The Summer Institute is an international post-graduate artist residency for professional artists working in all disciplines. 13 artists, architects, designers, curators, and filmmakers will participate in this year’s Institute. This opportunity for critique and discovery took place in Plug In ICA’s new purpose-built facilities, with an adjoining workshop, art research library, gallery, bookshop and café.

Plug In ICA presents the Summer Institute’s Open Studio. Please join us to see the work produced by this years artist participants. This event is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

Participants:
Michael Dudeck | Winnipeg
Olivia Fung | Winnipeg
Hekla Dogg Jonsdottir | Reykjavik, Iceland
Francois Pain | Paris, France
Paul Robles | Winnipeg
Marion Scemama | Paris, France
Nicole Shimonek | Winnipeg
Emilie St. Hilaire | Winnipeg
Yi Zhou | Winnipeg

Faculty:
Christophe Hamaide-Pierson (assume vivid astro focus) | Paris, France
Eli Sudbrack (assume vivid astro focus) | Sao Paulo, Brazil
Natalie Kovacs | Toronto
Philip Pocock | Berlin, Germany

RBC Foundation is proud to support the Plug-In ICA’s Turn On campaign with a $50,000 gift.  A portion of this gift is being directed to the Emerging Artist Summer Institute Program.

Our support through to Plug In ICA’s Summer Institute program is pillared on long-term partnerships with organizations whose programs bridge the gap from academic excellence to professional careers in all aspects of the arts.
Emerging artists is a priority area for RBC and through the RBC Emerging Artist Project, we invested more than $1.4 million in apprenticeship and internship programs across Canada in 2010.