CALL FOR ART: City of Niagara Falls Juried Art Exhibition
ENTRY FORM
Important Dates
- Call Opens: March 1, 2025
- Call Closes: May 30, 2025, 11:59pm
- Notification of Acceptance: June 25, 2025
- Delivery of Selected Art: Saturday July 26, 2025, 10 AM–3 PM
- Open to Public: Thursday August 7, 2025, 10 AM–4PM
- Awards Event: Thursday, August 7, 2025, 6–8 PM, Market Hall
- Niagara Falls Night of Art: Thursday September 18, 2025, 6-10 PM
- Show Closes: Saturday, October 25, 2025, 4 PM
- Art Removal: Sunday, October 26, 2025, 10 AM–3 PM
Juried Show
This year's Art Exhibition will be a juried show, and it is free to enter. Artists may submit a maximum of two finished works for consideration by the jury. Please be aware that only selected works will be included in the exhibition and not all submissions will be selected for display. Incomplete works will not be adjudicated.
Location
The exhibition will be held at the Exchange in the Atrium Gallery, located in the Arts Building at 5943 Sylvia Place, Niagara Falls, ON, L2G 1S9. It will run for three months.
The exhibition will open to the public on Thursday, August 7, 2025, during regular Exchange hours. It will also be a feature in the annual Niagara Falls Night of Art.
Awards Presentation
The awards ceremony will be held at the Exchange Market Hall on Thursday, August 7, 2025, from 6–8 PM. The venue is located at 5943 Sylvia Place, Niagara Falls, ON, L2G 1S9.
Cash awards will be presented in the following categories:
- $500 Emerging Artist
- $1000 Mayor’s Selection
- $1000 Best in Show
Artwork may be presented in any medium, including painting, drawing, photography, fibre, or digital art. Sculpture is not accepted at this time.
Definition of Emerging Artist: An emerging artist is usually defined as someone at the early stages of their career.
Terms and Conditions of Entry
- There is no fee to enter.
- The competition is open to all Niagara Falls residents 18+.
- Each artist may submit up to two works of art to the adjudication process.
- Artwork must be original and must not have been previously entered into the Niagara Falls Art Exhibition.
- Winner’s artwork may be requested to be on display at City Hall for the month of November.
- The City of Niagara Falls ensures that reasonable care will be taken in the handling of all artworks but does not accept responsibility for loss or damage.
- Artists allow Art Exhibition organizers the use of artwork imagery for social media and/or promotional purposes for the Niagara Falls Art Exhibition only.
- Winners must provide permission to the Art Exhibition organizers to have their names and photos published.
How to Enter
- Please fill out the entry form and include images of your work HERE.
- Only selected artists will be notified for artwork delivery. You will receive a confirmation email with the selected artwork for inclusion to the show.
- Each artist may submit up to two pieces for entry into the exhibition and competition.
- Artwork must be no larger than 36” x 36”.
Selected Artist Information
- Artwork must be ready to hang with a secure, tight wire to hang across the back. Hooks are not sufficient. Attach the wire straight across the back, 1/3 of the way down the artwork, without slack.
- Artwork must be labeled clearly on the back or underside with the artist’s name, age, and phone number. All works will also be labeled at intake.
- Artwork may be presented in any medium, except sculpture: painting, drawing, photography, fibre or digital art. Sculpture will not be accepted.
- No consumable materials will be used in the manufacture of any artwork.
- Artwork to be delivered to the Cafe in the Exchange.
- Artists must upload 1 jpeg of each work entered. The image must be:
- Straight on image, centred in the picture frame but not cropped in any way
- Labelled with artists’ last name. first initial
- No larger than 2MB
Presented by
The Annual Art Exhibition is presented by the Niagara Falls Culture Committee.
CALL FOR LIVE MURAL ARTISTS
The Exchange Art Lab: Murals in Motion
Call for Niagara Artists to paint: 7’ X 7’ mural, live @ $750 each, inclusive of all supplies.
Theme:
Ideas Factory
Call Dates:
Call opens April 1, 2025. Deadline to apply: May 1, 2025. Successful applicants will be notofied will be mid-May.
Details:
Niagara Artists are invited to paint live on a stand-alone mural structure that will be brought into the public space to be painted on one side over one day or evening. Artists must agree to paint for 4 hours during the day on Saturday [11am-3pm] and 4 hours during the following Friday night Event [5-9pm]. The work will then be complete. The art will be covered by future artists who will use the same structure to paint on. Artists may access the wall to prime it in advance if requested.
This will be outdoors, rain or shine. Work will proceed under a canopy roof if inclement weather.
To apply:
There are 2 forms to fill in.
[*This form will make you automatically eligible for other art projects as well.]
- Live Market Mural Application is the 2nd
- 4 images from your portfolio of work that would illustrate your ability to fulfill the design brief.
- One written outline for their visual idea.
- Artists are allowed to team up with a collaborator if they so wish but may only paint one side.
Dates of painting:
Artists will be asked to outline their preferred month. We will endeavor to get your selected dates for you, but this is not guaranteed.
- Saturday May 31 & Friday June 6
- Saturday June 28 & Friday July 4
- Friday June 20 & Sunday June 22
- Saturday July 26 & Friday August 1
- Saturday August 30 & Friday Sept 5
- Saturday October 4 & Sunday October 5
Details:
- Small, stand-alone mural
- Schedule: June to October 2025
- Location: Exterior courtyard or interior of the Exchange Market Hall.
- All artists selected must commit to creating their work on site at the Exchange during the market hours of both:
Saturday 11-3pm
Friday 5-9pm
- Artists must provide a portfolio of at past works that would illustrate the intention of what they aim to create. We are not asking for any designs but request to see comparables and a written outline for their visual idea.
- The artists must use a tarp to protect the ground. All paint must be exterior grade, water-based and semi-gloss.
- Project Budget: $750 for 2 consecutive market appearances: Saturday day and the following Friday evening.
- Payment will be upon completion of 2nd painting day.
Contact
Kim Van Stygeren, Cultural Development Coordinator
City of Niagara Falls
[email protected]
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CALL: Share Your Skills at the Niagara Falls Exchange: Meet Ups, Masterclasses & Pop-Up Workshops
The Exchange will be hosting Workshop Weekends! We invite applications for innovative sessions (workshops, crafting, artist tutorials, talks, etc.) to be presented at the Exchange Cultural Hub in Niagara Falls.
The Niagara Falls Exchange invites artists, crafters and leaders in the community to share workshop and programme ideas for our culture building sessions. These programs are exciting opportunities for everyone to learn from passionate presenters like you to develop their skills, explore interests and create fun projects.
Workshop Weekends will be one day per month, between May and November 2025.
Applications will also be accepted from this Call for Culture Days; Oct 3, 4 & 5, 2025.
Call Dates
Monday February 3 – Monday March 17, 2025. Selected applicants will be notified by May, 2025. Applications will also be kept on file for potential referral.
Address
Niagara Falls Exchange, 5943 Sylvia Place, Niagara Falls ON, L2G 1S9
Apply with your cultural ideas here
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Contact
Kim Van Stygeren, Cultural Development Coordinator
City of Niagara Falls
[email protected]
