This Town Is Small (TTIS) is looking for visual and interdisciplinary artists, groups, and curators from Atlantic Canada who are interested in contributing to our programming for the 2025-2026 season.

Submitting a profile to TTIS is a way to introduce your artistic and/or curatorial practice, share ideas you want to explore, and highlight the unique perspectives you bring to your work. We will collaborate directly with selected artists and curators to realize their projects, provide support for creative development, and identify opportunities for artistic growth and meaningful engagement.

True to our name, this town really is small, and because of this we are looking to switch up the typical call for submissions model, in hopes of fostering deeper connections between artists, audiences, and collaborators. We are particularly mindful of our local context and are committed to prioritizing PEI-based artists so that our community is well-represented while we create space for connections with artists from across the Atlantic region.

TTIS welcomes submissions of artist profiles from artists of all disciplines and at all stages of artistic development from emerging to established.

Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the year for programming including exhibitions, events, workshops, development opportunities, and more. The committee will prioritize artistic merit, alignment with TTIS’s mission and values, and project impact (their potential to enrich both the artist’s practice and the local community).

We are hoping that through this new process we will be able to ease administrative burden, reduce barriers to participation in our programming, and focus on supporting artists’ and curators' practices as a whole. 

For the 2025-26 season, we plan to program two solo or small group (2–4 artists) exhibitions, two group exhibitions, projects in rural spaces, and up to five workshops in addition to special projects, performances, parties, and more.