1 Award @ $7,951
Professor Annie Smith (1940-2007) assumed the position of Art and Art History Program Coordinator in 1976. Over the next six years, she reassessed the existing generalist three-year degree program in art education and developed the present professional fine art focus of the Art and Art History Specialist (four-year) degree program. In 1982, for the first time, the program offered its students fourth-year courses in both studio and art history.
Annie wished to help graduates travel and experience art firsthand. Travel will take place in the year after graduation. Applicants must be graduating students.
Travel activities might include research, artistic collaboration, an internship, an artist residency, having an exhibition, or visiting a biennial, film or video festival. If you are doing something to which you must apply and be accepted — such as a residency, internship, or exhibition — you should submit a contingency plan with your application in case your application is not accepted. Your application will be assessed on the connection you make between your travel plans and the direction of your art practice.
Within two years of the completion of the award, the recipient is required to present an illustrated lunch-hour talk in the Annie Smith Centre on the travel experience and artwork made/viewed.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Enrolled full-time in the Art & Art History Program and graduating in April or August 2017
- Demonstrate financial need
- Must be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident or Protected Person and have resided in Ontario for 12 consecutive months prior to beginning post-secondary studies
- Students must be in good academic standing
Application Deadline:
Submit completed online application: See below for link and application instructions.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
- A 500-word proposal that sets out a travel and activity plan that supports the direction of your artwork.
- Include a contingency plan in case a residency application or internship falls through
- A 500-word artist statement
- A list of images, video and sound files that you are submitting. Digital image files must be numbered and titled, and correspond to the support material list (e.g., 01.title.jpg). For each artwork on the list, include date, title, medium and dimensions (height x width, specify in. or cm)
- Please provide a list of anticipated travel expenses: i.e. air fare, accommodation, health insurance, shipping charges for artwork etc.
- Ten (10) digital images of your work, jpeg format, maximum 1024 x 768 pixels, posted to Flickr. Please provide link: li>Students working in installation, video, audio, performance or electronic media may submit up to five (5) minutes of a combination of sound or video files instead of, or in addition to, their digital still images. Submit audio or video files to either Vimeo or YouTube. Please provide link:
The Awards Office has launched a new “Online Awards” Profile for students to apply for scholarships and bursaries
You can apply directly online at the following link on January 9, 2017 and close on February 21, 2017:
AccessSheridan>My Student Centre>Finance>Online Award Application>APPLY
You will be required to login with your *Sheridan Student ID and password. Please fill out the “General Application” and choose Trafalgar as your campus when filling out the application.
You will be able to choose the Dr. Annie Smith Travel Award from the Opportunities tab listed at the top left hand corner of the screen.
All the supporting documentation can be either filled out or uploaded to the system.
*If you do not know your Sheridan ID, please call Sheridan’s Post-Secondary Contact Centre at (905) 845-9430 option #4. Please specify that you were or are currently enrolled in the joint Art & Art History Program with UTM.
If you have any questions regarding this application, please contact the Awards Office at
905-845-9430 ext. 2444 or by email: student.awards@sheridancollege.ca