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Celebrating visual art of the human form / Célébrer l’art visuel de la forme humaine

Updates

News and updates from Figureworks.

Announcement

Figureworks 2022 Finalists

We are excited to announce the 29 artist finalists selected for Figureworks 2022. This year the prize received 182 entries from 118 artists located across Canada, including photographs, sculptures, paintings, drawings, videos, and fibre art. Finalists were selected from our distinguished jury who bring a depth and breadth of experience across art...

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Announcement

Figureworks 2022 Jury

The Figureworks prize is evaluated by a jury of peer professional artists, curators and arts administrators representing a broad range of media and forms of art. The Board of Directors are pleased to introduce the 2022 jurors for Figureworks Small Works. Katherine McNenly is an award-winning Canadian portrait and still life artist. She has a...

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Announcement

Wallack’s Empowers the Artist Community at Figureworks

Art has the power to inspire, provoke conversation and shape our Canadian culture. For 80 years, Wallack’s has focused its efforts on supporting the projects of local artists and seeing their creations come to life. No project is too daring or impossible to tackle—there is always room to dream up a solution and turn a vision into a

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Call for artists

Figureworks 2022 Call for Artists

Figureworks® is calling artists in all media to submit to the 11th annual juried Figureworks Prize and award show. The submission deadline is September 23, 2022. Figureworks® is an annual juried art prize and celebration of the art of the human form held in Ottawa, Ontario. We accept figurative works in all media. The show is open to all living art...

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Event

Figureworks Virtual Event: A chat with Tom Van de Wouwer

Join Figureworks and Belgian artist Tom Van de Wouwer for a virtual chat and meet-and-greet on Saturday March 13th at 1pm EST. More information and registration A Figureworks board director, Ran Yang, will interview Tom about his recent work and the tension between art-making and building technical skills in this informal fireside chat. After the i...

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