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Studio Arts / Arts visuels

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As the Art Volt Toolbox includes an exhaustive list of resources applicable to all departments, browsing by discipline can allow for more personalized searches. Visit the category pages for more context, or contact us at artvolt@concordia.ca if you have questions.

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Comme la boîte à outils d’Art Volte comprend une liste exhaustive de ressources applicables à tous les départements, la navigation par discipline peut permettre des recherches plus personnalisées. Visitez les pages des catégories pour plus de détails ou contactez-nous à l'adresse artvolt@concordia.ca si vous avez des questions.

Opportunities / Opportunités

Find Opportunities; including links to external Toolboxes and Bulletin Boards, and discover presenters, service providers and tools according to your discipline. 

Trouvez des opportunités, y compris des liens vers des boîtes à outils et des babillards externes, et découvrez des diffuseurs, des services et des outils en fonction de votre discipline.

View representative councils and associations for Studio Arts:

  • IMAA
    The Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) is a member-driven non-profit national organization working to advance and strengthen the media arts community in Canada. Representing over 100 independent film, video, audio, and new media production, distribution, and exhibition organizations in all parts of the country, the IMAA serves over 16,000 independent media artists and cultural workers.
  • RAAV
    The Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec (RAAV) is the representative association for visual artists in Quebec. RAAV acts as a professional support system and central point of information for artists, and offers professional development and memberships with opportunities.

View external toolboxes for Studio Arts:

  • IMAASource
    IMAASource is a searchable collection of resources and tools for media artists & practitioners
  • Quartier artisan
    Quartier artisan's mission is to support the growth of craft businesses, and they provide a Toolbox specific to artisanal practices such as design and general arts & crafts.
  • RAAV’s tools and resources
    The Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec (RAAV) is the representative association for visual artists in Quebec. RAAV acts as a professional support system and central point of information for artists, and offers professional development and memberships with opportunities.

Discover research centres for Studio Arts:

  • ARTEXTE
    ARTEXTE has a catalogue of contemporary Canadian art publications, as well as an open access repository for Canadian art publishers to upload their publications digitally and have it available to be downloaded from the library.
  • VCR Concordia
    VCR Concordia contains the Concordia Digital Image & Slide Collection : The collection currently holds over 30,000 high resolution digital images that can be downloaded and used for educational and research purposes, including subjects of artifacts, paintings, photographs, ceramics, fibre works, drawing, sculpture, architecture, performance and contemporary art. VCR Concordia also contains the Moving Image Collection comprised of over 41,000 titles dating from 1895 to the current year. Lastly, VCR Concordia contains the CWAHI : a collaborative endeavour that fosters and circulates scholarly research into women’s contributions to the cultural and material history of Canada. 
    The CWAHI contains the Women Artist Database and Documentation Centre
  • Artsy
    Artsy is an online platform for discovering, buying and selling fine art. Artsy also offers art criticism, coverage of exhibitions, fairs and auctions across the world.
  • Artnet
    Artnet News offers current updates and news on the art world and market.
  • Artlist
    Artlist provides royalty-free music licensing and sound effects for video, film and Youtube.

Discover production centres for Studio Arts:

  • La Remise
    La Remise is a non-profit solidarity cooperative that stores common use tools made available for loans. They also offer workspaces, and wood, sewing and bike workshops.
  • Technology Sandbox
    The Technology Sandbox is a community space for learning by doing, making, playing, and sharing knowledge with one another.  
  • Map of all Fab Labs in province
    This list of digital fabrication laboratories located around Quebec is user and community generated and maintained.
  • échoFAB
    echoFab is a prototype of a neighborhood community digital workshop.
  • List of Fab Labs in the world
    This list of digital fabrication laboratories located around the world is user and community generated and maintained.

Discover podcasts specific to Studio Arts:

  • Into This
    Into This is a podcast hosted by Marx Ruiz-Wilson featuring conversations with Montreal-based creative professionals.
  • Momus Podcast
    The Momus podcast explores a variety of timely themes relating to contemporary art and the present moment. Momus publisher and podcast host, Sky Goodden, delves into back rooms, biennials, and white cubes, bringing Momus's unique brand of fresh, urgent criticism into conversation with leading artists, curators, and art writers from around the world.
  • The Conversation Podcast
    Explores the contemporary art world through conversations with a range of participants from the center to the fringes and back again.

Discover suggested readings specific to Studio Arts:

Discover magazines related to Studio Arts:

  • Canadian Art
    Canadian Art is a quarterly art magazine published in Toronto and focusing on Canadian contemporary art. The magazine publishes profiles of artists, art news, interviews, editorials, and reviews of modern art exhibitions.
  • Bordercrossings
    Border Crossings is a magazine published quarterly from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It investigates contemporary Canadian and international art and culture. The magazine includes interviews with artists, profiles, exhibition reviews, and portfolios of drawings and photographs.
  • Vie Des Arts
    Depuis 1956, la revue Vie des Arts couvre l'actualité des arts visuels au Québec, au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde, en lui consacrant des articles.
  • Ceramics Monthly
    Ceramic Monthly is a magazine dedicated to serving active potters and ceramic artists worldwide.
  • Espaces art actuel
    Espace magazine is published three times a year by the Centre de diffusion 3D— a not-for-profit corporation and periodical dedicated to promoting contemporary sculpture. Espace posts call for papers on a regular basis and accept advertising proposals.

Discover news related to Studio Arts:

  • Artsy
    Artsy is an online platform for discovering, buying and selling fine art. Artsy also offers art criticism, coverage of exhibitions, fairs and auctions across the world.
  • Artnet News
    Artnet News offers current updates and news on the art world and market.

Discover apps & tools for Studio Arts:

  • Canva
    Canva is a free graphic design platform that provides professionally designed templates.

 

Creation & Dissemination

View resources and tools to aid in the production and dissemination of your work

Producing your work

Finding your own studio

Co-working spaces

  • OBORO’s new media lab
    This is a link to a New Media Lab’s reservation form and is catered to anyone in film, audio, and  media presentation. 
  • Atelier La Coulé
    Atelier La Coulée is a solidarity coop with workshops and equipment to produce metal sculpture. They are specifically equiped for welding and casting.
  • L'imprimerie
    This artist run centre offers its members several specialized resources and services in digital printing, screen printing, plate lithography, intaglio or relief printing and alternative photography.

Technical labs and production centers

  • Atelier Clark
    Atelier Clark's mission is to support, assist and encourage artists and visual art students of the greater Montréal area by giving them access, at reduced rates, to a specialized woodshop
  • Atelier La Coulé
    Atelier La Coulée is a solidarity coop with workshops and equipment to produce metal sculpture. They are specifically equiped for welding and casting.
  • Eastern Bloc
    Eastern Bloc is an artist-run centre with a lab for research and production. Members can use it to work on electronic projects and light manufacturing. The lab gives access to a 3D printer, a paint oven, a milling machine, a moulding and painting room, and much more.
  • L'imprimerie
    This artist run centre offers its members several specialized resources and services in digital printing, screen printing, plate lithography, intaglio or relief printing and alternative photography.
  • OBORO’s new media lab
    This is a link to a New Media Lab’s reservation form and is catered to anyone in film, audio, and  media presentation. 
  • Vidéographe
    The digital labs are accessible to Vidéographe’s members, and also to people who have a valid membership with PRIM, Main Film, GIV, SPIRA, Paraloeil, Eastern Bloc, FCTNM and Bande Sonimage.

Services

  • Artwork inventory service (AMY)
    AMY is an independent cloud-based art management digital tool that helps you track all your artwork information, contacts, exhibitions, sales process and more.
  • The Artwork Archive
    This tool is a paid service to keep track and organize your creations.

Specialty printing centres

  • L'imprimerie centre d'artistes
    This centre offers its members services in digital printing, screen printing, plate lithography, intaglio or relief printing and alternative photography. A downloadable price list is available on their website.

Photography centers

 

Presenting your work

Transporting and packaging your artworks

Installation for artworks

Preparing a mock-up or maquette

  • Artsteps
    Artsteps is an online platform that allows you to create virtual and immersive exhibitions without needing the skills of a 3D designer. Artsteps is interactive, VR compatible and allows for staging narratives and scripts.

Networking & Project Management

View resources and tools to increase visibility for yourself and your creative practice, to help you manage your time and your projects, and to help you make connections within the Montreal cultural milieu.

Making connections & promoting your practice

Exhibitions

Funding & Financial Literacy

View resources and tools to help you manage your finances, generate revenue and find financial support for your creative practice.

Managing your finance

Copyrights, publishing and intellectual property

Waivers and contracts

  • RAAV’s resources for contracts and licenses
    This resource provides standard contracts and licenses, developed jointly with the support of lawyers specializing in copyright or in consultation with other organizations such as AGAC, SMQ, RCAAQ or even CAPIC.

Health & Wellbeing

View resources and tools to support overall wellness, understand health & safety measures, and sustainable practices

Safe practices

Get in touch!

Not finding what you are looking for? Visit the Toolbox sitemap.

For questions, accessibility concerns, or more information on specific resources, contact us at artvolt@concordia.ca. As an expandable depository of online resources, feel free to send your suggestions as well!

This initiative is made possible by the generous support of the Peter N. Thomson Family Innovation Fund.

 
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