Apply for Struts Gallery Exhibition 2025 (Canada)

They invite proposals from artists and artist collectives based in so-called Canada to create an immersive environment in their space. Successful applicants will spend up to 4 days creating and/or installing the work while living in their artist accommodations above the gallery. Located in a 120-year-old building worn by time, their gallery is well used and versatile, with white walls, a weathered ceiling, and a painted grey tile floor.

They are interested in ambitious projects that change the visitors’ perception of the gallery, envelope the viewer, locate it, and/or create opportunity for meaning and dialogue to emerge. They are open to new or previously exhibited work from a broad spectrum of mediums and approaches. Works that incorporate analog or digital video, sound, performative elements, ritual, interactivity, sculpture, sensorial stimulation, architectural intervention, or contemplative ambiance will all be considered. They encourage artists to experiment with processes that depart from their usual work.

Funding Information

• Struts has budgeted an additional $1000 toward installation, shipping materials and travel, depending on the particulars of the project.

Eligibility Criteria

• Artists and Artist Collectives at all career stages living in Canada are welcome to apply.
• Struts is dedicated to presenting work from contemporary artists working in a variety of disciplines. They venture to present art that reflects the diversity of disciplines and media that shape contemporary art practices.
• Proposals from artists whose works are alternative, experimental and/or critically engaged are encouraged.
• They welcome proposals from artists from groups that have historically been underrepresented in the gallery, including Indigenous people, Black people, people of colour, 2SLGBTQIA+.
• Current students and/or MFA thesis exhibitions will not be considered.

For more information, visit Struts Gallery.