Segal Centre Jewish Arts Mentorship (J.A.M.)
What is the Segal Centre J.A.M.?
The Segal Centre is a leading English-language theatre in Montreal and an important cultural resource for the Jewish community. Throughout its history, the Segal Centre has supported emerging artists, providing them with opportunities to develop their work and reach the next steps in their careers.
The Segal Centre’s Jewish Arts Mentorship (J.A.M.) initiative was created to help theatre makers foster skills, gain knowledge, build an artistic community, and receive valuable professional networking opportunities.
The program seeks to support emerging theatre-makers over the age of 21 working on a project with Jewish themes or are engaged in issues of Jewish identity. Four candidates are chosen per cohort.
The program includes one-on-one artistic mentorship, group discussions about Jewish identity and the arts, and final presentations by each artist. This season, J.A.M. will run from November 2024 to June 2025.
What kinds of projects are a good match for J.A.M.?
Projects may include but are not limited to scripts, screenplays, physical theatre, puppetry, spoken word, operettas, drag, multidisciplinary, experimental, research, and more.
What happens over the mentorship year?
- Each J.A.M. participant is offered monthly individual meetings with Artistic Mentor Adina Katz to create a personalized plan to identify your goals, steps needed to achieve them and support you in developing your creative work.
- Monthly group discussions on Jewish identity and the arts facilitated by the Segal Centre’s Jewish Programs Manager Sivan Slapak, with guests from the Jewish and arts spheres. These are an opportunity to receive peer feedback on your creative work, engage in topics of shared interest, and build an artistic community.
- Opportunity to connect with various Segal staff members with expertise in relevant fields to assist you in professional development.
- Becoming part of the Segal Centre community and invited to events as well as productions when possible.
- Access to Segal rehearsal space for up to two hours per week (when available)
- Networking opportunities in the larger professional art world.
Who can apply?
The Segal Centre J.A.M. is an inclusive program that aims to unite a group of strong, diverse voices fitting the following criteria:
- Emerging artist of any age over 21 in the performing arts
- Living in Montreal or the surrounding area
- You do not have to be Jewish to apply. We welcome all candidates. However, your project must engage with Jewish themes and recognize that the mentorship year focuses on Jewish identity and the arts.
We welcome and encourage submissions from individuals of all gender identities, cultures, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and abilities. We would like to know how to address you. If you choose, you may provide us with the pronouns you would like us to use in your submission, or any other self-identification you wish to share if you are comfortable doing so. If you are a person with a disability and require assistance during the application, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Chosen candidates will receive a $1000 stipend for the year.
Submissions for 2024-2025 are open! Deadline to apply is Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Apply here!
For questions about JAM, contact Sivan Slapak at sslapak@segalcentre.org.
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See previous cohorts here.