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📢 Call for Submissions: 2027 Exhibitions & Artists-in-Residence @ City of Toronto Cultural Centres & Galleries. Professional and emerging artists are invited to apply to three exciting opportunities. Deadline: July 27, 2026. More info: https://t.co/wX81642ob7 @culture_to

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🌿 Call for Submissions: Edge Conditions Photography @ Video Wall at the Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa. The Art Bank invites submissions of photos that capture edge conditions from coast to coast to coast. Deadline: July 30, 2026. More info: https://t.co/dzDeUvwjhx

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🌺 ANCHORBALL: A Curious Art Journey is on now at Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington for its Canadian premiere, presenting monumental contemporary sculpture by Ken Kelleher. On view until September 20, 2026. Book your tickets: https://t.co/PabG8mPk0m @RBGCanada

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🖼️ The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery presents Bas Jan Ader: I’m searching…, opening Dec. 12, 2026, in collaboration with Hamburger Kunsthalle (Germany). Announced today—July 9, marking 51 years since Ader’s fateful solo Atlantic crossing. https://t.co/ShbhlmYFmJ

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🧡 Akimblog Hit List: The persona Toronto Art Boggart and its art writing act as a strategy in a larger Toronto propaganda project. The goal of this propaganda is to make Toronto a globally notable art city. Read more about its favourite things: https://t.co/obqzMZtarJ

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📸 Images: All images are courtesy of the artist. 1) Omar Canales-Cisneros, Hermanos. 2) Diego de la Rosa, Apagón (Lights out). 3) Carolina Delgado-Duruflé, Zambrano. 4) Omar Saenz, A body slowly twisting towards light. https://t.co/oJhCoNXIgy

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📢 Call for Submissions: Winter Wonders Performing & Visual/Media Arts @ Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington. A winter experience attracting approximately 40,000 visitors over five weeks. Varying artist fees up to $50k. Deadline: August 2, 2026. https://t.co/pssy7u5fKy

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📣Call for Proposals: Winter Windows @ City of Pickering. The City invites local artists or artist teams to apply to paint the main windows at City Hall and Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex. Artist Fee: $5,000. Deadline: July 31, 2026. https://t.co/UYnjzD6I6o

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📣 Job Opportunity: The Department of Visual Arts at Brock University is hiring a Gallery Coordinator. Full-time, fixed-term contract. Full job description: Careers @ Brock – Gallery Coordinator, Visual Arts - JR-1024587. Deadline: July 13, 2026. https://t.co/sdHxwMGON0

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📸 Images: All images are courtesy of the artist. 1) Omar Canales-Cisneros, Hermanos. 2) Diego de la Rosa, Apagón (Lights out). 3) Carolina Delgado-Duruflé, Zambrano. 4) Omar Saenz, A body slowly twisting towards light. https://t.co/oJhCoNXIgy

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📢 Call for Submissions: Winter Wonders Performing & Visual/Media Arts @ Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington. A winter experience attracting approximately 40,000 visitors over five weeks. Varying artist fees up to $50k. Deadline: August 2, 2026. https://t.co/ZG3RPmBqWo

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📣Call for Proposals: Winter Windows @ City of Pickering. The City invites local artists or artist teams to apply to paint the main windows at City Hall and Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex. Artist Fee: $5,000. Deadline: July 31, 2026. https://t.co/UYnjzD6I6o

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📣 Job Opportunity: The Department of Visual Arts at Brock University is hiring a Gallery Coordinator. Full-time, fixed-term contract. Full job description: Careers @ Brock – Gallery Coordinator, Visual Arts - JR-1024587. Deadline: July 13, 2026. https://t.co/sdHxwMGON0

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📢 Job Opportunity: Editor @ Border Crossings Magazine, Winnipeg. The Editor provides overall editorial leadership and operational management for the not-for-profit arts magazine. Review of applications begins July 15, 2026. More info: https://t.co/ZWpockbIoy @border_mag

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🖼 Volume 1: The life of corners, the first manifestation of artist Celina Eceiza’s ambitious, itinerant project, A material called Earth, transforms the Art Gallery of Burlington. On view until Aug. 16, 2026. https://t.co/GHbCFdC1SF

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🖼️ Stephen Bulger Gallery is pleased to present The Great Lakes, a group exhibition of work by artists Michael Belmore, Robert Burley, Bonnie Devine, and Shelley Niro, curated by Penelope Smart, Curator, Thunder Bay Art Gallery. July 9 – Aug. 29, 2026. https://t.co/Ce0IIqiKn4

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🖼️ RAiN at the Fire Hall. Rodman Art Institute of Niagara opens a temporary, innovative, and creative art space in the Old Fire Hall No. 1 in downtown Thorold. Learn more about the exhibitions, programs, and events. https://t.co/hg9E9qs4or

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📣 Request for EOI: Indigenous Public Art – Five Corners Parkette @ City of St. Catharines. One Indigenous artist or artist-led team will be selected to create a site-specific, permanent public artwork. Budget: $140,000 CAD. Deadline: July 12, 2026. https://t.co/Di9am6I7Jf

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📢 Job Opportunity: Editor @ Border Crossings Magazine, Winnipeg. The Editor provides overall editorial leadership and operational management for the not-for-profit arts magazine. Review of applications begins July 15, 2026. More info: https://t.co/ZWpockbIoy @border_mag

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🖼 Volume 1: The life of corners, the first manifestation of artist Celina Eceiza’s ambitious, itinerant project, A material called Earth, transforms the Art Gallery of Burlington. On view until Aug. 16, 2026. https://t.co/mitZwt1te2