THE GREAT NOCTURNAL FRESCO 2010 - 15th EDITION - Presented by Nuit Blanche sur Tableau Noir

Nuit Blanche sur Tableau Noir (NBTN) will take place this year in June 2010. The event, in its 15th Edition, is accepting submissions from artists for the following activities:

- The Great Nocturnal Fresco, a night street painting activity.
- Exhibition Art Sale

THE GREAT NOCTURNAL FRESCO - 45 artists -- 45 frescoes
- The selected artists will each create a fresco of 12' X 20' between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. The frescoes will be painted directly on the asphalt of Mont - Royal Avenue between Saint-Hubert and Garnier.

Projects will be selected according to the following criteria:
- the relevance to the theme (see theme below)
- artistic merit
- originality of the project

Your proposal portfolio must include:
- A text clearly describing the proposed art project (125 words max)
- A sketch showing the planned art work, on paper and/or electronic copy
- A recent biography
- A short artist’s statement describing your artistic process
- 4-5 digital images (JPG on CD or paper files): representative of recent work.
- A SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) if you wish to retrieve your proposal

portfolio.
- Please note: Any proposal portfolio not recovered and not selected will be destroyed at the end of the month of May 2010.
- Your name, address and email
- How did you become aware of our call for submission?

Incomplete submissions will have less chances to be chosen
Please provide documents, not web links.

Please send or deliver your proposals by noon on March 12th, 2010 at the latest to:

Nuit Blanche sur Tableau Noir
www.tableaunoir.com
1012 avenue Mont-Royal Est bureau 101
Montréal, Québec H2J 1X6
info [at] tableaunoir [dot] com

Theme 2010

Let it be known… 2010 will be a festive Edition!

For the 15th Edition of Nuit Blanche sur Tableau Noir, artists and Montrealers are invited to highlight the arrival of summer in an atmosphere of celebration, which will unfold in its many forms along Mont-Royal Avenue. Nuit Blanche sur Tableau Noir will be the perfect occasion to celebrate the summer holidays in the spirit of "living together" and it promises to be a large public event involving much creativity and expressiveness. This is a great opportunity to take advantage of our public spaces as they pulsate with exuberance and improvisation.

Whether religious, patriotic, familial or public (on a large scale), this event encourages a free and playful expression of collective identity including the reversal of established values, even if only ephemerally. The event, the moment of universal passage, like a gatherer with a strong symbolic resonance, is the occasion to break through the collective imagination towards universes which blend and unite the everyday, the magical, the excessive, the marvelous and the forbidden.

The Great Nocturnal Fresco

Whether you're into raves or dance hall, neighbourly picnicking, or Mardi Gras, the organizers invite you to submit a sketch for The Great Nocturnal Fresco inspired by the theme of the event. In an enormous collective happening the festival is also a reflection of our social lives - propositions should explore the many possible forms of the event. We invite you to highlight, express, suggest and to strive for originality, playfulness, fantasy and utopia?

Let’s go…. let’s have a ball!

The deadline for submission of your proposal portfolio is at 12:00 p.m. Friday, March 12th, 2010.

The Great Nocturnal Fresco
Technical specifications

Site Location
Mont-Royal Avenue between Saint-Hubert and De Garnier

Dimension of Works
Each fresco will measure 12 feet by 20 feet. You must consider these proportions in your sketch1 fresco created per artist or collective

Materials
Diluted gouache, paint, brushes and rollers will be provided at the site

Cachet
$ 150 /artist (or collective), including copyright.
The Cachet is delivered to the location after the completion of the fresco

Schedule for Creative Activity
from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Technical support
- lighting provided for the evening of Thursday
- volunteers will distribute water, paint, beverages and snacks
- security and crowd control for the duration of the activity

Promotional Support
- List of participating artists with description and sketches, on the website: www.tableaunoir.com
- List of artists participating in the program for the event (approximately 40,000
copies, distributed door-to-door and avenue shops)
- all works of The Great Nocturnal Fresco will be added to the www.tableaunoir.com website after the event

Art Sale
Technical Specifications

To artists upon request, kiosks will be made available to present and sell their works (paintings, drawings, fanzines, comics... ). A unique opportunity to interact with the public. The spaces are free however quantities are limited. If you are interested please contact us.

Site Location
On Mont-Royal Avenue between Henri-Julien and Laval.

Schedule
Friday 1 pm-9 pm
Saturday 11 am-5 pm
Sunday 11 am-5 pm

Your proposal must include
- 4-5 digital images (JPG on CD or paper files), representative of recent work.
- Descriptive list of the works you intend to expose (medium, dimensions)