Literary calls, exhibits, and events
- The WASM Blog
- Apr 7
- 3 min read
Calls:
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The 2025 QWF Literary Awards book prizes are now open for submissions. The deadline to submit is Sunday, June 1, 2025, 11:59 pm ET for the book prizes and Sunday, July 6, 2025, 11:59 pm
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CBC Poetry Prize - The CBC Poetry Prize is open from April 1 to June 1.
(Ben Shannon/CBC)
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The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI) is calling for applications from the Canadian artistic community for the design of a piece of public art. This artwork, a sculpture designed specifically for the South Shore entrance to the Jacques Cartier Bridge, will be installed in 2026. It is in line with JCCBI’s vision, which includes ensuring that infrastructure blends pleasantly into its surroundings, for the benefit of the community.
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Events and exhibits:
New at the MMFA - Worlds of Wonder: The Surrealist Journey of Alan Glass invites you to immerse yourself in the strange and wonderful universe of this extraordinary artist.
Two days are reserved exclusively for MMFA Members to visit the preview:Tuesday, April 15, 2025, from noon to 5 p.m.Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.To attend, simply present your membership card at the entrance!
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At the McCord - Pounding the Pavement, Montreal Street Photography:
Catch this screening – Documentary film: Wilfred Buck. Free Activity | Space is limited,
Reservation required. Tickets
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Vendetta – at PDA April 8 to 13, 2025:
Tickets:
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Embrace Uncertainty, Create Opportunity, and Grow Your Art Career
📅 Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
🕒 Time: 1PM – 5PM (Networking mixer with light snacks afterward)
📍 Location: Unitarian Church of Montreal (5035 de Maisonneuve Ouest, near Vendôme Metro)
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More info on the tours and tickets:
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Arts and culture news:
Montreal’s public markets:
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'The forgotten Monet': How masterful paintings by the artist's stepdaughter are finally getting recognition. Blanche Hoschedé-Monet has barely been acknowledged in art history. But not only did she help her stepfather Claude, she created her own fine works – often of the same scenes as him.
Art Institute of Chicago/ Arthur M Wood/ Collection of Alice and Rick Johnson
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Food:
Pizza anyone? Here is the best! A big win for a Montrealer at the International Pizza Expo in Vegas over the weekend. The best Neapolitan pizza in the world is right here in Montreal. The pizzaiolo champion joins us in the studio. Mirko D'Agata is the executive chef of pizzerias NO900 and Morso Pizzeria.
No900:
Morso: https://morso.co/
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Professor Nathalie Cooke on menus:
Tastes and Traditions: A Journey through Menu History.
Many more menus – old ones!
Illustrated books to write your own menus:
eBook at Indigo:
Menus that made history:
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Music and science:
Music and neuroscience Terri Lyne Carrington and Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute:
Photo credit: jacobs-carrington
What happens when a jazz drummer spends a year with brain scientists? As our 2022–3 Jazz Artist-in-Residence, four-time Grammy winner Terri Lyne Carrington exchanged music and ideas in performances and conversations about everything from rhythm and improvisation to songbirds and psychiatry.
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Slime molds – they are intelligent!
How Brainless Slime Molds Redefine Intelligence [Video]
Single-celled amoebae can remember, make decisions and anticipate change, urging scientists to rethink intelligent behavior.
From The New York Times:
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Photography:
The photography of James Parsons:
The quirky photography of Joel Robison:
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