Exhibitions
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Call for Submissions: PATTISON x National accessArts Centre LandMarks Project
In partnership with PATTISON Outdoor Advertising, The National accessArts Centre (NaAC) presented by TD is pleased to announce an exciting public art initiative: LandMarks. The project will showcase the artworks of 10 artists with disabilities from the Treaty 7 / Calgary area on billboards and other public advertising platforms across Canada in fall 2026. ABOUT THE PROJECT: The LandMarks project will support 5 artists from NaAC’s studio program and 5 artists from the Treaty 7 / Calgary area, with…
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Call for Applications – No Mistakes: A Show About Experimental Art
In partnership with National accessArts Centre, Eve Johnson will bring together the strange and the curious in a celebration of mistakes and risk-taking. About the Exhibition Have you ever made a mistake? Have you ever loved the place a creative misstep led you to? Have you ever felt possessed by an otherworldly being when you…
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Call for Applications – Explosions of Curiosity
In partnership with the National accessArts Centre, curator Sherrine Fox invites artists in all stages of their career to apply for the group exhibition, Explosions of Curiosity. About the Exhibition An adventure can be exciting, it can be challenging and unusual, or it could even be an activity that’s just outside of your comfort zone.…
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Call for Applications – Solving a Problem
In partnership with the National accessArts Centre, curator Mark Bedford invites artists in all stages of their career to apply for the group exhibition, Solving a Problem Exhibition Information How do you solve a problem? Do you pounce at a puzzle with brute force? Are you slow and steady with strategy? Perhaps you feel nervous…
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Call for Applications – Lurking Above
In partnership with the National accessArts Centre, curator Ash B invites artists in all stages of their career to apply for the group exhibition, Lurking Above About the Exhibition Lurking Above explores the experience of communication. When a voice doesn’t fit societal norms, communication can become an isolating experience. This exhibition highlights the stories, celebrations,…
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Call for Applications – Cryptids on the Margin
Kathy M. Austin in partnership with National accessArts Centre invites all curious creators to apply for Cryptids on the Margin, a two-day creative intensive to explore community resistance through creativity. Information about the Intensive A cryptid is an animal or creature that people believe is real but there is no solid proof or scientific evidence…
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Call for Applications – Sparks Fly
In partnership with the National accessArts Centre, curator Carla Salter invites artists in all stages of their career to apply for the group exhibition, Sparks Fly. About the Exhibition This exhibition explores mental health from the point of view of artists who live with disabilities. Mental health can be a lifelong journey with many ups…
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KOREA X CANADA Cultural Program: Disability Arts and Culture
Call for Applications Are you an artist eager to share your work and engage in meaningful cultural exchange? To commemorate the 2024-2025 KOREA – CANADA Year of Cultural Exchanges, the exhibition <KOREA X CANADA Cultural Program: Disability Arts and Culture> will be held in both Korea and Canada. This international cultural exchange project is jointly…
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Reel Perspectives: NaAC filmmakers on screen at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto
Yonge-Dundas Square (soon to be Sankofa Square) and the National accessArts Centre are happy to announce the featured artists for the upcoming installation, Reel Perspectives: Paul Brain, Sherrine Fox, Jody Roll, Carla Salter, and Alison Cherer. This exhibition features five video portraits that illuminate the space between external appearance and internal experience of artists living…
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Ways of Making, Ways of Connecting
Richelle Bear Hat, Indigenous Programs Coordinator with the NaAC, offers a preview of the exhibition Hey You! Land!
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Moving Pictures
Over the course of several months, five artists from the National accessArts Centre (NaAC) have been working hard on stage to tell their stories on screen. Moving Pictures / Pictures Moving is an eight-minute dance film that explores how the people we interact with throughout our lives influence us as individuals.
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New Work, New Ways: A Multidisciplinary Exhibition
Richelle Bear Hat previews New Works, New Ways, a multidisciplinary exhibition with works from seven artist ensembles.