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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)
- Call for Manitoba Artists, Railside at the Forks Public Art Competition (Deadline: May 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM CT)
External public art opportunities
- 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)
- Open Call for Works: Group Exhibition, Factory Media Centre, Hamilton, Ontario (Deadline: March 31, 2025)
- Call for Artists: Through The Garden Gates, North Van Arts, Vancouver, BC (Deadline: March 31, 2025)
- Call for Illustrators: Jane and Finch Neighbourhood, City of Toronto (Deadline: March 31, 2025)
- Call for Artist Proposals: Lumen 2025, City of Waterloo (Deadline: April 3, 2025)
- Call for Emerging Artists, Biennale internationale du lin de Portneuf 2025, Quebec (Deadline: April 4, 2025)
- Call for Researchers, National Gallery of Canada, General Idea Fellowship (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)
- Call for Applications: Sound Cultures, New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA), South River, Ontario (Deadline: May 31, 2025)
- Call for Applications: Tsuut’ina Curatorial Mentorship in Public Art, City of Calgary (Deadline: April 18, 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)