Introducing our new Good Tastes website which is chockablock full of information on our January 24th Silent Art Auction held at Aroma Restro-Winebar.

The website includes a web preview of the art, a behind-the-scenes blog on the process of putting on a silent auction, detailed bios of some of our contributing artists and more!

Check it out at www.mfgoodtastes.wordpress.com

Modern Fuel will be closed for the holidays from
December 21st 2008 until January 6th 2009

Our next exhibit, featuring Chris Flower's Thinking Inside the Box in the main gallery and Rebecca Soudant in the State of Flux, opens January 17th at 7pm. We hope to see you there.

See you in the New Year!
Love Modern Fuel

The Union Gallery is looking for emerging artists who are in transition between post secondary education and professional practice to participate in a project entitled ART SHIFT. Art Shift is an intergenerational project for creative exchange and professional development between local established and emerging visual artists. The goal of the project is to foster excellence in all aspects of professional art practice by providing a framework in which young artists work with established artists, in a mentoring relationship, to develop both practical and critical aspects of their art practice.

ARTS IS YOUR STORY: taking stories to the streets

In response to Stephen Harper's characterization of arts as only of interest to an elite group and not relevant to 'ordinary' Canadians, a group of Queen's University artists wants to demonstrate the prevalence and importance of arts in all our lives. At its very core, art is about the human experience. Art is about storytelling and we all have important stories to tell. We have a need to tell stories, but also we have a need to hear other people's stories.

Design company Lisa Kiss Design is creating a series of 30 second video(s) for YouTube to promote the idea of voting for a party that values arts and culture in the upcoming Canadian election. We believe that the recent cuts to arts funding by Stephen Harper's Conservative government shows their lack of commitment to core Canadian values. If you feel the same, please consider participating in this project.

Modern Fuel has been invited once again to be a recommending organization for the Ontario Arts Council's Exhibition Assistance program for 2008-2009. Our annual deadlines for adjudication remain the same, Oct. 15 and Jan. 15.

For more information please visit the Funding Opportunities section of our website.

Photo credit: Kari Cwynar September 2008

Modern Fuel Welcomes New Admin Director

Modern Fuel welcomes Bronwyn McLean as the Incoming Administrative Director. Outgoing Director Jessica Rovito is leaving the Centre to pursue graduate studies at the University of Toronto. She will miss being involved in Kingston's arts scene and Modern Fuel will miss all the energy and enthusiasm she brought to the Centre.

Living at the ARTEL - TWO PRIME ROOMS available
Move in date September 1st or October 1st
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED ON AN ONGOING BASIS starting JULY 27th until AUGUST 20th.

Call KINGSTON'S only authentic Art house your HOME

The Artel has two prime rooms available for Sept 1st ($308 to $420 per month plus utilities).

Application deadline ongoing: starting Sunday, July 27, to August 20th.
APPLICATION FORM AVAILABLE at www.the-artel.ca
Please submit application via e-mail to: the.artel@gmail.com

If you live at The Artel you’ll enjoy:

Here's your chance to do an International Artist Residency without suffering jetlag or airport taxes! (Unless, of course, you want to suffer them.)

Thanks to all who came out to the Annual General Meeting for 2007-2008. It was a very efficient meeting and the minutes from the meeting will be available soon for those who could not be in attendance. If you have any questions about the meeting, the Committee reports or the 2007-2010 strategic plan, please let us know.

Congratulations to the 2008 - 2009 Board of Directors for Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre. These folks were voted in at the AGM held June 15th 2008.