Call for Submissions for Wisdom of Kinship Group Exhibition

June 30, 2021

TORONTO– Métis artist and educator, Diane Montreuil, with the support of the Artists’ Network’s Leslie Grove Gallery, is hosting Wisdom of Kinship – Indigenous Art Exhibition. Diane is inviting all Indigenous artists, self-identifying as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis, whose work explores kinship and community within their culture, to submit to this Exhibition. This juried show will run from August 4 through to August 22 and feature original 2D or 3D works of any medium, including painting, mixed media, printmaking, photography, drawing, sculpture, as well as beadwork, basketry, and textiles. Diane has invited Nathalie Bertin, a Métis multidisciplinary artist, to join her in jurying this show.

Jurying

Depending on the COVID-19 restrictions, Wisdom of Kinship will hopefully be hung in the Leslie Grove Gallery; otherwise, it will be an exclusively virtual show at lesliegrovegallerystore.ca

Diane and Nathalie will jury all of the submissions choosing approx. 20-30 pieces to be hung in the gallery and featured in the Leslie Grove Gallery store and potentially select as many as 10 to 15 more works from the remaining submissions to be included in the online store.

Introducing Jurors: Diane Montreuil and Nathalie Bertin

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: Sunday, July 18, 2021 — 11:59 pm. Accepted artists will be notified on or before: July 23, 2021

Wisdom of Kinship Exhibition: August 4-22, 2021

Virtual Opening: Thursday, August 5, 2021 — 7 pm

Drop off artwork at Leslie Grove Gallery: Sunday, August 1, 2021 — 5 – 7 pm*

Pick up artwork at Leslie Grove Gallery: Sunday, August 22, 2021 — 5 – 7 pm*

*Please, contact galley to arrange alternative dates and times

Virtual Opening

Thursday, August 5, 2021 — 7 pm

A special evening will open with the sharing of storytelling, song and drumming with Grandmother Kim, Anishinaabe (Ojibway/Pottawatomi) band member of Shawanaga First Nation. Selected artists of the Exhibition will chat with our hosts, Diane Montreuil and Nathalie Bertin, about their work as it reflects the wisdom of kinship in their family and community. Guests will be free to ask questions of our hosts or artists or comment on the evening.

Commission of 30% on gallery and e-commerce sales, including a 5% processing fee. All proceeds from the Exhibition will be donated to the Woodland Cultural Centre’s Save the Evidence Campaign.

For details and Submission Form, please visit: https://www.lesliegrovegallery.ca/submissions-group-shows/

Please contact Leslie Grove Gallery, e-mail or call 416 465-0302, if you have any questions or concerns.