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Winter Solstice is coming and Harbour will be taking this time to go inward and begin planning our next project, in Northern Quebec and the DOCKED film festival in March, in Regina Sk, with our partners Saskatchewan Film Pool and Sakewewak. We wish you well in preparing for the longer days and sharing of stories with friends and family. Harbour will be back January 9th, 2023.
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Harbour Collective presents Artist Billy Parrell
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“Get to Know” is a series that profiles Indigenous artists engaged in Harbour projects. Collective member Vanda Fleury connected with Billy Parrell by Zoom in 2022 to bring you this feature article.
At surface level, Métis storyteller Billy Parrell is making art to give away. Yet in every detail, there is a teaching about patience and the importance of attuning to one’s internal patterns. Beadwork, finger weaving and embroidery are hands-on processes with needles and threads and looping all the pieces together involves focus and determination. As Parrell describes it, “you can’t do it properly if you’ve wound yourself up into knots.” Absorbing Métis textile traditions has gifted her with a transferable skillset she has put to work for herself over the last six years. Billy has developed a wide range of workshops that she shares with other youth through community programs, like the Switch, Stitch, and Bitch event. These well attended events allow for finger weaving and comradery to seamlessly untether the knots that block creative energy and purpose.
Beyond the canvas, the revival of past traditions is an important act of healing that empowers Billy to claim her position within the urban Indigenous community. Producing art from within the creative space of Métis culture, worldview, and entrepreneurship is a place of growth for her. When she is practicing traditional beading, sewing, and embroidery alongside contemporary creatives, it has a profound impact on her art, and her sense of identity. “I feel more present in myself” says Parrell. “It shows you who you are creating for.” Coming back to the circle – physically, spiritually, and metaphorically – is a form of resistance against assimilation and the ongoing pressures of colonization. The canvas of art is a backdrop to Parrell’s personal growth and each defining stitch is a personal follow-up in her healing journey. She says, “I am doing the work to heal myself and my relations. I do that through contemporary art, based on traditional knowledge.”…
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Billy Parrell is an interdisciplinary artist passionate about community-engaged art. She teaches art workshops to youth. Her work tells stories about belonging and is concerned with themes of movement and space. As an exercise in privacy and performance, she sometimes publishes work under the artist name motif. This honours the great motifs of her Métis heritage. By empowering themselves to live creatively they hope to inspire others to dream big.
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“Get to Know” series is made possible with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, Creating, Knowing and Sharing.
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Heritage Saskatchewan – Administrative Assistant
Heritage Saskatchewan is looking for an Administrative Assistant to work out of the organization’s
office located in Regina. This part-time position, based on 21 hours per week, will provide general administration
support for the organization.
December 15
Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) -Project Manager, Building Anti-Racism Capacity and Action in the Media Arts
The Project Manager will lead the project and see it through all its phases from visioning, to initiation, delivery and assessment.
* EXTENDED DEADLINE December 16
Acadian Association of Professional Artists of New Brunswick (AAAPNB) – Communications Manager
The AAAPNB is an arts service organization that brings together professional artists. Its mission is to promote and defend the rights and interests of artists and to have their contribution to the development of society recognized.
December 16
TRUCK – Gallery Co-Director
TRUCK is seeking a co-director to support our ongoing transition from a hierarchy-based staffing model to a lateral staffing model led by two co-directors, with the support of the TRUCK board of directors and contract staff positions.
December 20
SkirtsAfire – Artistic Producer
SkirtsAfire is a diverse, inclusive theatre and multidisciplinary arts festival that features women and empowers artists and audiences. We create space for artistic excellence to be cultivated, experienced and passed on.
December 31
Yukon Film Society – General Manager
As the Society’s General Manager, you will be a self-directed team player with experience organizing events, writing grants and securing sponsorships. You will collaborate with the YFS Artistic Director and Board to help plan and implement programming, hire and manage staff and contractors, and oversee the organization’s finances. We have exciting things in the works and we’re looking for someone to help take our organization to the next level.
December 31
Canada Council for the Arts – Program Assistant (Creating, Knowing, Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Metis)
Under the direct supervision of the Program Manager, the incumbent performs a variety of administrative support functions including the preparation and coordination of documents, reports and financial data to support the grant delivery process.
January 4
Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) – Knowledge Connector
The Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) is a member-driven non-profit national organization working to advance and strengthen the media arts community in Canada. Representing over 100 independent film, video, audio, and new media production, distribution, and exhibition organizations in all parts of the country, the IMAA serves over 16,000 independent media artists and cultural workers.
January 9
New Media Manitoba – Lead Virtual Production Instructor and Expert-in-Residence
New Media Manitoba seeks a Lead Virtual Production Instructor and Expert-in-Residence to guide our latest initiative, StudioLab xR. StudioLab xR is the province’s first facility dedicated to Extended Reality technology (xR). Our mandate is to provide practical hands-on experience for industry professionals and students in this exciting new field.
January 10
Tenure-Track Opportunity in Experimental Animation Program, OCAD University
The Faculty of Art invites applications for a full-time tenure-track teaching position within the recently developed Experimental Animation Program at the rank of Assistant Professor. To address OCAD U’s historical under-representation, this position is open only to candidates who self-identify as Indigenous to Turtle Island and/or as racialized peoples.
January 10
Associate Professor in History of Art, Photography and Visual Culture at Toronto Metropolitan University
The successful candidate may also fill the role of Director of the Film + Photography Preservation and Collection Management program. We especially welcome applicants who bring complementary strengths to the history of photography in fields such as Indigenous Peoples’ art and visual cultures, global art (decolonized perspectives), curatorial practices (including community based), and emerging or underrepresented areas of scholarship.
January 10
First Peoples’ Cultural Council
Are you passionate about supporting the revitalization of First Nations languages, arts and cultural heritage in B.C.?
Bill Reid Gallery – Curator
The Gallery is seeking a full-time Curator to facilitate exhibition and public education programs that are driven by Indigenous priorities and values. This position acknowledges that Indigenous knowledge, lived community experience, and respectful relationships are key to furthering the Bill Reid Gallery’s vision and mandate.
Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA) – Studios and Facilities Manager
FAVA is a non-profit, charitable, member-based society that exists to facilitate and support affordable access to production, exhibition, distribution, and preservation of independent film, video and screen media art in Northern Alberta.
Western Arctic Moving Pictures is hiring a Part-time Equipment Technician, Part-time Technical Assistant Intern, and Part-time Workshop Facilitator. For more details and to apply, check out their website.
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Highlighted Awards and Competition Deadlines listed by Province (Coast to Coast)
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Creative Commons Attribute
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First Peoples Cultural Council’s
Language Technology Program is accepting applications until January 24, 2023
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Creative Commons Attribute
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New Media Manitoba
Announces Funding Support for StudioLab xR
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Creative Commons Attribute
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WNDX x NIMAC experimental moving image awards
Eight new awards for BIPOC gender diverse artists working in experimental media art
Call for Submissions December 30
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Creative Commons Attribute
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Telefilm Canada
Medium to Large Scale Festival Program relaunched
Applications will be accepted through multiple deadlines from January 3, 2023 to July 24, 2023.
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”The International Flag of Planet Earth”, by Oskar Pernefeldt.
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PIX FILM Collective
TRANSLUNAR FORMATIONS – Call for Submissions
PIX FILM Collective continues its partnership with the Artificial Museum in Vienna, Austria with an exciting new opportunity for Canadian artists to work in Augmented Reality (AR).
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Creative Commons Attribute
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Highlighted Training and Professional Opportunities
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2022 Digi60
Ottawa’s Digital Filmmakers’ Festival
December 16, 17, 18
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Calgary Public Library – Indigenous Artist in Residence
The Calgary Public Library invites applications for the three-month, paid position of Artist in Residence: Indigenous at the Central Library in downtown Calgary, Alberta for February – April 2023.
December 18
The Bentway Job Board -Artist Residency: Dance in Public Space
The Bentway Artist Residency is an annual, self-directed onsite program focused on advancing creative research and experimentation around a specified project theme or approach that responds to the features and/or functions of The Bentway Phase 1 site.
January 9
Banff Centre – Indigenous Arts Residency: Digital Constellations 2023
The Digital Constellations Residency supports the development and research phase of a digital media project wherein you can apply as an individual or with a collaborator.
January 25
Banff Centre – Indigenous Dramturgies Exchange
Indigenous Dramaturgies Exchange offers you professional development and space for artistic exchange on a current or upcoming dramaturgy project, with a focus on on-the-land engagement as a way of locating stories.
February 15
Griffin Art Projects
2023 Residency Opportunities in Vancouver
Back to Basics – Call for Artists and Creatives
Residency in Finland
January 11
2023 Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Prize
Glenfiddich, Canada’s Favourite Scotch Whisky, Invites Canadian Artists To Apply for the 17th Annual Artists in Residence Program, a Renowned Residency Valued at Over $24,000 CAD.
January 31
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Banff Centre – Decolonizing Narrative Conversation Series with Marjorie Beaucage
Decolonizing the Narrative Conversation Series is an online conversation session that invites leading Indigenous Art creators to talk about their practices and processes, facilitated by Janine Windolph, Acting Director of Indigenous Arts at Banff Centre.
December 21-22
Introduction to Virtual Production with Tamara Abas
Join New Media Manitoba as we discuss our latest workforce initiative StudioLab xR and how it is going to enable virtual production workflow
January 10
New Media Manitoba – Introduction to Virtual Production
Join New Media Manitoba as we discuss our latest workforce initiative StudioLab xR and how it is going to enable virtual production workflow
January 10 – Free Workshop
Creating AR in Spark with Dallas Flett-Wapash
Learn how to turn your 2D art into 3D Augmented Reality. Part of the ‘We Carry Our Bundles Forward Exhibit’ at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery in partnership with the IM4 Lab
January 10, 4:30 – 7pm – Free Online Workshop
FAVA – Workshops
For over 40 years, FAVA has been providing the Edmonton community with film and video-related workshops, classes, and social events
Workshops from January 16, 2023 onwards
Creative Manitoba – Group Mentorship Program
This program offers youth age 16-19 the chance to participate in an introductory group mentorship program run by partnering industry organizations in a choice of four different arts disciplines. Each program is FREE to accepted youth and offers 8 introductory group sessions between February – May.
Accepting applications until Mid-January
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