Calling all Inc. members! Submit your work to be featured in our windows!
Window ActivationsDeadline: November 28, 2020 This winter, we will be showcasing artwork by Inc. members in our street-facing windows. We always welcome new and returning members, who will then be eligible to participate. Similar to our annual members’ exhibition SWARM, submissions will not be juried but only one artwork from each artist will be accepted. Depending on the number...
Read moreArtchives 101 Zine
The Inc. is excited to release “Artchives 101 Zine,” a project produced by The Inc.’s former Project Archivist, Julia Huynh. The zine was created as a way of responding to your questions about our archives and to provide you with simple tips and tricks that you can do at home for your own collections! A short disclaimer that this...
Read moreMeet Gallery Assistant Jessica Hannigan
Hamilton Artists Inc. is pleased to welcome Jessica Hannigan, our new Gallery Assistant! Read on to learn more about Jessica. Hi! I’m Jessica, and I’ll be The Inc.’s new gallery assistant for this fall. This is really a dream position for me right now since I’m very new to Hamilton, having just moved here this October. Working with The...
Read more1492 Land Back Lane Fund Matching Initiative
Hamilton Artists Inc. stands in support of the Haudenosaunee Land Defenders from the Six Nations Reserve who have been peacefully defending their territory at 1492 Land Back Lane. In solidarity, we will be matching community donations to their legal fund up to a maximum of $1000. Donations to their legal defense fund can be made through the go-fund-me campaign....
Read moreIncoming! A Pandemic Colouring Book Translations
Click below to read in different languages: Arabic | Chinese | Croatian/Bosnian | Farsi | French | German | Punjabi | Serbian | Spanish Free colouring books available for all ages! Drawings made by local artists. This initiative is part of the Incoming! project for refugee, newcomer, and immigrant artists organized by The Inc.’s New Committee. Email us your address to receive one in...
Read moreProgramming Committee Call for Applicants
Apply to Join the Programming Committee The programming committee works alongside the Programming Director to guide Hamilton Artists Inc.’s exhibitions and public programming vision. We support Inc. members and the local community, as well as respond to and engage with larger contemporary art discourses regionally and nationally. We lead and participate in juries and selections processes, facilitate exhibitions, develop...
Read moreAudience Survey
Dear members, artists and community at large, As we navigate the circumstances imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, we are exploring new ways of adapting and offering our programs. We are seeking your input to help us determine where your interests lie, what tools and technologies you have access to, and how we might offer our programs to reach as...
Read moreA Letter from the Directors Re: COVID-19 Closure
Re: Hamilton Artists Inc.’s Covid-19 Closure June 2020 Dear Members and Hamilton Arts Community, It has been over three months since Hamilton Artists Inc. closed its doors due to covid-19. We would like to take a moment to remind our membership, artists and community at large that we are still here and committed to serving artists and our communities....
Read moreWatch Nahed Mansour in Conversation with Swapnaa Tamhane Video Documentation
This video is documentation of an online conversation between Nahed Mansour and artist and curator, Swapnaa Tamhane which took place on Instagram live on April 29, 2020. Mansour and Tamhane discussed Mansour’s recent exhibition at Hamilton Artists Inc., Little Egypt Doesn’t Dance Here Anymore, and further expanded on the themes explored in Tamhane’s essay, The Many Appearances of Little...
Read moreHamilton Artists Inc. Stands Against Anti-Black Racism and Police Brutality
Dear Inc. community, We are joining with so many others in calling for justice for Regis Korchinski-Paquet, D’Andre Campbell, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Jason Collins, Eishia Husdon, Stewart Kevin Andrews, Ahmaud Arbery and the many other Black and Indigenous people who have died at the hands of police. Many Canadians think racism and police brutality are only American problems,...
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