2026 Gallery 44 Vitrines Curatorial Incubator

2026 Gallery 44 Vitrines Curatorial Incubator

Application Deadline: Sunday, March 15, 2026, 11:59 PM ET

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OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION:

The RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce the Gallery 44 Vitrines Curatorial Incubator Career Launcher for graduating OCAD U students and recent alumni. One (1) successful emerging artist, curator or designer will be paid $1500 to curate a project in the G44 Vitrines, opening in September 2026.

Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography is an artist-run centre committed to supporting diverse approaches to photographic and image-based practices through exhibitions, education programs and facilitating artistic production. Gallery 44 provides space and context for meaningful dialogue between artists and publics.Together, we offer an entry point to explore the artistic, cultural, historic, social and political implications of the image in our ever-expanding visual world.

Gallery 44’s Vitrines are three purpose-built, enclosed window spaces, located just outside of our main gallery in the corridor of 401 Richmond. They are designed for image-based exhibitions, and are meant to be sites of experimentation where artists can explore concepts outside of a formal gallery context. 

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

An emerging artist, curator or designer will be selected to curate a project in the G44 Vitrines, opening in September 2026. Responsibilities as follows:
 

• Present concepts for an artist or artists to exhibit a solo or group project in the Vitrines, to G44’s Curator of Exhibitions and Executive Director
• Refine concept relative to their feedback
• Liaise with artist(s) and Curator of Exhibitions on the selection of work and installation strategies
• Draft exhibition promotional copy, including the description and artist biographies, in consultation with the Curator of Exhibitions and Gallery 44’s Style Guide
• Select promotional images and prepare image credits, for use in print and web 
• Design an exhibition layout to workshop with the Curator of Exhibitions
• Schedule installation, support artists with the installation of their work (in-person)
• Conduct an artist interview, either written, or recorded audio to be disseminated through G44’s podcasting platforms (see here for past examples)
• Attend the exhibition opening on September 18, 2026

This is a freelance fee for mostly remote work, including artist studio visits and online meetings, but requires onsite work at Gallery 44 during installation.

PARTNER:

Gallery 44
Centre for Contemporary Photography
www.gallery44.org

401 Richmond St. W, Suite 120
Toronto, ON, M5V3A8

ELIGIBILITY:

• Current OCAD U undergraduate students who have completed 15+ credits and will be graduating in 2026, 
• or current OCAD U Master's students
• or OCAD U Alumni (Undergrad and Master’s) who graduated in 2025 

*Priority may be given to applicants who have not previously received a Career Launcher opportunity

**If you have already received this opportunity in a previous year, you are not eligible to apply

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Please provide the following information in one PDFdocument:

• Full contact information (Name, phone, and email)
• Current CV
• 150 word Biography
• Write a one page letter that describes your relationship to photography and images, and why you would like to access this opportunity. Include the name of three artists that currently interest you, and why they’d make a good fit for the Vitrines. This is not a proposal but rather an insight to the work that inspires you!

RATE:

The selected curator will be paid a $1500 fee — half on delivery of promotional content, half on opening the exhibition. 

APPLICATION PORTAL:

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