Call for Submissions: On The ’Brink Installation Art Festival 2025

RiverBrink Art Museum

Josh Bellingham

Call for Artists
On The ’Brink Installation Art Festival

Deadline for Artist Submissions: June 1, 2025
Event Date: August 30 & 31, 2025 | 11am – 4pm
RiverBrink Art Museum, Queenston, ON

RiverBrink Art Museum is now accepting proposals for the On The ’Brink Installation Art Festival, a two-day outdoor exhibition of installation art on the beautiful grounds of the art museum, overlooking the Niagara River. This event is the second annual showcase of installation art in the heart of Niagara. Artist participants will receive honorariums of $600 each. On The ’Brink aims to celebrate the creativity and innovation of artists working in or about Niagara. The festival will provide an opportunity for members of the community to experience and learn about installation art, meet local artists and enjoy the stunning natural landscape at RiverBrink.

Josh Bellingham

Theme: Monument/Memory
The commemoration of particular events and individuals in public monuments has a long history. Plaques, statues, obelisks and other markers have been erected for different reasons, function in different ways, and manifest different power dynamics. But can we say that memory is inherent in the materiality of the monument? And does this change with time?

For the festival this year, we invite proposals that engage with the idea of art-making as a mode of memory preservation, that reflect on the role of monuments in public space, that address the question of who gets heeded/represented by monuments, and/or that explore how site, materials, and form encode memory.

Josh Bellingham

About RiverBrink
RiverBrink Art Museum, located in the historic village of Queenston, within the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, is an art museum open to the public since 1983. Situated in a large country home on the banks of the scenic Niagara River, RiverBrink Art Museum features exhibitions from the collection of Samuel E. Weir, Q.C. as well as temporary exhibitions of contemporary art. The museum grounds feature a spectacular view of the Niagara River.

For more information on eligibility and how to apply visit www.riverbrink.org.

Deadline to Submit: Sunday, June 1, 2025

Please submit your proposal to Moyu Chen at mchen@riverbrink.org.

RiverBrink Art Museum
116 Queenston Street
Queenston, ON L0S 1L0
www.riverbrink.org
905.262.4510

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