Call to 2SLGBTQIAP Brampton Creatives for PIXEL Digital Art Exhibition

Project: PIXEL: Digital Art Exhibition
Exhibition Title: PIXEL: Proud
Payment to Artist/Creative: $386 CAD 
Submission Deadline: December 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM

Applications can be submitted in the following languages: English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Urdu or Hindi.

Please read the Program Guidelines before applying.

The Brampton Arts Organizations (BAO) and Garden Square Brampton are are seeking  up to 25 2SLGBTQIA+ Brampton-based artists,  creatives, or arts collectives to have their work featured on the 24’ LED screen in Garden Square in downtown Brampton for select weeks from March 16 - July 31, 2026. 

Every month, creatives will have their work featured daily with content running continuously from 11am-12pm and 6pm-7pm, with additional features across Garden Square, BAO, and City social media channels and recreation screens. Timing subject to change. 

We invite submissions from Brampton-based 2SLGBTQIA+ artists, who are interested in sharing their unique perspectives and art practice with the community. We are seeking to celebrate the diversity and talent within the Queer community. 

A collection of artistic styles and disciplines will be considered. Submissions can include but are not limited to:  

• Still images (digital art, photography, illustrations, paintings); or 
• Moving images* (theatre, video art, digital art, short animations, dance music videos)*Up to 3mins
• Physical works (ceramics, beading, weaving, sculptures, clothing, furniture, etc.) 
• Poetry, spoken word performances

Artists are invited to explore their creative practice in their application. This unique opportunity is open to any genre or medium of creative expression and strives to showcase a variety of artists. 

Garden Square is a public square located at the Four Corners in Downtown Brampton (intersection of Queen and Main). As a public space, screen content including exhibition artwork will  be seen by a diverse audience including families and small children and the selection panel will, at its discretion, determine if the submitted material is not suitable. 

If you have questions about how your submitted data is being used and stored, please contact us at info@bramptonartsorg.ca. We follow the City of Brampton's Privacy policy, which can be found here for your reference.
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We're excited to learn more about you and your creative practice. You can write your responses to the two questions below using the text fields provided or you can upload a video with your responses instead. Your video response should be no longer than 5 minutes in length.

For additional information on writing an artist statement or biography, you can watch this recording on Artist Statements and Bios. The passcode is 5^%Xf^e%

Note that you may only submit one artwork for consideration. The image provided will be used for exhibition on Garden Square Screen.

For images/stills:  

• Resolution – Minimum 300 dpi in full size  
• Image Dimensions – for 16x9 format, 1920px x 1080px resolution or greater, will also accept 1080 x 1920, for 1x1 format, 1200 x 1200  
• File Type to be sent in a .tiff, .ai, .psd, or .jpg format.  

For video: 

• File Type to be sent in high resolution MP4 format. *Up to 3 minutes maximum, note that in some instances, sound will not be played.

Declarations

I am the individual named in the application and to the best of my knowledge the information provided herein is true. 

If accepted as a participant in PIXEL: Digital Art Exhibition in Garden Square :    
I acknowledge that the agreed-upon payment will be $386 CAD (+HST if applicable) and understand that this payment is inclusive of all necessary materials and time commitments to complete the aforementioned project.   

I have read and agree to the regulations, terms and conditions outlined in the Program Guidelines.

I give my consent and authorize Brampton Arts Organization (BAO) to use my name; and/or use the photographs, portraits/and or pictures of me ("Images") submitted in this application for the following purposes: 

• preparing and publishing advertising and marketing on behalf of BAO
• BAO marketing and promotional programs and campaigns; and
• re-using and re-publishing and images of me in any medium 

I acknowledge that my artwork may be featured across social media and websites of Garden Square Brampton, Brampton Arts Organization, the City of Brampton, and other online platforms and that no additional funds will be paid for this.   
 
I understand that Brampton Arts Organization and the City will keep any documents of any type, including images, submitted by myself in accordance with their record-keeping obligations as required by applicable statutes, regulations, and by-laws. I represent and warrant that I am the exclusive owner of the rights conveyed to BAO and the City and that I have full power and authority to license the submitted work.    
 
I acknowledge that I will retain all right, title, and interest, including moral rights, to the submitted work. I will provide to BAO and the City a broad irrevocable, paid-up, royalty-free, and otherwise cost-free license to use, publish, reproduce, adapt, exhibit, copy, and create derivative works for the submitted works, including the right to modify the size of the work submitted with respect to this opportunity.