Call for Nonprofit and Artist-Run Galleries
Applications for Nonprofits and Artist-Run Galleries are now closed.
Deadline: March 6th, 2026.
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair invites visual arts and fine craft collectives, nonprofit galleries and artist-run centres from across Canada to submit proposals to exhibit and sell the works of their artist members. Showcase and promote your mission and reach out to a new audience of 170,000+ visitors in a limited number of community booths alongside over 400+ individual artists during the 65th Fair this July 10-12, 2026.
Who can apply?
- Artist Collectives
- Artist-Run Centres and Galleries
- Visual Arts Nonprofits
- Visual Arts Guilds and Groups
Many organizations and art collectives have taken advantage of this opportunity to showcase their membership and promote their mission including La Guilde, Amazing Moss Park Art Collective, Propeller Centre for the Arts, Toronto Potters, Scarborough Arts, Tangled Arts + Disability, F8 Photography Collective and Creative Works Studio
How much does it cost?
There is no application fee for Community Booths.
Onsite Booth & Online Fair*
10×10′ Booth: $1,910
10×20′ Booth: $3,180
Includes:
- A dedicated booth space in our Community Booth Zone at Nathan Phillips Square
- Equipment Rental for 3 days (Tent, walls, chairs, table and hanging grids)
- Location highlighted in on-site program
- All participation fees for in-person Fair at Nathan Phillips Square include online platform fee.
Online Fair ONLY
$535
Includes:
- Listing of 25 artworks for sale/view on TOAF’s proven trusted discovery platform during the Online Fair**
- One-year organization profile on TOAF’s dynamic and high-traffic website (100,000 unique website visitors + 1 million annual page views)
- Impressive $150K marketing campaign, resulting in 189 Million earned and paid media impressions
- Showcase opportunities and inclusion in artists highlights, curated collections, digital ads and more
**Up to 15% of online artwork sales will go towards TOAF administration and payment processing costs. Artists keep 100% of proceeds from in-person sales. Online artwork sales are active until March.
Participation and booth fees are collected upon acceptance in April. For more information and a detailed budget breakdown review What Does it Cost?
What to submit?
Submit all materials as a single PDF to [email protected] with subject line “Community Booth” by March 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM.
Proposals must include:
- Mission and mandate of your organization/group (max. 300 words)
- Statement of Intent/Curatorial Vision: How this opportunity is a fit for your organization, how it will advance your mandate or benefit your members (max. 750 words)
- A booth image/visual representation of your proposed installation at the Fair (If applying for in-person)
- Full names, website URLs and one image for each artist who intends to participate in your booth (6-11 artists)*. Ensure each image is captioned with dimensions, medium and name of the artist
- Contact information for the organization’s representative
*You can only put forward names of artist members who do not plan to apply as individual artists for the 65th Toronto Outdoor Art Fair in 2026.
“As a native Torontonian and former gallerist, I can say that the TOAF is the real deal for anyone serious about buying or selling art in Toronto. TOAF allows artists to meet a wide interested public, get instant feedback and connect. Artists work in isolation so the opportunity to meet the public is an essential part of our artistic process. ”
– Carol Mark, founder of Amazing Moss Park Art Collective
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