CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS : EXHIBITION & ARTISTIC MENTORSHIP

Application deadline: Sunday, December 7, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

 

 

 

As part of its 2026 season dedicated to queer communities, the Centre des arts actuels SKOL is launching a call for submissions for a collective exhibition bringing together 6 to 10 emerging 2ELGBTQIA+ artists (ages 18 to 35). Presented in summer 2026 (June–August), the exhibition will explore the connections between emerging queer identities and the natural world, with a particular focus on botanical, ecological, and territorial dimensions.

We welcome proposals that highlight the diversity of queer experiences and imaginaries in relation to the living world.
Projects may address, among others:

  • Intimate connections with nature, plants, forests, lakes, gardens, and ecosystems;
  • Botany as a metaphor for queer identities, growth, and resilience;
  • Rituals of care, healing, and transmission connected to the living;
  • The impact of environmental upheavals on queer creativity and life;
  • Nature as a space for grounding, resistance, and reinvention.These themes are not restrictive — artists are invited to explore them freely or propose other directions relevant to their practices.

Approaches may take a variety of forms, including visual arts, installations, performances, digital arts, sound practices, archives, contextual interventions, and interdisciplinary practices, among others. The exhibition will create opportunities for dialogue between SKOL’s indoor gallery space and outdoor environments through off-site activities—interventions, exhibitions, public programs, and mediation—developed in collaboration with two partner sites: the Indigenous–Asian collective garden in Chinatown (Kahéhtaien-Lumb) and the vacant lot at 6919 Marconi in Petite-Patrie, as well as gardens, parks, and urban agriculture projects in Ville-Marie. Public off-site activities may begin as early as spring 2026.

 

Don’t miss this opportunity—apply now: https://skol.wiin.io/fr/applications/appel-a-dossier-exposition-et-accompagnement-artistique

The call for applications is open to individuals aged 18 to 35 as of January 30, 2026.

Application deadline: Sunday, December 7, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

 

Eligibility

  • Identify as a 2ELGBTQIA+ artist
  • Be an emerging professional artist recognized by peers and publicly presenting their work (as defined by the CALQ)
  • Be between 18 and 35 years old
  • Hold Canadian citizenship or permanent residency
  • Reside in Québec
 

This program is carried out in partnership with Quartier Jeunesse and is supported by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), the Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM), and the Conseil des arts du CANADA (CAC).
The call for applications is hosted on the Wiin.io platform.

Photo credit: Kahéhtaien-Lumb Collective Garden / Anna Can