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Opportunities & Proposals

Open Call for Proposals at CoCA

Visual Arts
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CoCA Toi Moroki Centre of Contemporary Art is pleased to announce our annual Open Call for Proposals.

This Open Call is for an exhibition programme beginning March 2026 for our downstairs Ō Papa Gallery, Ōtautahi Christchurch.

We invite proposals from individual artists, groups and art collectives from all disciplines including visual art, crafts and Ngā Toi for our 2026/2027 exhibition programme. Whether you’re working solo, in collaboration, or as part of a community-led initiative.

While we prioritise support for artists who are from or have a connection to Waitaha Canterbury, we are open to proposals from outside our area.

We also welcome proposals from community organisations who support artists facing barriers to exhibiting.

To assist artists with their proposals for the 2026/2027 Open Call, we are holding a proposal writing workshop. Jade Cavalcante, Exhibitions Delivery Manager and Sarah Aspinwall, Operations Manager, will go through the proposal documents and submissions process.

Workshop details
Monday 18 August 2025
5.30 – 7.30pm

In person at Toi Auaha
5 Worcester Boulevard
Ōtautahi Christchurch

Or via Zoom meeting
ID: 961 9672 9106 and passcode: 556639

Please register here.

Please see the full Call for Proposals brief and documents below, (available for download):

We are holding a proposal workshop on 18 August. If you are unable to attend in person, or on Zoom, and have questions for us, please email: proposals@coca.org.nz

Please send proposals to: proposals@coca.org.nz with the subject line ‘Call for Proposals’.

Submissions open: Friday 8 August 2025

Submissions close: 11.59pm, Wednesday 3 September 2025

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