Call for Submissions: Resistant Fibres Collaborative Textile Installation Project

Canada Council for the Arts

Weave yourself into a larger story in the Âjagemô Exhibition Space

Submission Deadline: August 4, 2025

Join makers across Canada to celebrate the power and joy of fibre arts in the Resistant Fibres exhibition! Contribute to the creation of a bold patchwork of textile voices to transform a central column in the Canada Council Âjagemô Exhibition Space.

Whether you knit, weave, crochet, embroider, felt, bead or sew, your piece will become part of a powerful collective statement in the heart of the Resistant Fibres exhibition. It will be installed in collaboration with guest artist Greta Grip, whose practice investigates expression through knitting.

View of the Resistant Fibres exhibition in Âjagemô. Image by Canada Council Art Bank.

Submission Requirements

Get inspired by the exhibition’s theme and works of art! With every row you create, you’re weaving yourself into a larger story—making your mark in a tapestry that connects us all.

• Create one textile square, no smaller than 15 cm x 15 cm and no larger than 20 cm x 20 cm.
• All fibre and textile mediums are welcome.
• Submissions must arrive by August 4, 2025.

The Canada Council Art Bank reserves the right to select textile submissions based on the column’s dimensions and their suitability for a public setting and durability for a long-term installation.

The final installation will be on view in the Âjagemô Exhibition Space in the fall of 2025.

How to Submit

Mail your completed square with the following information:
First name, last name, city, province/territory, and Instagram handle (optional)

Canada Council for the Arts – Resistant Fibres Project
150 Elgin Street
P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa, ON K1P 5V8

Please note that the Canada Council does not cover postage costs. Submitted contributions will not be returned.

Submission Deadline: August 4, 2025

Sesabίnsan & Kegόn / Threads & Things

For Sesabίnsan & Kegόn / Threads & Things—a dynamic series of activities accompanying the Resistant Fibres exhibition—the Canada Council Art Bank invites creativity, community connection and collaboration in the Âjagemô Exhibition Space—bringing people together through the shared experience of making fibre-based art.

The Âjagemô exhibition space is open daily from 7am to 9pm, admission is free.

For more on the artists, the exhibit, and the Art Bank, visit artbank.ca or find us on Instagram (@artbank_banquedart) and Facebook (@CCartbank).

More about the Art Bank

There are over 17,000 works of art by 3,000 artists from across the country in the Canada Council Art Bank collection. Through its art rental, loans, and outreach activities the Art Bank contributes to the visibility and vibrancy of contemporary works of art; it creates engaging spaces that inspire and celebrate culture, while also encouraging innovation by and for the arts sector in Canada.

Canada Council Art Bank
921 St-Laurent Boulevard
Ottawa, K1K 3B1
artbank.ca
artbank@canadacouncil.ca
613-566-4414, extension 4479

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Âjagemô exhibition space
150, Elgin Street
Ottawa, K2P 1L4
canadacouncil.ca/about/ajagemo

The Canada Council’s offices, located in Ottawa, are on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation whose presence here reaches back to time immemorial. Read the full statement.

Accessibility:
The Canada Council Âjagemô exhibition space is fully accessible. For more information, visit canadacouncil.ca/about/ajagemo.

Image Descriptions:
1. A crocheted square in purple, yellow, and white, with pink yarn balls and a crochet hook on a light blue surface.
2. View of an exhibition space with lilac walls and works of art installed on the wall.