Call for Halton-based Indigenous Artists: Mountainside Recreation Centre Mural, Burlington

Call for Expressions of Interest from Halton-based Indigenous Mural Artists

Indigenous Gathering Space, Mountainside Recreation Centre
Deadline: Monday, January 27, 2025, 11:59pm
Award: $15,000

The City of Burlington invites First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists, groups and artist-led teams living in Halton Region (Burlington, Oakville, Milton, and Halton Hills) to submit an expression of interest to create a mural for the Mountainside Recreation Centre.

The City is partnering with the Burlington Indigenous Talking Circle to create a gathering space at Mountainside Recreation Centre (2205 Mt Forest Dr.). This room will provide space for First Nations ceremonies and Indigenous activities, such as beading and skirt-making. The goal is to create dedicated space for local Indigenous arts and culture to flourish in Burlington, honouring the history and importance of the Indigenous community in Burlington.

Eligibility

This Artist Call is open to all emerging, mid-career and established First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists, groups and artist-led teams living in the Halton Region. We encourage applications from contemporary and traditional Indigenous artists and encourage applications from Indigenous LGTBQ2S+ artists, disabled artists, and collaborators.

Mentorship and/or project assistance is available to emerging artists or artists new to public art or mural creation (optional). We aim to be as accessible as possible and will do our best to accommodate your individual needs.

Interior wall of the community room.

How to Apply

Applications are due on or before January 27, 2025, 11:59pm.

Important! Please download and read the full Call to Artists document as this contains important project information. Click here to download the Call to Artists document (PDF)

Please submit the following information:

1. Artist Information: Name, preferred pronouns (optional), address, phone, email, website, social media handles. If submitting as an artist team, please complete for the Lead Artist (primary contact).

2. Artist Biography: Highlight the background, artistic journey, experiences and qualifications of the artist or artist team. This may be submitted in written format (maximum 500 words) or can be submitted as a recorded video/audio (3 minutes maximum).

3. Letter of interest: Describe your interest in this project and how it relates to your artistic practice. While mural design proposals are not needed at this stage, we encourage artists to describe their artistic approach and preliminary concepts for this project (i.e., your preliminary thoughts on the style and subject matter of the artwork). This may be submitted in written format (maximum 500 words) or can be submitted as a recorded video/audio (3 minutes maximum).

4. Artwork Samples: Submit up to ten (10) images of your past artwork.

5. Artwork List: Dimensions, date, materials, and location (if applicable) of Artwork Samples.

Learn More & Apply Online:

Visit burlingtonpublicart.com for more information and to apply online

Contact Us:

We are here to help! Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or need assistance or accommodation with the application process.

Kim Selman
Arts and Culture Planner,
Recreation, Community and Culture
T: 905-515-9334
E: kim.selman@burlington.ca
W: www.burlingtonpublicart.com

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Land Acknowledgement
Burlington as we know it today is rich in history and modern traditions of many First Nations and the Métis. From the Anishinaabeg to the Haudenosaunee, and the Métis – our lands spanning from Lake Ontario to the Niagara Escarpment are steeped in Indigenous history.

The territory is mutually covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy, the Ojibway and other allied Nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.

We would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit.