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Call for Submissions – Home on West White Rose
Public Artwork Opportunity
Submission deadline: Sept 22, 2026
Please note: to streamline communication and ensure fair access to consistent information about this opportunity, the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section at the bottom of this document will be updated weekly with additional information as questions from the community come in throughout the process.
Opportunity Overview:
Cenovus Energy is seeking submissions from artists or artist teams interested in creating a large-scale mural for the West White Rose offshore platform located approximately 350 km east of St. John’s, NL, in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin. The selected artwork will be digitally printed on laminated vinyl that will be adhered to panels and installed on a large landing in the main stairwell, measuring approximately 146" (h) x 137" (w).
The mural project reflects Cenovus Energy’s commitment to enhancing the daily comfort and experience of all employees living and working on the platform. The West White Rose Platform is staffed by up to 144 people, 365 days a year, who work in 3-week shifts. (See Artwork Considerations for more information about the people who work here.)
Project Goals:
Support the people who keep this platform running. Long shifts away from home can take a toll; this artwork should speak to what motivates these workers to stay safe and spark conversation.
Transform an institutional space into one that feels like home. Small comforts matter, 350 km offshore. Think vibrant, colourful, warm, calming — a visual reset from the steel and fluorescent lighting that defines the rest of the platform.
Celebrate Newfoundland and Labrador's artistic voice. A chance to bring the province's culture and identity into the space where its people are working, created by the artists who know it best.
Due to the platform's remote location, safety training requirements, and the scale of the project, these murals cannot be painted on site. Therefore, only digitally created artworks will be considered. Final files will be printed in St. John’s and then installed on-site by the Cenovus team. We welcome submissions from visual artists, photographers/image-based artists, illustrators, and graphic designers with experience producing large-scale digital artwork.
About Cenovus and the West White Rose Project:
We energize the world to make people’s lives better.
Cenovus is a Canadian-based integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. We have been working offshore Newfoundland and Labrador for over 40 years, with our regional office located in St. John’s. We operate in the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, where we are the majority owner and operator of the White Rose field.
Our business comes with risk and our people work diligently every day of the year to deliver safely. Our operations are guided by our four core values: Protect What Matters, Do it Right, Make it Better, and Do it Together.
The West White Rose platform was installed in the field offshore in 2025 and marks a new chapter for Cenovus in the Atlantic Region. During its construction, the project achieved many “firsts” related to engineering and design. While it is a world-class workplace, it needs some finishing touches to reflect its dual purpose as a living space.
Artwork Location:
Located in the main stairwell, the selected mural will be encountered multiple times a day by Cenovus staff. The dimensions of the wall are 146” high by 137” wide. There is no natural light and no new lighting will be installed for the mural.
The mural will be printed on vinyl and laminated with a protective film. The vinyl will then be mounted onto plastic sheet panels and attached to the wall with either industrial double-sided tape or with fasteners that come with screw caps. The caps will also be covered in the printed vinyl in order to mask their location and minimize their interference with the mural's visual impact. Panels are manufactured in standard 4' x 8' (48" x 96") sheets. To help minimize visible seams and simplify installation, artists should design their concept so that panel breaks fall in visually strategic locations rather than through a focal point. Please see below for a preliminary diagram of how the panels might be installed.
Dashed outer line represents the wall boundary, with a 1" margin between panel edges and wall dimensions.
Artwork Considerations
Theme - “My Reason to Work Safe”
Working in a high-risk environment requires a constant focus on safety. When asked, people’s reason for working safely is to ensure their safe return home to the people, places, and moments that matter most to them off the platform. These reasons often include family, friends, pets, home life, hobbies, time in nature, and other small but meaningful moments. Working safely and returning home are always on the minds of Cenovus staff.
Artists are invited to draw on this theme as a starting point, translating the spirit of these individual reasons into a collective expression. Concepts may reference the “reasons to work safe” concept directly, but should avoid text-heavy designs, taglines, or overtly motivational slogans — the artwork should speak visually first.
Who is this mural for?
The mural will be visible daily to the people working on the West White Rose platform. More than 95% of workers are from Newfoundland and Labrador, and more than 85% are male. The average age is ~40; however, the workforce includes people in their early 20s to their 60s. Workers hold a range of backgrounds and roles onboard, including maintenance, galley (kitchen) staff, drilling staff, leadership and more. Every role offshore is critical, and teams support each other. Offshore teams often describe themselves as a family. They spend half the year with their colleagues in an isolated environment. They celebrate birthdays and occasions with each other. They also comfort each other through difficult times and missed milestones at home.
Many workers live outside the St. John’s metro area and consider themselves outdoor enthusiasts. Time at home is often spent with family and friends enjoying the outdoors through activities such as hiking, fishing, hunting, and skidooing.
Music is also a key outlet for workers—both listening and playing. Several offshore workers enjoy playing instruments as a stress release.
Offshore, weather is also a regular topic of conversation, even more so than onshore! Offshore, weather dictates transportation to and from the platforms—will helicopters be able to fly, will people get home on their planned day, and will conditions be rough? And no one likes days where the fog is “pea soup thick.” Not only does it impact arrivals and departures, but it also impacts mood.
Tone and Mood
The stairwell is an enclosed space with no natural light, so we're looking for artwork that brings warmth, brightness, and energy into the space. We welcome interpretations that feel genuine and grounded, concepts that let the people who work here see themselves and what matters to them, reflected.
Imagery and Elements to Avoid
Energy industry–specific imagery
Icebergs (an offshore hazard, so best avoided as visual subject matter)
Stormy weather, dark or sombre scenes
Text-heavy or slogan-driven concepts
Artist Fees:
The total budget for artist fees for all design, creation, delivery of final files, consultations, meetings, etc. is $10,000, plus HST (if applicable). The Artist will not be responsible for printing, materials, or installation.
Payment Schedule:
50% upon signing of the contract
50% upon delivery of final files
Estimated Timeline
Call for submission opens: Sept 1, 2026
Submissions due: Sept 22, 2026
Successful candidate notified by: Oct 6, 2026
Delivery of final files: January 8, 2027
Target Installation Completion Date: February 2027
Eligibility:
Open to illustrators, graphic designers, and visual artists with expertise in digital art, comfortable delivering final artwork in high-resolution formats suitable for large-scale printing.
This opportunity welcomes artists at all career stages. Artists without prior experience with large-scale public artwork are encouraged to include a letter of reference to help demonstrate their readiness to take on this new challenge.
Eligible artists must be based in Newfoundland and Labrador, or originally from NL with a strong ongoing connection to the province's culture, regardless of where they currently live.
Cenovus believes that diversity strengthens and enriches us, and we are committed to helping to make our province a more diverse and equitable place. Indigenous artists, artists from racialized communities, and artists from other equity-deserving groups are welcome and encouraged to apply. If you wish to self-identify, please do so in your expression of interest.
Submission Requirements:
All applications must be submitted through this online form. The following application materials must be combined into a single PDF and uploaded to the online application form. PDFs must not exceed 10MB in total size. Please review our "How to Apply" section below for additional prompts/guidelines when preparing your submission.
Project Proposal (500 words max): A detailed description of your proposed artwork, along with a concept sketch. Please see the "How to Apply" section below for more information and prompts.
Visual Support Materials for Proposed Artwork: Submit up to ten (10) images of previous works that help illustrate the style you have in mind for this project. For each image, include the title, date, medium, and dimensions. See "How to Apply" below for more details.
Brief Artist Bio (200 words max): For teams, submit a brief bio for each artist team member (200 words max per team member).
CV – Artist resume (three pages maximum): For teams, submit a CV for each artist team member (3 pages maximum per member), or a combined CV if the team has an extensive history working together.
Website or Portfolio Link: Please include a link to your website or online portfolio.
Anonymous Survey Information (required): This form is to be completed by the Artist/Artist Team as part of your submission. Once completed, please screenshot the confirmation page and upload it to your submission form. The personal information collected on this form is anonymous and confidential. Your survey answers are not linked to your application in any way.
AI Considerations
This opportunity is meant to celebrate human talent and support the local creative economy. While we recognize that many artists use digital tools as part of their process, submitted artwork must be human-authored and human-crafted. We are not able to accept artwork generated by text-to-image AI models that draw on the work of uncompensated artists.
Selection Process:
The artwork will be selected through a competitive open call process, guided by Business & Arts NL. The Selection Committee will include artists/arts professionals, offshore worker representatives, and project representatives.
Evaluation
Submissions will be scored across three categories:
Artistic Value (40%)
How does the proposal respond to the brief? Does it demonstrate a clear understanding of the opportunity to create a contemporary mural that responds to the proposed theme? Do the concept renderings and supporting materials demonstrate artistic excellence?
Impact (30%)
How might the employees experience the work in the space? How does the proposed artwork work in harmony with the site? What impact might this opportunity have on the artist's career?
Feasibility (30%)
Is the proposed timeline realistic given the scope of the project? Does the artist demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to adapt to a fluctuating project schedule while working closely with the project team? Do the artist's CV and supporting materials demonstrate readiness to deliver a project of this scale?
FAQS:
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Only digital designs will be considered for final artwork. Given the platform's remote location and safety training requirements, artists will not be painting onsite. That said, we welcome a range of artistic approaches — including digital illustration, collage, mixed media, and photo-based work — as long as the final piece is delivered as a high-resolution digital file suitable for large-scale printing. All final artwork will be printed and installed by the Cenovus team.
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This opportunity is open to artists based in Newfoundland and Labrador, or artists originally from NL who maintain a strong connection to the province's culture, wherever they're currently based.
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No. We're looking for new, original artwork created specifically in response to the theme, not a reproduction of previously existing work.
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No. We're not able to accept a physical painting or finished artwork that is scanned after the fact — the artwork itself needs to be built and finalized in a digital format, at a resolution suitable for large-scale printing.
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Yes, scanned or photographed elements (such as textures or physical materials) can be incorporated into your artwork, but the final piece must be composited and completed digitally. If your collage or mixed-media elements incorporate found materials or content you did not create yourself, please ensure you hold the rights to use them, or that they are appropriately licensed for this purpose.
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Yes. Photo-based and image-based works are welcome, as long as the final files can be scaled up to mural size while maintaining high image quality.
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Eligible artists must be based in Newfoundland and Labrador, or originally from NL with a strong ongoing connection to the province's culture, regardless of where they currently live.
Questions?
Please contact info@businessandartsnl.com. We will get back to you within 2 business days.
How to Apply
The following is additional information about the different components of your application:
Project Proposal (500 words max): Please provide a detailed description of your project, and be sure to address the following elements:
Concept – This is the "what" and "why" of your proposal. For example:
What ideas or curiosities are motivating this project?
What are the aesthetic and/or conceptual details of the proposal?
How does the artwork relate to the brief?
Explain how visitors and staff will experience the work
Logistical/Technical – This is the "how" of your proposal. For example:
Describe how the artwork will engage with its specific wall location and surrounding environment
What tools, software, or techniques will you use to create the final artwork?
If incorporating scanned or non-digital elements (e.g. collage, mixed media), describe your process for preparing and scaling these to high-resolution, print-ready files
Qualifications and Experience
Describe how your proposed concept aligns with your technical abilities and experience, and explain your approach to delivering this specific artwork at scale
Describe the nature of any planned collaborations with other artists, community members, or technical specialists
Reflect on how this commission would impact your artistic career and practice
Brief Artists’ Biography – up to 200 words. For teams, submit a single document with a brief bio for each artist team member (200 words per team member).
Visual Support Materials (up to 10 images): Please submit up to ten images of previous work that help illustrate the style you have in mind for this project. For each image, include the title, date, medium, and dimensions. If including past examples of public artworks, include the commissioner and location of the work.
Website or Portfolio Link: Please include a link to your website or online portfolio where assessors can view a fuller body of your work.
Call for Submissions – 2026 NL Gift Directory
Public Artwork Opportunity
Are you an artist or a creative entrepreneur with gifts, swag bag items, or experiences for sale? Make sure you’re listed in the NL Gift Directory in advance of the holiday season.
The NL Gift Directory (formerly “Local Holiday Gift Guide”) is visited by 2500+ customers every year. Seasonal shoppers, event organizers and corporate buyers use the Directory to find locally made gifts. The Gift Directory is a critical resource, showcasing talent, skill, and creativity from across the province - we're inviting you to help us make the 2026 edition the biggest and best yet!
The Directory is hosted on our website and links customers directly to your shop, website, or social media - giving you another way to showcase your work and connect with new audiences and potential customers. For more details, see our FAQs below.
Check out last year's Directory to get an idea of content, interactivity and layout.
What’s in the Directory?
The Directory features items by artists, crafters, artisans, writers, and performers, displayed in categories such as:
Ceramics & Housewares
Clothing & Textiles
Jewellery
Music & Experiences
Publications
Toys & Games
Visual Art
Did You Know?
We are frequently approached by event organizers seeking unique items for conference swag bags and thank you gifts. If you sell items that are of a lower price point, that can be reproduced in larger quantities, please make sure to mention those too!
Deadline: Friday, October 9, 2026
Submission Guidelines
Please submit one featured item you’d like to have featured in the guide. There will also be room to share information about your shop, and additional items available.
Please provide the following for each item using our online form:
Name of Business/Shop
Connect - Provide a website or shop link, social media channel, or whatever channel you prefer to have customers reach out by.
Meet the Maker - Describe who you are and your artistic practice, organizational mission etc. (120 words max)
About the Gift - Describe the product in the image provided - (120 words max)
Price
Product Image - please upload a single image of your featured product or offering, formatted into a square (max 500kb)
Explore More Gifts - if you would like to describe the range of other products available or provide up to two links to additional items (50 words max)
Artist Information
We’ll also collect some information that won’t be posted with the Directory, to help communicate with you and tag you on relevant posts on social media.
Your name and email address
Social media handles (we use Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn
If you’d like to be included, please complete and submit our online application form by Friday, October 6, 2026.
FAQS:
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The deadline to submit is Friday, October 9, 2026.
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Whether you normally sell your products at craft fairs/farmers’ markets, local shops or via your website, or you’re an emerging artist who doesn’t yet have an online shop – there’s room for everyone! Each artist will receive 1 digital “card” in the guide.
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The Directory features items for purchase made by many visual artists, artisans, and crafters; written works by writers and poets; ticket packages, lessons, and experiences offered by performing arts organizations and professionals, and more.
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Yes! Artists who don’t have an online store or website will need to provide information on where to buy their work. This could be an email address for placing orders, a link to a Facebook or Instagram page, a link to an Etsy store page, or a link to another local retailer who carries your work.
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Yes, this year’s Guide will feature one gift image per artist - you may include information about other products in your “Explore More Gifts” section of your submission form.
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Square images, please.
Max. file size: 500 KB.
Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, gif. If your image file is too big it will not upload.
Images submitted with different proportions will be cropped to a square format.
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No, sorry, the mandate of this initiative is to foster trade and investment within the province.
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Participation in the NL Gift Directory is free! There is no submission fee and all transactions are strictly between you and the customer.
Questions?
Please contact info@businessandartsnl.com. We will get back to you within 2 business days.
We’re Hiring
Program and Marketing Assistant
Part-time contract - 20 hours/week - Sept 8 - Nov 30, 2026
Application deadline: Thursday, Aug 20
Business & Arts NL is a nonprofit organization working to deepen collaboration between the private and creative sectors in our province. We are seeking a Program and Marketing Assistant to help our small team work through our busiest time of year. This dynamic, part-time position offers valuable hands-on experience in executing cross-sectoral partnerships, live event production, and digital marketing strategy. This position runs from September 8 to November 30, 2026.
You will play a vital role in supporting our flagship Creativity & Innovation Summit while helping maintain and grow our digital audience engagement for our fall programming.
Reporting to the Executive Director, your key responsibilities will include:
Creativity & Innovation Summit - Stakeholder Engagement
Assist in processing sales, customer inquiries, and ticket registration for the Creativity & Innovation Summit.
Serve as a key liaison for corporate sponsors, ensuring benefit fulfilment and seamless partner communication.
Manage customer support and attendee communications to ensure a seamless participant experience.
Production and Live Event Support
Provide hands-on operational and administrative support for Summit set-up, post-event teardown.
Coordinate on-site logistics including venue signage, speaker check-in, registration desk management, and attendee flow.
Assist the team in real-time troubleshooting during the course of the event.
Social Media Marketing Support
Analyze, adapt, and deploy targeted multi-platform social media campaign assets while contributing to the evolution of our digital engagement strategy.
Support social media deployment for fall programming across designated channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook).
Perform light graphic design support by adapting, resizing, and modifying pre-existing brand assets.
Collaborate on assessing and modifying ongoing social media engagement strategies to drive audience growth.
You are an ideal candidate if you:
Bring a proactive, self-directed mindset and thrive in high-autonomy environments.
Possess a high level of organization and attention to detail
Can manage several concurrent projects/objectives simultaneously
Have strong written and verbal communication skills
Have a familiarity with social media platforms and basic graphic design tools
What we offer:
20 hours per week with moderate flexibility in terms of hours and schedule (may be more during weeks when events are taking place)
Flexible remote and in-person work
$22-$25/hour (based on experience)
Work as part of a small, dynamic team
Work in the nonprofit sector, and have a positive impact on the creativity, connection and vitality of the community
Interested in this opportunity? Please email a cover letter and resume to Amy Henderson, Executive Director, at ahenderson@businessandartsnl.com.
Deadline to apply is Thursday, Aug 20.
Focus Group
AI & Arts Orgs - Efficiency Without Compromise?
A focus group about AI for arts organizations
Wednesday, Aug 12, 2026, 12 - 1:30pm in person at 137 Water St, 2nd floor
Join Business & Arts NL and Get Building’s Jan Mertlik for lunch and a conversation around if, when and how arts organizations might use AI tools without stepping outside the bounds of our ethical, cultural, and organizational priorities.
We’ll examine real-world use cases to explore how to eliminate busy work and make space for an honest conversation about how to balance the opportunities and potential harms presented by AI tools.
Register now! This invitation is open to representatives from arts nonprofits. It will take place in person at Get Building headquarters, 170 Water St. and lunch will be provided.
Focus Group
Can AI help artists, safely?
A focus group about AI for individual artists
Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026, 12 - 1:30pm via zoom
Aetherlabs, a NL-based startup building tools and resources for artists, is developing materials focused on helping individual artists from all disciplines explore if, when, and how to use AI tools to streamline their work. In this project, they're focused on simplifying self-promotion activities in social media without compromising creative integrity.
Artists who practice any discipline (visual arts, music, theatre, dance, writing, multidisciplinary arts, and more) are invited to join this focus group, where we'll engage in conversation, walk through a drafted presentation and share feedback. The goal of this focus group is to a) provide the Aetherlabs team with feedback on the materials and approach being taken and b) engage in honest conversation around how to balance the opportunities and potential harms presented by AI tools.
This conversation will take place online, via zoom. Registration is required.
Call for Interactive Artworks - Creativity & Innovation Summit
Public Artwork Opportunity
Submission deadline: July 27, 2026
Artist fees: $2,500 (+HST if applicable)
The Summit
The 2026 (Un)Common Threads Creativity & Innovation Summit will take place at the Sheraton Hotel on November 5, and will welcome 200–250 participants from across the private, public, and creative sectors. The annual Summit features speakers, networking opportunities, and experiences designed to explore creativity and spark new connections among people with a wide variety of work backgrounds and interests. Artists and their worldview and expertise are placed at the heart of this conversation. We’re seeking artists/artist teams to create and present hands-on, participant-driven experiences that take place throughout the day and encourage conversation and connection between attendees.
Project Brief
The event is focused on the value of creativity to individuals, workplaces, and society. These activities, interspersed between more traditional opportunities to network, alongside inspiring speakers from various creative backgrounds, are an important driver of engagement and conversation at this event. One of the themes of this year’s Summit is games and play - we’re encouraging submissions that respond directly to this theme.
We’re seeking activities that:
Engender “creative confidence” (confidence in one’s own creativity)
Start conversations
Are unintimidating - an easy “nudge for participation”
Spark participants curiosity or creativity
Are story catalysts, creating an experience that participants will talk about after they leave.
Proposed activities may accomplish any of the following:
A surprising way to share information or introduce yourself
Play with data - for instance a form of data portrait, or present a creative and innovative way for Business & Arts to gather participant data or feedback
Result in a final piece/output that participants contribute to/co-create
Provide something participants can individualize/make their own in dialogue with others
Result in something participants can keep
Past activities that have debuted at the Summit have been purchased by other businesses and organizations for their own events. With this secondary goal of helping artists develop a market-ready product/experience in mind, Business & Arts NL will offer feedback and an opportunity to test the project with a focus group in advance of the Summit.
Logistics
These projects could last mere seconds, or span several minutes. For instance, attendees at the 2024 Summit checked in by selecting a pin or pins that represented their creative strength/s, and another favourite project saw participants take a small clay fish and some paint back to their seat to paint while speakers were speaking, and later add it to a collective artwork facilitated by Daniel Rumbolt and Amber-Lynn Thorne. Elijah Martel created an illustrated journal of the day. In 2025, participants played with Benjy Kean’s Motion Canvas, and added to a collective weaving project led by Rebecca Feaver. The length of time for instructions to be given should be minimal, so that participants can choose how much time they wish to spend engaging with the activity and networking.
We aren’t able to mount works directly on the wall at the Sheraton, and so activities need to be free standing, displayed on a table, on easels etc, and activity materials must be easily transported and able to be set up early on the morning of the event.
Budget
$2,500* + HST (if applicable)
*Artist fee includes design of the activity, delivery/facilitation and participation in the Summit, and providing materials (bio, photos, artist statement) to support event marketing. The cost of materials will be reimbursed up to a maximum of $1,000.
Eligibility
Newfoundland and Labrador-based artists of any/all disciplines, which may include visual artists and craftspeople, designers, interdisciplinary artists, multimedia artists, installation artists, and artists whose practices focus on community participation or engagement.
Emerging, mid-career, and established artists are encouraged to apply
Business & Arts NL is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. We encourage applications from artists of all backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences.
Selection
The selected activity will be chosen by a small focus group of Summit stakeholders, based on the project’s anticipated impact, and how it fits within the overall program.
Submission Requirements
Please submit the following, combined into a single pdf:
A short proposal outlining your interactive idea (max 500 words) including the cost of materials for 250 participants
A brief bio or CV
Up to 5 images of your previous work
A short note about why this opportunity interests you
Project Timeline
Proposals due: July 27, 2026
Selected artist will be notified by: August 11, 2026
Mid-point test run/feedback (see FAQ for details): Sept 25, 2026
Summit: Nov 5, 2026
Send your proposals to: Lynn Panting - lynn@businessandartsnl.com
Have questions or want to talk through your idea? Reach out to Lynn.
Frequently Asked Questions:
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Yes, we will offer a travel stipend to cover kilometrage, accommodations and per diem for selected artists living outside of the Avalon Peninsula.
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In order to ensure that your project fits well within the flow, messaging, and vibe of the Summit, we’ll get together on Sept 25 to talk through the setup, space/technical requirements, language, materials etc. We’ll provide any feedback we have and work together to ensure the project is set up for success and maximum impact with Summit attendees. There may be an opportunity to test the project with a small focus group as well.
Call for Pop-up Performers - Creativity & Innovation Summit
Public Artwork Opportunity
Submission deadline: July 27, 2026
The Summit
The 2026 (Un)Common Threads Creativity & Innovation Summit will take place at the Sheraton Hotel on November 5, and will welcome 200–250 participants from across the private, public, and creative sectors. The annual Summit features speakers, networking opportunities, and experiences designed to explore creativity and spark new connections across sectors. Artists and their worldview and expertise are placed at the heart of this conversation. We’re seeking short performances to add a spark of surprise, moment of contemplation, or burst of energy to the day.
Project Brief
We’re seeking performances from any discipline, including music, dance, theatre, standup comedy, and multidisciplinary arts. Performances should:
Be short (2-8 minutes), taking place as the event starts, during breaks, or as a surprise mid-morning.
Be refreshing, offering attendees the opportunity to be surprised and inspired by something they wouldn't otherwise encounter at a work event.
And may:
Offer an element of participation or interactivity for Summit attendees
Respond to the theme of play and games
Respond to the Summit theme of (un)common threads
Logistics
This event is taking place in the Garden Atrium and Main Ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel, with set up taking place exclusively the morning of the event, which starts at 8:30am. Equipment setup must therefore be fairly minimal and will be the responsibility of the performer(s).
Budget
Our total budget for performances is $3000. Please provide a requested performance fee in your submission.
Eligibility
Newfoundland and Labrador-based artists of any/all performing disciplines.
Emerging, mid-career, and established artists are encouraged to apply
Business & Arts NL is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. We encourage applications from artists of all backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences.
Selection
The selected activity will be chosen by a small focus group of Summit stakeholders, based on the project’s anticipated impact, and how it fits within the overall program.
Submission Requirements
Please submit the following, combined into a single pdf:
A short proposal outlining your interactive idea (max 500 words)
A brief bio or CV
Up to 5 images/clips of your previous work
A short note about why this opportunity interests you
Your requested performance fee
Project Timeline
Proposals due: July 27, 2026
Selected artist(s) will be notified by: August 11, 2026
Summit: Nov 5, 2026
Send your proposals to: Lynn Panting - lynn@businessandartsnl.com
Have questions or want to talk through your idea? Reach out to Lynn.
Frequently Asked Questions:
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Yes, we will offer a travel stipend to cover kilometrage, accommodations and per diem for selected artists living outside of the Avalon Peninsula.