White Water Gallery (WWG) is seeking proposals from artists and curators working in all media for the 2026-2027 programming seasons, with a special interest in media art, including new media and interactive works.
DEADLINE: June 1, 2025
WWG is dedicated to presenting work by contemporary artists working in or across a variety of disciplines. The gallery strives to present experimental, alternative and/or critically engaged art that is relevant to diverse cultures and “wicked problems.”
The gallery welcomes submissions from individual artists, curators, and collectives, with new or existing exhibition proposals. To ensure equity in our programming, we encourage applications from artists who identify as Indigenous, BIPOC, Francophone, 2SLGBTQIA+, deaf and/or disabled.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Please submit the following in a single PDF file to: director@whitewatergallery.com
- Proposal/Project Description (1 page maximum)
- Technical Requirements
- Artist/Curatorial Statement (250 words maximum)
- Artist Bio(s) (250 words maximum, each)
- Current CV (3 pages max; including contact info)
- Support Material (jpgs or links to images, audio, video, etc.)
- Support Material List
Please select support material mindfully, as committee members have limited time to consider each proposal. Your Support Material List should include title of work, date created, medium, and dimensions.
Video/audio files: Regardless of duration, please include full audio-visual materials. Due to time constraints, the selections committee may only view/listen to up to 5 minutes of each file. Please note the clip you would prefer the jury view by including time marks in the documentation list.
Programming Process
Proposals are judged on artistic merit and project viability, as well as in relation to White Water Gallery’s mandate and programming focus (e.g. “community relevance”).
All submissions to the call are vetted by a Programming Committee composed of: the Executive Director, 3 working artists or curators from the region, and 1 invited artist or curator from outside of North Bay. Based on this jury’s decisions, and taking budgetary and scheduling constraints into consideration, the Executive Director makes final decisions in selecting each exhibition.
Please allow approximately 3 months after the deadline for the White Water Gallery jury to consider submissions.
NOTE: Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis, and those received after the designated deadline will be held over until the next review.
Exhibition Fees
The White Water Gallery is considered a Category I gallery by Canadian Artists Representation/Le Front des Artistes Canadiens and Regroupement des Artistes en Arts Visuels de Quebec (CARFAC-RAAV). We pay full artist fees in accordance with this designation and the CARFAC-RAAV Minimum Recommended Fee Schedule. The current fee for a solo exhibition is $2,475, which does not include fees paid for additional activities that may be scheduled such as artist talks, panel discussions, workshops, or screenings. We also attempt to offset costs related to shipping, travel, and accommodations, and encourage artists to apply for travel bursaries and/or exhibition assistance to cover any additional costs.
Find out more about CARFAC-RAAV’s fee schedule for artists: https://carfac-raav.ca/
If you have any questions concerning submissions, please contact:
Alex Maeve Campbell, Executive Director
director@whitewatergallery.com