Blue Soup Topic
Government Regulation and Emerging Visual Arts Professionals
Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON
Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Registration Fees: $40 OAAG Members/ $45 General (lunch not included)
Organized by Darryl Bank for the Ontario Association of Art Galleries

Program Summary
How does government legislation and regulation like Ontario’s Film Classifications Act impact on public art galleries? The day begins with knowledge and skills exchange in a workshop environment from 10 am to 3 pm, followed by a panel discussion that will also be open to the public. Registered participants will gain practical skills from attending the workshop, including information on how provincial and federal government legislation is written. The day culminates in an open panel discussion where audience members will have the chance to discuss these critical issues with the speakers.

Blue Soup
Through case studies and presentations by established professionals, the Blue Soup series creates professional development and network opportunities for recently graduated and underemployed emerging arts professionals.

Content Contributors:

Taryn Sirove, PhD candidate, Queen's University
Taryn Sirove will present a historical overview of provincial legislation as it relates to Canadian media/video artists, and in turn, how this history informs her academic research.

Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Director of Freedom of Expression project, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv will discuss her organization's function as it pertains to artists and art organizations.

Tom Taylor, Program Coordinator, PleasureDome
Tom Taylor will discuss how the Ontario Film Review Board and the Film Classifications Act impact on Pleasure Dome's programming and policies.

To register, please complete the registration form available for download here and email, fax or mail to:

Ontario Association of Art Galleries
111 Peter Street, Suite 617
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2H1
Email: members@oaag.org
Fax: (416) 598-4128

Contact: Darryl Bank, Policy Intern
Tel: (416) 598-0714 / Email:policy@oaag.org.

From Red Ink to Rethink:
Managing your way through a deficit
Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON
Monday, June 16, 2008, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Registration Fees: $150 OAAG Members / $195 General (lunch included)

Content Contributor: Heather Young, Accountant, Young Associates

Program Summary
From Red Ink to Rethink will provide gallery directors, managers, administrators, and bookkeepers with the ability to strategize and identify a deficit within their institution and some possible solutions.

Please note: registrants are required to bring a calculator to the workshop.

Topics for the day include:

Nuts & Bolts
- What’s the difference between an operating and an accumulated surplus/deficit?
- Where would I see these things on my financial statements?
- How do I report them on grant application financials?

How Bad Is Bad?
- How severe is my organization’s situation? How can I tell if it’s a crisis?
- What does it cost to carry a deficit?
- How long does it take to eliminate a deficit?

Communicating The Problem
- Who needs to know ­ and when?
- How can I communicate disappointing financial results in an effective way?
- How detailed must my release be?

Solutions
- Bottom line fixes
- Cashflow fixes
- Financial statement fixes
- How to buy time to manage the situation while I plan the solution

Presenter Heather Clara Young has worked in the field of arts management for close to twenty years. Her experience includes leadership roles with a variety of arts service organizations, theatre and dance producing companies, facilities, festivals and community organizations, in both professional and volunteer capacities.

Heather teaches accounting and financial management to diploma and continuing education students in Humber College’s Arts Administration programs. Heather was a 2004 recipient of Humber College’s Continuing Education Award of Excellence for Outstanding Academic Contribution.

Her company, Young Associates, founded in 1992, provides consulting, financial management and bookkeeping services to both not-for-profit and commercial arts and cultural organizations.

To register, please complete the registration form available for download here and email, fax or mail to:

Ontario Association of Art Galleries
111 Peter Street, Suite 617
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2H1
Email: members@oaag.org
Fax: (416) 598-4128

Contact: Shay Gibson, Membership and Publications Coordinator
Tel: (416) 598-0714 / Email:members@oaag.org.

Skills Development Workshop
Archiving the Exhibition:
Techniques in Documentary Photography
Art Gallery of Hamilton (123 King Street West, Hamilton, ON)
Monday, April 28, 2008, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Registration Fees: $195 OAAG Members / $250 General (lunch included)
Maximum Registration: 15

Content Contributor: Isaac Applebaum, Photographer

Program Summary
This practical workshop provides professional skills enhancement for photographic documentation of visual art exhibition installations of all media. The workshop will focus on exhibition documentation approaches, including difficulties presented by certain exhibition scenarios. A review of film-based and digital formats will be presented as well as post-production approaches available with digital files.

Requirements
Registrants must submit three photographs which illustrate their own challenges when documenting exhibitions. On the day of the workshop, each participant is asked to bring his/her own camera with its corresponding guide book. (Please note that most guide books are available for download from manufacturer web sites.)

Program Goals
- Provide participants with enhanced knowledge of photographic exhibition documentation
- Cover both film-based and digital cameras
- Provide in-gallery scenarios
- Introduce Photoshop / Post Production Methods
- Improve the capacity of OAAG member galleries to document their temporary visual art exhibitions
- Create awareness about the need for proper exhibition documentation

Intended For:
Curators, Assistant Curators, Gallery Assistants, Preparators, Installation Technicians, Registrars, Exhibition Coordinators, Photographers, Archivists, Visual Arts and Heritage Professionals.

Agenda

9:00 am - Introductory Plenary
9:30 am - Basic Exhibition Installation Photography
10:45 am - Coffee Break
11:00 am - Exhibition Walkthrough / Lighting Analysis
12:30 pm - Lunch
1:30 pm - Post Production: Exhibition Photo Review
2:45 pm - Break
3:00 pm - Group Critique & Problem Solving
4:45 pm - Question & Answer
5:00 pm - Adjourn

Contact: Shay Gibson, Membership and Publications Coordinator
Tel: (416) 598-0714 Email: members@oaag.org