I’m a little late to the party but there’s still time to make a submission (for Toronto-based artists in particular as there’s very little time left, also there’s no money to pay the artists or for shipping costs) for the 2025 edition of the SciArt Gallery event included as part of the cross-Canada Science Rendezvous festival.

Here’s more from an April 10, 2025 note I received (via email),

… We are the SciArt Gallery team and we are reaching out on behalf of Science Rendezvous. Science Rendezvous is a registered charitable organization dedicated to bringing exciting research, STEM experiences, and programming to the public. As the SciArt Gallery team, we work together with artists and organizations to create an exhibition inspired by science and the theme provided each year. Artists are welcome to sell their works, but we kindly ask that no baked goods be sold. Here is a link to our website for previous SciArt Gallery exhibitions: https://www.sciencerendezvousuoft.ca/2023-festival/sciart-gallery/ (might want to see if it can be updated to include the 2024 event).

… If you have any STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] inspired artwork to showcase, please sign-up through this link: https://forms.gle/zYCyeYUFEz34wcoJA. We welcome artists with interactive artwork, especially pieces designed to engage family audiences. The event is being held on May 10th, 2025 at the University of Toronto, St. George campus from 11 am to 5 pm. Deadline for the application is April 25th, 2025. 

I found more information from the Open Call for artists – U of T [University of Toronto] Science Rendezvous SciArt Gallery 2025 page (accessed via this link: https://forms.gle/zYCyeYUFEz34wcoJA,

Open Call for artists – U of T Science Rendezvous SciArt Gallery 2025

Thank you for your interest in participating in this year’s sci-art gallery! Science-Rendezvous (SR) is a one-day festival that happens simultaneously at sites across Canada, showcasing local scientific research and programs. It is family-friendly and highly interactive, to promote interest in science and research. Best of all, it is FREE! Downtown Toronto is Canada’s largest festival, with over 40,000 attendees last year. If you’d like to learn more about SR and its different activities, please visit http://www.sciencerendezvous.ca/ and http://www.sciencerendezvousuoft.ca/ .

This year, our event will be on May 10, 2025 from 11 am – 5 pm, Front Campus (King’s College Circle). 

Part of this wonderful celebration is the display of local science art, or sci-art at our SciArt Gallery. This can be in any medium, with any kind of subject relating to nature and/or science. The theme of this year’s Science Rendezvous is Wonder! While we, unfortunately, cannot pay our artists, we invite and encourage participating artists to sell their work. 

At the conclusion of the event, a prize will be presented to the artist that receives the most public votes!

If you think you’d like to participate, please fill out the form below. We have volunteers that can help with set-up and clean-up, and we provide a free pizza lunch! We will follow up with more information as it becomes available.

The deadline for applying is 11:59 PMon Apr. 25th, 2025. If you apply after this date, there is no guarantee we will be able to accommodate you. If you’d like to contact us before applying for any reason, please email us at uoftsr.sciartgallery@gmail.com

NOTE: UofT students are eligible for CCR credit!

Here are some examples of some previous work: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cjnZYLT7ExBGFjYogmZH6g8FYUprieAqzwDwIZoDeJk/edit?usp=sharing

We can’t wait to see what you bring!

Good luck!

Science Rendezvous May 10, 2025

You can find the Science Rendezvous website here and, as mentioned earlier, it’s a cross-Canada festival. Enjoy!