Call for Applications: 2025 Joseph Plaskett Postgraduate Award in Painting
Deadline: May 4, 2025
Submission Fee: Free
Eligibility
To meet the criteria of eligibility for the Plaskett Award, the candidate has to be:
a Canadian citizen;
a visual artist in the field of painting;
an MFA student in one of the following situations:
◦ who has been accepted into an MFA program;
◦ who is currently in an MFA program;
◦ who has graduated from an MFA program within the last 24 months. (Please contact us at application@joeplaskett.com if you have any questions).willing to live, travel, and create artwork abroad for a minimum of one year.
The Joe Plaskett Foundation is very flexible regarding when the stay abroad will take place. Recipients may choose to take a leave of absence from their university, or they may defer the award for a year. For more information, please refer to the Eligibility page on the Joe Plaskett Foundation website.
About the call: The Joe Plaskett Foundation was established in 2004 by the artist Joseph Plaskett (1918 – 2014) to facilitate the selection of a recipient for the Plaskett Award. Starting in 2023, the Plaskett Award switched to a biennial schedule and increased the award value to $65,000. Eligible candidates can submit their application using the online application portal on the Joe Plaskett Foundation website.
Award: The Plaskett Award Recipient will receive $65,000 to live, create artwork and/or travel outside of Canada for one year. For some examples of projects and experiences from past Recipients of the Plaskett and Petry Awards, please refer to the Testimonials page on the Joe Plaskett Foundation website. In addition, the Plaskett Award Recipient will have their works showcased at the Joe Plaskett Foundation booth at Art Toronto (October 23 – 26, 2025), worth an additional value of approximately $10,000.
