DIGITAL ARTIST MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

$100 for 1 Year

DIGITAL ARTIST

The Digital Artist membership is for artists, creators and producers who are looking for access to equipment and other technical resources to produce their independent artistic work. These memberships are for sound artists, media artists, digital artists, video artists and artists crossing over from other disciplines.

PERKS

All perks of the Community Membership;
Access to rent from DARC’s Foundations Equipment Library;
Access to rent DARC’s post-production facilities, including our Digital Editing Suite, Recording Studio and SOUNDSTAGE;
Access to The Loop, DARC’s collaborative, co-working space, including 3 free bookings per year;
Access to technical clinic support hours with DARC technical staff;
Access to grant application office hours with DARC staff;
Access to member health insurance;
Access to apply for DARC’s Media Art Production Fund Grant;
Access to apply for Knot Project Space’s Expanded practice artist residency;
Invitations to special membership events.

Before Applying

With your application, you are communicating to us what your skill and experience level is. Applications are reviewed by DARC technical staff and can take up to 10 business days to process. Depending on your experience level, DARC technical staff may require that you successfully complete a technical workshop or series of technical workshops to be eligible.

At this time all members are required to wear a mask on site and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This membership requires a 10 hour volunteer fulfillment before members are able to access equipment rentals. Available to Ottawa region residents only and are by application.

Qualifications

Your peers recognize you as an independent artist;
You are not a commercial, for profit, non artistic, religious, government entity;
You have technical training (from DARC, another artist run centre, a post secondary institution or are self-taught with two years of artistic technical experience).

WAIVERS

This membership is $100. Membership fees can be waived if access to funds is a barrier. For more information please contact access@digitalartsresourcecenter.ca

Full Name

Gender Pronouns

Mailing Address (street name/number, city, province, postal code)

Phone Number

Email

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Link to your artistic website, digital portfolio and or demo reel.

Please upload your artistic CV (PDF only, 8mb max).

Please upload your professional CV (PDF only, 8mb max).

Please provide two industry references who can vouch for your technical skill level and your artistic practice (with their emails and phone numbers).

Tell us about your technical experience. Please detail the specific audio/visual equipment you have experience using and your experience with post-production technology and softwares (500 words max).

What equipment from our equipment library are you most interested in having access to?

All Digital Artist members must fulfill 10 hours of volunteer time with DARC, which volunteer tasks are you most interested in?

Shadowing technical staff in our equipment depot.Shadowing technical staff in our editing suite or recording studio.Logging supervised equipment "play time" where you can experiment with DARC equipment in house.Attending DARC programming events.Volunteering at DARC programming events (screenings, talks, workshops, exhibitions, etc).

Have you read the "Before Applying" and the "Qualifications" sections of this application?

Yes, I have read both sections.

By signing up, I agree to DARC’s mandate, code of conduct and ethics

Yes I agree o DARC’s mandate, code of conduct and ethics
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