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From the webResidencyAlberta

Call for Artists National & International Residency - Spring 2027

CARFAC Alberta

Deadline
15 December 2026 (47 days left)

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Based at the University of Alberta, the Co-Designing a Smartwear Revolution project is inviting two visual artists to take part in a Spring 2027 residency, engaging directly with our research team ahead of the 2028 SUPPORT festival where works created during or as a result of the residency will be showcased.
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From the webOtherBritish Columbia

2027 Non-Verbal Co-Learning Engagement

grunt gallery · via Alliance for Arts and Culture

Deadline
8 January 2027 (71 days left)

Budget
Up to $2,000

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Fee not stated

Submissions are now open for grunt gallery’s AEP 2027 Non-Verbal Co-Learning Engagement. The Non-Verbal Co-Learning Engagement is a six-week program designed to explore non-verbal (not spoken) communication approaches in contemporary art spaces. This program supports artists whose practices prioritize gesture, text, sign language, or silence as creative tools. Participants work collaboratively…
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E6HAL-230008 Pilot Project for Indigenous Artists

Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC) · via CanadaBuys

Deadline
1 September 2027 (307 days left)

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Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has launched a pilot project to compile a list of emerging, mid-career, and established professional Indigenous artists in the Atlantic Region. The list will be shared within federal departments and agencies in Atlantic Canada so that employees can use the list to procure Indigenous art for use in Government of Canada buildings and offices in New…
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From the webResidency

Call for Applications: PhD Programme 2026, Transart Institute for Creative Research

Akimbo

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He Jin Jang as part of the Liverpool Residency, July 2024. Photo: Aleks Slota. Transart Institute is seeking creative researchers who can contribute to our transdisciplinary research constellations. These include (but are not limited to): Materialism & Ecological Praxis, Algorithmic & Generative Media, Somatics & Corporeality, Sonic Landscapes, Critical Urbanism & Spatial Praxis, Historiography &…
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From the webOtherYukon

Call for Applications: Fall 2027 Foundation Year Program at the Yukon School of Visual Arts

Akimbo

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Images (left to right): jAfri, 2025-26 Foundation Year Student; Jove Boutin, 2024-25 Foundation Year Student; Sam Huxley, 2024-25 Foundation Year Student. Yukon School of Visual Arts. Applications are open for the Yukon School of Visual Arts Foundation Year Program, Fall 2027. Join our rigorous 8-month Foundation Year Program in the sub-arctic community of Dawson City, Yukon… Source
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Call for Applications: The 2027 New Voices Publishing Fellowship at Art Canada Institute

Akimbo

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Up to $60,000

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The Art Canada Institute (ACI) is now accepting applications for The New Voices Publishing Fellowship, a prestigious postdoctoral opportunity dedicated to supporting emerging scholars in the field of Canadian art history. This one-of-a-kind, $60,000 fellowship offers early-career researchers the chance to write and publish their first major art history book as part of ACI’s accessible online art……
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From the webResidency

Call for Applications: 2027 Craft & Design Residency Program at Harbourfront Centre

Akimbo

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Exterior of Harbourfront Centre’s main building housing the Craft & Design Studio. Apply to Harbourfront Centre’s Craft & Design Residency program, a studio-based incubator for emerging artists. Our program is the only long-term Canadian residency supporting contemporary craft and design, helping artists and makers build professional experience and foster the skills and networks needed to… Source
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From the webMuralOntario

StreetARToronto Support Mural Program

STEPS Public Art

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Listed on STEPS Public Art's national round-up; the organiser's page has the details. (Rolling Deadline)
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From the webOtherOntario

61st Toronto Outdoor Art Fair: Call for Artists

CARFAC Alberta

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Canada's largest and longest-running outdoor art fair invites artists to apply.
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From the webPublic art

Call for Indigenous Artist(s)-Initiated Public Art Project

CARFAC Alberta

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Not stated

Budget
Up to $40,000

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An Indigenous artist-initiated public art opportunity in Strathcona County, with a budget of up to $40,000.
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From the webOtherAlberta

Call for Submissions @ Lowlands Project Space

CARFAC Alberta

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Lowlands Project Space invites submissions from visual artists for upcoming programming in Edmonton.
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From the webResidency

Call for Applications: RiverBrink Artist Residency 2026–2027

Akimbo

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Josh Bellingham, 2025. RiverBrink Art Museum is delighted to announce our pilot Artist Residency Program has been extended into the fall 2026. We are also pleased to make the residency a permanent part of our community programming with applications now open for the spring, summer, and fall 2027 residency seasons. We believe this is Niagara’s first artist residency program… Source
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From the webOtherBritish Columbia

SCI_ART 2026 Creative Collisions Open Dome

re:Naissance · via Alliance for Arts and Culture

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Come be part of Vancouver’s first Open Dome jam session in the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre’s Star Theatre planetarium dome! Watch or participate in the jam with artists from across the European Union and Western Canada as part of this year's SCI_ART programme. Throughout the night, we will be actively curating a jam session where musicians, theatre-makers, and digital artists riff, improvise, and…
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From the webMuralOntario

Call for Applications: Mural Artist Assistants

Mural Routes

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Up to $1,750

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Rainbow Tunnel Repaint — Moccasin Trail Park, Toronto Our beloved Rainbow Tunnel needs some TLC! Mural Routes is hiring 4 mural artist assistants to help lead artist Rob Matekja repaint and repair the Rainbow Tunnel in Moccasin Trail Park, Toronto. This is hands-on, physical work: surface prep, priming, and painting in a public outdoor setting, on a set schedule alongside a small crew. The Role…
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