Calls for Submissions: January 2017

General/Multidisciplinary

• Studio XX call for proposals for the 2017-2018 artist in residency program in research & creation for interdisciplinary works. Apply by JANUARY 15.

• Apply to attend the 2017 Canadian Arts Summit, CultureNEXT by JANUARY 16.

• CALQ, & CAM in collaboration with Culture Montréal are launching a call  launching a call for projects from Aboriginal artists, writers and Aboriginal organizations. Apply by JANUARY 16. 

• CALQ and CAM in collaboration with Culture Montréal are seeking project submissions from emerging arts organizations of all disciplines. Apply by JANUARY 16.

• The multi-arts festival, Fashion Art Toronto is seeking Installation/Multi-media art submissions. Submit by JANUARY 20.

• The Art History and Communications Studies Graduate Association at McGill is inviting applications for their upcoming exhibition: While No One Was Looking. Submit your work of any medium that focuses on bearing witness in the context of in the context of Montreal’s upcoming 375th anniversary. Works with a focus on histories of the land on which Montreal was colonised will be given preference. Submit by JANUARY 30.

• Spark Box is seeking Canadian visual artists, printmakers, photographers, performance artists, and filmmakers of all levels for a national residency. Apply by FEBRUARY 1.

• Nuit Rose, Toronto’s annual festival of queer-focused performance and art is  accepting submissions from artists, performers, writers, curators, cultural organizations and community businesses. Submit by FEBRUARY 10.

• The Site Magazine, in conjunction with the 2017 celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary, is inviting submissions to a juried competition that projects the theme of Future Legacy into Canada’s next 150 years. All disciplines welcome. Submit by FEBRUARY 17.

Visual Arts

• Submissions for the the Salt Spring National Arts Prize open on JANUARY 12.

• The Seasons of the Mountain photography exhibit is seeking submissions to help celebrate “The month of the Mountain” in the unique Mount Royal Funeral Complex. E-mail Andrew Sarrasin to submit!

Theatre

• Thanks to the support of the Evenko foundation, the Geordie Theatre School Bursary, for youth from families in lower economic backgrounds, is back for the Winter Session. Apply by JANUARY 13.

• The Quebec Drama Federation is seeking designer submissions from past, current and upcoming productions for the upcoming winter calendar launch and designer vernissage! Apply by JANUARY 13 by e-mailing workshop@quebecdrama.org.

Writing

• Disquiet is currently accepting contest submissions for The Disquiet Literary Prize for writing in any genre. The top winners in each genre will be published in Guernica (fiction), Ninthletter.com (nonfiction) and The Common (poetry). Apply by JANUARY 31, 2017.

• The SLS 2017 fiction/poetry contest is now open to submissions! Winners will have the choice of attending a writing program in Georgia or Kenya, all expenses paid. Apply by FEBRUARY 28.

Film & Television

• Neige En Couleur’s “Montreal 2017, The Happiest City in the World” is looking for short documentary submissions answering the question, “Why are you happy in Montreal”? E-mail info@neigeencouleur.com for more information or to submit!