Art Ecologies
This part of your professional dossier lists your exhibitions, projects, education, and experience in a structured timeline format.
What is a CV?
This term describes a financial award given by a government, foundation, or organization for a specific purpose.
What is a grant?
Becoming a sole proprietor allows you to get this number used for charging 13% on sales.
What is an HST number?
This type of program helps you deepen your knowledge in your field.
What is a master’s program?
This gallerist and director runs the commercial gallery Zalucky Contemporary.
Who is Juliana Zalucky?
Gallery 1265 belongs to this category of exhibition spaces.
What is a Student Gallery?
This student-focused grant at UTSC lets you apply for up to $1,000 for an artistic or research project.
What is the I.D.E.A.S. grant?
Studio rent, art materials, travel, phone bills, and shipping are examples of these deductible costs.
What are expenses you can write off as an artist?
This must be completed before applying to any master’s program.
What is an undergraduate degree?
This type of gallery operates on a sales-dependent model featuring rotating exhibitions.
What is a commercial gallery?
The written section of the dossier where you explain your inspiration, your materials, your process, and why your work matters in the world right now.
What is an Artist Statement?
This department at UTSC administers the I.D.E.A.S. grant.
What is the Department of Arts, Culture & Media (ACM)?
This term describes someone who is self-employed and responsible for their own taxes.
What is a sole proprietor?
This written component should explain your research goals and why you want the program.
What is an application essay?
A standard commission split in commercial galleries.
What is 50/50 (50% gallery, 50% artist)?
A short written component describing who you are as a person and artist (background, education, and interests).
What is a Bio?
This kind of language should be avoided in grant writing except when strategically appropriate.
What is poetic language?
This term refers to money left after expenses are deducted.
What is net income?
This document should show you’ve researched the faculty and resources at the school.
What is a cover letter?
These small, independent spaces like Gardens, Plumb, and Joy support emerging voices.
What are DIY art spaces?
The section of your CV where you would list a show like “2024, Artside Out, UTSC, Scarborough.”
What are exhibitions?
This must be consistent: what you propose must match what you request in the budget.
What is project–budget alignment?
An artist who does NOT have an HST number earns this much on a $100 artwork after paying 50% commission and losing 13%.
What is $43.50?
When choosing a professor for a reference letter, you should have this in their class.
What is a good grade?
When selecting artists, gallerists must consider this type of viability.
What is commercial viability?