AWARDS PROGRAMME
The JRSP has supported the study of art since 2008, with major donations to the University of Cambridge and the University of Victoria, as well as through its ongoing Company of Ideas Forums that take place every year on Hornby Island. In early 2017 it endowed an Educational Programme to ‘advance the understanding and appreciation of art as a source of knowledge, and to raise awareness of the art of Jeffrey Rubinoff’, directed by Cambridge art historian Dr James Fox. This programme includes the Company of Ideas Forums, as well as an annual awards programme for a Postdoctoral Award, awards for Artists making works inspired by the collection, an Arts Educator support Fund and Guest Curatorships. In addition, the Educational Programme supports the research and publication of an ongoing publication series on art and knowledge. The first in the series is Art and Knowledge after 1900, edited by Drs. J. Fox, and V. Simoniti and published by Manchester University Press.
2024 Jeffrey Rubinoff Postdoctoral Award (Call Open until Feb 4 2024)
On the subject of Art as a Sources of Knowledge
Aimed at early career researchers anywhere in the world, Postdoctoral Awards offer $7,000 CAD (roughly $5,100 USD or £4,100) to support research leading to one or more publications on any subject relating to art and knowledge. Themes might include but are not limited to the connections between visual art and cognition/understanding; digital technology and artificial intelligence; ethical/political issues; other fields of knowledge; and the sacred or numinous.
Click here for a PDF version of the 2024 JRSP Postdoctoral-Award application
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Eligibility and Requirements
- Postdoctoral Awards are open to applicants from any discipline in the Arts or Sciences.
- You are EITHER a graduate student in the latter stages of your PhD degree OR you have submitted your PhD thesis within three years of the application deadline.
- The JRSP must be acknowledged in all publications resulting from the Award.
- The JRSP requires copies of any published material to be offered to its archive, and made available for internal consultation and distribution.
- You are required to present your research in person at the Company of Ideas Forum, which will take place at the Sculpture Park 17-20 June 2024. All travel expenses will be covered.
To apply
Applicants should submit the following:
- Cover letter.
- CV/resumé.
- Name and contact details of one referee.
- Research statement of no more than 1,000 words describing past, current and future research. Please indicate what output(s) will result from the Award.
- A writing sample of no more than 10,000 words (this can be an excerpt from a doctoral dissertation or recent publication).
Applications should be submitted to awards@rubinoffsculpturepark.org by Sunday 4 February 2024.
Further details can be found at https://www.rubinoffsculpturepark.org/awards-programme/
Please direct queries to the JRSP’s curator karun@rubinoffsculpturepark.org
Click here for a PDF version of the 2024 JRSP Postdoctoral-Award application
Coming Soon … 2024 Award for Work Inspired by the Sculpture Collection
Matching fund to support creative outputs inspired by the work of J. Rubinoff
Criteria and award amount are being finalized. The award is intended to co-fund the costs of travel to the park, limited residency, and production costs for creative professionals in the process of or wishing to make work (essay, thesis, creative writing, art, music, film, etc) inspired by the Rubinoff’s art, thought or the JRSP. To inquire please email: curator AT rubinoffsculpturepark.org
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Eligibility and Requirements
- Under development
To apply
Applicants should submit the following:
- Under Developmnet
Please direct queries to the JRSP’s Curator curator AT rubinoffsculpturepark.org
Jeffrey Rubinoff Arts Educator Support Fund
Supporting development of workshops and group access to the collection
The goal of the matching fund is to broaden educators’ access to the sculpture collection, and for the development of high quality levelled educator modules. Educators could include school teachers, university professors, community group leaders, First Nations elders or organizers, art’s associations coordinators, and mental health clinics and other charities. The fund would support the development of programs such as study visits, or the development of arts educator packs tailored to their group. In the main we would provide partial funding for group visits, with a preference for matching funding.
This fund is currently under development. For inquires, please contact the Curator at curator AT rubinoffsculpturepark.org
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Eligibility and Requirements
- Criteria under development
To apply
- Criteria under development
Please direct queries to the JRSP’s Curator curator AT rubinoffsculpturepark.org