Submissions

Eligibility: Open to current graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni from the Faculty of Fine Arts

The FOFA Gallery (with street level access) can accommodate large-scale work, media projections, large bodies of work and group exhibitions. Our interior exhibition spaces are comprised of the main gallery, the Sainte-Catherine street vitrines, the black box, the York corridor vitrines.

The FOFA Gallery’s exterior spaces include the Image Grid, which is on the exterior wall of the gallery, ideal for large-scale banners, and the Courtyard, which is the space directly outside of the gallery. The exterior space is visible and accessible from Saint Catherine Street, a primary commercial artery of downtown Montreal. 

FOFA Gallery is an exhibition and research space that reflects the creative diversity, activities and interest of the Faculty of Fine Arts. The gallery is committed to supporting and profiling the research and exhibition practices of the Faculty of Fine Arts including current graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

In addition to traditional presentation methods (solo, group, thematically based exhibitions) the FOFA Gallery is also favorable toward proposals that engage academic interests or disciplines represented in Concordia’s larger community. Applicants are also encouraged to propose interdisciplinary and new media presentations, residencies, artist projects and other practices that extend the notions of curatorial and artistic practices, and of the gallery itself. Projects are selected for exhibition on the basis of the overall quality and innovative character of their work.

The FOFA Gallery asks that artists who “address, deal with, incorporate, comment on, interpret or depict unique aspects of the First Nations, Inuit or Métis culture, to show that they have respect and true regard for Indigenous art and culture in their endeavours.” (See Canada Council for the Arts policy on Supporting Indigenous art in the spirit of cultural self-determination and opposing appropriation.)

The FOFA Gallery selection committee will jury the submissions.

Main Gallery
8.5 m x 11 m x 4.5 m plywood-backed gypsum walls, grid system over concrete and acoustic panels on ceiling, data and electrical outlets at floor and ceiling levels concrete floor, 4 m wide pivoting wall

Saint-Catherine Street Vitrine
3.8 m x 1 m x 3 m plywood-backed gypsum walls, concrete floor, electrical outlets, track lighting

Black Box
2.5 m x 4.5 m x 4.5 m plywood-backed gypsum walls, data and electrical outlets, concrete floor

York Corridor Vitrines
35 m x 1.4 m x 3.3 m plywood backed/gypsum walls, concrete floor, electrical outlets track lighting

Courtyard 
15.5 x 10 m outdoor space on Ste-Catherine street including a marble bench, concrete ground, lights built into floor, electrical outlets

Image Grid
Support anchors built into outdoor wall. Maximum image size: 5 x 3.8 m (banner must include grommets)

How to Apply

Submissions must include the following:

• Curriculum vitae including contact information
• Artist statement and project proposal, include space requested and technical requirements (maximum 2 pages)
• Supporting visual documents: maximum of 15 digital images – JPEG images only, MAC formatted. Images should be 72 dpi jpeg 1024×768 max and labeled with the following format: artistsname_slide number_title for example: jsterbak_01_vanitas.jpg
• Maximum of 1 video
• Descriptive list of included materials with artists name, title, date, media and size

By email: Nicole.Burisch@concordia.ca
Subject line: "FOFA Submission"
Note: If your files are too large to attach to an email, please use a web transfer link (WeTransfer, Dropbox, etc.)

Any questions regarding this call can be emailed to Nicole Burisch at  Nicole.Burisch@concordia.ca