Opportunities for Artists & Arts Workers in Katarokwi/Kingston
Calls for Submissions / Applications
Call for CKAF Jurors (Kingston Arts Council)
Deadline: Until Filled
The Kingston Arts Council is now accepting expressions of interest from individuals to serve as jurors for the 2025 City of Kingston Arts Fund (CKAF) Project Grant Program.
Serving on a CKAF jury is a unique and rewarding way to engage with Kingston’s arts sector. It’s not only a chance to contribute to the development of local arts initiatives, but also an opportunity to learn more about arts funding, build your professional network, and gain valuable experience in grant assessment.
CKAF juries are made up of artists and arts professionals who bring strong knowledge of the arts, respect within the community, and an understanding of both the local and broader arts landscape. We strive to assemble juries that reflect the gender, cultural, and demographic diversity of Kingston.
If you have questions about the jury process or are interested in applying email grants@artskingston.ca, call 613-546-2999, or visit our website to download the application form!
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4th Annual Indigenous Art Exhibition (Union Gallery)
Deadline: 14 July 2025 | 11:59 PM
Details
The Queen’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, and Union Gallery are thrilled to continue a partnership for the 4th annual Indigenous Art Exhibition at Queen’s University. Programmed in conjunction with the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, this exhibition is a celebration of Indigenous artists in our community.
We are accepting submissions in any and all art forms from members of the Queen’s and wider communities alike. Indigenous artists based in the Katarokwi-Kingston area are invited to submit artwork to be considered for this exhibition, running at Union Gallery from Tuesday, September 2 to Saturday, October 11, 2025.
Key Dates
- Submissions close: 11:59 PM, Monday, July 14, 2025
- Notification to artists by: Tuesday, July 22, 2025
- Artwork drop-off at Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre: Friday, August 1–Saturday, August 16, 2025
- Install period: Tuesday, August 26–Friday, August 29, 2025
- Exhibition period: Tuesday, September 2 to Saturday, October 11, 2025
Application Process
In the submission form, we will ask for the following information:
- Artist information:
- Name
- Biography (100-150 words; written in third person perspective)
- Additional optional information: pronouns, website, social media handles
- Artwork information:
- A statement about your art practice (150-250 words; written in first person perspective)
- Artwork details (for up to 3 artworks) including title, medium, size, year
- Additional optional information: any display needs/preferences, image descriptions
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Season 20 Pitches (Blue Canoe)
Deadline: 31 July 2025
For Season 20, Blue Canoe's 20th Anniversary as a company, will only be staging productions that have previously been performed in a Blue Canoe season! Please see this document for a full list of potentially productions.
Expectations of Project Leaders
As a Director/Project Leader, you are a representative of Blue Canoe and its values. As such, there are specific expectations and requirements of a Director/Project Leader:
- To uphold the Blue Canoe mission statement throughout the entire process: creating process-driven opportunities for youth to learn transferable skills, and build community through our open-access programming.
- To uphold the Blue Canoe values: Optimism, Kindness, Creativity, Respect, Passion.
- To lead and collaborate with show team and company team members to to create and execute a wholistic creative vision for the show.
- Including:
- Providing input on Production team hiring and casting;
- Planning & leading rehearsals in collaboration with other rehearsal team leaders;
- Providing input/feedback on designs;
- To maintain order within the Blue Canoe studio spaces.
- Including:
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Pond's Edge Exhibition and Fundraiser (Turtles Kingston)
Deadline: 1 August 2025
Details
The Turtles Kingston art gallery and fundraiser is back again this year. It will be hosted at the Tett Centre with a morning viewing and afternoon ticketed event.
We are looking for local artists to create custom turtle-inspired art for the gallery that is valued above $80. Artists will receive $50 for their submission. Email if you are interested in participating. Turtleskingston@gmail.com
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Juvenis Festival Pitches (Blue Canoe Productions)
Deadline: 31 August 2025
Do you have an art-based event that you want to bring to life? Then Blue Canoe love to host it! Fill out an application if you’re interested in becoming a youth project leader for Blue Canoe's tenth Juvenis festival (running May 6th-10th 2026).
We have 5 categories that you can pitch for:
- Theatre
- Original works
- One act plays
- Stand Up Show
- Improv Show
- Found Space/ Immersive
- Radio Play
- Music
- Concerts
- Gigs
- Multi-artist Showcase
- Open Mic
- Music Video
- Sound Installation
- Opera
- Dance
- Showcase Style performance
- Performance Pieces
- Dance Film
- Flash mob
- Dance Battle
- Line Dance
- A Ball (whether Bridgerton inspired or Ballroom culture)!
- Visual Art
- Galleries
- Installations
- Projection Mapping
- Mural
- Sculpture
- Digital Art
- Multi-Disciplinary/Other
- Fashion Show
- Spoken Word
- Geocaching
- Interactive Installations
- Culinary arts
To pitch, you must be a Kingston-based youth who is between the ages of 13-30. The project must take place in Kingston since the youth project leader (YPL) must be present for the event. Please include 2-3 venue options in your pitch.
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Vendor Application (Art & Acres Fine Art Festival & Artisan Market)
Deadline: 1 September 2025
LOCATION: Brambleberry Farm (Wooler)
About the Event
Art & Acres is a juried fine art festival and artisan market celebrating creativity, craftsmanship, and community in a pastoral harvest setting. This two-day festival features fine artists, emerging creatives, and artisan vendors from across Ontario. Set on a working farm during the colourful fall season, and during ‘Doors Open’ with the City of Quinte West, this event invites visitors to connect with both art and land.
We welcome applications from fine artists, emerging artists, and makers of high-quality handmade goods.
- All work must be original and made by the applicant to be featured in the Fine Art
Category.- (Artwork based on another artist’s work is not acceptable as original, and such
applicants should select ‘emerging artist’ or ‘artisan market’ categories)
- (Artwork based on another artist’s work is not acceptable as original, and such
- Prints of your work are acceptable in inventory however they should not exceed 15% of
your overall inventory - Application fees are non-refundable
- Booth fees are non-refundable upon acceptance.
- Event is rain or shine.
- Vendors are responsible for their own setup and breakdown.
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Call for Proposals (PXR)
Deadline: 15 September 2025
Details
The Performance and XR Symposium (PXR) is a hybrid conference exploring the intersection of liveness, storytelling, and extended reality (or XR). Now in its sixth year, PXR remains the first and only conference on digital and mixed-reality performance creation in Canada.
As we gear up for PXR2026 (running February 20 – March 1, 2026), we are looking for unique projects — performances, presentations, installations, workshops, discussions, and games — that fall within the following streams:
EXPERIENCE
Ready to go in-development or presentation-ready live performances that are hybrid or digital, with special interest in projects that focus on audience agency and interactivity.
Digital performances should be available for audience members to watch live in a VR platform such as VRChat. Hybrid performances should be available for audience members to watch live in Vancouver (BC), Toronto (ON), and/or Kingston (ON), and should have an XR component.
Selected projects will be slated to present up to four performances to PXR attendees and the public. Open to Canadian artists, with additional funding available for BC and Ontario-based projects.
ENGAGE
Interactive, digital presentations that take full advantage of the XR medium, rejecting the traditional Conference powerpoint plague of “talking heads”.
We want to hear about your creative vision for live XR productions, and how your specialization and expertise influences your creative approach in this medium. Perhaps you are developing a new platform for digital storytelling, or you can offer a blueprint for what is required to develop a live experience. What would you like to share, and what is the most powerful way you can do so?
PXR Engage presenters will have the opportunity to present in our custom-built VRChat conference world, with technical support from the PXR team. We are also open to presentations taking place in the platform / world of the presenter’s choice.
LABORATORY
Technical deep dives into the development process and/or specific tools vital to creating in XR, often led by developers, designers, gamewriters, project managers, etc.
Do you have an exciting unity project you can walk us through? A behind-the-scenes tour of a recently developed experience? Perhaps you have a mini-masterclass for experienced developers, or a 3D modeling tutorial for those who are just getting started. Consider us interested.
PXR Laboratory presenters will have the opportunity to present in our custom-built VRChat conference world, with technical support from the PXR team. We are also open to digital presentations taking place in the platform / world of the presenter’s choice.
ARCADE
VRChat games, XR/AR installations for on-site events, and other social experiences
PXR Arcade is a hybrid stream encouraging connection, and perhaps competition, through play. Digital projects must be uploaded to VRChat, and are preferably team-based. On-site projects presenters will be either asked to bring their own equipment to set up at our venue or provide an equipment list and remotely work with our production team to set up your installation at our venue. Priority will be given to applications that are clear with how we can recreate the installation at our other venues.
Successful applicants will be provided a small development & sharing fee, with additional funding for projects based in Kingston, Ontario. Open to Canadian artists and international Artists.
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Call for Submissions (2026 Kingston Canadian Film Festival)
Deadline: 1 December 2025
2026 may feel like the distant future, but we’re already hard at work building next year’s Fest and we’re hungry for films!
We’re accepting submissions in the following categories:
- Features (30+ minutes)
- Canadian Shorts (short films from coast to coast to coast)
- Local Shorts (short films from filmmakers working in the Kingston area)
- Youth Shorts (for filmmakers still in secondary school)
Submissions will be accepted through Film Freeway – check out eligibility requirements and submit now!
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2ND ANNUAL KINGSTON ART TOUR (Kingston Art Tour)
Deadline: Until Filled
OCTOBER 4-5: The Kingston Art Tour. Everyone is welcome at this celebration of fine art, artisans and entertainers from the greater Kingston Area. Peruse the paintings, jewellery, birch bark and walnut ink fine drawings, mixed media, eco works and a miscellany of original works from skilled artisans.
Entertainment includes readings from talented local writers and poets, music and magic, children's entertainment, a demonstration of medieval long swords, and chess challenges. At the Joanne Gervais Studio Galleries at 1746 Unity Road; and other venues throughout Kingston and its rural north.
Invited to participate: Visual artists, fine craftsmen, artisanal crafts, musicians, theatre troupes, writers/poets, historical groups, athletics, special events groups. Early admissions benefit from hard copy advertising and early press releases.
Contact: joannegervais@gmail.com
Auditions
The Isabel Voices (The Isabel Voices)
Audition requests accepted on an ongoing basis
Join the joyful community of The Isabel Voices, where singers of all backgrounds and talents are embraced! The Isabel Voices has two dynamic ensembles that engage in exciting projects throughout the year, a large ensemble and small ensemble. Auditions take place on an ongoing basis, offering opportunities as spots become available within the ensembles. Join this spirited community of singers and create unforgettable musical moments and forge lasting friendships.
Board & Volunteer Opportunities
Call for Board Members (Union Gallery)
Deadline: 11 August 2025
Description
Union Gallery’s Board of Directors works collaboratively to provide oversight and direction to our staff. Board members work with each other and the Gallery Director to oversee the operations and strategic direction of the organization.
The Board is composed of artists, arts administrators, and other professionals who contribute experience in fundraising, financial management, human resources, equity work, administration, and technical expertise to our successful operation.
We prioritize applications from community members who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Colour. Queen’s students, professors, and members of the broader arts community in Katarokwi-Kingston are encouraged to apply.
Time commitment: approx. 5 hours/month
Meeting frequency: bi-monthly, in person at Union Gallery
Deadline to apply: Monday, August 11, 2025 at 11:59pm
HOW TO APPLY
Interested individuals are invited to submit an expression of interest (max. 500 words), as well as a resume or CV. Send your application as a single PDF to ugallery@queensu.ca with the subject line "UG Board Application".
Applications will be reviewed by the Nominations Committee. All those who apply will be contacted. Shortlisted applicants may be contacted for a meeting to discuss their experience.
Selected applicants will be invited for election at the Annual General Meeting in September/October 2025.
If you have any questions or would like to request accommodations in the application process, please get in touch: ugallery@queensu.ca / 613.533.3171
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Call for Board Members (Kingston Arts Council)
Applications accepted on a rolling basis
The Kingston Arts Council (KAC) is seeking dynamic individuals from the community to join our Board of Directors and play a crucial role in shaping the future of the arts in our city.
The KAC is seeking individuals with a variety of skills, backgrounds, and experiences to bring a diverse range of perspectives to our Board of Directors. While we value a deep appreciation for the arts, we also encourage applicants with expertise in areas such as finance, fundraising, legal affairs, arts administration, marketing, and community engagement.
Members of the KAC Board of Directors have the opportunity to contribute to the strategic direction of our organization, advocate for the arts, and help foster a thriving arts community in Katarokwi/Kingston. Their insights, expertise, and dedication make a significant impact on the cultural fabric of our city and the artists and organizations we serve.
To begin your application, please email board@artskingston.ca and attach a copy of your CV and a brief statement of interest
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Call for Board Members (Modern Fuel)
Applications accepted on an on-going basis
The Modern Fuel Board of Directors is a working Board. Board members are expected to attend monthly meetings, attend Modern Fuel events, and serve a two-year term. Ideal candidates will help develop and implement strategies that will generate revenue, attract new supporters, expand our community connections, and build the artist-run centre’s profile in the Kingston community and across the country. Directors dedicate 5 - 10 hours of work per month attending meetings, self-guided work, assisting staff, and other tasks as needed. If you are interested in getting involved as a Board Director, feel free to contact us at mfarcbodpres@modernfuel.org.
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Call for Board Members (Orchestra Kingston)
Applications accepted on an on-going basis
Orchestra Kingston invites members of the general public who are interested in music and the arts in general to join our vibrant and active Board of Directors of Kingston's community orchestra. Help us make sweet music. Interested parties should email manager.orchestrakingston@
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Call for Board Members (CARFAC Ontario)
CARFAC Ontario is seeking to connect with artists to join our board and contribute to advancing representation and advocacy on behalf of artists across Ontario. The board of directors is responsible for overseeing the organization’s governance and strategic direction in alignment with our mandate. We invite both CARFAC Ontario members and members of Ontario arts community to nominate an artist, or themselves, to be considered to join our board. This is a volunteer position.