Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director assumes responsibility for carrying out the
policies, regulations, and programming of Gallery Connexion.

Responsibilities:

• Organizing Gallery Connexion exhibitions, talks, and events along with committee members,
  volunteers, and staff
• Overseeing the current year’s programming and planning as well as managing day-to-day
  operations
• Collaborating with the Board of Directors to create and administer annual budgets and project
  budgets, keeping accurate financial records, and preparing regular statements of revenues and
  expenditures
• Ensuring the continued operation of the gallery through successful grant applications from
  municipal, provincial, and federal governments, as well as foundations and other private sources
  Assisting the Board of Directors in reviewing policy, operational planning, and organizational
  development
• Participating in Board of Directors meetings and Annual General Meetings
• Coordinating fundraising campaigns in conjunction with the Board of Directors and committees
• Making news items available to the press and promoting exhibitions and events
• Overseeing Gallery Connexion interns, summer students, and volunteers
• Collaborate in strategic planning with the board of directors

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years experience in the administration of an art gallery or other cultural institution, or
  equivalent experience
• Exemplary knowledge of contemporary art practices
• Strong organizational and management skills
• Friendly and approachable attitude
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven track record in financial management and planning
• A creative leader and innovator
• Solid understanding of the culture of artist-run centres
• Familiarity with MS Office Suite
• French language skills considered an asset

Salary:
Starting at $25,000, commensurate with experience, based on a 30-hour week.

How to Apply:
Applications should include a brief letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact
information for three references.

Deadline for applications is April 13, 2012. Applications should be emailed to the Attention of the Hiring
Committee to connex@nbnet.nb.ca

Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted. We thank you in advance for your
interest.

Exhibition proposals should include the following:

• 10 – 20 images of proposed or recent work — JPEG, 300 dpi
• Numbered image list, including title, medium, dimensions, year — PDF
• Curriculum vitae (3 pages maximum) — PDF
• Artist statement (250 words maximum) — PDF
• An exhibition proposal including space and equipment requirements and description of proposed work (250 words maximum) — PDF
• Publications, reviews, or other support material (optional) — hard copy or PDF
  A self-addressed, stamped envelope if sending by mail and return of materials is required

Proposals can be emailed to:
connex@nbnet.nb.ca with “Proposal – Rick Burns Gallery” in the subject line.

Proposals can be sent via post (CD/DVD only) to:
Gallery Connexion
PO Box 696
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 5B4
CANADA

Disclaimer: Gallery Connexion is not responsible for lost items. Also, if sufficient postage is not included on a self-addressed stamped envelope, the materials will not be returned.

Gallery Connexion welcomes submissions from artists of any discipline regardless of educational background, gender, race, or sexual orientation. The gallery also welcomes proposals from independent curators. Gallery Connexion does not show undergraduate student work.

Gallery Connexion is committed to paying artist’s fees as outlined in the CARFAC fee schedule.

The current rates are as follows:

• $1600 for a solo show
• $250 for a Speaker’s/Workshop Fee under 4 hours
• Up to $200 for return shipping

For more information on CARFAC please go to: http://www.carcc.ca/feeschedules.html

Gallery Connexion annually programs 4-5 exhibitions. Proposals may be sent anytime. The committee meets once a year to review submissions.

For more information please contact the gallery at (506) 454-1433 or connex@nbnet.nb.ca

Please join us for a review of the past year’s activities, an overview of the year to come, and nominations of new members to the Board of Directors. All Gallery Connexion members in good standing are encouraged to attend.

Fredericton’s favorite art exchange and reception is back! Tickets are now on sale for Gallery Connexion’s popular annual fundraiser. Put Your Heart Into Art will take place February 11th at 8pm in the Connexion showroom. Buy a ticket and walk away with a piece of original artwork, for you or your valentine.

Artists are busy making work for the event. Arts patrons buy a $75 ticket and exchange it for a dart. The dart is thrown at a wall full of balloons with a number attached to each balloon. The dart thrower takes their number to a counter at the gallery and receives a box that contains artwork. Then the real fun begins. The buyer can decide to keep the artwork or exchange with another contestant!

Not interested in buying a piece of art but still want to come and party? Tickets to the reception are on sale now for $20. Either way, you’re supporting local artists and supporting the centres that support these artists. It’s a chain of happiness and friendship.

This year’s event will feature work from Whitefeather, Trudy Gallagher, Raymond Biesinger, Carol Collicutt, Ann Manuel, Adam MacDonald, Jim Boyd, Meredith Snider and many more!

Gallery Connexion is Fredericton’s only Artist-Run-Centre, supporting local artists and providing a venue for socially engaging artwork since 1984. For more information, contact Megan MacKay connex@nbnet.nb.ca or 454-1433

There are presently two (2) artist/office spaces available for rent in Gallery Connexion. The spaces average 170 square feet in size. The monthly rental fee is $200, heat/lights/internet included, with access to a shared tool room and a/v equipment. 24-hour access with a wheelchair accessible entrance by request. All studio rentals require a yearly lease.

Gallery Connexion’s artist studios provide opportunities for artists to learn and share through informal contact with each other’s practice as well as connect with the many exhibitions and activities that make Gallery Connexion an amazing artist-run centre and community hub. New cafe on site too!

For more information on how to join us in our basement palace, contact Candace Mooers, Executive Director, at (506) 454-1433.

Rooted/uprooted is a selection of drawings by Linda Kelly which depict trees from the area close to her home in Fredericton. The aged maples are on her family farm and predate her grandfather. The elms are nearer to her home and, though much younger, recently succumbed to the elm disease that has spread outward from city center over the past several years. “I think we all share a love for the presence and companionship of trees,” Kelly said.

Miramichi 1953 is a collection of photographs by Rachael Flett using black and white film initially created with images of women from the 1950’s. The negatives were hand-processed in a traditional darkroom. Flett began experimenting by shooting different models in various settings. “The strongest images came from one model: Crystal,” Flett said. She decided to use her as a subject for the remainder of the project. “As I shot, the story that unfolded was about one woman’s ambivalence towards leaving home and creating her own life,” Flett said. “The images are a projection of my feelings of displacement and conflict about where and how I want to live.”

The Annex Gallery is an initiative between Gallery Connexion and the Fredericton Playhouse to provide a juried exhibition space for Gallery Connexion members and for the Playhouse to include programmed exhibitions in its galleries.

The Annex Gallery is organized by a Gallery Connexion committee and facilitated by the Fredericton Playhouse. For more information, contact Candace Wilkins or Megan MacKay at (506) 454-1433.

Teachings features work from established indigenous artists Tara Francis and Shane Perly-Dutcher as well as work from students in the Wolokehkitimok Good Place of Learning Program at Leo Hayes High School.

The exhibition includes a box for members of the public to donate non-perishable food items to the Native Friendship Centre food bank.

The Fredericton Native Friendship Centre is a non-profit community organization dedicated to improving the lives of urban aboriginals through programs focusing on healing, life-skills building, and traditional teachings.

The Factory is a multidisciplinary room located within Gallery Connexion, Fredericton’s artist-run centre, 440 York Street in the Chestnut Complex.

Gallery Connexion’s mandate is to expose Fredericton and its surrounding area to contemporary and experimental art practices, including performance, literary arts, musical arts, and interdisciplinary work.

Teachings: Contemporary Takes on Aboriginal Traditional Works runs until December 13, 2011.