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title: SPAO Centre Gallery — Call for Exhibition Proposals 2027-2028
description: Open call for solo/group exhibition, performance, and curatorial proposals at Ottawa's SPAO Centre Gallery for 2027-2028 programming.
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status: closed
createdAt: "2026-03-11"
updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Open call
organization: SPAO Photographic Arts Centre
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/spao-photographic-arts-centre
deadline: "2026-05-02"
location: SPAO Centre Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada
isOnline: false
compensationRange: No financial compensation mentioned for exhibiting artists or gallery proposal submissions.
disciplines:
  - photography
  - video
careerStages:
  - Emerging artist
  - Established
  - Mid-career
---

# SPAO Centre Gallery — Call for Exhibition Proposals 2027-2028

**Hosted by:** SPAO Photographic Arts Centre

**Type:** Open call | **Location:** SPAO Centre Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada | **Deadline:** May 2, 2026

## About This Program

> "Girlhood aesthetics, performativity, play, gender identity — exploring how gender identities are shaped, challenged, and remade through whimsy, fantasy, and camp."

The SPAO Photographic Arts Centre is home to the SPAO Centre Gallery, the Ottawa region's only independent and critical gallery space dedicated to photographic and video art.

SPAO welcomes proposals for solo and group exhibitions, performances, and curatorial projects from emerging, mid-career, and established artists and curators. Applications from artists and curators of all backgrounds, including persons with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized persons, and persons across a spectrum of sexual orientation and gender identity are welcome and encouraged to apply.

Applications are open for 2027-2028 programming.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist, Established, Mid-career
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** photography, video
- **Note:** Applications from artists and curators of all backgrounds, including persons with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized persons, and persons across a spectrum of sexual orientation and gender identity are welcome and encouraged to apply.

### Additional Requirements

Complete the online submission form for solo and group exhibitions, performances, and curatorial projects.

## Compensation & Benefits

No financial compensation mentioned for exhibiting artists or gallery proposal submissions.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** March 11, 2026
- **Deadline:** May 2, 2026

## Contact

**Email:** info@spao.ca

**Phone:** 613 562 3824

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-KvVS3_WmEytrmzBw75tdApXN4XsUwzLae1B3WoW0d7Z_Mw/viewform?usp=header