FREE ENTRY / Struts Gallery - Exhibition Summer & Fall 2025

“Nowhere may be nowhere but it obviously must also be somewhere. Artist-run centres have often seemed to me incarnations of nowhere. And, insofar as they are nowhere, the possibility of real risk is palpable, and the impossible sometimes seems possible...”

- John Murchie, decentre, concerning artist–run culture, YYZ, 2008.

Struts Gallery is seeking proposals for an exhibition or installation that fully considers and transforms our gallery space. We invite proposals from artists and artist collectives based in so-called Canada to create an immersive environment in our space. Successful applicants will spend up to 4 days creating and/or installing the work while living in our artist accommodations above the gallery. Located in a 120-year-old building worn by time, our gallery is well used and versatile, with white walls, a weathered ceiling, and a painted grey tile floor.

We are interested in ambitious projects that change our visitors’ perception of…