Calls for proposals / Appels de dossiers

Overview

This page provides tools and resources for finding opportunities related to dissemination of artistic practice, financial support, listings for events and activities, employment opportunities, and calls for projects.

Calls for Exhibitions, Projects & Publications

• Akimbo: Listings for exhibitions, publications, performances, screenings, lectures, calls for submissions, and jobs related to Canada's cultural sector, searchable by Montreal and other locations.
• Canadian Theatre Creators: Playwriting and theatre community opportunities.
• RCAAQ: Calls for jobs, residencies and more across Quebec.
• RAAV: Calls for proposals from Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec.
• ELAN: Submissions across multiple disciplines via the English Language Arts Network.
• Pilot Art List: Email list of funded art calls focused on paying artists and curators from Canada and USA.
• Municipal venues (Maisons de la culture): Ongoing project submission platform.
• RACAR: Journal submissions for articles, reviews, and art history-based proposals.

Professional Development

• Akimbo: Workshops and professional opportunities.
• Cultive: Digital platform for Quebec cultural sector professional development.
• ELAN: Workshops for music, theatre, visual arts, and writing.
• RAAV: Programming from visual arts organization.
• YES Montreal: Employment services and artist-specific resources for Quebec.
• CODEM: Services for independent workers in creative careers.
• LOJIQ: Professional and personal development for young Quebec adults.
• Academos: Free mentorship app connecting with professionals.
• Canada Council Research Library: Knowledge mobilization and arts funding information.
• ilovecreatives: Online network for creative profiles and services.
• CAHD: Internships and training in Creative Arts Therapies.
• Quebec Drama Federation: Training and support for English-speaking theatre artists.

Residency Opportunities

• Artenda: International residency and grant opportunities.
• Carrefour culturel de Notre-Dame-des-Prairies: Open calls once a year for short-term research and creation projects.
• CCOV: Open calls twice yearly for simple and technical residencies for dance artists.
• RCAAQ: List of Quebec-based residencies.
• Conseil des arts de Montreal: Residencies across creative disciplines.
• ResArtis: Worldwide Network of Arts Residencies connecting global residency operators.
• Residency Unlimited: Customized residencies for international and local artists in New York City.

Prizes & Distinctions

• CALQ: Prizes and distinctions.
• Conseil des arts de Montréal: Prizes.
• Canada Council: Prizes.
• Concordia University: Database of international, national, and provincial research prizes and awards.

Grants & Funding

Multiple resources provide lists of grants for creative practitioners.