List of Call to Artists: Art Show Submissions Western Greater Toronto Area 2014

Are you a visual artist in the Greater Toronto Area? Here are some 2014 western Greater Toronto Area juried art shows to keep an eye out for in the next few months. It's a little to early for some exact deadlines, but I hope the list below helps you plan for 2014.  Good luck, everyone!

• Check starting early November  2013. Visual Arts Mississauga (VAM) 36th Annual Juried Show of Fine Art at the AGM (Art Gallery of Mississauga). Entry date & details through VAM is not posted yet. https://www.visualartsmississauga.com Note: Opening reception is listed on AGM site for Thursday, January 16, 2014, 6 pm
• Check from December 2013 on until early 2014 for entry deadline. Ontario Society of Artists " 141st OSA - Annual Juried Exhibition"  http://ontariosocietyofartists.org The show dates are Tuesday, April 1  – Friday - April 25, 2014
• Check by March 2014. “Through the Eyes of the Artist” Lakeshore Arts Annual Juried Exhibition. http://www.lakeshorearts.ca
• Start checking in January 2014.  Artcetera 2014. Elora Centre for the Arts.http://www.eloracentreforthearts.ca
• Deadline early March 2014^.  7^th Beaux-Arts Brampton Annual Open Juried Show 2013 www.Beaux-ArtsBrampton.com
• Deadline end of March 2014  5^th Annual Open Juried Photography Show 2013 Beaux Arts Brampton Gallery www.Beaux-ArtsBrampton.com
• Deadline early 2015. The Kingston Prize occurs every  two years. The 2013 show is on now. Nationwide Juried Portraiture painting show.  http://www.kingstonprize.ca
• Check by April 2014. 18^th Annual Juried HAFestival Art Show & Sale (Headwaters Arts Festival). Show is in September during Headwaters Arts Festival. http://headwatersarts.com
• Check by April 2014 . “Insights” Wellington County Museum and Archives. (between Elora & Fergus) www.artscouncil.elora.on.ca
• Check by early summer 2014  6^th Annual Open Juried Wildlife, Nature, & Native Juried Show 2013 Beaux Arts Brampton www.Beaux-ArtsBrampton.com
• Start checking in the summer of 2014 for the October Canadian Society of Painters In Watercolour show. www.cspwc.com
• Check by  September 2014. Colour and Form Society Annual Open Juried Art Show. www.colourandformsociety.org

Some Other Calls for Entries of Interest

• entry starts in December 2013 until early March 2014. Toronto Outdoor Art Show. Nathan Philips Square. www.Torontooutdoorart.org
• Sign up in October 2013 to receive sketchbook. Note: Be sure to include your sketchbook in the tour to your area. Finished sketchbook due early January 2014. The Sketchbook Project.www.sketchbookproject.com

Call for Visual Artists Juried Shows Dec. 2011, Jan. 2012

Here's the most recent "calls for entry" for visual arts juried art shows in the Greater Toronto Area. I'll gladly post any others you know about. Just leave me a note in comments. Good luck!

Deadline Dec. 1, 2011.  For OCAD University alumni "Where They Are Now!" http://www.ocad.ca/Assets/pdf_media/submission+form+2012.pdf   Note: 2 years at the college/university qualifies for alumnus status

Deadline Dec. 18, 2011. Artists Network  "MonArchy". As a playful acknowledgement of Queen Elizabeth II DIamond Jubilee in 2012, Artists Network are asking artists which side they align with. http://www.artistsnetwork.ca/node/330

Deadline Dec. 20, 2011.  Visual Arts Mississauga 34th Annual Juried Exhibition. Art Gallery of Mississauga. FYI : art work must be made in 2011 - 2012.  Application: http://www5.mississauga.ca/agm/agm_root/downloads/VAM34.pdf

Deadline January 24, 2012. Ontario Society of Artists (OSA)  139th Annual Open Juried Exhibition. John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.  Theme: "Darkness and Light" http://ontariosocietyofartists.org/member_events_exhibitions/open_juried_exhibition

Deadline January 31, 2012 World of Threads Festival .Fibre Art.  http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/submissions.html At least seven venues in  Toronto and Oakville, including Abbozzo Gallery (Oakville), Joshua Creek Heritage Centre (Halton) and the Sculpture Society of Canada Gallery (Toronto).

Deadline Feb. 2012 Paint Ontario Art Competition, Sale & Show http://www.paintontario.com/form.htm Lambton Heritage Museum, Grand Bend, Ontario

Call to Artists: Toronto, Mississauga & Elora Juried Art Shows

Immediate Calls to Artists! If you know of any other shows it would be great if you added them in the comments section. Thanks!

• Deadline Sept. 22. Insomnia. Red Head Gallery yearly salon specially created for Nuit Blanche. Theme is insomnia. Show runs Sept 28 – Oct 2. www.redheadgallery.org

• Deadline September 23.  Timeless An Exhibition Curated by Moses Znaimer. In collaboration with the Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts. Exhibition at Zoomer Show 2011 & Twist Gallery http://www.propellerctr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=230:call-for-submissions-timeless-an-exhibition-curated-by-moses-znaimer-deadline-september-23-2011&catid=29:submissions&Itemid=27
• Deadline Sept. 30. Canadian Federation of Artists 70^th Anniversary Open Juried Show. For members. Non- members & emerging/ student artists. http://artists.ca/submissions/index
• Deadline September 30. Colour and Form Society 59^th Annual Open Juried Art Show. Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery. Show runs Nov. 3 – 25, 2011. www.colourandformsociety.org
• Deadline October 4. Shirley Dilworth Jaychuk Competition. Elora Centre for the Arts. http://www.eloracentreforthearts.ca/index.cfm?page=gallery_dilworthCom

A bit more time to submit to these shows!

• Deadline December 1, 2011. 2012 OCAD University Alumni Exhibition: Open to all alumni from the Faculty of Design and the Faculty of Art. This juried exhibition & sale encompassing all of the university's twelve disciplines. Opens March 9, 2012 at the Gladstone Hotel.
2012  Jurors: 
Dr. Patrick Shaw Cable (Chief Curator and Curator of European Art at the Art Gallery of Hamilton), Simon Glass (Associate Dean, Faculty of Art, OCAD University) and Tony Taylor (Multidisciplinary artist).
Submission deadline:  December 1, 2011. Contact http://www.ocad.ca/alumni.htm

• Deadline December 20, 2011 Visual Arts Mississauga 34th ANNUAL JURIED SHOW OF FINE ART. Art Gallery of Mississauga. http://www.visualartsmississauga.com/news.php
• Visual Arts Mississauga 4th Annual Juried Show. http://www.visualartsmississauga.com/news.php

• Deadline January 24, 2012. Ontario Society of Artists (OSA) 139th Annual Open Juried Exhibition. Theme: Darkness & Light”. John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto. Show runs March 6-30, 2012. www.ontariosocietyofartists.org

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