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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, Community Exhibition at Historic Stewart Farm, City of Surrey (Deadline: January 16, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Elora Sculpture Project (Deadline: January 19, 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 Artists, Early Career Canadian Urban Leaders (ECCUL) Artist-in-Residence, School of Cities, University of Toronto (Deadline: January 25, 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, Public Art Building Exterior Paddles Design, Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society (Deadline: January 31, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Signature Sign Project, City of Kelowna (Deadline: January 31, 2025)
- Call for Artists, Glenfiddich Artist-in-Residence Program (Deadline: January 31, 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, Outdoor Vinyl Art, Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, Town of Oakville (Deadline: February 2, 2025)
- Funding Opportunity, Creative Communities Projects, Toronto Arts Council (Deadline: February 3, 2025 and August 5, 2025)
- Call for Indigenous Artists, Donald D. Summerville Olympic Pools Mural, City of Toronto (Deadline: February 3, 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 Atlantic Canadian Artists, Ground Rules Artist Residency, Parks Canada and Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design (Deadline: February 11, 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 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)
- Call for Artists, Permanent Public Artwork, Langs Drive Redevelopment, Region of Waterloo (Deadline: March 31, 2025)
- Call for Emerging Artists, Biennale internationale du lin de Portneuf 2025, Quebec (Deadline: April 4, 2025)
- StreetARToronto Support Mural Program (Rolling Deadline)
- Exhibition with Gallery Representation at Moné (Rolling Deadline)