City of Nanaimo 2027 Temporary Public Art — $7,500 Artist Fee + up to $5,000 Production
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City of Nanaimo 2027 Temporary Public Art — $7,500 Artist Fee + up to $5,000 Production

City of Nanaimo

October 18, 2026 (13 publicSeo.openCall.daysLeft)Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

The City of Nanaimo's annual temporary public art programme.

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A CA$7,500 fee for design and implementation plus up to CA$5,000 toward production. Projects initiated in 2026 and realized in 2027; selection announced December 2026.

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Open to all artists, individually or in collaboration, meeting the call's professional-artist definition (training or apprenticeship, or two years of publicly shared independent work, or peer recognition). Sculptural, social-practice, community-engaged, performative and landscape- or infrastructure-integrated projects; works must be freely accessible and able to remain up to five years.

Dates & details

Deadline
11:59 pm Pacific
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CA$7,500 artist fee + up to CA$5,000 realization