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grunt gallery is an artist-run centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Submission deadline for exhibitions is July 15 of each year. Grunt will accept performance proposals on an ongoing basis. To have your submission returned, include a self-addressed and postage paid envelope.

Schedule

Exhibitions last three weeks from Friday to Saturday. Openings are on Friday Nights at 8 pm. Exhibitions close three weeks later on Saturday at 6 pm. Performances are usually one-night events. We will consider other out-of-gallery processes and events as well. The Exhibition Schedule is set between 6 and 10 months in advance.

Submissions

Submissions should consist of:

1. Visual work: 10 - 20 images (slides or digital images on CD or DVD) clearly identified with name, number, title, dimensions, and a numbered slide list. If these are not the work you wish to show, please let us know.
2. Performance work: a short video that typifies and helps to explain your work.
3. A proposal for the exhibition, i.e. what you wish to do and any special requirements.
4. A C.V. or short biography, education, and exhibitions.
5. Artist statement. (Optional)
6. A self-addressed, stamped envelope to return your submission. Please allow 3-4 months for consideration. The gallery retains accepted submissions until the exhibition.

Fees and financial

Visual Exhibition
Currently we pay $2000 for a solo gallery exhibition, $1000 each for a two-person show, and from $200 to $400 each (depending on the # of pieces) for group shows. Fees are payable on the exhibition opening. Artist fees include copyright for the grunt website, brunt magazine and brunt online.

In addition, we provide up to $500 for exhibition expenses, which include: gallery labels; installation costs; repainting the gallery (apart from regular white); one-way shipping of work; poster or invitation printing; performance fees for opening performance; publishing of an artist's or curator's statement or artist's interview, etc. It does not include fabrication of artworks, framing, or material costs for these expenses. Grunt provides a no-host bar for each opening. If your project requires more resources than usual, you will need to lay this out in your proposal.

Performance
Currently we pay $250 for a cabaret performance, $800 for repertory or repeat performance and $1200 for original or one-off performance. We will negotiate higher fees if time and expense warrant them. Grunt includes technical requirements and rentals, within reason. We provide one technician to assist the artists during performance. Artist slide talk fees are $200.

Writers fees are $300 to $2000, depending on project funding etc.

Documentation

The gallery documents all exhibitions for our archives. Artists will receive a selection of these slides upon request. Documentation is largely installation shots and does not include shots of individual pieces. Artists can document individual elements of the exhibition themselves.

Performance documentation consists of b/w photographs and videotape.

grunt gallery
#116 - 350 East 2nd Ave
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V5T 4R8
T: 604.875.9516
F: 604.877.0073