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One of a Kind Awards for Excellence

For over 30 years, the One of a Kind Show has been helping artists and craftspeople from across the country to make a living out of their passion.  We know it can be a challenging thing to do, especially in the early stages of a career.  And we want to do more to help!

The One of a Kind Show is excited to continue a new awards program to help develop the careers of emerging artists and craftspeople.  The awards are presented in partnership with the Crafts Council of British Columbia (CCBC), the Gardiner Museum of Ceramics, the Harbourfront Centre Craft Department, the Ontario Crafts Council (OCC), and the Textile Museum of Canada.

Here are last year’s winners:

Brad Turner – recipient of the One of a Kind Award for Excellence in Craft (Eastern Canada), presented by the Ontario Crafts Council

Lilach Lotan – recipient of the The One of a Kind Award for Excellence in Craft (Western Canada), presented by the Crafts Council of British Columbia

Hannun Lynn – recipient of the One of a Kind Award for Excellence in Ceramics, presented by the Gardiner Museum

TIMID Glass (Sally McCubbin and Aaron Oussoren) – recipients of the One of a Kind Award for Excellence in Glass, presented by the Harbourfront Centre Craft Department

Julie Laschuk – recipient of the One of a Kind Award for Excellence in Textiles, presented by the Textile Museum of Canada

Award winners receive:

• $1000 cash prize
• A free 5 x 10 booth to exhibit your work at ANY ONE of the 2010 One of a Kind Shows (Toronto – Spring or Christmas; or Vancouver)*
• Promotion on the One of a Kind Show website and the website of the administering institution, in press releases prior to the show, and highlighted listings in the One of a Kind show programs
• For the CCBC and OCC awards only – one year’s free membership in the craft council administering the award

*For the Christmas 2010 show in Toronto, the award winners’ 5x10 booths will be in either the 5 or 6 day section of the show. 

Am I eligible?

The One of a Kind Awards are for high-quality emerging artists and craftspeople, who have been practicing their art/craft for less than 5 years.  The award winner must be a graduate of a post-secondary education in their chosen field, have participated in at least one show with their own work (collective, school, group, gallery, craft, etc.), and create work of the highest quality, reflecting a truly unique, “One of a Kind” artistic vision.

NOTE – if you have been an exhibitor at ANY previous One of a Kind Show, you are NOT eligible to receive this award.

Award specific criteria:

OCC award – open to Eastern Canadian residents practicing in any craft media (provinces east of, and including Ontario)

CCBC award – open to Western Canadian residents practicing any craft media (provinces west of, and including Manitoba, and the territories)

Gardiner Museum award – open to ceramic artists residing anywhere in Canada or the United States.

Harbourfront Centre award – open glass artists residing anywhere in Canada.

Textile Museum award – open to textile artists residing anywhere in Canada or the United States.

Deadline: TO BE RECEIVED by 5:00 pm, November 30th, 2009 (local time). 

Postmarked applications will not be accepted, due to constraints of the jurying time.

Winners will be announced mid January, 2010.

How to apply?

See the award specific criteria.

NOTE: Please remember when applying to this award that the One of a Kind Show is a consumer oriented show.  Please submit images with your application that are recent work (past two years), and that represent the work that you are capable of, and planning on bringing to the show.

OCC and CCBC awards - The One of a Kind Award for Excellence in Craft (Eastern &
Western Canada) presented by the Ontario Crafts Council (East) and Crafts Council of BC (West)

Your place of residence will determine which award you apply to - Eastern Canada encompasses Ontario, Quebec, Nunuvat, PEI, Atlantic & Maritime regions.  Western Canada refers to Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC, Yukon and Northwest Territories.

Step 1: Prepare images and information for submission

1. Image Selection

Select 5 professional quality digital images of your work and 1 portrait of yourself (prefer in your studio).
Note: If you send more than 5 images of your work only the first 5 will be used. If you send more than 1 image of yourself only the first will be used.

2. Prepare images for web and print use. Use the following specifications to prepare your images:

Web Image requirements
Create a copy of your digital images at 72 ppi, in .jpg format with dimensions as close as possible without exceeding 800 pixels by 800 pixels.
Print Image Requirements
Create a copy of your digital images at 300 ppi, in .jpg format with dimensions as close as possible or exceeding 3375 pixels high and 2625 pixels wide.

Need help preparing your images? Not sure what ppi is or how to scale your images?
Consult our application preparation help section at http://www.craft.on.ca/Portfolio/Apply
                                  
3. Image file name format:

For your web ready images the file name should be, without spaces or capitalization, the first 3 letters of your first name followed by the first 3 letters of your last name, follow this with a “w” to indicate that the file contains a web quality image, and finally underscore “_” and the number of the image from 01 to 05. For your portrait the file naming convention is the same but put “port” instead of an image number. Print image file names should be the same as the web format image file name except rather than a “w” for “web” you insert a “p” for “print” this allows one image list to be used for both your image sets.

Examples: John Smith would…
label his 72 ppi images, johsmiw_01.jpg, johsmiw_02.jpg and his portrait image,  johsmiw_port.jpg
label his 300 ppi images,  johsmip_01.jpg, johsmip_02.jpg and his portrait image, johsmi08p_port.jpg

4. Prepare an image information list.

Within the image list document list the following information for each image:
Note: Please do not use quotation marks in your image list.
Name of files
Title, Year Completed
Dimensions in cm
Medium/ Technique
Photographer credit (Indicate photo credits even when you are the photographer.)

Step 2. Prepare a 200 word statement that describes the kind of work you do and your philosophy in making. Submit document files in MS Word format.

Step 3. Include a 1-page curriculum vitae

Step 4. Delivery of your application

Please submit your complete application on a well marked CD by mail to:
Attn: OOAK Eastern Award 09
Ontario Crafts Council
990 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1

Attn: OOAK Western Award 09
Crafts Council of British Columbia
1386 Cartwright St.
Vancouver, BC, V6H 3R8

Clearly label your CD with your name, contact information and the date you are making the submission. Your CD must be readable by a PC computer. Your application should include all of the application materials prepared from steps 1 through 3 on a CD.

Questions?
Eastern:
Katherine McKellar
Ontario Crafts Council
Phone: 416-925-4222 x222
Email: kmckellar@craft.on.ca

Western:
Raine McKay
Executive Director
Craft Council of BC
Phone: 604-687-6511
Email: raine.mckay@craftcouncilbc.ca

Gardiner Museum award – submit a CD or a DVD containing 5 high-res (300 dpi) JPEG images, a one page artist statement and a one page CV to the address listed below.

Questions?
Charles Mason
Gardiner Museum of Ceramics
111 Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2C7
Phone: 416-408-5074
Email: cmason@gardinermuseum.ca

Textile Museum award – go to www.textilemuseum.ca for more information about the application process.

To apply, please send:

1. 1-page Curriculum Vitae

• Documents must be in .pdf or .doc format only

2. Brief Artist Statement (150 word maximum)

• Documents must be in .pdf or .doc format only

3. No more than 5 images of recent works

• Images must be in full-colour, 300dpi, .jpg format
• Images larger than 1,600 pixels in any direction will not be accepted
• Do not compress files

to awardforexcellence@textilemuseum.ca by November 30th, 2009.

Applications missing any of the listed attachments, arriving with broken or corrupted files or with attachments that do not meet the above specifications will not be considered.  Materials emailed will not be returned. Please do not contact us. Entrants will be notified of the results by email by December 15th, 2009.
Late applications will not be accepted.

Questions?
John Dalrymple,
Executive Director, Textile Museum of Canada
55 Centre Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2H5
Phone: 416-599-5321 x 2236
Email: jdalrymple@textilemuseum.ca

Harbourfront Centre Glass Award - submit a CD containing 5 images, a one page artist statement, and a one page CV to the address listed below. Please note the specific image requirements for your Harbourfront Submission.

Specific notes re: CD Submissions for Harbourfront Centre Award

DO

• Submit PC compatible, jpeg files only
• Submit files at a resolution of 72dpi only, and a maximum of 1024 x 768 pixels
• Submit files of 500 KB (0.05 MB) maximum
• Save images directly to the CD-ROM without creating folders
• Submit RGB, sRGB or grayscale colour mode files only (no CMYK)
• Label each file (image) with a number and title to correspond to your typewritten list

DON’Ts

• Don’t submit Mac files that are not fully PC compatible
• Don’t submit compressed files (WinZip®, Stuffit®, etc.), or hyperlinks to Internet sites
• Don’t submit material that requires software, plug-ins, extensions, etc. that need to be downloaded or installed
• Don’t submit DVDs

Questions?
Melanie Egan
Head of Craft, Harbourfront Centre
235 Queens Quay West
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2G8
Phone: 416-973-4963
Email: rmegan@harbourfrontcentre.com

Questions?

If you have questions about the awards, you can contact Heather Read at the One of a Kind Show, (heather@oneofakindshow.com, or 416-960-4512), or you can contact the administering institutions directly.