Contribute to a Rotating Collection of Landscape Photographs in Ottawa

Contribute to a Rotating Collection of Landscape Photographs in Ottawa
Submission Deadline: July 30, 2026

Join creators across Canada to celebrate the life that thrives in the spaces where land, water and all species meet. Contribute to a rotating collection of landscape photographs for the Canada Council for the Arts video wall at 150 Elgin Street, in Ottawa.

Until May 17, 2027, the Canada Council Âjagemô Exhibition Space is hosting the Edge Conditions | Inawendiwin exhibition, which includes close to 40 works of art from the Canada Council Art Bank collection.

Curated by Ottawa-based digital designer, writer and student of architecture Leah Snyder, the exhibition brings together works by artists who reflect on the dynamic threshold between water and land as sites of ecological vitality, cultural memory and evolving relationships to landscape.

Found across urban and remote regions alike, these edge conditions are rich in biodiversity and meaning, shaping how we relate to land, water and one another. To highlight these themes, we are inviting creators across the country to reflect on and explore these relationships together.



View of the Edge Conditions | Inawendiwin exhibition. Artists, from left to right: Claude Latour, Roland Poulin, Rita Letendre, Greg Staats, Gordon Rayner, Ruth Wainwright, Thomas Udjuk, Toni Onley and Takao Tanabe. Photo: Brandon Clarida Image Services.

The Art Bank invites submissions of photos that capture edge conditions from coast to coast to coast for the Canada Council for the Arts video wall. By gathering perspectives from across regions, this initiative aims to create a collective portrait of the spaces in-between, where new ways of seeing and relating emerge.

The call invites submissions that:

- document shoreline or transitional ecosystems (urban or remote)
- explore human and non-human presence within these environments
- reflect the cultural, historical or political dimensions of these spaces, and
- engage experimental, documentary or poetic photography approaches

Submission Requirements:

- 1 image per submission, high resolution (.jpeg). Dimension: 1920 x 1080 pixels. Aspect ratio: 16:9
- Completed submission form

The Canada Council Art Bank reserves the right to select images based on submission requirements, suitability for a public setting and the limited number of images needed for the initiative.

The selected images will be on view on the Canada Council video wall beginning fall of 2026.

How to Submit

Fill out the submission form: Call for Contributions: Edge Conditions ? Inawendiwin
http://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=k_Ui3Df0x06eHDO5XZJDYeq9vU16WSFPqshg4Jzvj15URjRaWjFISkI5UkpVMDY0UkdaNVU4RFNLSS4u&route=shorturl

Send your image to ajagemo@canadacouncil.ca
Submission Deadline: July 30, 2026