aceartinc.’s annual journal, PaperWait, is calling for submissions from artists and arts writers on the theme of altered states.

Guidelines:

Artwork: Ensure that the image you email fits these specs:

Label your entry: your-surname_ title

Title your email: Altered States Submission

300 dpi     | 7” x 8 ”

One entry per person.

Writing: no more than 1,300 words. Synopses are accepted with examples of previous writing.

The final selection will be made by hannah_g and the aceart curatorial/programming committee.

The selected artists and writers will be published in the 2011/12 edition of Paperwait and will be fiscally compensated.

Deadline: 4pm, Wednesday 25th April 2012.

Please send your inquiries and submissions to hannah_g

In addition to the current offerings of the annual aceartinc. membership, our program coordinator, hannah_g, is conducting studio visits for all current members. This means that along with access to our finely appointed woodshop and a significant collection of excess materials, discounts at local art supply shops, project room, turnAround events, a free copy of PaperWait (our limited edition annual publication of all things ace), and of course the support and assistance of all the lovely staff here at the gallery, you will also be eligible for a studio visit, entre nous, with hannah_g (this by no means precludes those practicing artists/thinkers/creators without studio space). And all of that for $20 per year!?! It really is one of the best deals in town.

In the Netherlands there are currently deep explorations into dissolving boundaries between media (as a social art), activism, urban design, and development. In February, Lawrence Bird received a WAC professional development grant to attend a conference and workshop in Amsterdam: Social Cities of Tomorrow.  Here interdisciplinary groups developed ideas for using media to tackle urban problems in Amsterdam, The Hague, and Eindhoven. A key problem was regenerating industrial or marginal areas of these cities; a challenge Winnipeg shares. It also included several presentations and roundtables on the use of games in planning, a dozen international best-practise examples of media use in the city, and how new forms of trust are emerging through media use as old forms of trust are breaking down — evidenced by the Occupy movement for example.  Lawrence will present the conference’s ideas for using media in urban activism, design and planning, and discuss how they might be applied to Winnipeg.

A brief synopsis of the conference can be found here: http://www.furtherfield.org/features/social-cities-tomorrow

Keynote speakers: Usman Haque, Natalie Jeremijenko, and Dan Hill.

TUESDAY, January 17^th 2012
6pm to midnight
aceartinc. 290 McDermot Avenue, 2^nd floor.
Cover is by donation ($5.00 is recommended).

Video Pool Media Arts Center, in collaboration with aceartinc. and Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts invite you to celebrate LITE NITE: ART’S BIRTHDAY 2012: an evening of light inspired installations, workshops, performances, silent auction and cake! Since January 17th, 1963, emerging out of the Fluxus art movement, Art’s Birthday has been celebrated on a global level by a circuit of artists to acknowledge the presence of art in our daily lives.

For more information please visit our website at www.videopool.org or befriend Video Pool Media Art Centre on Facebook!

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is a nonprofit Artist-Run Centre dedicated to independent video, audio and computer integrated multimedia production, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

We thank and acknowledge the support of our funders and partners:
Canada Council For The Arts, The Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg Arts Council, The government of Manitoba, The Ontario Arts Council, The Winnipeg Foundation, The National Film Board, The Thomas Sill Foundation, The W.H. & S.E. Leowen Foundation, CKUW Radio.

THURSDAY JANUARY 26TH

9PM-1AM

Big Fun Festival Kick off is finally here!

We are proud to present the first show of the festival on Thursday January 26th!

This show is sure to be a good one, a loud one and a take no prisoners evening. Opening the show we have local up and comers Pop Crimes, channeling ethereal noise into tightly woven pop music. This guys will have your ears wanting some more. In the middle we got This Hisses, you know em’ ya love em’. Gritty dynamic, and blisteringly loud, haunting rock music. Last we have the veterans of the scene. Mahogany Frog. With the use of myriad keyboards (both analogue and digital), feedback-ridden guitars, fuzz-bass and walls of electronic samples, the group creates a tube-saturated, highly overdriven jazz-rock.

Tickets are 7 Dollars at the door
If you’re into some SERIOUS Big Fun and SERIOUS deals, Festival Passes are available for 30 Dollars at Into the Music, Music Trader, Lo Pub and Black Sheep Diner

Get here early this one is going to be tight!

FRIDAY JANUARY 27TH

8:30PM-1AM

TICKETS $7

Big Fun is an annual indie music festival taking place in multiple venues throughout the Exchange District and surrounding area the last weekend of January. Using Winnipeg’s prairie winter as the backdrop, we will be showcasing the wealth of Manitoba’s artists alongside our historic downtown.

The goal of Big Fun is to present various genres of music and art over the course of four days. It will run from Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon (Jan. 26-29) with multiple shows each night. Big Fun takes the shows out of overused bars and clubs, occupying galleries, lofts, and warehouse spaces instead to create an entirely new event experience.

Manitoba maintains a reputation for having a rich artistic community as well as a bitter winter. We want to bring these two elements of our province together to create an annual event our prairie town can be proud of.

Big Fun Productions is comprised of five Winnipeg artists and musicians who are passionate about their city. Inspired by the layout of Pop Montreal and NXNE, Big Fun wants to create the same excitement within the music and art community in Winnipeg by hosting several events throughout the year.

aceartinc.’s Woodshop will be open to Soap Box Teams August 20th and 27th from 12-5 (both dates are Saturdays). Bring materials and plans, we will provide the space and tools as well as supervision and general assistance.

aceartinc.’s Woodshop will be open to Soap Box Teams August 20th and 27th from 12-5 (both dates are Saturdays). Bring materials and plans, we will provide the space and tools as well as supervision and general assistance.

First Annual aceartinc. Soapbox Derby at Ciclovia

The next big sports coup to hit the Peg after the Jets’ return- the city’s first annual Soapbox Derby!
Build a car or borrow something with wheels that someone can sit inside and is people-powered then race it down Broadway!
In conjunction with the race, we will be holding a raffle with over $1000 worth of goodies!
This is a fundraiser for your favourite artist-run centre, aceartinc., to help with our relocation and programming costs.

WHEN: 3-7pm, Sunday 11th September 2011
WHERE: Broadway, between Main Street and Fort as part of Ciclovia and ManyFest

What is ManyFest?
ManyFest (Formerly known as Lights on Broadway) is a weekend of festivals and family fun! Hosted by the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ, ManyFest 2011 will take place from September 9-11 on Broadway and will include a variety of exciting, all-inclusive events. Highlights will include an outdoor movie night, a dance party in the street, a wine and cheese festival, and of course, Ciclovia! The Ciclovia component of ManyFest takes place on Sunday, September 11. It is a free, eco-friendly, healthy-lifestyle festival and transportation initiative that will see Broadway closed from Osborne to Main Street, creating a network of car-free streets from Assiniboine Park all the way to The Forks! There will be bike shows, skateboard demonstrations, hockey tournaments, and Winnipeg’s First Annual Soap Box Derby, hosted by aceartinc.! For more information about ManyFest and Ciclovia, as well as a calender of events for the weekend, please visit http://www.downtownwinnipegbiz.com.

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RACE

1)    Complete the registration form and sign the waiver.

ace soap box waiver
derby registration form
derby_rules

2)    Pay the entry fee of $100 by August 18^th 2011, either by dropping into Ace
with cash or cheque, or mailing a cheque to:
aceartinc.
2nd floor, 290 McDermot Ave.
Winnipeg, MB R3B 0T2
Don’t forget to include the signed waiver and application form!

3) Consult and adhere to the guidelines and Rules of Entry. You can complete
these steps and find more information online or see us in person…

http://www.aceart.org/fundraising |   (204) 944-9763   |   2-290 McDermot Ave, Wpg

image courtesy of Milena Placentile | 2011

Free Public Lecture

Growing pressure to frame the value of cultural activity insofar as it serves the dominant economy makes it all the more important to think about the ways in which artist-run culture can demonstrate resistance. Introducing the collective practices of Not an Alternative (New York), PLATFORM (London), and VIVO Media Arts (Vancouver), Milena Placentile proposes to share thoughts on the nature of radical practice within and beyond recognized non-profit structures with the hope of catalyzing discussion relevant to the interests and desires of Winnipeg-based artists. The presentation will also offer a preliminary list of considerations that self-organized initiatives might bear in mind as they evolve.

Annual Call for Submissions – Regular Programming

Due: Post marked no later than August 2, 2011

is dedicated to cultural diversity in its programming and to this end encourages applications from contemporary artists and curators identifying as members of GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered), Aboriginal (status, non-status, Inuit and Metis) and all other culturally diverse communities. encourages proposals from individuals, groups and collectives in all visual arts media.

Regular Programming submissions are solicited through a general annual international call with a deadline of August 2nd.

The Selection Committee reviews submissions within the context of ’s mandate and goals and makes recommendations to the board within 4 weeks of the deadline. [The Selection Committee is comprised of the Programming Coordinator, 1-2 Board Members, and 2 Community Members.]

The program is based on  ’s available material or personnel resources. will pay CARCC fees to artists exhibiting through Regular Programming. Travel and accommodation, one-way shipping and per-diems will be provided where funding permits. produces invitations and media release documents, maintains a Critical Distance writing program for response to projects, and documents all projects digitally and in other media as appropriate. Please call (204) 944-9763 or email the gallery if you require other assistance regarding your submission.

for submission specifications click here….

In between the uninstall and install of our regular exhibitions the main gallery usually has a night or two of being an empty shell. We thought we’d invite people to put their pearls in it for one night only.

aceartinc.’s turnaround is a series of events/ performances/ installations that occur on a single night between the uninstall and install of regular exhibitions in the gallery. Operating on a fly-by-night ethos, turnaround enables performers to take advantage of a large space to experiment with and test ideas. Preference is given to projects which are innovative, mischievous, passionate and enthusiastic. It is an opportunity for community building between various artists and audiences in Winnipeg.

turnarounders put on a nocturnal performance or throw a party etc. in the main gallery of ace. ace will not pay any fees to the participants but instead asks them to charge admission, half of which is kept by them, the other half goes to ace as fundraising for our programming and operational costs.

aceartinc.’s turnaround is not an exhibition opportunity. Submissions for exhibitions will not be accepted.

To apply for a turnaround spot, email program AT aceart DOT org with your idea and how you’ll do it- no more than a page please. Include your resume with at least but no more than five images to support your application.