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Looking for calls for artists and arts events happening in your city?
Every month, we round up the top arts opportunities from organizations, galleries, and municipalities across the country and list them here. Below are some of the resources and current opportunities on our radar, from British Columbia to Atlantic Canada. The links will open in a new tab on your browser.
STEPS opportunities
- Call for Casual Public Art Coordinators and Production Staff (Deadline: November 1, 2024)
- Call for Participants, CreateSpace Public Art Forum (Deadline: November 24, 2024)
External public art opportunities
- Call for Artists: Theatre Curtain Textile, JR Shaw Centre for Arts & Culture, Glenbow (Deadline: November 26, 2024)
- Call for Artists: Gladstone House Artist Residencies 2025, Toronto (Deadline: November 27, 2024)
- Call for Artists: Landscape POV (Deadline: November 28, 2024)
- Call for Artists, Burlington Waterfront Sculpture Trail (Deadline: November 29, 2024)
- Call for Artists: Crescent Beach Pop-Up Gallery, City of Surrey (Deadline: December 1, 2024)
- Call for Indigenous Artists, Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library (Deadline: December 1, 2024)
- Call for Local Artists: Odeon Park, Winnipeg Arts Council (Deadline: December 3, 2024)
- Call for Artists: William Hawrelak Park Public Art Project, Edmonton (Deadline: December 4, 2024)
- Call for Artists: Art Bus RFQ, Calgary Arts Development (Deadline: December 4, 2024)
- Call for Artists: Nuit Blanche Toronto 2025 (Deadline: December 6, 2024)
- Call for Artists: Lethbridge Public Art Youth Engagement Pilot Project (Deadline: December 6, 2024)
- Call for Artists – Lumière: The Art of Light 2025 (Deadline: December 8, 2024)
- Call for Artists: Public Art Mentorship with SOFTlab and City of Mississauga (Deadline: December 16, 2024)
- Call for Artists: 2025 Winter Studio Residency at Melt Studio + Gallery, Picton (Deadline: December 2024)
- Call for Emerging Indigenous Artists: Finding Community, Emerging Artist Residency, Bancroft (Deadline: December 15, 2024)
- Call for Artists: Struts Gallery Summer & Fall 2025 Exhibitions, Sackville NB (Deadline: January 6, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Deadline: January 15, 2025)
- Call for Indigenous Artists, Indigenous Visual Artists’ Materials Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Deadline: January 31, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Public Pedestrian Mews Artwork for Scarborough Town Centre Lands, Oxford Properties Group (Deadline: February 3, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Residency – Walking & Art: More Discussions At The Wayside, Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto (Deadline: March 17, 2025)
- Call for Emerging Artists: Biennale internationale du lin de Portneuf 2025, Quebec (Deadline: April 4, 2025)
- Call for Artist-Facilitators 2024, Lakeshore Arts (Rolling Deadline)
- Member Spotlights, Visual Arts Mississauga (Rolling Deadline)
- Lawrence Heights Artist Spotlights, Art Starts (Rolling Deadline)
- Artist Call, Community Public Art Project, Burlington (Rolling Deadline)
- Scarborough Artist Call, Scarbrite Features (Rolling Deadline)
- StreetARToronto Support Mural Program (Rolling Deadline)
- Exhibition with Gallery Representation at Moné (Rolling Deadline)