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Call for Expressions of Interest: Indigenous Language and Culture Public Art Project
Open call opportunity. Deadline: 2026-11-05
- Type
- Open call
- Organizer
- City of Oshawa
- Deadline
- 5 November 2026
- Where
- Canada
- Compensation
- $12,000 for selected writer; $750 for shortlisted writers
- Disciplines
- Writing, Poetry, Indigenous Art, Public Art, Cultural Expression
About this opportunity
The City of Oshawa invites Indigenous creative writers, poets, and Knowledge Holders from the Williams Treaties First Nations to submit expressions of interest for a public art project in Ed Broadbent Waterfront Park. Selected artists will create a text-based installation honoring Indigenous language and culture, with a $12,000 commission for the winner and $750 for shortlisted applicants.
Who can apply
- Open to Indigenous creative writers, poets, artists, Knowledge Holders or storytellers connected to or from the Williams Treaty First Nations (Mississaugas of Scugog Island, Hiawatha, Curve Lake, Alderville, Chippewas of Georgina Island, Rama, Beausoleil).
- Must be 18+.
How to apply
The application link and the full call are available to members, together with every other open opportunity ranked around your practice.
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