Boarding House Arts is pleased to announce its selection of eight new artists for the Arts Incubator. These participating artists will be featured in an exhibition titled HELLO: Arts Incubator 2015 opening at Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art.

The Boarding House Arts Incubator is an eighteen-month studio residency and mentoring program designed to assist emerging and mid-career artists advance their professional careers. A particular focus is placed on understanding the business dynamics of the art world and the requirements of building and sustaining a career as a professional artist.

The Arts Incubator supports a breadth of artistic practices ranging from media-based work to painting to socially engaged art. This year’s artists were selected through a highly competitive process, which followed an open call for applicants.

The 2015-16 Arts Incubator resident artists are:

• Annie Dunning
• Alison Judd
• Tyler Muzzin
• James Olley
• Gregory Pepper
• Jazmyn Pettigrew
• Evelyn Sorochan-Ruland
• Steph Yates

The HELLO: Arts Incubator 2015 opened on Friday, February 6, and the show will run until February 28 at Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art, 31 Quebec Street, Guelph.

For bios and a brief writeup on each of this year’s artists, please visit http://bit.ly/1MdQZeT.

For further information contact: Kirk Roberts, info@boardinghousearts.ca, 519-241-0962.