Updates, Jobs and Opportunities
Introducing the Tea Time with Aunties—and an Uncle!
ICCA is pleased to introduce Tea with Aunties, an informal conversation series featuring respected Indigenous cultural leaders sharing key insights learned through their work. These conversations explore essential questions artists and curators face, including navigating galleries and institutions, developing professional relationships, understanding cultural protocols, writing and curatorial practice, and building a sustainable career in the arts. Grounded in practical advice, lived experience, and humor, the series creates space for honest conversations around the kitchen table.
Indigenous Protocols Curatorial Fee Schedule Guide Released!
We’re proud to announce the Curatorial Fee Schedule, officially released in partnership with the Indigenous Editors Association, Indigenous Protocols Collective, and the Indigenous Curatorial Collective. Grounded in principles of care and relational accountability, the guide supports fair and respectful compensation for the specialized labour involved in Indigenous curatorial work, editing, cultural guidance, and protocol-based responsibilities. Designed to recognize the extensive time, expertise, and relationships required for this work, the guide offers a clear framework for planning projects, developing budgets, and engaging Indigenous professionals respectfully. Arts organizations, galleries, museums, publishers, and funders are encouraged to incorporate these guidelines into their ongoing planning processes.
Read the Press Release and download the Indigenous Curatorial Fee Schedule at our Virtual Resource Center (VRC).
U.S. Tariffs Threaten Canadian Artists and the Circulation of Indigenous Art
Proposed 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods pose an immediate threat to Canada’s visual arts sector, directly impacting original artworks, hand-crafted goods, and traditional Indigenous materials. From paintings and sculptures to fur, hide, and wood, these new trade measures risk restricting international circulation, raising cross-border costs, and jeopardizing the livelihoods of artists, galleries, and cultural organizations. ICCA and the Visual Arts Alliance are calling on the federal government to step in with immediate exemptions and emergency support before these tariffs take effect.
Read the Full 2026 U.S. Tariffs Press Release.
Introducing the ICCA Podcast!
We’re excited to launch Indigenous Narratives in Art, a new ICCA podcast dedicated to amplifying Indigenous voices shaping contemporary curatorial practice, art writing, and community-led arts futures. Each episode invites listeners into conversations with Indigenous artists, curators, writers, and knowledge carriers, offering insight into the relationships, mentorship, and community accountability that guide our work.
Listen to the ICCA podcast Indigenous Narratives in Art.
Creative Conciliations Now Published!
Creative Conciliations is now live, presented with Wilfrid Laurier University Press and ICCA, centering Indigenous art writing, curatorial practice, and collective responsibility. Marking ten years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report, the publication brings together essays, reflections, and artistic gestures that explore memory, care, and relational conciliation.
Special thank you to the co-editors, Tarah Hogue and Jennifer Robinson, for guiding this important publication.
Read the Chapter Essays and learn about the Creative Conciliations Publication.
Explore our Resources!
The ICCA’s Virtual Resource Center (VRC) is a growing online hub of tools, guides, handbooks, best practices, publications, and career resources for Indigenous artists, curators, writers, and arts workers. It also includes a searchable database of grants and funding opportunities, all curated to reflect Indigenous priorities, perspectives, and methodologies. The VRC supports learning, research, and professional growth in one accessible, community-informed space.
Visit and explore the Virtual Resource Center (VRC).
New Partnership!
A significant collaboration has been formed between the Indigenous Curatorial Collective (ICCA) and Rungh Magazine. This partnership will work to amplify Indigenous voices and provide a platform for Indigenous art, artists, curators, exhibitions, and related programming. The initiative seeks to encourage critical dialogue and broaden the audience for Indigenous narratives.
Read Full ICCAxRungh Press Release.
Bibliography Returns!
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