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.

• October 31, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 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 15, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 12, 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.

• 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

• June 27, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• December 12, 2023, 1 p.m. ET

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

• July 14, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• November 17, 2023, 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.

• June 16, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• November 17, 2023, 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.

• July 31, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• November 15, 2023, 1 p.m. ET

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

• September 01, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• December 01, 2023, 1 p.m. ET

• August 15, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• December 01, 2023, 1 p.m. ET

• Emerging artists
• Importance of the body of work and the exhibition in the artist’s career
• 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.

• July 14, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• November 03, 2023, 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

• August 01, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• December 05, 2023, 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

• June 30, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• October 31, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• August 22, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 10, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• September 15, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• September 01, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 12, 2024, 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 07, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• December 07, 2023, 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 27, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 12, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• August 25, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• December 08, 2023, 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

• September 11, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 08, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• September 15, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2024, 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.

• Artistic merit and excellence
• Contemporary visual and media-based art practices

• July 31, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2024, 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 15, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• June 30, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• November 24, 2023, 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

• August 11, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• November 10, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2024, 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.

• July 14, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• December 15, 2023, 1 p.m. ET

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

• September 15, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 2024, 1 p.m. ET

• July 14, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• December 15, 2023, 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.

• July 3, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• November 27, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
• January 15, 1 p.m. ET