The Vancouver Creatives 2 Call for Entries is now open! Free submissions from Vancouver-based creators & entrepreneurs will be accepted for a 1-month period of time until February 8, 2015. Enter now to be portrayed, published and exhibited through July, 2015!
WHAT IT IS
Vancouver Creatives 2 is the second opus of a unique-to-Vancouver celebration of entrepreneurial creativity and artistic innovation across a wide range of industries under the form of a historical portfolio and public exhibition. The goal of this original collaboration is to build tomorrow’s creative legacy today by vesting some of the best established YVR talents with the task of recognizing and supporting young and emerging creators of significance starting up in our city. Picturing the vivid forces already shaping out Vancouver’s future through 20 juried analogue large format portraits photographed and exhibited by VNB, Vancouver Creatives 2 invites all Vancouverites into a future perfect vision of our creative ethos.
THE CALL | January 7 – February 8, 2015
Launching on January 7, 2015 as an open call to all of Vancouver’s core creative forces, Vancouver Creatives 2 welcomes unlimited free submissions until February 8, 2015 using the submission form below.
THE SELECTION PROCESS | February 9 – 22, 2015
An innovation this year, Vancouver Creatives 2 is pleased to call upon the curatorial expertise of no less than 11 prestigious Jurors, all illustrious Vancouverites and representing our city’s most creative and successful enterprises. Once the call concludes, the Vancouver Creatives 2 Jury will first individually select their own 20 nominees from all valid entries, then collectively draw this second portfolio’s edition of 20 Winners during a private Jury meeting.
WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT | February 23, 2015
Winners announcement is expected to be officially released on Monday, February 23, 2015. Selection will be based on entrepreneurial & creative achievements and potential, as well as contributions to the Vancouver creative and artistic community.
THE JURY
The 11 Vancouver Creatives 2 Jurors are: Michael Green (MG Architecture), Gloria Macarenko (CBC), Nigel Prince (Contemporary Art Gallery), Niels Bendtsen(Bensen), Hajnalka Mandula (Mandula), Graham MacInnes (Pound & Grain), Marie Khouri(Artist), Bob Kronbauer (Vancouver Is Awesome), Jim Tobler (Montecristo magazine), Karri Schuermans (Chambar) and Sarah Bancroft (vitamin daily). You can view the Vancouver Creatives 2 Jury Portfolio presenting each Juror through his/her VNB historical portrait here.
THE EXHIBITION | JUNE 4 – July 3, 2015
The Vancouver Creatives 2 Legacy Exhibition is scheduled to take place at Make Gallery from June 4 through July 3, 2015 at 257 E. 7th Avenue (Make is Awesome at 7th & Main). A free public opening reception will take place on Thursday, June 4, 2015 from 6:00 – 10:00 PM.
Submit here: http://vnbphoto.com/vancouver-creatives/
