Upcoming Exhibitions & Events

WINTER 2024


Midnight Oil

Exhibition: March 28-April 11, 2024
Reception: Thursday, March 28 from 6-8PM
Curated by artLAB Gallery Intern Chloe Serenko.
Cohen Commons

OPEN CALL!! DEADLINE March 14 @ MIDNIGHT


Students -- submit your work for inclusion in "Midnight Oil"!

Burnout is a common phenomenon for hardworking students and adults alike. Burnout can occur when the individual is stressed, while continuing to push their limits with tasks, furthering the burden of a heavy workload. Normally, this leads to exhaustion of the mind and body. Stressed emotions cause tiredness, cognitive dissonance, and as a result, the overall quality of work declines. Burnout is most prevalent as it relates to perfectionism and the importance of academic excellence, being heavily pressured through societal expectations and the overall implications of these narratives. "Midnight Oil" is a show aimed at depicting emerging student artist's artworks, in a variety of mediums. Artworks must relate to feelings associated with the theme of “burnout”. What does "burning the midnight oil" mean to you? Students can submit 2D, 3D and media works (no projections) that effectively articulate how burnout manifests for them.

Please complete the Google Form to submit your work for consideration (link in our bio). If you have any questions please email them to: leurich@uwo.ca! You will be required to submit 1) artists statement 2) short description of the works for exhibition 3) images.


OPEN CALL
Cohen Commons

Artwork Submission Form

To submit artwork for the juried exhibition, Temporal Palimpsests, please complete the following form and submit along with your CV and an image of your work to askodak@uwo.ca. Chosen artworks will be exhibited at Cohen Commons as part of MA candidate Amy Skodak’s research and curatorial project. Artwork submissions are open to Western University students from any department – interdisciplinary artwork is welcome!

  1. Please list your first and last name, your preferred pronouns, and your current year of study:

  2. Submissions are open to Western students who are practicing artists (either through the department of visual arts or independently). Please attach your CV and note any prior exhibition or arts-related experience.

  3. "Palimpsest" refers to recycled manuscripts through the erasure and writing over of existing texts, creating layers of language over time. This exhibition seeks to answer the following: how can the metaphor and methodology of palimpsest in art help to communicate one’s relationship to/with time? In one paragraph, please describe how your artwork engages with this concept of visual and temporal layering. Potential themes might include the passing of time, the impacts of time (on individuals, cultures, and landscapes), the way one catalogues time, and memory.

  4. Please attach an image of your artwork. All mediums are accepted with the exception of large scale installations and video projection due to space limitations.

    Optional:
    Please describe any technical specifications needed for the display of your work (such as access to an outlet or monitor).

    Submissions are due March 15, 2024. Please email any questions to askodak@uwo.ca.