Call for Artists: Youngplace Art Fair 2025 Holiday Edition and Exhibition

Façade of heritage building with “Youngplace” Signage

Calling all Artists, Makers and Creatives:
Youngplace Art Fair and Exhibition – Holiday Edition

Submission Deadline: October 20, 2025, 5pm

The fair is back with a holiday twist, featuring a special 2-week exhibition extension in December. Celebrate the holiday season by showcasing your work as we host fun themed dates:

Art Fair: December 6, 2025, 11am – 5pm
Exhibition Extension: December 7 – 18, 2025

Project Requirements

The Youngplace Art Fair is community event where the art market meets gallery exhibition. We’re committed to spotlighting local talent from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. Whether you’re a visual artist, potter, printmaker, designer, ceramicist or artisan—this is your space to sell, connect and grow in a well-attended creative community setting. We welcome applications from emerging, mid-career and established artists across all hand-crafted mediums.

Eligibility

• Applicants must present original artwork, exhibiting a majority originals, paired with limited run print or other reproductions.
• Artists must exhibit and vend their own work, and the sale of work made by others is prohibited.
• Work must be complete, presented professionally and with a clear and feasible booth/gallery plan.
• Artists should demonstrate a commitment to professionalism, and ability to exhibit work in a market/gallery context.
• Exhibitors must showcase and sell work from the media category indicated in their applications and represented by the supporting images provided with the application.
• Artwork must be family friendly in nature, and not contain overt nudity, graphic or violent imagery.
• Applications will be reviewed on a first come first serve basis considering eligibility requirements above, please note wall space is limited.

Vendor Booth – Artist Michael Alemayehu

Booth Spaces

Gallery spaces located in the Hallway Galleries will be assigned based on the applicants ranking of spaces. A maximum of 35 exhibition spaces will be available. There are limited quantities of all booth sizes, we will do our best to assign your first ranked option. These prices reflect a subtotal for the day market event and extended exhibition.

• 4′ Gallery Space (Approx. 4 linear feet of wall, with or without a table)
  ◦  Space fee $200.00
• 6′ Gallery Space (Approx. 6 linear feet of wall, with or without a table)
  ◦  Space fee $240.00
• 8′ Gallery Space (Approx. 8 linear feet of wall, with or without a table)
  ◦  Space fee $ 280.00

Selection Process

Applications will be reviewed on a first come first serve basis considering eligibility requirements above, please note wall space is limited. Upon acceptance of the offer and confirmation of participation, you will be issued an invoice to pay your registration fee.

Vendor Booth – Artist Austin Stanely Print Hole

Submission Requirements

• Full contact information
• Artist statement – 100 words or less
• Artist biography – 75 words or less
• CV – including other market experience
• A minimum of five images and no more than ten images of recent work that are representative of work to be exhibited in the show
• Images and/or plan of booth design or examples of past booths

How to Submit

For more details and to apply, please visit the Youngplace website.

Submission Deadline: October 20, 2025, 5pm

For additional information or questions, please contact:
programs@arthubs.ca

Youngplace
180 Shaw Street
Toronto, ON M6J 2W5
youngplace.ca
647 696 6962

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Accessibility
The Youngplace facility is fully accessible by Ontario standards. Should you have questions about accessibility in relation to the market, please reach out to programs@arthubs.ca.

About Youngplace
Youngplace is a community cultural hub in Toronto’s West Queen West neighbourhood, devoted to artistic creation, learning and collaboration.

About ArtHubs
ArtHubs is a non-profit organization based in Toronto that operates a portfolio of community cultural hubs. ArtHubs projects, programs and services are designed to support artists and creatives thrive while enhancing the broader communities they serve.