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Imagine if you didn’t have to turn notifications on and scroll Instagram for hours to find the next calls for artists announcement. Sign up for our artist email list to be the first to hear about artist opportunities managed by STEPS.
Why subscribe? You’ll get:
- First access to paid artist opportunities happening across Canada
- Registration notices for free public workshops, events, and artist capacity building programs
- News from the public art community
- Resources to support your artistic practice
Looking for calls for artists happening in your city?
We regularly round up exciting public art opportunities from organizations, galleries, and municipalities across the country and list them here. Below are external opportunities on our radar, from British Columbia to Atlantic Canada. The links will open in a new tab on your browser.
External Public Art Opportunities
- Artist Call, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (Deadline: March 6, 2026)
- Call for Emerging Artists, Public Art Banners 2026-2027, City of Mississauga (Deadline: March 9, 2026)
- Call for Submissions: Pride 2026 Temporary Vinyl Window Murals, City of Pickering (Deadline: March 9, 2026)
- Call to Ontario Artists, Brightening Barriers, City of Barrie (Deadline: March 13, 2026)
- Call for Artists and Creators, Passageways Taste of the Junction 2026, Toronto (Deadline: March 13, 2026)
- Call for Submissions: Brampton BOXED – Traffic Box Art Program, 2026 (Deadline: March 16, 2026)
- Call for Proposals, ARTonBOXES, Urban WILDERNESS Series, City of Vaughan (Deadline: March 22, 2026)
- Call for Expressions of Interest: Public Art in Carnaby Park, Town of East Gwillimbury (Deadline: April 30, 2026)
- StreetARToronto Support Mural Program (Rolling Deadline)
- Call for Indigenous Artists (all disciplines), Mississauga Arts Council (Ongoing deadline)