Call for Submissions: CHEP Artist Roster for Murals, Glass + Wall Art, BC Children’s Hospital

Rendering of the Children’s Healing Experience Project (CHEP), showing the outdoor courtyard as viewed from the corridor. Courtesy of Diamond Schmitt Architects.

Open Call: CHEP Artist Roster for Murals, Glass + Wall Art at BC Children’s Hospital centre for health complexity

Submission Deadline: August 26, 2026, at 2:00pm PT

BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, working with Aartplace Art Consulting & Curation and HOST Consulting, is pleased to invite artists and artist teams from British Columbia and the Yukon to apply for the CHEP Murals, Glass and Wall Art Roster at the BC Children’s Hospital centre for health complexity, located in what is known colonially as Vancouver, on the traditional, unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. To learn more about the centre for health complexity, please visit the BC Children’s Hospital website.

A selection panel will identify a curated roster of artists for 11 integrated art opportunities, representing up to 50 potential commissions. These may include painted or digitally produced murals, glass and window applications, participatory or community-based works, and framed or wall-based artworks. Artists working across a range of media are encouraged to apply.

Artists selected for the roster will be prequalified for future consideration and may be invited to one or more opportunities based on the alignment of their practice, experience, and interests with the project’s needs. Inclusion in the roster does not guarantee a commission. Selected artists will be supported by the art consultant throughout the commissioning process.

For complete details, please read the full Call for Artists.

Rendering of the welcome desk for the Children’s Healing Experience Project (CHEP). Courtesy of Diamond Schmitt Architects.

Eligibility

To be eligible for these art opportunities, artists must live and/or work in British Columbia or the Yukon (Canada).

Artists working in any media and at various stages of their careers are welcome to apply. Artists with disabilities or who live with chronic illness, artists from local First Nations, urban Indigenous artists, and artists who self-identify as a member of an equity-denied and/or under-represented community are encouraged to apply.

Artists should be open to collaboration and working alongside other artists and project partners to ensure curatorial consistency and architectural integration.

Compensation

Opportunity budgets range from a maximum of $4,000 CAD to a maximum of $63,000 CAD, excluding taxes.

Selection Process

The Artist Roster will be selected by a panel comprised of artists, arts professionals, community members, Indigenous representatives, members of the CHEP project team, as well as patient, family and clinical representatives.

The panel will review the artists’ submissions and select a number of prequalified artists to form the Artist Roster.

The panel will consider past work, artistic vision, alignment with the project (place, people, experience), and the curatorial vision for the art program. The panel will be facilitated by Aartplace, who will coordinate the selection process as a non-voting body. The successful artists will be notified after the roster selection process has been completed. Artists in the roster will then be considered across the 11 art opportunities, and may be invited to one or more commissioning opportunities.

Exterior rendering of the Children’s Healing Experience Project (CHEP). Courtesy of Diamond Schmitt Architects.

Submission Requirements

Submissions are to be delivered in digital format only. Please organize the following materials in the order listed and save them as one PDF.

• Letter of Interest: (up to 500 words) describing the artist’s practice, experience, and interest in the Artist Roster and the art opportunities included. Artists are welcome to include details about their background, connection to the region, the project, the patient population that the centre will serve, and the types of art, scope, and collaboration included in this call. Please do not submit a proposal at this stage.
• Artist CV or Résumé: (1 page minimum, 4 pages maximum) summarizing the artist’s education, qualifications and previous experience (relating to their arts practice), including artist contact information: name, email, address, and phone number. If applying as an artist team, provide a CV, as described, for each person in the team.
• Work Samples: Up to ten (10) images of examples of past work that best illustrate the artist’s qualifications for this project. One image per page. Please include artist name(s), title, year, location and medium information on each image page.
• Opportunities of Interest: Indicate which of the following types of opportunities the artist would like to be considered for. Artists may select more than one:
  ◦  Digitally produced murals (design-only)
  ◦  Murals (from concept to installation – paint, print, or other)
  ◦  Glass/window film artworks (design-only)
  ◦  Participatory or community-based murals (design-only)
  ◦  Framed or wall-based artworks
• References: Contact information for three (3) individuals who can speak to the artist’s experience, accomplishments, and ability to deliver projects on time and within budget, while collaborating effectively with multiple project team members. Include name, title, email, and phone number.

Please do not include any sketches, concepts, or design submissions. Any drafts included will not be sent to the panel.

How to Submit

Please submit via email to proposals@aart.place by August 26, 2026, at 2:00pm PT.

• Submissions must be provided as a single PDF
• Maximum file size: 20 MB
• Each page must include the artist’s name and a page number

For additional information or questions, please contact:
Anabella Alfonzo, proposals@aart.place

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Accessibility:
This opportunity is administered online. To request accessibility support or an alternate format, please contact proposals@aart.place.

Image Descriptions:
1. A bright hospital corridor opens onto a landscaped outdoor courtyard through floor-to-ceiling windows. Children, caregivers, and staff move through the hallway, including a child using a walker.
2. A curved welcome desk sits beneath a wood-slatted ceiling in a bright hospital lobby. Children, families, and staff gather throughout the reception area.
3. Exterior architectural rendering of the Children’s Healing Experience Project (CHEP), showing a large, light-filled entrance framed by steep gabled roofs, wood accents, and broad windows.