ISSUE 29

February 2025

We’re arriving in your inboxes after finally emerging from underneath snow, snow, and more snow. We hope anyone who has been in a creative slumber is starting to defrost, as there’s plenty of openings for call for submissions and upcoming residencies to apply for.

As well, we’re looking for your opinion on AI!

Representation in AI Survey

Harbour Collective is looking for your insights and views on IBPOC experiences with AI systems and how you feel represented within the fields of AI. This is a quick 10 question multiple choice survey. We’d greatly appreciate five minutes of your time to provide your opinion!

Complete the Survey

News & Events

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival is on now until March 4. If you’re not in the area, programming is also accessible online from February 21 – March 23, available anywhere in the world.

The IMAA is hosting its second Climate Change and the Media Arts conference Thursday, March 20. The talk will be hosted on Discord.

On March 7, at 8pm, catch Lights On The Exchange: Sound Like Light at the Millennium Centre in Winnipeg. Casey Koyczan, who presented at Harbour Collective’s AR exhibition in Vienna last November will be performing.

The Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference, along with the artist-run centres AXENÉO7 and SAW, in collaboration with the Indigenous Curatorial Collective, the Regroupement des centres d’artistes autogérés du Québec and the Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones, are hosting the ARCA biennial gathering Against the Current in Ottawa-Gatineau from June 11 to 14, 2025.

Volunteer at the Toronto Short Film Festival!

Taking place March 12-16, the festival is looking for volunteers to help with checking in visiting Filmmakers; assisting patrons with information and customer service; assist in scanning tickets for our patrons and more.

Job Opportunities

Gathering Coordinator – Indigenous Curatorial Collective

This role will oversee the planning and execution of the ICC’s upcoming gatherings in June (Ottawa), and later in Regina and Saskatoon. Must be organized, detail-oriented individual with strong communication skills and the ability to manage multiple logistics.

February 28

Executive Director – VIBE Arts

The charity is looking for an ED to help advance its mission of creating a more vibrant Ontario through arts and community programs.

March 1

Arts Liaison Consultants – Canada Council for the Arts

The Council is seeking two Alberta-based consultants who will establish on-the-ground presence for the Canada Council for the Arts in Alberta and engage with communities in information sessions and other activities across the province.

March 12

Director, Cultural Leadership – Banff Centre

If you’re business savvy and a cultural leader with a wide network of contacts within arts and culture communities in Canada and internationally, this might be your ideal role.

Open until filled

Assistant Curator – Dunlop Art Gallery

The position provides support with developing and executing exhibition plans, publications, and exhibition-related programs.

Open until filled

Head of Cinema – The Barbican Centre

Looking to make a big move? The London-based center is seeking someone to Lead and oversee the curation of a distinctive and international cinema program.
Open until filled

Call for Submissions

& Funding Deadlines

February 28 Call for Speakers – Crossing Boundaries Symposium

ASAP Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre

March 16 Call for Participants – Fixer°4

March 15 Quickdraw – Film Finishing Fund

March 23 Hold Fast Contemporary Arts Festival

March 31 Call for Submissions – The Gathering Divergence

March 31 Latin American Media Arts Symposium

April 7 Nocturne 2025 Low-Sensory Project

Multiple Deadlines Telefilm Canada – Production Program

Ongoing Latitude 53 – Call for Submissions

March 1 Indigenous Screen Office – Travel Funding

First come first served Creative BC Project Development Fund

April 25 TELUS Fund

Various Deadlines Bell Fund

March 21 Call for Proposals: ODD Gallery Exhibitions

Reckless Eyeballing (2004) dir. Christopher Harris.

Join TIFF Cinematheque for special screenings with celebrated filmmakers Zeinabu irene Davis and Christopher Harris, as well as an in-depth analysis of the myth and iconography of Henry Fonda in the American imagination. Catch a free exhibition commemorating the groundbreaking 1973 Women & Film International Festival at the Film Reference Library on the 4th floor before it closes on March 1.