Recommenders for Exhibition Assistance

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• Projects that address issues of social and political relevance
• Applicants from Indigenous and historically under-represented communities
• Significance of the exhibition in the development of the artist’s career, particularly exhibitions at artist-run venues.

• September 16, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• December 16, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• Currency of art practice
• Significance of the exhibition and/or venue in the development of the artist’s career (e.g.: major gallery exhibitions are a higher priority than venues charging rental fees.)
• First-time applicants demonstrating artistic merit.
• Culturally diverse applicants 

• September 20, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 10, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• Support for established and emerging artists in the Hamilton region
• Importance of the exhibition to the artist’s career.
• Work that demonstrates critical engagement with contemporary practice.
• Encourage applications from Indigenous or historically under-represented communities.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• Artistic merit
• Significance of exhibition to the artist’s career
• Public impact of exhibition (including location and duration of exhibition)
• OAC priority groups and artists living within our catchment area

• October 04, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• December 05, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• September 20, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• November 15, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• Artistic excellence
• Contemporary visual arts
• Significance of exhibition and/or venue in the development of the applicant’s career
• Priority support to first-time applicants demonstrating artistic merit.
• Regional activity
• Culturally diverse projects and applicants
• Experimentation and risk-taking
• Artist’s contribution to, and participation in their local artistic community
• Priority support to BIPOC/LGBTQIA2+/Femme applicants demonstrating artistic merit

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• September 16, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• November 15, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• September 16, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• December 02, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• September 20, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• November 29, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• September 27, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• November 29, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• First-time applicants
•  Importance of exhibition in the artist’s career
• Exhibitions in a public art gallery and museum 

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• emerging to mid-career artists, priority given to culturally diverse applicants or applicants from marginalized communities
• experimental projects and platforms for collaborative research and knowledge-production
• we encourage projects with capacity for long-term engagement with contemporary socio-political issues and resonance beyond the art community

• September 13, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 03, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

• First-time applicants or applicants who have not recently received a grant
• Importance of the exhibition to the artist’s career
• Extent of the public access to the exhibition

• October 15, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 13, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

• September 27, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• September 16, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

• September 27, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 10, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

Le Labo welcomes submissions from emerging and established Francophone artists and collectives that identify with any community and diversity of genres, with an emphasis on the following criteria:

• Importance of the exhibition to the artist’s career
• Quality of the artistic practice
• Thoroughness of the portfolio and budget presented

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• Cultivation and support of practicing artists including emerging artists
• Recent exhibition history
• Importance of the exhibition to the artist’s career
• artists in financial need
• artists from underrepresented groups

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• September 16, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• December 16, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• Contemporary art across all disciplines
• Significance of the project to the development of the artist's practice
• Potential impact of the exhibition on the critical reception of the artist's work

• October 25, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 10, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

• September 27, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• December 09, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

Nia Centre is a recommender for Black-Canadian artists.

• First-time applicants to the program
• Project’s capacity to support the applicant's career development and artistic practice
• Project's ability to expand and push Black visual aesthetics and cultural development

• October 4, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 06, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

• October 15, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

• Indigenous artists from Northern Ontario.
• Local exhibitions, as well as further in Canada and abroad.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• Artistic excellence
• Diversity
• Impact of exhibition on artist’s career 

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• Contemporary visual and media art by artists of colour
• Challenging, critical, and/or experimental projects that offer a multitude of perspectives on the contemporary world
• Significance of the presentation opportunity in the development of the artist’s career

• September 25, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

• Regionally significant works
• Some consideration is given to print-based practices, honouring the Station Gallery’s commitment to the history of printmaking in Canada as represented in our permanent collection.
• Priority is given to first-time applicants.

• September 16, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

• November 25, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• Deaf & Disability Arts, Deaf artists and artists with disabilities, including Mad Art & Artists
• Artistic merit: contribution to the growth and development of Deaf & Disability Art

• September 26, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 10, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

• Northern Ontario artists
• Indigenous artists

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• September 20, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• promoting an expanded definition of the media arts; while TSV specializes in video, media, and digital arts, we encourage applications from individuals who are pushing conceptual and material boundaries
• supporting and nurturing the presentation of new works by artists
• promoting meaningful engagement of underrepresented voices

• October 01, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2025, 1 p.m. ET

• September 16, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• December 11, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

We accept and assess applications on an ongoing basis until funds are spent.

• October 01, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2025, 1 p.m. ET