VISITING MENTOR

CARFAC SASK’s Visiting Mentor Program is an advanced mentorship opportunity for mid-career and established professional artists to connect with an artist, curator, or art critic. Each spring, a mentor travels to Saskatchewan to provide private studio visits and/or critiques to support and strengthen the participants' practices. This program is free to CARFAC members and $45 to non-members.

Wally Dion, Visiting CARFAC SASK Mentor, 2022. Photo courtesy of the artist.

The Visiting Mentor will conduct studio visits and public artist talks in Regina and Saskatoon. Visits in other centres may be offered depending on interest and capacity. Spots are limited and offered on a first come, first served basis unless there are more applicants than spots available, in which case the Visiting Mentor will select participants. CARFAC SASK’s Visiting Mentor Program will resume Spring 2024.

Visiting Mentors have included nationally recognized and acclaimed individuals, such as:

  • Wally Dion, 2022

  • Sarah Ciurysek, 2019

  • Peter Morin, 2018

  • Brendan Lee Satish Tang, 2017

  • Luanne Martineau, 2016

  • Michelle LaVallee and Adrian Stimson, 2015

  • Ed Pien, 2014

  • Cliff Eyland, 2013

  • Nancy Tousley, 2012

  • Wayne Baerwaldt, 2011

HOW TO APPLY

Application deadline is TBA.
Apply by emailing the following application components to programs.sask@carfac.ca:

  • A brief letter stating your top three preferred dates and times for a studio visit within the options provided above. Please include your studio address and your mobile phone number. Why do you want to participate in the program?

    AND

  • A link to your website

    OR

  • A resume (max 3 pages) and 5 images of your work (JPG) or a short video (max 5 minute segment) labelled with artist name and title of work. Include an image list with title, date, media, and dimensions. Include links and/or password to any online multimedia documentation in your submissions email.

Please send your letter, cv, and image list as a single PDF document with the subject heading: YOUR NAME - Visiting Mentor Submission. Please ensure the PDF document also includes your name. Include all supporting images in either the PDF document OR in a Google Drive folder titled: YOUR NAME - Visiting Mentor Submission. If you prefer to send a link to your website rather than a cv and images, please include the link in your letter. Digital or physical submissions in any other format than described here will not be accepted.

 

For more information about Visiting Mentor opportunities, email programs.sask@carfac.ca or follow CARFAC SASK on Instagram and/or Facebook. The Visiting Mentor Program is supported by the Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund.