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Call for Workshop Submissions for the FCG Media Collaboratory
Call for submissions, due February 28th!
We are seeking proposals for Workshops that address themes of professionalization, skill-building, community gathering OR Workshops that investigate technological tools, interdisciplinary and experimental approaches to new media and emergent technologies. Workshops are paid in accordance to CARFAC fees.
Are you interested in running a grant writing workshop, do you have skills in documenting your work you want to share with other artists? Do you work with an analogue or digital technology and want to share your practice? We support artists interested in submitting workshop proposals that offer alternative approaches to collective & peer-to-peer learning or workshops that approach professionalization as forms of support.
Learn more here and via the link below.
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Upcoming Artist Discussion with Racquel Rowe and Jessica Karuhanga
Friday, February 28th, 5-7pm Digital Creativity Lab, John Labatt Visual Arts Building In partnership with SASAH
Save the date! Join us for the upcoming artist panel discussion between artists Racquel Rowe and Jessica Karuhanga, moderated by Kira McCallum-Schmidt in partnership with the School of Advanced Study in Arts and Humanities (SASAH) program at Western University.
Attend to learn more their practice and Racquel Rowe’s exhibition The Centre of the World Was the Beach on view at Forest City Gallery until March 8. You can also find Jessica Karuhanga’s work on view at Museum London as part of the Ukutala: Our Timeless Journeys exhibition, guest curated by Qanita Lilla, Associate Curator, Arts of Africa at Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
The talk will be available in person and online. Zoom webinar link coming soon!
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Racquel Rowe - The Centre of the World Was the Beach January 11 - March 8, 2025
Make sure to check out The Centre of the World Was the Beach by Racquel Rowe, on view until March 8th!
Drawing inspiration from Dionne Brand's A Map to the Door of No Return, The Centre of the World Was the Beach is a meditation on migration, memory, and identity. Anchored by themes of diasporic connection, domestic spaces, and culinary rituals, the exhibition explores how landscapes—both physical and interior—become sites of cultural continuity and transformation.
Through a series of video works, photographs, and intimate installations, the exhibition transforms the gallery into a living room, evoking the warmth and familiarity of shared histories. Each monitor plays a story, weaving together personal and collective narratives of the Caribbean diaspora, where migration reshapes domestic life, rituals anchor identity, and the beach becomes a symbolic threshold of loss and becoming.
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Check out the Pier Wall Exhibit, The Juice Box by artist-caregivers and their children
Drop by and check out The Juice Box, a collaborative art exhibit by artist-caregivers and their children depicting a fantasy art space using collage and mixed media.
Children and caregivers were invited to visit Forest City Gallery on January 25th for a workshop led by artist Michelle Wilson where imagination knew no bounds, to create this fantasy art building. Thank you to all who participated! Funded in part by Balancing Act Canada, as part of their Level UP! initiative, which advocates for greater equality, accessibility, and inclusion for artist parents and caregivers in Canada.
This event also kicked off a new survey to establish a parent-artist collective. In collaboration with Michelle Wilson, Forest City Gallery seeks to create a supportive community for artist-parents. This collective will address their unique needs, allowing them to nurture their creative practices while ensuring a safe environment for both parents and children.
If interested in participating in the collective, fill out the survey below.
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Upcoming and Ongoing Community Events, Calls and OpportunitiesLondon Public Library Our Coves Story, an experience sharing event led by Reilly Knowles. February 22, 1-4 pm.McIntosh Gallery Memories of the Future by Laura Moore, curated by Adam Lauder. January 16 - March 15, 2025.
McIntosh Gallery is looking for community feedback for their strategic plan! You can fill out McIntosh Gallery survey here.
ReImagine Co. Art Market Vendor Call - Thursday, February 21 from 12-6pm, $20 vendor fee. If interested, please email: info@reimagineco.caWestern U ArtLab AJE23, Group exhibition by UWO undergrads. Exhibition: February 13 – March 6, 2025. Opening: Thursday, February 13 from 6 – 8pm. People’s Choice voting: 6 – 7pm. AJE Award Announcements: 7:15pm.
Museum London Forever (Bird-Botanicals), exhibition by David Constantino Salazar. Exhibition: January 25 to July 27, 2025 Black History Slam, February 13, 5:30-7:30pm
Westland Gallery The Art of Architecture, Group exhibition. Exhibition: February 4 - March 1, 2025. Opening Reception: February 8, 1 - 3pm.
Individual Artists and Collectives - opening February 17 Ontario Art Council Important Grant Dates 2025
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