Professional Development Business Skills
september
Event Details
CARFAC Saskatchewan/CARFAC Alberta Wednesday webinar panel discusion Contracts: What Should Be in One? with Patrick Close and Heather Cline September 13, 6:30 - 8pm MST / CST Register on Eventbrite As self-employed workers, visual artists need
Event Details
CARFAC Saskatchewan/CARFAC Alberta Wednesday webinar panel discusion
Contracts: What Should Be in One? with Patrick Close and Heather Cline
September 13, 6:30 – 8pm MST / CST
As self-employed workers, visual artists need to use contracts, to understand what needs to be in a contract, and often how to go about negotiating for a better contract… In this webinar, you will learn from two artists that have dealt with all types of contracts and even dealt with the absence of a contract…
ABOUT THE WEBINAR:
Patrick Close will discuss the technical aspects of contracts, including the various types of contracts, common elements, resources, best practices and industry standards, government legislation / regulations, as well as thoughts on successful contract negotiations. Heather Cline will provide real world examples of contracts based on her experiences exhibiting and working with galleries and institutions across Canada. After these two thirty minute presentations, there will be a thirty minute Q+A based on your questions. As the webinar is on Zoom, we will unmute the audience so you can ask your own questions. Join us and learn how to read, write and change contracts…
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Patrick Close is a practicing visual artist living in Okotoks, Alberta with experience as a curator, writer, consultant, artist run centre director, arts council officer and facilitator. He has been active in CARFAC since the 1970’s and was the director of CARFAC Sask for more than 20 years.
Heather Cline has a MFA from the University of Saskatchewan and is a painter and mixed media artist based in Regina, Saskatchewan. Cline has a deep interest in public interaction, and has exhibited widely, participating in residency programs and public engagement across Canada.
HOSTS + MODERATORS:
Chris W. Carson: Executive Director at CARFAC Alberta
Wendy Nelson: Executive Director at CARFAC Saskatchewan
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
All Access Webinar
The Internet
Organizer
CARFAC Alberta & CARFAC Saskatchewan

Event Details
CARFAC Saskatchewan/CARFAC Alberta Wednesday webinar discussion Making Public Art Happen with Alejandro Romero, Erin Pankratz and Christian Pérès Gibaut. Wednesday September 27, 6:30pm – 8pm MDT / CST Register on Eventbrite As visual artists, we make art for private
Event Details
CARFAC Saskatchewan/CARFAC Alberta Wednesday webinar discussion
Making Public Art Happen with Alejandro Romero, Erin Pankratz and Christian Pérès Gibaut.
Wednesday September 27, 6:30pm – 8pm MDT / CST
As visual artists, we make art for private and public use. We do not have to compromise our vision when we make art for private consumption. When we make Public Art we always need to consider the community who will be viewing the work…
ABOUT THE WEBINAR:
Speaking from the knowledge acquired as the Public Arts Consultant for the City of Saskatoon, Alejandro Romero will discuss how Public Art is used by municipalities to enrich the lives of its’ citizens. Alejandro will outline the Best Practices developed that protect both the city that commissions the work and the visual artists that make the work. Erin Pankratz and Christian Pérès Gibaut work together on Public Art projects in Edmonton. In their presentation, they will discuss what to expect when making public art, the unseen side of the process, and Public Art and your career.
After these two presentations, there will be about twenty minute Q+A based on your questions. As the webinar is on Zoom, we will unmute the audience so you can ask your own questions. Join us and learn more about Public Art and whether it can be work for your career.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Alejandro Romero:
Living in Saskatoon, Alejandro Romero is an independent interdisciplinary artist, curator, and consultant. His leadership as an arts administrator includes award-winning Public Art, public performances, lectures, and public speaking. He is the Public Arts Consultant for the City of Saskatoon, Alejandro exhibits in Puerto Rico, USA and Canada. His work explore anonymous interventions, social activism, cultural resistance, photography, painting and poetry with the concepts of identity, post-colonialism, prophecy, construction and perceptions of reality.
Red Knot Studio:
Red Knot Studio is Erin Pankratz’ and Christian Pérès Gibaut’s mosaic art studio. Based in Edmonton, they specialize in sculptures, murals and floors, and work with public and private clients. For their last project, they created child-friendly sculptures for Churchill Square and Centennial Plaza in Edmonton.
Erin Pankratz:
Born in Inuvik, NWT, Erin Pankratz lives and works in Edmonton, AB. She studied Art -Sculpture at the Alberta College of Art and Design and has received several grants and awards, including the 2013 & 2016 Innovation in Mosaics Awards by the Society of American Mosaic Artists and the 2021 Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund. In 2016, she became the first local artist to be awarded an International Public Art Call in Edmonton. She is a frequent lecturer and guest artist at international events.
Christian Pérès Gibaut:
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Christian Pérès Gibaut has a BA in Social Sciences and Humanities. He worked for many years as a Project Manager before starting a career in the arts in 2011. He has been awarded several grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Edmonton Arts Council to explore ideas of Identity, Immigration, Language, Meaning, and Estrangement. He shows his work regularly, and in 2022, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts acquired one of his paintings for its permanent collection.
HOSTS + MODERATORS:
Chris W. Carson: Executive Director at CARFAC Alberta
Wendy Nelson: Executive Director at CARFAC Saskatchewan
Time
(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
All Access Webinar
The Internet
Organizer
CARFAC Alberta & CARFAC Saskatchewan

october
03oct6:30 pm7:30 pmCall for Submissions 101 with Tyler Sherard and Lindsey Sharman6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Event Details
Call for Submissions 101 with Tyler Sherard and Lindsey Sharman Co-hosted by the AGA and CARFAC Alberta October 3 6:30pm-7:30pm Register online Join us for a discussion about calls for submissions, organized with CARFAC
Event Details
Call for Submissions 101 with Tyler Sherard and Lindsey Sharman
Co-hosted by the AGA and CARFAC Alberta
October 3 6:30pm-7:30pm
Register online
Join us for a discussion about calls for submissions, organized with CARFAC Alberta. From experiences coordinating juried calls for McMullen Gallery, Tyler Sherard will offer advice and strategies for standing out when preparing submissions to juried calls for group and single person exhibitions. This professional development program will be hosted on Zoom and is FREE to attend. We will also be joined by AGA curator Lindsey Sharman who will speak about the upcoming call for submission at the Art Gallery of Alberta.
You can participate in this hour-long program online through watching our free Webinar livestream. At the end of this program, we will reserve time for an audience Q&A. Please register in advance.
This program is part of a partnership between CARFAC Alberta and the Art Gallery of Alberta, which supports the professional development of creatives in Alberta.
About Tyler Sherard
Tyler Sherard is an engaging leader who has worked in the Arts and Not-For-Profit sectors for 12 years. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta, where he is also an MBA candidate. Tyler curates McMullen Gallery in the University of Alberta Hospital as a part of his role as Associate Director of Arts and Health for the University Hospital Foundation.
About Lindsey Sharman
Lindsey Sharman was born in the late 1900s and has been the Curator of the Art Gallery of Alberta since 2018. She has studied Art History and Curating in Canada, England, Switzerland and Austria, earning degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and the University of the Arts, Zurich. Learn more about Lindsey here.
Time
(Tuesday) 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
All Access Webinar
The Internet
