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Submit qualifications to design, produce, and install permanent site-specific artwork(s) for a new community centre, library, and district park.
Artists and writers of any career stage are invited to apply for a two-week winter residency at The Ou-Telier on Vancouver Island, with access to private studio space, shared kitchen facilities, and a supportive creative community.
Artists and authors are invited to apply for 8-week residency periods at Est-Nord-Est in Quebec, submitting a completed application form, CV, artist statement, and portfolio or published texts.
Submit a proposal for a transformative arts project demonstrating leadership through innovation, experimentation, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing.
Early-emerging artists are invited to apply for a 4-6 week residency providing studio space, a stipend, and mentorship at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver.
Artists can apply for self-directed short-term studio residencies or participate in programmed residencies that bring together groups of artists around specific themes.
Artists from Upper Austria are invited to apply for a two-month residency at Fonderie Darling in Montreal; Quebec artists may apply for a two-month residency in Upper Austria.
Cedar Ridge Creative Centre is seeking one emerging or mid-career visual artist for a summer residency providing workspace from mid-June to late September, a residency package valued up to $7,000, and a one-month exhibition in Cedar Ridge Gallery.
Artists from Quebec and New Brunswick are invited to apply for one or more of four residencies based in Gaspésie, New Brunswick, and Montreal.
Postgraduate award supporting exceptional emerging Canadian painters to study and develop their practice in Europe.
Graduate artists from MO.CO Esba are invited to apply for a three-month creative residency in Quebec combining studio time in Montreal and Gaspésie with professional support and production access.
Professional visual artists in Montreal are invited to apply for a three-year studio residency at Fonderie Darling with access to specialized technical workshops.
Professional artists may access state-of-the-art technical equipment (wood, metal, CNC, ceramic stations) through paid membership and reservation.
An exhibition exploring the artist's connection to his Greek Canadian grandfather through paintings, lithographs, and multimedia works that examine memory, queer identity, oral storytelling, and the AIDS crisis in North America.
Black identity and resistance through costume design, performance, and photography, drawing inspiration from the Caribbean masquerade tradition of Carnival.
Labour, migration, work conditions, and workers' dignity, exploring trade agreements, supply chains, cross-border industries, and how working people obtain necessities while contributing to society.
Submit credentials in Stage One of a two-stage competition to design, supply, deliver, and install a permanent public art piece in a landscaped area at the future BC Children's Hospital centre for health complexity in Vancouver.
Recently graduated MFA artists from Michigan State University are invited to apply for a month-long summer studio residency at Fonderie Darling in Montreal.
Toronto Arts Council's Visual Artists Program: Creation provides support to visual artists with a professional independent art practice for the creation or completion of new works, with grants of $10,000 intended to cover direct costs and materials.
The Clark Centre for the Arts hosts rotating gallery exhibitions featuring diverse contemporary artists working in photography, installation, painting and other visual media, along with summer art courses and workshops for children and adults.
Artists are invited to apply for residency positions at Wild Rose Farm for the 2026/2027 season.
Public art projects, including murals and community-focused installations, that tell stories and spark conversation across Canadian cities.
Artists are invited to participate in a three-day collaborative workshop and installation project exploring foraging, found objects, and assemblage as foundational elements for research-creation.
A group exhibition bringing together artists from Vancouver and New York to reconsider what Chinatown has meant historically and what it might become.
The exhibition features the artist's research-based practice that reconstructs the past in the present, reframing Renaissance and medieval artworks while paying close attention to bodily gestures, architecture, jewelry, and garments to challenge historical representations of women.
Craft-designer-makers from Scotland and Newfoundland and Labrador are invited to apply for a residency and professional development project exploring cross-Atlantic connections.