Submissions

Exhibit at Modern Fuel

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre facilitates the presentation, interpretation, and production of visual and time-based arts that explore wide-ranging aesthetics and probe a broad scope of formal and socio-cultural questions. We welcome proposals for solo and group exhibitions, performances, curatorial projects, collaborative projects, lectures, workshops and other events.

A Gallery floor plan may be viewed at the bottom of this page.

Receive Artist Fees

Modern Fuel is committed to supporting emerging professional artists and as such pays professional fees in accordance with the CARFAC Ontario guidelines. A professional artist is someone who:
* has specialized training in the artistic field (not necessarily in academic institutions)
* is recognized as a professional by his or her peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition), and
* is committed to devoting more time to artistic activity, if possible financially

General Submission Guidelines for Main Gallery & State of Flux Gallery

All proposals are reviewed by Modern Fuel’s programming committee. Please note applications for exhibitions (both solo and group), may be considered for inclusion in any group exhibitions that are curated in-house.

Submissions for general consideration may be made anytime in time for our annual deadline of May 1st. Successful applicants will be notified by Modern Fuel on or before August 1st.
Application materials will be returned if a Self Addressed & Stamped Envelope with sufficient postage is included.
Applications postmarked for May 1st will be accepted.

ANNUAL DEADLINE MAY 1ST

Please send the following:
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1. Exhibition or project description (max one-page).
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2. CV
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3. Support Material

-a maximum of 20 images of current work related to your proposal.
-Include a separate image list (titles, dimensions, dates, media).
-Images must be in digital format submitted on CD or DVD, (emailed images or website links will not be considered) and formatted to the following specifications:

-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, websites

AND/OR

-a maximum of 20 minutes of time-based work on DVD. Time-based work can also be submitted as a computer-based media format that can be read by the following programs:

-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.

For more information on submissions please contact us.

Our Exhibition Venues

Modern Fuel Gallery

In our main display space, we endeavour to balance exhibitions by regional artists with those by extra-regional artists. Modern Fuel Gallery programs strive to reflect the diversity of visual and time-based practices both regionally and extra-regionally, according to submission criteria as determined by the Programming Committee. Proposals are selected according to their exploratory character – exploratory insofar as they pose significant questions (formally, conceptually and politically) within current artistic and broader socio-cultural contexts.

State of Flux

The State of Flux Project Room accepts applications from artists in the Kingston region (with a perimeter defined by Zone 4 ) according to the Ontario Arts Council's Exhibition Assistance Program, but with priority given to artists residing within a 100 km radius of the city of Kingston). The State of Flux has the same mandate as the Main Gallery, but applications are restricted in order to create more exhibition opportunities for regional artists.

To Apply: Follow General Submission Guidelines. Annual Submission Deadline is May 1st

Art in the Streets

Art in the Streets programs aim to feature artworks in visual and time-based media that engage more assertively with the Kingston community-at-large. Proposals are selected based on their relevance to Kingston community politics and well-being and on their potential to stimulate interest within non-art and art audiences. Art in the Streets prioritises the presentation of artworks that can develop a participatory discourse between artists and non-artists.

Funding Opportunity: OAC Exhibition Assistance Recommender

Every year Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre is a Recommender for the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Exhibition Assistance Awards. The purpose of these awards is to provide assistance to individual artists with costs related to presenting their work for an upcoming exhibition.

Learn more about our Funding Opportunities for artists.

Gallery Floor Plans