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Design the new 2026 Ēclos Capsule Collection for Cosentino Canada

DesignTO and Cosentino have opened the call for submissions for the 2026 Ēclos Capsule Collection, an initiative that invites Canadian students, designers, artists, and architects to explore new applications of Cosentino’s next-generation mineral surface.

This program offers a rare chance for emerging designers and students of design to take a concept all the way through to realization. Selected proposals will be fabricated in Toronto, professionally documented, and presented as part of a curated collection exhibited across Canada and the United States.

Participants are encouraged to think beyond traditional surface applications and develop furniture, objects, or sculptural works that push the material into three dimensions.

Selected designers will receive:

  • A $1,000 CAD artist fee
  • Full fabrication of their design
  • Professional photography of the finished work
  • Exhibition opportunities in major Canadian and U.S. cities
  • Inclusion in a coordinated press campaign

The submission deadline is May 22, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET.

You can find full details and the application form here.

Trolley Days: Heritage in Motion

Trolley Days: Heritage in Motion is a brand-new, outdoor performance festival hosted by North Van Arts, celebrating the layered and diverse history of the North Shore.

A brand new performing arts festival for 2026!
June 6 and 7, 11:00am – 5:00pm

Festival‑goers are invited to join us at the Shipbuilders Square, North Vancouver to explore the stories, cultures, and creative expressions that have shaped our community over time.

With a variety of performances to catch throughout each day, and guided tours in heritage-style trolleys too, this is one festival you won’t want to miss.

Festival activities include:

  • A new theatrical performance inspired by the heritage of the North Shore
  • A showcase of music and dance performers representing a variety of cultural traditions and styles
  • A showcase of Indigenous performers
  • Family-friendly craft activities
  • Heritage-style trolley tours

Experiments in Photography: Image and Object

Exploring the dynamic intersection of photography, sculpture, and installation

Experiments in Photography: Image and Object is a survey featuring the work of Solange Adum Abdala, Sophia Bakos, Phoebe Bei, Steven Cottingham, Emily De Boer, Lucien Durey, Stephanie Gagne, Khim Mata Hipol, Scott Kemp, Val Loewen, Alexine McLeod, Aaron Moran, Morgan Sears Williams, Grant Withers, Gerri York, and Ketty Haolin Zhang. This exhibition brings together diverse practices that challenge the traditional boundaries of photography.

Opening Reception: April 16, 8:00pm

Exhibit: April 17 – May 23

CityScape Community ArtSpace
335 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, V7M 2G3

At its core, Image and Object explores the dynamic intersection of photography, sculpture, and installation. Here, photography transcends the flat surface, emerging as a spatial, tactile, and conceptual practice. The selected works reimagine the photograph not simply as a visual record, but as a physical entity, shaped by process and materiality. Whether through layering, object-making, assemblage, or installation, these works ask viewers to encounter photography as something to be experienced with the body as much as the eye.

The exhibition highlights inventive uses of materials including paper, wood, film, fabric, resin, plastic, metal, and found objects. By engaging with these materials, the artists blur the lines between disciplines, transforming the photograph into sculpture, the image into an object, and the wall into space.

Image and Object reflects the rich creative energy of Metro Vancouver’s contemporary art scene and celebrates photography as a living, evolving medium. In rethinking what a photograph can be, the exhibition invites audiences to see and navigate photographic works in bold new ways.

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Scott Kemp, System (sneaker to cereal), 2025, magazine cutouts, plastic, adhesive, wood, 86 x 81 cm. Courtesy of Artist