---
title: "Call for Proposals: 2027-2029 Programming at Workers Arts & Heritage Centre"
description: "Open call for exhibition proposals at Workers Arts & Heritage Centre (Hamilton) for 2027–2029 programming. CARFAC fees paid. Themes: labour, justice, community."
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status: closed
createdAt: "2026-05-25"
updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Open call
organization: Workers Arts & Heritage Centre
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/workers-arts-heritage-centre
deadline: "2026-06-19"
location: CUPE/SCFP Gallery, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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compensationRange: CARFAC fees for Category 1 institution — Exhibition and Screening Royalty Schedule (Section 1) for exhibitions; Artist Professional Services Fee Schedule (Section 4) for ancillary programs.
disciplines:
  - installation
  - interdisciplinary art
  - community-engaged art
---

# Call for Proposals: 2027-2029 Programming at Workers Arts & Heritage Centre

**Hosted by:** Workers Arts & Heritage Centre

**Type:** Open call | **Location:** CUPE/SCFP Gallery, Workers Arts & Heritage Centre, Hamilton, ON, Canada | **Deadline:** June 19, 2026

## About This Program

> "Labour history and culture, environmental justice, decolonization, community engagement"

Workers Arts & Heritage Centre (WAHC) seeks proposals from artists, art collectives, and curators for exhibitions and curatorial projects forming their 2027–2029 programming at Hamilton's Custom House. Proposals should activate the CUPE/SCFP Gallery with artistic interventions exploring themes including resource extraction and environmental justice, decolonized and Indigenous perspectives of labour, intersections of labour with race/class/gender/ability, invisibilized and unpaid labour, globalized labour, labour futurisms, and community-centred projects in conversation with working people's histories. All media welcomed including installation, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged arts. WAHC pays artists and curators in accordance with CARFAC fees for a Category 1 institution.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** National
- **Disciplines:** installation, interdisciplinary art, community-engaged art
- **Note:** Priority given to BIPOC artists and curators, persons with disabilities, immigrants and refugees, Francophones, emerging and youth voices, 2SLGBTQIA+, and women. Large sculptural works that are not easily moved cannot be accommodated due to the multi-use nature of the gallery space.

### Additional Requirements

Submit a single PDF document (naming convention: lastname_WAHCApplication) containing: Cover letter with mailing address, phone number, and website link (1 page max); Project description (500 word max) including concept, spatial, and technical requirements; Statement (250 word max) on how work relates to WAHC's mandate; Biography (200 word max for each artist or collective applicant); CV (3 page max). Support material list stating date, medium, and dimensions, plus either: maximum 6 JPEG images (no larger than 1024 x 768 pixels, numbered 01–06 with last name) OR 2 video/audio clips (max 3 minutes each, MP3/MP4/MOV format, numbered 01–02 with last name).

## Compensation & Benefits

CARFAC fees for Category 1 institution — Exhibition and Screening Royalty Schedule (Section 1) for exhibitions; Artist Professional Services Fee Schedule (Section 4) for ancillary programs.

**Includes:** Honorarium

## Timeline

- **Opens:** May 25, 2026
- **Deadline:** June 19, 2026
- **Program Start:** March 1, 2027
- **Program End:** December 31, 2029

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://akimbo.ca/listings/call-for-proposals-2027-2029-programming-at-workers-arts-heritage-centre/