Coming Home

A JURIED EXHIBITION AT TORONTO PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

September 13, 2008 to January 25, 2009
Airspace Gallery, Terminal 1

CALL FOR ENTRIES

The airport is a powerful signifier of coming home – it is a physical place, where you put your feet back on solid ground after a flight. It can be an emotional place where friends and family are reunited. It can also be bittersweet. Coming home can be a comforting return to the familiar, but the familiar may also be mundane, especially after returning from an exciting travel adventure. The idea of coming home can evoke many images beyond the airport – a house, a country, a person, a feeling. Artists are invited to submit work to the Greater Toronto Airports Authority’s juried exhibition that deals with the idea of coming home. The show runs from September 13, 2008 to January 25, 2009.

Purchase Award

One work will be purchased for the GTAA Corporate Collection.

Eligibility

• Open to all artists residing in the following Ontario area codes: 416, 647, 905 and 289. Artists employed by the GTAA or at Toronto Pearson International Airport are eligible to apply, provided that all other entry criteria are met.
• All two-dimensional media, including paintings, original prints, photographs, mixed media and textiles, are accepted.
• Works must be no larger than 72 inches (183 cm) high or 48 inches (122 cm) wide, including frame.
• Entry by .jpg image, 300 dpi resolution, on CD. No photographs please. CD must be clearly labeled with the artist’s name and the title(s) of the work(s).
• Each artist can submit up to 2 works.
• Each work must be accompanied by a short statement (maximum 250 words) about the work.
• A completed entry form must accompany each submission.
• Work must be original and must have been completed within three years of the entry deadline.

Accepted Work

• The jurors’ decisions are final. No work may be withdrawn once it has been accepted.
• Artists whose work is accepted will be notified by telephone or email.
• A work may be disqualified from the exhibition if it was misrepresented by the images used in the jurying process.
• A fee of $100 will be paid to each exhibiting artist.
• Work must be framed for exhibition (including hardware).
• The GTAA reserves the right to adjust, or apply if necessary, hanging devices for safety or security.
• The GTAA has permission to photograph the selected works and use the images of the selected works for the GTAA’s publicity, educational and reference purposes. In the use of the photographs of the selected works, the GTAA will not be required to attribute the work to the artist.
• Accepted work must be delivered to the GTAA by Wednesday, September 10, 2008. Delivery details will be provided to artists whose work is selected.
• The display location for each work selected will be at the discretion of the GTAA.
 
Submission Deadline and Fees

• CD, entry form, statement and a non-refundable $25 entry fee (cheque or money order payable to the Greater Toronto Airports Authority) must be received by Friday, August 15, 2008.

Transportation and Insurance

• The GTAA will insure works while on the premises until the specified pick up date.
• Shipping/transportation of accepted work is the responsibility of the artist.

Other notes

• Works will be selected by the blind jury method.
• Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your CD to be returned.
• The GTAA is not responsible for any CDs that may be damaged or destroyed while in the process of being submitted or reviewed by the GTAA.
 
Jurors

Natalie Ribkoff, Curator, TD Bank Financial Group
Natalie Ribkoff is the curator of the TD Bank Financial Group art collection, which consists of over 5,000 works of contemporary Canadian art. She also works as a freelance art consultant for a number of private and corporate clients. She holds a BA from the University of Toronto, specializing in Arts Administration and an MBA from York University in Arts and Media Administration.

Betty Ann Jordan, Arts Writer and Critic
Betty Ann Jordan is a professional art writer who trained as an artist. She has written for Toronto Life, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, American Style, Canadian Art, Fashion magazine, and many other periodicals. She currently writes a monthly Artist File column in Canadian House and Home magazine. She is also the owner of Art InSite, which offers behind-the-scenes art tours of Toronto.
 
Akira Yoshikawa, Artist
Akira Yoshikawa graduated from the Department of Experimental Art, Ontario College of Art in 1974. He has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Canada, and his work is in the collections of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University and the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Gendai Gallery. His works range from conceptually-based sculpture to drawings made with oilstick on paper.

Submission checklist

○ CD
○ completed entry form
○ $25 entry fee (cheque or money order payable to the GTAA)
○ statement (1 per work)
○ self-addressed, stamped envelope for CD return

Send submissions to:

Manager, Cultural Programs Greater Toronto Airports Authority Toronto Pearson International Airport P.O. Box 6031, 3111 Convair Drive Toronto AMF, Ontario L5P 1B2