For artists and art workers

Call for Proposals – Window Installation
Khyber Window Storefront Exhibition Space
Deadline: August 28, 2020
Where: Hollis Street, Halifax NS
More information available here

Call for Artists
Public Artwork at Clinton Street Junior Public School
Deadline: August 31, 2020
Where: Toronto, ON
More information available here

Call for Proposals – Public Sculpture
City of Fredericton
Deadline: August 31, 2020
Where: Odell Park, Fredericton, NB
Who: New Brunswick-based artists
Details: In-situ carving of a tree stump (3 metres by 2 metres)
More information available here

Call for Applicants – VAM residency 2020-2021
Visual Arts Mississauga Creative Residency at Riverwood
Deadline: August 31, 2020
Duration: 6 months
Focus: development of skills in art exhibition, education and engagement
More information available here

Call for Submissions
2020 Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed
Deadline: August 31, 2020
Exhibition dates: October 3, 2020
All media/approaches are most welcome
Submissions by email only: executivedirector@orilliamuseum.org
More information available here

Call for Submissions – Artist Feature
The Gathered Gallery
Deadline: August 31, 2020
Exhibition: January-April, 2021
Also: Subsidized payment option for artists who self-identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+
More information available here

Call for Submissions
Ontario Society for Artists – Open Juried Art Exhibition
Deadline: September 1, 2020
Who: Canadian artists
Format: online exhibition
Dates November 1, 2020 – January 1, 2021
More information available here

Call for Submissions – RMG Exposed 2020
Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Deadline: September 07, 2020
Where: Oshawa, ON
Who: Canadian photographers
Format: Digital Submission
More information available here

Call for Submissions
Indigenous Art Acquisition Program 2020 – 2021
Deadline: September 8, 2020
Who: First Nation, Metis, or Inuit Artists, 18 or older
All media accepted
More information available here

Call to Artists – 2020 Community Banner Program
City of Pickering
Deadline: September 10, 2020
Where: Pickering, ON
More information available here and here

Call for Submissions – Horror Films
Online Demonic Brilliance Film Festival
Deadline: Before the festival (September 11-13, 2020)
Who: Horror Filmmakers
Requirements: Must be considered a short film, (but no time limit)
More information available here

Calls for Expressions of Interest
Mural Support Pilot Project – City of Lethbridge
Deadline: September 14, 2020
Where: Lethbridge, AB
Who: Lethbridge-based artists or business owners
More information available here and here

Call for Submissions
Critical Mass 2020 Port Hope Soundscapes Project
Deadline: September 17, 2020
Where: Port Hope, ON
Registration: ZOOM registration sessions August 9 (register here) and September 6 (register here)
Project dates: mid-October 2020 – March 2021
More information available here

Call for Submissions
2020 Burtynsky Grant – Scotiabank Photography Festival
Deadline: September 28, 2020
Who: Canadian photographers
Budget: 5,000$
More information available here

Call for Applicants – Residency
2021 Doris McCarthy Artist-in-Residence Program
Deadline: September 30, 2020
Where: Scarborough, ON
More information available here

Call for Submissions
the8fest Small-Gauge Film Festival 2021
Deadline: October 1, 2020
Media: 8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm films, and other small gauge film projects (such as loops and installations)
More information available here

Call for Submissions
Body + Art Contemporary Exhibition 2020 – Truth Gym Gallery
Deadline: October 1, 2020
Theme: The contemporary human body, movement, and pliability
Who: national and international artists in all stages of their career and highly motivates participants from the British Columbia region
More information available here

Call for Submission
TAPA – Commission Proposals, Nightswimming
Deadline: October 16, 2020
Who: BIPOC performance artists
More information available here

Call for Submissions
Print Pulse 30 – National Undergraduate Printmaking Exhibition
Deadline – October 31, 2020
Who: Undergraduate students currently or recently enrolled in a BFa/BA program printmaking course (any level)
Where: Kingston, ON
Format: digital submission
Exhibition dates: mid-September to early November, 2020
More information available here

Call for Proposals
Living Arts Centre – Gallery 2020-2021 Exhibition Season
Deadline: Ongoing
Where: Mississauga, ON
What: exhibition proposals
More information available here

Call for Submissions – Time Capsule
City of Toronto – It’s All Right Now – Life in COVID-19
Deadline: ongoing
Who: Toronto-based artists
Format: mail submission
More information available here

Call for Submissions
See Collective
Deadline: Ongoing
Who: London (ON) and GTA based Black artists, collectives, and writers
Contact: seeldncollective@gmail.com
More information available here

The following is a list of resources compiled by the The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning that could be useful during the emergency measures enacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.eduarts.ca/resources-for-the-arts-and-learning-sector-during-the-covid-19-pandemic