APPLY HERE -- https://arttopublic.net/cmlc-act-rfq_2025 -- Budget: $1.32 million CND -- CMLC seeks an artist or artist team to create an artwork(s) for the ACT Expansion through this unencumbered call. CMLC encourages all locally, nationally and internationally qualified artists to apply. The public art design will beautify, activate, and enliven the Arts Commons campus. The successful artist/artist team will work with CMLC, Arts Commons, the design team KPMB Architects, Hindle Architects, and TAWAW Architecture Collective, and the Construction Manager Ellis Don to coordinate design, fabrication, and installation. The Arts Commons Transformation and Olympic Plaza Transformation comprise of a $660 million program of projects consisting of a new performing arts centre building (ACT Expansion), modernization and augmentation of existing facilities (ACT Modernization), and the renewal of Olympic Plaza (Olympic Plaza Transformation (OPT)). Together, these make up the largest artsfocused infrastructure project currently underway in Canada. In December of 2024, after four years of extensive community consultation and planning, CMLC, the City of Calgary, and Arts Commons broke ground for the ACT Expansion. As a result of the placement of the ACT Expansion within the Arts Commons campus, the building’s north edge is located immediately adjacent to the public realm and is highly visible from the passing Calgary Transit (CTrain) light rail cars and by pedestrians. The design of the Expansion limits windows along the north edge, leaving a solid, rather long and tall façade bordering an important part of the public realm. As a result, CMLC and its partners are launching the ACT Expansion Public Art RFQ that will play an essential role in connecting the Arts Commons Campus with its urban context.

apply here: https://yycbump.ca/2025artistcall/ -- Welcome to the ninth year of the BUMP Festival! We are thrilled to announce that artist applications for our 2025 festival are officially open. This year, BUMP is growing in exciting ways—a place for new thought, a testing ground for bold ideas in public art, and a platform where artists can truly push boundaries. In 2025, we are challenging artists to use the city as their canvas, asking critical questions and experimenting with their practice in conversation with Calgary itself. The festival aims to foster dialogue between artists, public spaces, and the community, creating works that provoke thought, ignite imagination, and transform the urban landscape. Over the years, the BUMP Festival has evolved into a cornerstone of Calgary’s creative ecosystem, commissioning landmark public art pieces and nurturing a vibrant, inclusive artistic community. For 2025, we are raising the bar even higher, shaping the festival into a hub for pioneering creativity that has the power to reshape our city from the ground up.

APPLY HERE -- https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/visual-arts/early-career-banff-artist-residence-summer-2025 -- Note: this is a tuition-based program with scholarships available -- Overview Early Career Banff Artist in Residence (BAiR) Summer 2025 is an immersive program of studio practice, creative exploration, critical feedback, and mentorship for visual artists and curators in the early stages of their careers. Open to visual artists and curators working in all visual arts mediums, this program combines the artistic freedom of a self-directed residency with the benefits of technical and faculty support. As well as having the space to create, research, and experiment, participants are part of a community of emerging artists committed to developing and expanding their practice. Description Participants in this residency will be supported with: lectures. workshops. feedback from experienced faculty members who will be available for both group and one-on-one consultations. Artists are provided with a studio, as well as targeted access to our extensive facilities. This includes: access to personal studio spaces equipped for creative work, available 24/7, providing a dedicated environment for artistic expression. targeted access to shared production facilities and knowledgeable staff who are available to provide technical assistance and support. Requirements This residency is for individual artists and collaborative groups (of no more than two) who have completed formal training in visual arts at the post-secondary level, or equivalent experience and recognition from their peers acquired through traditional knowledge and practices. The program is designed to cater to visual artists at the early stage of their artistic careers, providing them with tailored opportunities for professional development and creative growth, including: ceramicists. curators. painters. paper artists. photographers. print-makers. sculptors. Participants will benefit most if they are comfortable working autonomously in an unstructured environment. The program suits those focused on: working on a specific project. creating new works. Priority will be given to artists who have completed relevant training within five years and who have not previously attended a Visual Arts residency at Banff Centre.

APPLY VIA LINK -- https://www.edmontonmuralfest.com/ -- EMF's mission is to create public murals and large-scale installations within the greater Edmonton area. Provide mentorship and educational opportunities for aspiring local artists and the public through an annual mural festival that celebrates and recognizes Edmonton’s arts and mural culture. We keep response for 3 years, so if you applied before (2023/2024), you do not need to apply again unless you have a new mural project examples.

APPLY VIA LINK: https://ndac.ca/resources/nimf-artist-application/ - Nelson International Mural Festival returns August 8th-10th, 2025! All events are free admission and family-friendly. Muralist applications for 2025 are now OPEN and will close on Monday, December 9th, 2024 at 11:59pm PST. Returning for its eighth year, Nelson International Mural Festival welcomes street artists, muralists, creators, and art-lovers from all over the world. The city’s most popular, free summer event is a celebration of creativity, culture, and artistic collaboration. Our festival is a safe place for peoples of all cultures, genders, ages and abilities to gather, participate, and enjoy public art.

APPLY HERE -- https://stalbert.ca/exp/arts-culture/public-art/artists/buses/ -- $8000 CAD + GST -- The City of St. Albert invites artists, artist collectives and illustrators to submit qualifications for an opportunity to create artwork that will be enlarged and printed onto vinyl to wrap the exterior of two public transit buses. The successful applicants will also create or provide existing images for the interior placards of each bus, highlighting the 10 priorities identified in the Community Social Roadmap, which draws attention and awareness to services provided by the City for our community. Two artists will be chosen by a selection committee through the Request for Qualification process. Each artist will be required to work with the City of St. Albert Community Services and Public Operations departments to develop and refine an original artwork to wrap one transit bus. Two buses will be wrapped in total. -- Timetable -- The timetable is tentative and may be changed by the City at any time. Submission Deadline: March 23, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. MST. Project Start Date: April 7, 2025. Artwork Due to Fabricator: August 12, 2025. Project Completion: September 1, 2025.