Call for Submissions
Intangible Experiences: In Honour of Gwen Tooth

Propeller Art Gallery
Submission Deadline: February 25, 2026, 11:59 pm

Propeller Art Gallery invites artists to submit work for inclusion in Intangible Experiences, an exhibition of abstract art honouring deceased painter and former gallery member Gwen Tooth. Gwen, an experimental and expressionistic painter, used her art to describe the ineffable, to explore far-flung and familiar experiences with depth, integrity, and emotional clarity.

We invite submissions of work in any media that is created in the spirit of abstraction—that is, work that offers the viewer an emotional or intellectual experience arising from form, texture, colour, gesture, and line, and that does not rely on the depiction of recognizable objects to produce its effect.

Intangible Experiences will take place at Propeller Art Gallery from March 25 – April 12, 2026. It will include an opening reception on Saturday, March 28, from 2 to 5pm and Artist Talks on Sunday, April 12, at 2pm.

A maximum of two submissions is permitted per artist.
Notification to Artists: March 4, 2026

Submission Fee:
Non-Members: $40 + HST to submit one or $80 + HST to submit two works
Propeller Members: $32 + HST to submit one or $64 + HST to submit two works

Size Restrictions:
All artworks must be no larger than 36 inches square, including any framing. Sculptural works must weigh less than 30 pounds and be small enough to fit through a standard doorway.

Please contact the gallery with any questions:
info@propellerartgallery.com
416.504.7142

Important Dates:
Exhibition dates: Wednesday, March 25 to Sunday, April 12, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 28, 2 to 5pm
Artist Talks: Sunday, April 12, 2pm
Pick up of all unsold artworks: Sunday, April 12, 4pm

Show Organizers:
Michelle Letarte, Kate Hawkins, Anna Dopico, Tiffany Duong, and Karen Klee-Atlin.

Artists Empowering Artists Since 1996

Propeller Art Gallery is an artist-run co-operative and exhibition space in Toronto’s Queen West Art + Design District that supports innovative, sustainable programming.

Propeller was established in August 1996 by a small group of recent graduates from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD). Their mission was to create an affordable community art gallery for emerging Canadian artists, offering a professional exhibition venue and necessary support in career building. Propeller continues to uphold this today, supporting artists from emerging to established, through a dynamic approach to arts programming, a venue to exhibit art, and education through member-assisted learning and collaboration.

Propeller Art Gallery
30 Abell Street
Toronto, ON M6J 0A9
416.504.7142
info@propellerartgallery.com
www.propellerartgallery.com

Facebook @propellerartgallery
Instagram @propellerartgallery