Call for Artists:
The Brantford Arts Block aims to give local artists, of every age and skill level, the chance to showcase their works in an open and accessible venue. Preference is given to local artists, but those with a connection to Brantford or surrounding area are given serious consideration. Upcoming, emerging and professional artists display their work together helping to attract new and diverse audiences. The Brantford Arts Block attempts to showcase the entire arts community featuring contemporary and traditional artists that work in a variety of mediums such as oils, acrylics, mixed media, photography, 3-dimensional sculptural works, metals, wood, and multi media.
If you would like to submit a proposal, please include a current artists statement, a CV (resume), 10 jpgs and a list of work submitted. Digital images should be no larger than 3mb in size. We do not return submitted materials, but artists may make arrangements to pick them up after notification. Each submission must have complete contact information (name, address, phone number, email address).
The exhibits are selected by the committee, with 3 - 4 artists per show and hang for approximately 6 weeks. Solo shows are exhibited when the proposal displays a strong cohesion between the pieces to be exhibited. They require a full description of the intended show along with theme and a detailed description of the work to be on exhibit. We encourage solo show applicants to come in to the Arts Block to discuss their ideas with us before proceeding with the application. Please indicate when applying for a solo show rather than a group show.
For further information, please see our Exhibition Guidelines page.
Current Exhibition
Rabbits and Other Issues
Heather Verplanke and Dwayne Mahoney
October 7 - November 19
UPCOMING ExhibitionS
People, Politics and Potshots II
Dave McCreary
November 25 - December 5
Past Exhibitions
2011:
Brant Studio Tour 2011
August 23 - October 2
Fragmented Reality
Ebony Jansen, Heather Vollans, Stacey Camp, Victor Levesque
July 8 - August 13
CDBA @ The Block
Canadian Deafblind Artists
May 27 - July 2
Exploration and Interpretation
Milan Obradovic, Jarrod Barker, David Lyons, Philip Lefebvre
April 15 - May 21
Mush Hole Remembered
R. G. Miller
March 4 - April 9
Threads and Strings
Susan Norman, Susan Clark, Jennifer Budd, Andreas Barth
January 21- February 26
2010:
Dave McCreary
December 4 - January 18, 2011
Creature Feature
October 22 - November 23, 2010
Brant Studio Tour
September 3rd, 2009 - October 12th, 2010
Daniel Hill
July 30th, 2010 - August 31st, 2010
Creative Deafblind Artisans
June 11th, 2009 - July 25th, 2010
The Map is Not the Territory
Arlene Laskey
May 15th, 2009 - June 6th, 2010
Robert Crosby, Robert Murray, Tom Robertson
April 2nd - May 9th 2010
Brantford Drawing Series
Dave McCreary (The Bunkford Sign & Display Co.)
February 26 - March 28, 2010
New Kids on the Block
Young and emerging Brantford artists
January 8 - February 21, 2010
24 Hour Drawathon
/w an exhibition featuring Jacquie Herron, Aliki Mikulich, Scott Willson, Skyler Willson
November 27, 2009 - January 3, 2010
2009:
Hendrik Lenis RETROSPECTIVE
November 6 - November 22, 2009
Deck the Walls
16 skateboards designed by local artists, and up for silent auction. Also featuring a graffiti installation by artist Sam Bradley and video documentation
October 9 - November 1, 2009
Building Blocks - Jazz History
Artifacts from the collection of the Brant Museums and Archives
September 10 - September 22, 2009
Brant Studio Tour
Aliki Mikulich, Arlene Laskey, Bernard Gendron, Dave Hind, G. Randall Wilson, Garner Beckett, Gordon Hill, Holly O., Jan Vanderstelt, Jeanette Obbink, Karen Nonnecke, Karen Piovaty, Kim DiFrancesco, Mark Burnham, Marsha Deans Edgar, Pat Megraw
August 28 - October 4, 2009
The Mural Project
Peace and Diversity Circle
July 17 - August 16, 2009
The Other Mother
Karen Piovaty
June 12 - July 12, 2009
Group Exhibition
Val Aleksiuk, Fleur-Ange Lamothe, Jeanette Obbink, Kamil Panas
May 1 - June 7, 2009
Group Exhibition
Arlene Laskey, Dan Hill, Rob Porteous, Dave Wierzbycki
March 21 - April 26, 2009
Group Exhibition and Brantford Arts Block Grand Opening
Aliki Mikulich, Pat Megraw, Dave Hind
Skateboard Exhibition featuring skateboards designed by local artists, sponsored by indecks SkateShop
January 16 - March 15, 2009
Group Exhibition
Jack Jackowetz, Bernard Gendron, Gerrie Dickieson, Jan Vanderstelt
November 11, 2008 - January 11, 2009
