CV/Arts + YQQ Arts & Culture Program

YOUR WORK, SEEN BY A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE

For years, CV/Arts and the Comox Valley Airport have partnered to turn the terminal into a gallery. Every year, an adjudicated exhibition of Central Island art is installed at YQQ and stays up for six months — in front of travellers, greeters, staff and everyone passing through the region’s busiest travel hub.

It’s one of the best-attended shows an artist on this coast can be part of. The airport welcomes more than 500,000 travellers a year, which means roughly 250,000 people will pass your work during the run of the show. Work regularly sells. And unlike most exhibition opportunities, this one puts your art in front of people who aren’t already gallery-goers.

Call for Artists: Present Tense — 2026–27

Applications are now open.

This year’s program centres on new work. We’re inviting Central Island artists to submit two-dimensional work completed in the last 12 months — what you’re thinking about lately, what’s shifting in your practice, and what you’re making in the studio right now.

Selected work goes on view for six months at the region’s busiest travel hub, in front of an estimated 250,000 travellers.

On view: early November 2026 through mid-April 2027

Deadline to apply: October 1, 2026 at midnight

Submission fee: $35 per application

Submit Your Work HERE

What you can submit

Up to two works in a single application.

The jury sometimes selects more than one, so it’s worth submitting both.

Two-dimensional work only.

Completed within the last 12 months.

Any size. Large-format work is welcome — the terminal has the walls for it.

You keep 100% of sales

All work in the exhibition is listed for sale, and artists receive the full proceeds. CV/Arts takes no commission.

How work is selected

Submissions are reviewed by a jury made up of professional artists, curators, and leadership from both the airport and the Arts Council. The panel looks for strong, current work and builds a show with range — different practices, materials and voices from across the Central Island.

How to apply

  1. Fill out the CV/Arts application form.
  2. Upload images of up to two works, plus the details for each.
  3. Include a short description of how the work connects to what you’re making right now.
  4. Pay the $35 submission fee.
  5. Submit by October 1, 2026 at midnight.

Questions? Get in touch at events@comoxvalleyarts.com