The Centre’s mission
CIRCA art actuel is an artist-run centre that supports experimentation and innovation. Its mission? To showcase the work of contemporary artists of all generations who place sculptural objects at the heart of their practice. The Centre supports projects that are in line with both traditional sculptural practice and those that develop hybrid sculptural and installation forms, arising from contact with other media such as drawing, printmaking, photography, digital media, and painting. All of this reflects a strong desire to participate in the support and development of sculptural and installation practices, in a spirit of openness and renewal.
Representativeness criteria extracted from the programming policy
CIRCA art actuel exhibitions are selected by a programming committee made up of active members, board members, the director, and a guest member. The programming aims to represent a variety of generations and backgrounds and to feature an equitable number of male and female artists (while taking gender identities into account). We place great value on diversity and Indigenous culture, and we encourage artists and curators who identify with these communities to submit their work.
The selection criteria for applications are as follows:
the relevance of the project to sculptural and installation practices
the uniqueness of the artistic proposal in relation to other practices in contemporary art
the variety of projects selected according to the type of practice