Bio:

The Open Sky Creative Society is seeking applications from; visual artists, new media artists, traditional craftspeople, & performers interested in presenting at to the Open Sky Festival

For more information please contact the Open Sky Creative Society by email open_sky_society(at)yahoo.ca or call (867) 695-3005 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (867) 695-3005      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (867) 695-3005      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Past, Present, & Future:

OSCS was formed in 1999 by local artists & arts supporters who saw a need for an arts & cultural service organization as well as presentation & artist outreach opportunities the Dehcho. In 2001 the Society began hosting the Open Sky Festival, a Multidisciplinary Arts Festival held annually over a weekend in early summer. The Open Sky Creative Society (OSCS) fulfills a unique role in the community & the Dehcho as the only active non-profit, non-governmental, artist, & cultural supporter run organization. The volunteer-based society provides artists & audiences with an informed professional forum for research, production, presentation, promotion & dissemination of new works in contemporary arts & traditional Dene crafts as well as networking & educational opportunities, & a general resource centre.

Principle Activities:

Office / General Resource Centre:

• Open year round. • Holds selection of publications, grant information, computer/internet access, opportunity listings, & knowledgeable personnel as resources to artists & general public

Open Sky Festival (OSF):

• Annual Multidisciplinary Arts Festival held since 2001 • Primary OSCS programming event • Serves as one of the only presentation & dissemination opportunities for artists & audiences in the region • Features annual special project

Arts Workshops:

• Key audience development activities • Participants offered opportunities for interaction with practicing artists & insights on technical aspects of their practices • Artists benefit by educating, developing, & engaging audiences in a unique & meaningful way

OSC Gallery:

• The OSCS currently operates out of the Village of Fort Simpson Administration Building; where it maintains an office & artist resource centre open all year to the public. In June 2008 the OSCS began operating the space as the first & only artist-run, year round public exhibition venue for contemporary art in the NWT (OSC Gallery). The OSC Gallery presents six, six week exhibitions per year featuring works by contemporary visual artists from across Canada (with minimum one exhibition per year guaranteed to an NWT artist), with a additional annual Dehcho members exhibition. Goal: To present innovative programming in all artistic disciplines, relevant to the rural, mainly aboriginal audience of the Dehcho in order to create a dialogue between artists & audiences in our region & those from across the NWT & Canada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_artist-run_centres

www.openskyfestival.ca.

Open Sky Festival 2011: July 1st - 3rd, 2011 Fort Simpson, NT!!!

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Member Since:

January 25, 2008

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