Call for Submissions: 2024 CIBC C² Art Program

View of 2023 C² Art winner Mike Pszczonak’s exhibition No Thanks, I’m Just Looking, on display at CIBC Square in Toronto. Image: Stan Behal Photography.

Submission Deadline: January 3, 2024 at 11:59pm EST

CIBC’s C² Art Program (C² Art) is a Canadian national art competition designed to help emerging artists make their ambitions a reality with a unique paid opportunity to create and curate their art. The completed artwork will then be exhibited for three months at CIBC’s headquarters, CIBC Square, in Toronto, ON.

A judging committee including members of CIBC and the art community will select two winning artists based on the quality of their submissions.

Each of the two winning artists is awarded $25,000, paid out over a period of six months. Each artist will create a body of work and curate it for display in a solo exhibition in one of the gallery spaces at CIBC Square. The CIBC art team will collaborate with each artist throughout this process, funding all exhibition materials including framing, plinths, shipping and installation.

Winners will also be invited to attend all-expenses paid trip to Toronto to attend an exhibition opening reception at CIBC Square.

The exhibitions will be on display at CIBC Square for three months, in a space open to clients, visitors and employees. Works will be returned to artists at the end of the exhibition period.

The 2023 winners were Toronto, ON-based interdisciplinary artist, curator, and designer, Maya Skarzenski and London, ON-based artist and educator, Mike Pszczonak.

View of 2023 C² Art winner Maya Skarzenski’s exhibition Crépuscule, on display at CIBC Square in Toronto. Image: Stan Behal Photography.

Program Overview:

• Applications are open to Canadian artists with two to 10 years of experience.
• Selected artists will each be awarded a grant of $25,000 plus an additional $5,000 for material costs, over a of six-month period.
• During the six-month period, the artists will create and curate a series of works which will be exhibited in a solo exhibition for each artist at CIBC Square.
• Artists will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Toronto to attend the opening reception.
• Application due date: 11:59pm EST, January 3, 2024

To learn more about the Program and to submit your application, please click here.

For additional information or questions, please contact:
Mailbox.C2Art@cibc.com

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