Call for Artists - Live Painting at Convergence
The City of Oshawa is excited to offer a live painting opportunity for artists at The Convergence Music and Art Festival 2025.
The Convergence Music and Art Festival, presented by Oshawa Tourism, is taking place in downtown Oshawa on September 20, 2025. This festival celebrates Oshawa’s rich history of music and art by showcasing contemporary talents in our community.
This call for artists is seeking proposals from local artists to live paint plastic Muskoka chairs during the event, using acrylic paint, that celebrate Creating Community Connections. The completed Muskoka chairs will be exhibited at up to three City events during 2025.
Applications are due on or before May 30, 2025 at 12 p.m. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Eligibility
The City of Oshawa invites applications from artists at all stages of their career, including emerging, mid-career and established artists. Artists do not need to be working professionally full time in the arts and culture field.
This call is open to local artists. Local is defined as someone who was born in, resides in, or has a significant connection to Oshawa, or an Indigenous person with a connection to the traditional territory that Oshawa now occupies.
The applicant must be 18 years of age or older.
Employees of the City of Oshawa are not eligible.
Equity Statement
The City of Oshawa is committed to fostering an equitable and inclusive community that celebrates the diverse lived-experiences of our residents. We encourage submissions from artists from equity-deserving groups that have been historically underrepresented in the arts, including BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour), 2SLGBTQIA+ identifying individuals, people who are Deaf, and persons with disabilities, and strive to eliminate barriers to the meaningful inclusion of members of these communities.
Application Questions
If you have questions about applying, or require accommodations to participate in this process, please contact [email protected].
We are happy to provide support and advice related to the application to make this call as accessible as possible to applicants.
Personal information on this form is collected pursuant to Section 11 of the Municipal Act, 2001 and will be used to administer the Call for Artists. Questions about this collection should be directed to the City’s Freedom of Information Coordinator by phone at 905-436-3311 or by email at [email protected].
