Expression of Interest: Exhibition in May-June 2027 with Manitoba Craft Council and Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba
For professional craftspeople, craft-based artists, and makers who identify as d/Deaf and/or disabled
Deadline: July 26th, 2026 at 11:59pm
Purpose of the call
We’re on the lookout for skilled craftspeople, craft-based artists, and makers to be part of our forthcoming Manitoba Craft Council Spring 2027 group exhibition. Artists who identify as d/Deaf and/or disabled with an emerging to professional-level proficiency in a craft or a craft-related art practice, we want to hear from you.
Exhibition
Selected craft artists will be part of a 3-4 person group exhibition at the C2 Centre for Craft in May and June 2027. The exhibition will include:
- CARFAC artist fees paid to participating artists
- A custom-designed catalogue and poster
- Staff support for the preparation and creation of the exhibition and installation of works
- Opening reception
Key Dates:
July 26th, 2026: Submission Deadline
August 21st, 2026: Notification of initial results from submission
March 2nd, 2027: Catalogue information deadline for artists (images of works, artist bios)
April 27-30th, 2027: Installation of show
May 1st, 2027: Opening Reception
Terms & Conditions
- The exhibition is open to those 18 years of age or older who are residing in Manitoba.
- This submission is open to craftspeople who self identify as d/Deaf and/or disabled.
- Artists can be emerging* up to established/professional level artists. *An emerging artist has some training, experience, or accomplishments in a recognized artistic field. This training does not require institutional schooling and can be acquired through self-study, mentorship, or workshops and will show a long term commitment to their creative practice.
- Participating craft-based artists and craftspeople must have demonstrated skill and proficiency in their craft. Examples of craft-based media include: ceramics, fibre, metal, paper, stone, glass, and wood. Please reach out to us in advance of the deadline if you’re unsure about if your work qualifies as craft at mccprogramming@c2centreforcraft.ca
- All submissions must be craft based work. Photography, drawings and paintings are not eligible and will not be considered.
- Entries must be submitted via Google Forms
- Application assistance is available. Please contact us by July 20th if you would like help preparing your submission at info@aanm.ca
If applying via Google Forms is a barrier, please feel free to reach out via the provided email address.
How to apply?
Please send us the following items via the Google Form found HERE
- A short description of your background and your practice. This can contain information about your training and education as well as inspirations, mentors, and research interests that affect your practice. (300-500 words max)
- 3-5 images of your craft based work
- Optional equity statement: Are you part of an underserved and underrepresented group? Please self identify below. (examples given but not limited to: BIPOC, LGBTQA+, Person living with an disability, refugee etc)
About Manitoba Craft Council:
The Manitoba Craft Council is for people who love contemporary craft: professional artists and artisans, collectors and connoisseurs, DIYers and armchair enthusiasts. It’s for people who value the originality and quality of the handmade, who find meaning in making. It’s for the dreamers and schemers who seek to reinterpret the material and cultural traditions of the past through a contemporary lens. It’s for people who have to forge, carve, weave, fold, sculpt, and knit. And for their friends and supporters. It’s for you. See, smell, touch, explore the myriad expressions of contemporary craft in Manitoba, and be part of a community that is shaped, motivated, and defined by its love of craft.
About Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba:
Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba is a regional not-for-profit artist-run charitable organization dedicated to the full inclusion of artists and audiences with disabilities into all facets of the arts community. Artists with disabilities encounter barriers everyday – structural obstacles, physical disadvantages or the attitudinal barriers of others. It’s hard for a professional artist to practice their art in a world that’s not accessible. AANM believes disability informs and enriches an artist’s creative expression as well as brings new perspective to the world we share. Without sentimentality or stereotype, authentic creations showing their challenges enable those artists to contribute to society by reducing social exclusion, ending isolation, confronting, disrupting, and reshaping our world.
