Inspiring Action. Nurturing Artists. Building Community
Seeking submissions for our Artist Residency and Mentorship Program
*Notice for Participants*
This Artist Residency and Mentorship Program will not include any physical residency component or require any relocation by participants. Mentoring will take place virtually over Zoom with participants having the opportunity to gather together physically at the end of the program.
Are you interested in leading a values-driven group of creative activists to explore how art can impact social change around clean energy, energy affordability and energy poverty?
Are you a New Brunswick-based, mid-career community-engaged artist or artist team, passionate about climate justice, who would benefit from being mentored by a senior community-engaged artist?
If so, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick invites you to contribute your passions and talents to this creative collaboration.
Since 2020, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Harm to Harmony program has connected New Brunswick artists of all levels and backgrounds to help express participants’ feelings about climate change and environmental issues. Led by environmental artist Juliana Bedoya and co-facilitated by musician/writer/Instruments of Change Executive Director, Laura Barron, this highly impactful climate action art program engages the public to raise awareness about these challenges, advocates for solutions, and inspires behaviour change. Committed to fostering local leadership, H2H is now excited to invite two new New Brunswick-based artists/or artist teams (mediums listed below) to lead and facilitate climate action community-engaged art projects of their own, under the mentorship of Juliana and Laura.
We look forward to hearing from candidates who represent the broad range of our sector including (but not limited to) those who are Indigenous, Black, People of Colour, LGBTQ2+, and of mixed abilities.
Compensation: Mentees will receive $4,800 for 4 months of community-engaged residency and mentorship, which includes 120 contract hours, as well as up to $1,000 ( with receipts) for materials.
For reference, visit our ‘From Harm to Harmony’ Project.
Registration is closed.
Looking for more information? Here's the full scoop!
If you’re interested in becoming a mentee of our Harm to Harmony mentorship program, here’s what you need to know:
- Must be a mid-career professional artist residing and eligible to work in New Brunswick.
- Preference will be given to artists who have existing relationships with community groups eager to participate in a climate action art project.
- Will receive the support of their mentor through weekly 1-hour sessions and shared resources/tools.
- Will design, facilitate and deliver a 4-month project from March-July.
- Will work in collaboration with our manager of citizens’ engagement, Danielle Smith, to develop a project aligned with the organization’s objectives.
- Will develop an outreach strategy to engage people in their community with a range of artistic skill levels (from curious to committed to professional), and a shared desire to impact social and environmental change, in order to enrich participants’ perspectives and practices.
- Lead a series of group sessions (in-person, virtual, or a combination of both) throughout the project period.
- Create a project curriculum and plan which will culminate in a final exhibition, performance, or showcase of some kind.
- Integrate an evaluation process that can be embedded into the creative work itself, to include in a final report.
We invite candidates interested in improving and strengthening the following skills:
- Navigation of collaborative relationship in community settings (digital and/or in person), with an awareness of the needs of individuals and groups of people from a wide variety of backgrounds
- Ongoing research on environmental activism and environmental practice relevant to the project
- Project management – including goal setting, development of workable action plans, scheduling and time management, content management and filing, effective communication and problem-solving
- Sensitive communication that allows for adaptation to different accessibility needs, communication styles and varying digital literacy
- Awareness and integration of JEDI principles in the strategy, content and outcome of the project
- Motivational strategies necessary to rally members of the community and build confidence
- Creative flexibility and versatility that allow for an organic community ideation process, and which is inclusive of artists of different levels of experience
- Understanding how to create projects that enable active community engagement and participation, in order to educate and inspire the public
- Ability to translate environmental and conservation objectives into creative outputs through different artistic mediums
Artistic Mediums:
Poetry, Creative Writing, Visual Art, Photography, Music, Theatre, Sculpture, Painting, Fibre arts, Mural Artist, Dance, Spoken Word, Filmmaking, Digital Arts.
Some quick facts:
- Partnering environmental organizations can provide logistical assistance (e.g. space for workshops, outreach information, promotion and community networking assistance).
- CCNB will provide contracts and support the processes of each mentorship
- CCNB will provide additional marketing support as mentees do outreach, pursue community partners, and promote events
- A final report is required from all participants by no later than Aug. 15, 2023. This is critical as future funding depends on this deliverable.
Timeline:
- Application Due March 17th, 2023
- Artists selected- March 24th, 2023
- Project Start date March 27th, 2023
- Project End Date: July 29th , 2023
Learn more about our Community Art Project
Learn more about our Community Art Project