Call for proposals: Workshops 2027-2028

Do you have expertise in a specialized media arts software or technique? Would you like to put your teaching and knowledge transmission skills to good use? In collaboration with Compétence Culture, Ada X is looking for professional workshops projects to offer to artists, self-employed workers, or employees of cultural organizations between 2027 and 2028.

Deadline: Tuesday, December 1st, 2026, 23h59 (Montreal, ET)

We are also looking to develop a series of free workshops for the Ada X community, shorter and accessible to a wider audience. Since we can only offer two professional training sessions per year, opportunities are limited; however, we may contact you to lead one of these free workshops instead of the professional training session. If you have a workshop idea but are not sure it fits the format of the professional workshops, please apply anyway so we can consider it for the free workshops – this would also be a paid opportunity.

We are looking, broadly, for workshop proposals in media arts; more specifically, for introductions to software or platforms, initiations to practices (virtual reality, 360 video, artificial intelligence, video mapping, electronic art, sound art, software art and code, 3D modeling, etc.), hands-on experimentation workshops or different approaches to technologies already covered in our previous workshops.

ELIGIBILITY
* Be a resident of the Greater Montreal area and can access Ada X’s offices.
* Have a practice in media arts or any other field relevant to the teaching of the workshop. This includes video art, kinetic art, computer art, digital art, electronic art, interactive art, multimedia art, cyber art, network art, biotechnology art, robotic art, and sound art.
* Be autonomous in the use of the equipment and technologies necessary for the workshop.
* Propose a project that is feasible with the material resources made available by Ada X. Please consult the list of all our equipment and software here.
* Bilingualism (French and English) required.
Please note: Ada X’s offices are unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. See a description of our facilities here.

SELECTION CRITERIA
* Consistency with Ada X’s mandate.
* Relevance of the workshop in the context of media arts.
* The workshop must consist of a total duration of fifteen (15) hours with a minimum of eight (8) participants and a maximum of twelve (12).
* The end of the workshop must lead to a concrete and practical achievement by the participants.
To get a better idea of the type of workshop Ada X has already offered, please refer to past workshops: https://www.ada-x.org/en/xx-trainings/workshops/

OFFERED BY ADA X
* A space to work and deliver the workshop.
* Access to specialized equipement.
* A fee of $ 1 000 for the preparation of the workshop.
* A fee of $ 1 200 for the delivery of the workshop.
* Technical assistance for the workshop.
* Purchase of specific workshop materials.
* Production of educational materials, if needed.

APPLICATION FILE
* Applications may be submitted in French or English.
* Applications can be individual or collective, but please consider that the fee is allocated per workshop.
* A description of the workshop between 350 and 500 words.
* A summary lesson plan for the workshop.
* A resume.
* NON-CONFORMING FILES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Only selected candidates will be contacted.

Please send your application in ONE PDF FILE (5 MB maximum) to appel@ada-x.org.
Email subject: Application for workshops 2027-2028
Deadline: Tuesday, December 1st, 2026, 23h59 (Montreal, ET)

Have questions? Contact ateliers@ada-x.org