Call for Artists

Event Details

Schedule for the Day

Awards

 Judy Daley to Judge

Anticipated Project Schedule

*The above schedule is subject to change

Eligibility

This Request for Proposals (RFP) is open to professional Canadian artists. Artists must be able to travel to Halton Hills to run the session. The Town is looking for proposals from a variety of different disciplines, including, but not limited to, visual art, dance, media arts, music, craft, poetry and storytelling.

Submission Requirements

Please read all components of the RFP prior to completing your submission. A complete submission package includes the following documentation in a single PDF document:

1. Artist declaration

2. Artist statement (1 page maximum): a written description of the artists’ proposal which should include information on workshop design, recording/capturing of public input, conveyance of public vision through final artistic product.

3. Links to artist website and/or social media.

4. Artist’s CV and up to 3 images or examples of past work created, ideally through community engagement or group facilitation.

Exhibition Details

Featuring the Finalists in the Halton Hills Town Bird Vote

Eligibility:

This call is open to artists residing or working in Halton Hills or belonging to local artist organizations, and artists from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Artists may submit up to 2 pieces of original work created in the past 24 months. All media are eligible, to a maximum of 48 inches in any dimension. Artwork must be ready for hanging, including suitable wiring.

Submission Requirements:

1. Open to all media: painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, and more.

2. Artists may submit up to two pieces for consideration.

3. Please include a brief artist statement describing how your work connects to local or migratory birds of Halton Hills.

4. Submit images in JPG format (max 10MB), labelled with your name and the title of the work.

Exhibition Details

 Eligibility

• Artists, including artist teams, collectives, or arts/culture groups.

• Active with an artistic and/or culturally engaging practice.

• Able to demonstrate a publicly presented body of work, dating back at least one year.

• A resident, or operate an arts/cultural practice/organization/business within the Town of Halton Hills.

• Elected officials and employees of the Town of Halton Hills are not eligible to apply

 Submission Requirements

• Quality photographs of your project and process (5 maximum).

• Short paragraph on your experience with the project and any resulting impacts to your artwork, creative practice, or organization (500 words maximum).

• Number of artists and/or community members who participated in your project.

Please submit a completed application form online, with supporting media files. Only one application per artist/artist collective/arts and culture organization will be accepted. Incomplete applications or applications received after the deadline will not be adjudicated.

View and/or download the The Artist Next Door - Sample Template.

To be submitted to culture@haltonhills.ca before December 5, 2025, to receive final 20% of funding and be eligible for The Artist Next Door funding in future years.

Social Media

• Documentation of your project should be shared on a public facing social media account (i.e., a Facebook Page or public Instagram account), and engage the community.

• If it is not already built into your project proposal, please share elements of your process (project creation) and the finished artwork on a digital platform (website, social media).

• You should indicate in at least one post that your project has been funded, wholly or in part, by the Town of Halton Hills “The Artist Next Door” program; if sharing content from your project on a website or in print, please include the Artist Next Door logo.

• Please use the hashtag #hhIsCulture and, where applicable, #hhCultureDays in your social media posts about your funded project and tag the Town of Halton Hills account.

• Upon the completion of your project, please send us the number of social media posts made on each platform (Facebook, Instagram, etc.), your account handles and any engagement metrics you have (view count on videos, numbers of likes, shares, impressions per post), and any relevant hashtags.

Selection Criteria 

Representatives of the Public Art Advisory Board will jury applications, supported by Town staff. Proposals will be evaluated on a 25-point scale, using the following criteria:

Exhibition Details

Featuring the Finalists in the Halton Hills Town Bird Vote

Eligibility:

This call is open to artists residing or working in Halton Hills or belonging to local artist organizations, and artists from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Artists may submit up to 2 pieces of original work created in the past 24 months. All media are eligible, to a maximum of 48 inches in any dimension. Artwork must be ready for hanging, including suitable wiring.

Submission Requirements:

1. Open to all media: painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, and more.

2. Artists may submit up to two pieces for consideration.

3. Please include a brief artist statement describing how your work connects to local or migratory birds of Halton Hills.

4. Submit images in JPG format (max 10MB), labelled with your name and the title of the work.