Application deadline: December 6, 2024
Various locations across Toronto
Calling all artists!
Proposals for art projects are now being accepted for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2025.
Nuit Blanche Toronto is the city’s annual all-night celebration of contemporary art, produced by the City of Toronto in collaboration with Toronto’s arts community. Since 2006, this award-winning event has featured more than 1690 art installations by approximately 6000 artists and has generated over 529 million CAD in economic impact for Toronto.
Applications are open for two Nuit Blanche Toronto programs: the Open Call program, which is open to artists from all over the world; and the Independent Projects program, which is exclusively for Toronto-based artists.
Proposals must respond to the 2025 event theme—Translating the City—which invites artists to develop works that translate the landscapes, rhythms, identities and narratives of cities in unique ways. How can the sounds of a city be made visual? What are cities trying to communicate? How can we map their untold stories? Learn more about the 2025 theme, Artistic Director, exhibitions, and curators.
Attention to accessibility in project concept and design is encouraged. It is strongly recommended that applicants attend a free Accessibility for Public Art Workshop on Monday, November 4. Register for this online workshop.
Open Call Projects Program
Artists from all corners of the globe are eligible to submit proposals for the Open Call program, which would form part of a city-produced exhibition. Applicants must consider both the overarching theme and one of the exhibitions when developing proposals. The 2025 exhibitions are:
–Collective Composition, curated by Nuit Blanche Artistic Director Laura Nanni
–Poetic Justice, curated by Charlene K. Lau
–From here, there, everywhere, curated by Renata Azevedo Moreira
Proposals are selected by the Nuit Blanche Artistic Director and exhibition curators in consultation with City of Toronto staff.
Open Call projects are funded up to 15,000 CAD and produced by the City of Toronto.
Application deadline: 11:59 p.m. EST, Friday December 6, 2024
Learn more and submit an Open Call project proposal.
Independent Projects Program
Toronto-based artists are eligible to submit proposals for the Independent Projects program.
Independent Projects are self-produced works sited in locations across Toronto. Project locations may include public parks, galleries, storefronts, office towers, streets, sidewalks, etc. Proposals from any artistic discipline are welcomed but must be rooted in contemporary art practices.
Successful applicants receive a 1,750 CAD honorarium towards artist fees and material expenses.
Application deadline: Friday December 6, 2024, 11:59pm EST
Learn more and submit an Independent Project proposal.
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