Call for Portfolios from our Artists and Artisans!

This directory will allow us to better understand local talents, highlight the artistic richness of our community, and foster collaboration between the Town and artists and artisans for upcoming cultural projects.

This initiative is part of the Town of Sutton’s Cultural Policy and, more specifically, its 2025-2027 Action Plan, by addressing the following actions:

• 2.3.1: promote the visibility of artists and artisans and their creations;
• 2.3.3: promote existing resources offered to local artists and recognized cultural organizations.

Visual arts, performing arts, literature, circus arts, craft arts, music, etc.

We invite artists and artisans, regardless of their discipline, to submit their portfolio.

Adding their profile to our directory will allow us to encourage partnership opportunities and to target certain artists and artisans when we plan to implement specific artistic or cultural projects.

The Town is therefore inviting regional artists to submit their portfolio starting August 22 (no deadline).

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for this directory of professional artists and artisans, the person must:

• Be a resident of Sutton, a municipality in the Brome-Missisquoi RCM, or have developed a significant artistic practice within the region;
• Be recognized as a professional artist or artisan according to the definition of the Act respecting the professional status of artists in the visual arts, film, the recording arts, literature, arts and crafts and the performing arts of the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications (MCC);
• Emerging artists and artisans or those in the process of professionalization, who do not have the status of a “professional artist or artisan”, can submit their file;
• Provide all required documents.

Documents to Provide

Here is the list of documents to provide for your file:

• Completed form: link to the FORM;
• Professional CV;
• A visual file containing a maximum of 10 images of previous works;
• A list of the provided images in which the works are clearly identified (title, date, techniques, materials);
• A press kit and other relevant documents (optional).

Submission Methods

It is preferable to send us all information in a single PDF document, identified as follows: lastname_firstname_call_for_portfolios_VDS_2025.pdf (no accent nor space).

If you are unable to create a single PDF document, you can send us documents in Word format and images in JPG format, up to a maximum of 10 MB.

Your portfolio can be sent:

• By email to [email protected];
• Submitted in person, in an envelope labeled “Artist (or Artisan) Portfolio”, at the Town Hall reception (11 Principale Street South).

An acknowledgment of receipt will be sent within 48 business hours after receiving the application.

PLEASE NOTE: The Town will use this directory to send out calls for applications for artistic and cultural projects. However, submitting your portfolio or candidacy does not automatically imply participation in an artistic or cultural project. Applications will be evaluated according to the established criteria.

For any questions, please contact Marie-Claude Plasse, Cultural Agent, at [email protected] or at 450-538-2290, option 4.

The Town of Sutton is proud to support local artistic creation and distribution.
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