OCAD ONE BIG IDEA

OCAD TIME-SHARE EXHIBITION PROGRAM

CREATORS/COORDINATORS

Mike Cameron, Roberto De Laurentiis, Katie Felton

OVERVIEW

As students in the OCAD community, we feel that there is not sufficient opportunity to get your work exhibited. OCAD is an environment designed for expression and freedom of imagination and there should be more of an emphasis on sharing your work. All our students work very hard to produce works of art and design and there is a lot of unused display space around the campus. We propose a time-share program that allows students to borrow display space for an allotted period of time and create a small exhibition for themselves within the walls of the university.

HOW IT WORKS

The program would be organized and run by the student body for the student body with appointed committee members for the administration process. Students would apply by filling out a short application with a portfolio of the proposed pieces for display.
To be fair to all applicants and depending on the committee’s decisions and availability, a space would be given and possessed for a period of anywhere between two and four weeks maximum.
From that point of exchange, the student or group of artists/ designers would be responsible for the installation of their display with further approval from the program committee. Local advertisement of these independent exhibitions would be encouraged.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

*All work must be complete before submission. Include pictures and dimensions.
*All exhibits are to be organized and displayed in the most professional manner possible. The idea behind the program is to encourage confidence as a professional artist/ designer. It is also important to keep in mind that the work will be representing the OCAD community.
*Not all work displayed must be class or project based work. Students may submit and display any work they have done in and out of school that is relevant to the college mediums.
* All work will be screened for material that could be deemed offensive or not up to the program standard, this is not to say judged necessarily, but the quality of the work will be accessed. Any form of advertisement for the exhibition must be equally appropriate.

SECRETS TO SUCCESS

OCAD can be a highly competitive environment and half the battle for some students is just getting confidence in their work. The program would provide ways to leave comments and criticisms on the displays via a website which would be monitored by the program committee. Archives of the displays would be kept in the form of a student-run gallery on the site.