The application for Art Skills: Sustainability Focus is now LIVE.

This is an opportunity for eligible* students doing contemporary arts internships, field placements and practicums to earn a $1,100 honorarium for participating in an additional skill building project alongside their community placement. 

Sustainability Focus

Art Skills combines real world experience alongside skills development, while inspiring contemporary art students to engage with the climate emergency. Experts from the local arts and culture communities will run workshops and hold talks and panels. Students will deepen their perspective and skill-sets through hands-on practicums and internships, and additional readings related to environmental and career sustainability in the arts. At the end of the project, students create short ‘art skills’ videos to share their learning with future students and the public. See past videos made by students here.

  • Eligible students earn $1,100 (for completion of program)

  • Students will also be enrolled in the Art Skills 2023 Canvas course 

Dates:

April 21 – August 18, 2023 (Detailed Dates Below)

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must be registered in an SFU Spring or Summer 2023 contemporary arts practicum, internship, or field placement (undergraduate or graduate).  

Additional eligibility criteria include:

  • Student participants must be Canadian citizens, Permanent Residents, or persons with refugee status. Unfortunately, federal program criteria excludes international students [Learn more]

  • Participants must be legally eligible to work in Canada in accordance with the relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations. 

Priority registration will be offered to students who experience marginalization and students who are in unpaid or underpaid forms of work-integrated learning.  

Your Committment

Students who apply and are accepted will complete the Art Skills 2023 program according to the following schedule (below).

You must complete all activities to receive a pass and be eligible for the honorarium: 

  • Participate in in-person panels, talks and workshops*

  • Complete all assignments, including discussion posts, feedback on videos, and commenting on peer’s posts 

  • Complete a consent form and project surveys, including an impact assessment.

  • Complete a short Art Skills video by the posted deadlines  

Filming and editing support is available for the creation of your video. All participants will have the opportunity to participate in a video-making workshop with SCA videographer Joey Malbon. 

*If you are unable to attend all of the in-person workshops and panels, you may still be able to participate. Please make a note of the dates you need to miss in your application. Preference will be given to students who can participate in all or most in-person sessions.  

Key Program Dates

Activity

Date

Details

Launch Art Skills: Program Launch April 21 Online
Workshop Art Skills: Workshop 1 May 26

In Person

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Deadline First Video Pitches Due June 13 Submit via Art Skills Canvas
Panel

Art Skills: Guest Speakers Panel 1

‘Sustainable Careers in the Arts’: Community Info Sharing

June 16

In Person

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

(continues after Practicum/Internship Meet-Up)

Workshop

Art Skills: Workshop 2

Video Creation, Small Files 

June 23

In Person

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Deadline Video Work Plans Finalized June 30 Submit via Art Skills Canvas
Panel

Art Skills: Guest Speakers Panel 2

‘Sustainable Careers in the Arts’: Community Info Sharing

June 30

In Person

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

(continues after Practicum/Internship Meet-Up)

Panel

Art Skills: Panel 3

‘Sustainable Careers in the Arts’: Community Info Sharing

July 14

In Person

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

(continues after Practicum/Internship Meet-Up)

Deadline First Draft of Video (Peer Review) July 21 Submit via Art Skills Canvas
Workshop

Art Skills: Workshop 3

Slow Process: Sabrina*

July 28 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Deadline Second Video Draft Peer Review  August 11

Submit via Art Skills Canvas

Due Midnight

Workshop

Art Skills: Workshop 4

Mending & Salvage: Circuit Bending Workshop

August 11

In Person

10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Deadline Final Video, Video Description, and Bio Due August 18 Submit via Art Skills Canvas
Deadline Final Surveys Due August 18 Complete online

How to apply?

Submit the application form below. The SCA Professional Development Coordinator will verify if you qualify for participation.

Have questions? Please email scapdev@sfu.ca

Application Form

Collection Notice

The below collection notice will be posted in the Application Form on the SFU website: https://www.sfu.ca/wil/funding/ediwil.html. This collection notice is specific to the application form itself, and the data being collected for the purposes of project reporting to CEWIL.

The information on the Art Skills Application Form is collected by Simon Fraser University (SFU) under the authority of the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RSBC 1996, c. 165). Personal information collected through this form is also administered in accordance with the Privacy Act (RSC , 1985, c. P-21) and the Department of Employment and Social Development Canada Act (S.C. 2005,c. 34). You have the right under the Access to Information Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. A-1) to obtain access to that information from Canada and/or a designated Third Party.

The information you provide on this form is directly related to and necessary for the purposes of confirming your eligibility and participation in the CEWIL iHub innovative work-integrated learning funding program.

At SFU, the information will be used for the vetting of applicants for eligibility and priority acceptance (for students who experience marginalization and/or in unpaid or underpaid forms of WIL); project reporting in aggregate (no personal information of applicants will be included); and identifying work-integrated learning programs, opportunities, and partners for internal use.

If you have any questions about the collection and use of this information please contact: Barbara Adler, Professional Development Coordinator for School for the Contemporary Arts at SFU. 

Address: 149 W. Hastings St. Vancouver, BC. V6B 1H4

E-mail: scapdev@sfu.ca

Phone: 778-782-2667

Consent to Disclose Personal Information

The below disclosure notice will be posted in the Application Form on the SFU website: https://www.sfu.ca/wil/funding/ediwil.html. This disclosure notice is specific to the application form itself, and the data being collected for the purposes of project reporting  to CEWIL.

Pursuant to the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RSBC 1996, c. 165), by applying to this program you consent to SFU disclosing and storing your personal information, as necessary. You further acknowledge and understand that your personal information may be disclosed to the following organisations:

  • CEWIL Canada: any information collected through this application form may be disclosed. A two-digit code will be assigned to your program of study, which will also be disclosed.
  • The Government of Canada, including Employment and Social Development Canada, Statistics Canada, designated Third Party of Canada, and Women and Gender Equality Canada any information collected through this application form may be disclosed. A two-digit code will be assigned to your program of study, which will also be disclosed. Employers and Community Partners will receive a limited portion of your personal information (specifically your student name, e-mail, phone number, home address, work experience). The Employers and Community partners include: SFU Galleries, Richmond Art Gallery, Or Gallery, Inscape Studios, Act.Art.Mgt, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, Playwrights Theatre Centre, Pacific Cinematheque, Women in Film and Television, Contemporary Art Gallery, Dumb Instrument Dance, Vancouver Opera, Music on Main, and Dancer Transition Resource Centre.

The above listed information may be used and/or disclosed for policy analysis, research and/or program evaluation purposes. By participating in the program, you may be subject to a longitudinal study administered by Statistics Canada. However, individual names will not be disclosed for the aforemmentioned purpose.

Supported by SFU Work Integrated Learning and SFU School for the Contemporary Arts. This project has been funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Innovative Work-Integrated Learning program and CEWIL Canada’s iHUB.

Please Submit Your Application Below:

Please enter your SFU student email.
Please enter your postal code for the place where you have been living during your participation in Art Skills: Sustainability Focus
Please enter your SFU student number.
Please enter your year of birth. Formatted as YYYY (example: 2001).
Please confirm
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What is your enrollment status?
Please indicate the type of degree for which you are enrolled.
Please indicate the language you first learned at home in childhood and still understand.
Please select the gender that best represents you.
Priority for this learning opportunity will be given to students who are members of social groups that face equity and inclusion barriers. Please indicate if you belong to any of the following social groups. Please select all that apply.
These are the priority groups identified by the funder, however, this opportunity is open to all students in a course or program that includes any form of work-integrated learning (see examples).

TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOU MUST BE ENROLLED IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

CA 306/406: Contemporary Arts Practicum I & II

CA 306/407: Contemporary Arts Internship I & II

CA 827: MA Practicum

CA 889: MFA Field Placement

One course per line

Please confirm that you are working with an employer or community partner. An employer or community partner is required. See eligibility requirements above for more details.  

I have an employer or community partner, e.g. employer, organization, or community group | WIFTV, PTC, The Cinematheque, Music on Main, Dumb Instrument Dance

Please note partners will be invited to complete a short survey. 

The information on this form is collected under the general authority of the University Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 468). It is related directly to and needed by SFU's Work Integrated Learning Program in order to facilitate WIL/Co-op services.