CALL FOR SUBMISIONS; WRITERS FOR ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT EXHIBITION CATALOGUE.

CUJAH and the FOFA Gallery are currently seeking undergraduate students to write for the 2022 edition of Concordia University’s annual Undergraduate Student Exhibition (USE). The selected applicants will be paired with one of the featured artists to compose a 500–600-word critical essay to be included in the printed exhibition catalogue.

The catalogue will be produced in collaboration with the Department of Art History and the Department of Design and Computation Arts, while the hybrid exhibition project will be produced in association with the VAV Gallery, Department of Contemporary Dance, and the FOFA Gallery.

The USE 2022 launch will take place in January 2022.

ELIGIBILITY:

Only students enrolled in an undergraduate program at Concordia University are eligible.

HOW TO APPLY:

Deadline: May 18th, 2021 at 11:59 p.m (eastern time)

• Send the following documents in a single PDF to thecujah@gmail.com
• Short writing sample (500 words maximum) on an artwork of your choice.
• Short bio (100 words maximum).
• Statement about your motivation to write for USE 2022 and current student status (150 words max).
• Short list of interests (what are the topics you wish to write about?).
• Contact information.

Submissions and catalogue entries can be written in French or in English. The final catalogue will be translated into both languages.

You will be notified of your acceptance in May 2021.

FOFA and CUJAH operate within an anti-oppression framework and reserve the right of refusal to publish any material deemed inappropriate by the editor and the gallery staff.

For further information or clarification, please contact Kari Valmestad, CUJAH Editor-in-Chief at thecujah@gmail.com

Visit the FOFA Gallery's curatorial platform CU at FOFA to browse USE 2021’s online programming. Catalogue essays are available on FOFA’s website.