The TRACE partners are launching this call for submissions, at the end of which the jury will select emerging visual artists who will be given the opportunity to present a solo exhibition.

In addition to the exhibition, the selected artists will be entitled to a professional photo shoot, the production of a video clip about themselves, an individualized professional development program and the support of a professional curator.

The services offered to each winning artist as part of TRACE are worth an estimated $3,000, plus a $650 bursary. 

2024-2025 edition 

The CACVS is proud to announce the arrival of two new program partners. First, TVSO la télévision du Sud-Ouest has become an official partner, offering to produce and broadcast one video capsule per participating artist.  In addition, the City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield has enthusiastically agreed to participate, by making a venue available to a local artist, the Musée de Société des Deux-Rives (MUSO).
 
The Vaudreuil-Soulanges venues - the Musée régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges, the Maison Trestler and the Pavillon Wilson of the City of Coteau-du-Lac - continue their long-standing involvement.  

Six emerging artists will now be able to take part in TRACE. 

Eligibility 

The artist must meet the following three criteria to submit an application:

- Practice visual arts (including digital art and photography);  

- Be an artist in the process of becoming a professional;

- Reside in one of the municipalities that make up the territory served by the CACVS, the Roussillon RCM or the City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.

Eligible cities :

- In the MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges : Rivière-Beaudette, Saint-Télésphore, Saint-Polycarpe, Saint-Zotique, Les Coteaux, Coteau-du-Lac, Saint-Clet, Les Cèdres, Pointe-des-Cascades, L'Île-Perrot, Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Pincourt, Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, L'Île-Cadieux, Hudson, Saint-Lazare, Sainte-Marthe, Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Rigaud, Pointe-Fortune

- In the Roussillon RCM: Saint-Mathieu, Saint-Philippe, La Prairie, Candiac, Delson, Sainte-Catherine, Saint-Constant, Saint-Isidore, Mercier, Châteauguay, Léry.

- City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

*For selection purposes, TRACE defines an artist in the process of professionalization as follows: An artist graduating or in training at a recognized professional art school OR an artist who has already taken steps to obtain professional status as part of his or her artistic practice OR who already enjoys a certain level of recognition from his or her peers, regardless of age. Please note that this definition is binding only on TRACE.

 Selected artists must be available to participate fully in the TRACE program, specifically the photo shoot, filming, training sessions, hanging and vernissage.

How to submit an application 

Interested artists can submit a complete dossier containing the following elements:

- A letter of intent, detailing the reasons for responding to this call;

- An artistic curriculum vitae (including a description of their artistic approach);

- Visual documentation (5 to 7 photos), including a description of the proposed work. 

 Once selected, artists will be required to complete their exhibition with works on the same themes and registers as those presented in the application file.

Subject to the exhibition venue's capacity, all media, styles and formats are accepted.

The works presented must be accessible to a public of all ages. 

Send your documentation by e-mail only, in a single PDF file, to Karina De Nobriga, CACVS coordinator: [email protected]. 

The deadline for submissions is Sunday, October 20 at 11:59 pm.