Canadian Art Foundation Editorial Residency
The Canadian Art Foundation Editorial Residency is a national prize awarded annually to a current undergraduate, graduate or other post-secondary student with an interest in developing expertise in the realm of professional art-magazine publishing. The award involves a nine-week summer residency at Canadian Art magazine and canadianart.ca. The winning student will hone writing and editing skills and learn production procedures at Canadian Art.
This introduction to art-magazine publishing and writing is intended to foster new editorial and critical talent. The $7,000 prize is selected on the basis of one 500-word review of a contemporary art exhibition, a list of titles of recent academic writing on art and a one-page CV.
Applications for 2012 are due by 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 6, 2012, to:
Canadian Art
Attention: Canadian Art Foundation Editorial Residency
215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 320
Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C7
Applications will not be accepted by fax or email.
The winner will be notified by April 22, 2012.
PAST RESIDENTS
2011: Tess Edmonson, Montreal
Tess Edmonson is a Montreal-based writer and editor currently completing her BA at Concordia University. She works with Palimpsest Magazine.
2010: Sky Goodden, Toronto
Sky Goodden—an alumna of Concordia University—holds an MFA in criticism and curatorial practice from OCAD University and has been managing editor of the arts publication ONE HOUR EMPIRE. She has also worked at Descant and curated exhibitions.
2009: Justin Mah, Vancouver
Justin Mah received a BA in art and culture studies at Simon Fraser University. During his studies there, he served as arts and photo editor for the university’s student newspaper. Justin has also worked as the managing editor of a local Vancouver art and culture quarterly, Sad Mag.
2008: Whitney Light, Winnipeg
Whitney Light completed her undergraduate studies in art history at the University of Winnipeg. She has served as arts editor of the Uniter, assistant editor of Stylus magazine and visual-arts columnist of Uptown magazine.
2007: Pablo Rodriguez, Montreal
Pablo Rodriguez received a BA in cultural studies and international development from McGill University and at the time of his residency was a student in the BFA program at Concordia University.
2006: Dave Webb, Vancouver
At the time of his residency, Dave Webb was a graduating student of Emily Carr Institute, as well as a practicing visual artist and musician.
2005: Monique Johnson, Toronto
Monique Johnson holds an Honours BA in English and art history and an MA in art history from the University of Toronto.
2004: Vanessa Kwan, Vancouver
Vanessa Kwan was the winner of the first Canadian Art Foundation Editorial Residency. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and completed a BMA at the Emily Carr Institute. Kwan has been director of programming at the Vancouver Queer Film + Video Festival.
