Call to Artists: ArtworxTO Legacy Artist in Residence (AiR) Program

ArtworxTO invites Toronto-based professional artists to submit Expressions of Interest to participate in the inaugural ArtworxTO Legacy Artist in Residence (AiR) Program.

The ArtworxTO Legacy Artist in Residence (AiR) Program supports the three pillars upon which both the 10-year Public Art Strategy and Year of Public Art are built: “Creativity + Community—Everywhere.”

The ArtworxTO Legacy Artist in Residence (AiR) Program gets to the heart of embedding creativity in Toronto as a core element in city building. To be piloted with Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021–2022, in its first year this program will embed a professional contemporary artist working within a City of Toronto department.

The three shortlisted departments in the program’s first year are:

– Court Services
– Parks, Forestry and Recreation (Parks Development and Capital Projects)
– Parks, Forestry and Recreation (Urban Forestry)

Budget: $100,000 +HST ($60,000 artist fee plus minimum $40,000 project production budget).