MAIN GALLERY:
aka artist run is an artist-run centre dedicated to growth, dissemination and experimentation in contemporary art. AKA prioritizes work that is non-commercial in nature with a focus on work informed by diverse cultural communities. Our selection committee meets once annually, after the March 31st deadline. Current staff and board members are never entitled to submit proposals.

GALLERY SPECS:
Total floor area: 1063.6 sq. feet (324.2m)
Linear hanging wall surface: 118 feet (36m)

Ceiling Hieght: 11.6 feet (3.5m)

  BILLBOARD:
aka artist run shares a programmable billboard with PAVED Arts. Submissions for project proposals should be submitted by the regular gallery submission deadline. The billboard’s size is 15.3 x 4.3m.

PLEASE INCLUDE:
1. Exhibition or project description (max one-page).
2. CV
3. Support Material
-a maximum of 20 images of current work related to your proposal.
-Include a separate image list (titles, dimensions, dates, media).
-JPEG files only
-1024 pixels wide and 768 pixels high.
-1 MB maximum.
-RGB, or grayscale colour mode files only (no CMYK).
-Number and title each file (digital still); the number must appear before the title so that the order of the images will correspond to the image list, example: 001RedPainting.jpg.
-Do not submit images embedded in the following programs or formats: iphoto, Powerpoint.

AND/OR

-a maximum of 20 minutes of time-based work. Time-based work can also be submitted as a computer-based media format that can be read by the following programs: Quicktime, RealOne Player, or are in the following formats: .mov, .mp4, .avi.
(NOTE: you may send us a private link to view video samples on Youtube, Vimeo or Flickr).
-Include a separate documentation list (title, length, year, medium).
If you are submitting a combination of images and time-based work, subtract one digital still for every 2 minutes of time-based work submitted.

aka has moved towards paperless submissions: all applications and support material should be digitized to ensure the jury will consider it.

Submit Proposals via dropbox or WeTransfer (or other online file sharing protocols) to director@akaartistrun.com

aka is committed to fostering the development of new and experimental work, so feel free to propose work in development or entirely different work from that which is shown in your support material. Just be clear in your project description what it is that you are proposing; that which we are seeing or something else.

424 20th Street West, Saskatoon, SK

akaartistrun.com/submissions/