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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
External public art opportunities
- Call for Artist Submissions, Heart, Mind, Love at Propeller Art Gallery, Toronto (Deadline: January 4, 2025)
- Call to Artists, Intergenerational Mural Project at Trafalgar Park Community Centre, Oakville (Deadline: January 5, 2025)
- Call for Artist Submissions, Community Exhibition at Cloverdale Recreation Centre, City of Surrey (Deadline: January 5, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Struts Gallery Summer & Fall 2025 Exhibitions, Sackville NB (Deadline: January 6, 2025)
- Call for Public Art Jury Members, City of Pickering (Deadline: January 9, 2025)
- Call for Indigenous Artists, City Hall Permanent Public Art, City of Mississauga (Deadline: January 10, 2025)
- Call for Creative Session Proposals from Artists, ARTSMART, Toronto (Deadline: January 10, 2024)
- Call for Artists, Public Art for Paul White, City of Pickering (Deadline: January 13, 2025)
- Call for Artists, CIBC C2 Art Program, Canada (Deadline: January 15, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Deadline: January 15, 2025)
- Call for Artist Submissions, Community Exhibition at Historic Stewart Farm, City of Surrey (Deadline: January 16, 2025)
- Call for Artist Submissions, 2025 Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics (Deadline: January 19, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Fogo Island Arts Young Curator Residency, The Hnatyshyn Foundation, Newfoundland (Deadline: January 20, 2025)
- Call for Artist Proposals, Gardiner Museum Curatorial Residency 2025, Toronto (Deadline: January 26, 2025)
- Call for Halton-based Indigenous Artists, Mountainside Recreation Centre Mural, Burlington (Deadline: January 27, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Arts Alive Public Art Program 2025, Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada (Deadline: January 27, 2025)
- Call for Indigenous Artists, Indigenous Visual Artists’ Materials Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Deadline: January 31, 2025)
- Call for Artist Submissions, 2025 Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators, Art Gallery of Guelph (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, Artist Scholar Residency, University of Victoria (Deadline: February 5, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Public Art in Celebration of Ernie Coombs, City of Pickering (Deadline: February 13, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Pickering Heritage and Community Centre Public Art Commission, City of Pickering (Deadline: February 13, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Thirdspace Residency, OCADU, Toronto (Deadline: February 14, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (Deadline: February 28, 2025)
- Call for Artists, 64th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair – Call for National and Local Artists & Makers (Deadline: March 7, 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 Artist Submissions, 2026 Programming at Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna BC (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)