respectful and that means a lot."

– Shlomi Amiga, Photography, ‘19