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Open Calls for Artists/Opportunities
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🎶 Music
FEATURED
- Call for Vocalists: Lift (Let's Inspire Female Talent) Singing Competition | Submit an audition between June 1 to August 1
➡️ Learn more here
Are you a female fronted band or solo vocalist ages 19–29 in Peel Region? Apply for your chance to shine! Auditions are open for the Lift (Let's Inspire Female Talent) Singing Competition June 1 to August 1!
Click here to learn more and apply.
- Call for Auditions: 2025 Amphitheatre Unplugged | Ongoing, Events Every Wednesday in August
➡️ Learn more here
Calling all Mississauga musicians, singers, dancers, poets, comedians and performers! Amphitheatre Unplugged is back! Presented by Mississauga Arts Council in partnership with Mississauga Celebration Square, this free, curated open mic series puts a spotlight on local talent every Wednesday night in August from 8 PM - 9:30 PM. Auditions ongoing.
Click here to learn more and apply.
- Call for Applications: Youth Band Challenge - Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle | Deadline August 1, 2025
➡️ Learn more here
The Southside Blues & Jazz Festival are looking to provide an opportunity for youth from Mississauga to perform in a festival atmosphere, in front of a live audience at its annual event in 2025. This is your chance to shine at one of Canada’s premier music festivals, where a jury will select five competitors from the registrants to perform on the festival’s South Stage in the Free Area of Memorial Park on September 6th. Deadline to apply is August 1, 2025.
Click here to learn more and apply.
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🎬 Film
- Call for Emerging Filmmakers: Sawitri and The Open Space | Deadline July 10
➡️ Learn more here
SAWITRI Theatre Group and The Open Space come together again to offer an exciting opportunity for emerging filmmakers! The films tell the story of each production that is being presented in the Mississauga Multilingual Fringe® Festival 2025. These films become a part of MMFF Shorts – The Film Festival! Deadline to apply is July 10.
Click here to learn more and apply.
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💼 Jobs / Services
FEATURED
- Call for Applications: Education and Program Manager - Art Gallery of Mississauga | Deadline July 29 at 5 PM
➡️ Learn more here
The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) is looking for an energetic and motivated Education & Programming Manager to develop, facilitate and promote the organization’s community and educational programming. Deadline to apply is July 29 at 5 PM.
Click here to learn more and apply.
- Call for Applications: Creative Content & Web Specialist - SAH - MAC | Ongoing
➡️ Learn more here
Join the MAC team as we relaunch SaugaArtsHUB.com (SAH)! The Creative Content & Web Specialist will tell stories through engaging digital content while managing the SAH website. Applications to be reviewed on a rolling basis, with an anticipated start date of August 11, 2025.
Click here to learn more and apply.
- Call for Applications: Community Outreach & Production Manager SAH - MAC | Ongoing
➡️ Learn more here
Join the MAC team as we relaunch SaugaArtsHUB.com (SAH)! The Community Outreach & Production Manager will strategically enhance SAH's brand awareness through community partnerships and outreach. Applications to be reviewed on a rolling basis, with an anticipated start date of August 11, 2025.
Click here to learn more and apply.
- Call for Applications: Part-Time Instructors - Visual Arts Mississauga | Part-Time Instructors Call Ongoing
➡️ Learn more here
Visual Arts Mississauga are hiring for Part-Time Art Instructors. They are seeking enthusiastic and experienced Part-Time Visual Art Instructors to teach adult learners.
Click here to learn more and apply.
- Call for Applications: Lakeview Farmers' Market Manager, Environmental Program Coordinator, Event Coordinator - CreativeHub 1352 | Ongoing
➡️ Learn more here
CreativeHub 1352 is looking for passionate, driven, community-loving humans to fill three exciting roles: Lakeview Farmers’ Market Manager, Environmental Program Coordinator, Event Coordinator. Love building community, planning amazing events, or championing sustainability? This is your moment. Applications ongoing.
Click here to learn more and apply.
- Arts Program Support | Community Engagement - Kaitlyn Patience | Ongoing
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Offering freelance and contract-based services in arts program management, community engagement, artistic partnerships, program design, and event planning. With over 18 years of experience across the arts and culture sector, Kaitlyn Patience brings a thoughtful, collaborative approach to building initiatives that are strategic, inclusive, and impactful. Based in Milton and available for in-person and remote projects across the GTA and beyond.
Click here to learn more and contact her.
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🎨 Visual Art
FEATURED
- Call for Mural Artists: We are Cooksville! Mural - Heart Comonos | Deadline August 1 at 11:59 PM
➡️ Learn more here
Heart Comonos has been awarded a grant from the Hazel McCallion Arts & Culture Fund to produce a mural artwork on the south facing wall of the TowerPops + Heart Comonos Cooksville Community Summer Programming Zone. They are calling on local artists and/or collectives in the Mississauga area to submit mural design proposals who can, upon selection, help bring their artwork to life by leading the painting process with their volunteers and community members. Deadline is August 1 by 11:59 PM.
Click here to learn more and apply.
- Call for Applications: Arts Etobicoke Studios | Project runs from February 2025 - July 2025
➡️ Learn more here
Arts Etobicoke Studios is thrilled to announce a new opportunity to support Etobicoke’s vibrant artist community by offering affordable studio spaces! This pilot project will run for 6 months (February 2025 – July 2025) and provide 7 individual studio spaces in a shared, collaborative environment. Each studio offers unique features, with pricing reflecting the size and amenities of the space.
Click here to learn more and apply.
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🎨 🎶✍️ Multiple Disciplines
- Call for Performers & Vendors: Stay Woke's Speak Your Truth Open Mic | Ongoing, Event takes place August 9
➡️ Learn more here
Stay Woke is back with their biggest event of the year – the Summer 2025 annual open mic night and gallery event is back and ready to accept applications for performers and vendors. Applications ongoing, event takes place August 9, 2025.
Click here to learn more and apply.
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🏆 Awards
FEATURED
- Call for Votes: Mississauga Urban Design Awards - People's Choice Awards | Deadline August 31
➡️ Learn more here
Mississauga’s Urban Design Awards celebrate design leaders who help create functional, innovative and inclusive spaces for residents and shape the city. The 2025 submissions are in and it’s time to vote in the 2025 Mississauga Urban Design Awards for the People’s Choice Award. Voting is open until August 31, 2025 and can be done online only.
Click here to learn more and vote.
- Call for Nominations: The Credits - Heritage Mississauga | Deadline August 31
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Step back into the Roaring 20s and celebrate Mississauga’s Heritage Heroes! Know someone who has made a lasting impact on our city’s heritage, arts, or culture? Nominate them for this prestigious honour! Deadline August 31.
Click here to learn more and submit a nomination.
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👥 Volunteering
FEATURED
- Call for Volunteers: Charitable Gaming Volunteers - Mississauga Arts Council (MAC) | Ongoing
➡️ Email for more information
Help fund MAC's MicroGrant program! MAC is seeking Charitable Gaming Volunteers for RAMA Gaming House as a part of the Mississauga Charitable Gaming Association. Shifts are 2 hours in length and the work is straightforward customer-facing duties. Volunteers must be 18+ years of age and must complete an online training session prior to volunteering.
Email sherri@macarts.ca for more information.
- Board of Directors Opportunity - Mississauga Chamber Singers | Ongoing
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Mississauga’s premiere chamber choir is seeking dynamic individuals with experience in non-profit organizations or participation in arts and/or arts administration to join its volunteer Board of Directors. Applications ongoing.
Click here to learn more and apply.
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👥 Grants, Funds and Scholarships
FEATURED
- Call for Applications: Laurie Pallett Metalworks Institute Scholarship - Metalworks Institute & MAC | Ongoing
➡️ Learn more here
Apply for the Laurie Pallett Metalworks Institute Scholarship! Established in honour of MAC’s Founding Executive Director and champion of the arts, Laurie Pallett, this scholarship provides $5,000 in tuition for any campus, online, or hybrid delivery Program or Certificate Course bundle at Metalworks Institute. Applications ongoing.
Click here to learn more and apply.
- Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF): Application Deadlines Available for 2025 - 2026 Grants | Ongoing
➡️ Learn more here
OTF has announced the deadlines for the upcoming year including grants for the Seed, Capital, and Grow streams and the current application period for the Youth Opportunities Fund. Organizations and groups looking to build stronger and more vibrant communities in Ontario should find out if an OTF grant is the right fit for their project.
Click here to learn more.
- FACTOR's Artist Programs: 2025 Intake Deadlines | Ongoing
➡️ Learn more here
Artist Development, Juried Sound Recording: Single/EP, Juried Sound Recording: Album, and Artist Entrepreneur intake deadlines from FACTOR have been announced for 2025.
Click here to learn more.
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Have a creative week! ✨
