2022/2023
About this project:
Mainframe promotes the exploration of digital media tools and technologies to encourage local artists to engage with different resources and art-making methods. By partnering with resource spaces with expertise in digital technology, we will facilitate workshops that will expand community members’ digital literacy and tech toolkit.
Timeline: June 1st, 2022 – July 1st, 2023
NEWS:
October 11, 2022 – Workshop: Working with Sound with Than Brown
October 1, 2022 – Workshop: Deconstructing FL0W3RS with Francesco De Gallo
June 22, 2022 – Call for Artists: Mainframe Residencies! (CLOSED; Selected Artists will be announced in late August)
June 17, 2022 – Call for Participants: Digital Resource Survey! (CLOSED)
DIGITAL RESOURCES:
Deconstructing FL0W3RS: Workshop with Francesco De Gallo
Facilitator: Rachel Gilbert, Residency and Digital Project Coordinator
Rachel Gilbert is a Canadian American of mixed-race descent living and working in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador. She works with painting, drawing, and printmaking to explore her identity and home(s). Since receiving a BFA in Visual Arts 2020 and a Graduate Certificate in Museum and Gallery Studies in 2021, Rachel has worked with The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. Michael’s Printshop, and Eastern Edge Gallery, focusing on community programming and outreach. Serving on several boards and committees, Rachel is interested in working to increase diversity, associability, and inclusion in the arts.
Contact: easternedgestudio@gmail.com
Partnerships:
This project is funded by the Canada Council of the Arts
