Recommenders for Exhibition Assistance

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

• 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 

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

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.

• November 16, 2020, 1 p.m. ET

• 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

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.

• November 16, 2020, 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• November 27, 2020, 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

• 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 16, 2020, 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

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

• Contemporary art across all disciplines
• Importance of the exhibition in the 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.

• 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.

• To promote & encourage the various expressions of art for local and regional artists.
• To recognize and provide opportunities for fledgling artists/crafters.
• To support seasoned artisans in their pursuit to market their talents.

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

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

• 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.

• 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

• November 16, 2020, 1 p.m. ET
January 15, 2021, 1 p.m. ET

• Artistic merit
• Importance of the exhibition to the artist’s career
• Public access to the exhibition
• Cultural diversity

• November 27, 2020, 1 p.m. ET

• Recommender for Black/African-Canadian artists
• Artistic merit and project’s impact relative to both artistic and career development
• Location and duration of exhibition/activity in accordance with public accessibility
• First-time applicant

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.

• December 7, 2020, 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.