Call for Proposals: Mississauga Festival of Trees Installations 2025

Leeway Aikawa, Trash Detritus Debris Tree, 2024. Photo: Michael Lemiski

Call for Artists 2025
Mississauga Festival of Trees Installations

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025, 11:59pm EDT

CreativeHub 1352 invites artists and artist collectives/groups to submit proposals for Temporary Tree Art Sculptures and Installations to be presented at the Small Arms Inspection Building as part of the Mississauga Festival of Trees in December 2025.

Project Requirements

As part of a multi-faceted festival including artworks, live music, workshops and holiday markets, CreativeHub 1352 is seeking submissions for Tree Art Sculpture or Installation proposals for either the creation of new work or exhibition of previously created work. Imaginative and contemporary tree art installation artworks will be exhibited to celebrate the winter season. The Festival of Trees highlights Ontario’s cultural diversity, with an emphasis on the key themes of culture, environment, connectedness and community (ex. an artist of Chinese heritage might choose to create a tree installation celebrating the Three Friends of Winter by using pine, bamboo, and plum as key materials). Tree installations can be creative literal representations or a more abstract interpretation of the tree form with the focus being any of the themes.

We are looking for approximately 10 temporary Tree Sculptures or Installations. Artists are asked to create one large sculpture or installation within a 10′ x 10′ space. Consideration should be given to the aesthetic of the site, seasonal nature of the festival, and natural environment.

Tree Installations Technical Guidelines

• Sculpture Height: min. 8′ / max. 12′
• Installation Area: min. 8′ x 6′ x 8′ / max. 10′ x 10′ x 12′
• The majority of accepted installations will be indoors, with consideration given to two outdoor sculptures for the external courtyard entryway.
• This exhibition is mainly on view during the day, solely light-based sculptures requiring full darkness will not be considered.
• Must make use of at least 40% of the 10′ x 10′ x 10′ allotted space
• Must be a freestanding 3-dimensional structure that does not need any additional supports or can be a suspended structure that does not exceed 30 lbs.

Location

Small Arms Inspection Building
Mississauga, Ontario
1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5E 1E9

Eligibility

Applications are open to individual artists at any point in their professional career, artist collectives, AD HOC groups, and not-for-profit or charitable organizations operating in Ontario.

Compensation

Selected artists will receive $2,500 per sculpture or installation for the artist to produce their work and exhibit it during the festival. The available budget must cover all artists’ expenses including artist fees, materials, tools, travel, installation, and other associated costs. Support on logistical concerns around final assembly, transportation, or other areas can be provided, as needed. This fee is for new projects specifically created for the Festival of Trees 2025.

Exhibition of existing works will be considered at a lower fee of $1000.

Selection Process

The proposals will be evaluated by a selection committee comprised of professionals in the field and community members.

The proposals will be evaluated based on 5 categories: Concept, Craftsmanship, Feasibility, Budget and Use of Allocated Space.

Aurora Pagano, Roots and Branches: Dinner Legacies, 2024. Photo: Michael Lemiski

Submission Requirements

Artist Statement (250 words max): Tell us about your artistic practice, as it relates to the project you are proposing to CreativeHub 1352.

Project Description (500 words max): Please provide a detailed description of your proposed installation.

Technical Description: The technical description should include a preliminary list of all foreseeable technical requirements including equipment and materials necessary for installation at the SAIB. Include any specific lighting requirements or power needs.

Budget: The Budget should indicate roughly how much your project will cost to create, materials and install, itemized by category.

Visual Support Material (5-10): Please include 8-10 images to supplement your proposal. These can include technical sketches, images of your proposed materials, past work, etc. You may also include links to video and/or audio files. Files titled 01_lastname, 02_lastname, onward.

Visual Support Material List: Please include a list describing the Visual Support Materials. Following this form: 01, last name, dimensions, materials, date, two sentence description if necessary.

Project Timeline Tree Installation

• Application Deadline: September 1, 2025
• Artists notified of approval: October 1, 2025
• Access to building/grounds for Installation: December 2 – 4, 2025
• Final Installation Date: December 4, 2024
• Tear Down Date: December 15, 2024 (daytime)

How to Submit

If you are interested in participating in the MFT Tree Installation Programs, please apply online.

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025, 11:59pm EDT

For additional information or questions, please contact:
Jo Yetter
info@creativehub1352.ca | ATTN: MFT tree proposal

CreativeHub 1352
42B Woodlawn Avenue
Mississauga ON L5G 3K6
www.creativehub1352.ca
info@creativehub1352.ca
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