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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 Ontario-based Indigenous Artists, Century Gardens Youth Hub Public Art Competition with the City of Brampton (Deadline: March 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET)
- Call for Canada-based Artists, Durham Region Public Art Benches (Deadline: April 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET)
External public art opportunities
- Call to Artists for Expressions of Interest: Rockcliffe Riverine Flood Mitigation Project Phase 1 Public Art Opportunity, City of Toronto (Deadline: February 20, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Diefenbunker 2025 Artist-in-Residence, Diefenbunker Museum, Ottawa (Deadline: February 21, 2025)
- Call for Applications: 2026 Artist Residencies at Union House Arts (Deadline: February 22, 2025)
- Funding Opportunity, TD Park People Grants, Park People (Deadline: February 24, 2025)
- Call for Expressions of Interest: Exterior Therapeutic Art Installation, West Lincoln Memorial Hospital (Deadline: February 25, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Arts at the Market, St. Lawrence Market, Toronto (Deadline: February 28, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (Deadline: February 28, 2025)
- Call for Submissions: Outdoor Sculpture 2025 at Oeno Gallery (Deadline: February 28, 2025)
- Call for Applications: 2025-2026 Artist-in-Residence, Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto (Deadline: March 2, 2025)
- Request for Qualifications (RFQ): Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) Arts Commons Transformation Project (ACT) Expansion Public Art (Deadline: March 4, 2025)
- Call for Indigenous Artists: Pre-Qualification for Public Art, Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto (Deadline: March 6, 2025)
- Call for Artists, 64th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair – Call for National and Local Artists & Makers (Deadline: March 7, 2025)
- Call for Applications: X in Residence 2025, XiR, Toronto (Deadline: March 8, 2025)
- Call for Expressions of Interest: Strawberry Hill’s Early Japanese Canadians, City of Surrey (Deadline: March 10, 2025)
- Call for Applications: Kluane National Park Artist Residency 2026 (Deadline: March 14, 2025)
- Call for Submissions: BMX Starting Hill Mural, City of St. Albert (Deadline: March 16, 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 Project Proposals, InterAccess Gateway (Deadline: March 17, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Interior Public Art for Lawrence Heights Community Recreation Centre, City of Toronto (Deadline: March 20, 2025)
- Call for Black/Afro-diasporic Artists, Exterior Public Art for Lawrence Heights Community Recreation Centre, City of Toronto (Deadline: March 20, 2025)
- Request for Qualifications: Public Art Buses, City of St. Albert (Deadline: March 23, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Permanent Public Artwork, Langs Drive Redevelopment, Region of Waterloo (Deadline: March 31, 2025)
- Call for Applications: Woodhaven Artist in Residence 2025, UBC Okanagan (Deadline: March 31, 2025)
- Call for Submissions: Latin American Media Arts Symposium (LAMAS) 2025 (Deadline: March 31, 2025)
- Call for Emerging Artists, Biennale internationale du lin de Portneuf 2025, Quebec (Deadline: April 4, 2025)
- Call for Submissions: Nocturne 2025 Low-Sensory Project at Point Pleasant Park, Kjipuktuk (Halifax) (Deadline: April 7, 2025)
- Call for Applications: The Queer and Trans Research Lab Artist-in-Residence 2025, University of Toronto (Deadline: April 12, 2025)
- Funding Opportunity, Creative Communities Projects, Toronto Arts Council (Deadline: August 5, 2025)
- StreetARToronto Support Mural Program (Rolling Deadline)
- Exhibition with Gallery Representation at Moné (Rolling Deadline)