Waterloo Architecture Masterworks 2025: Call for a curator/exhibitor | Architecture

To all graduate student alumni of Waterloo Architecture,

We invite you to submit a proposal as an alumni curator/exhibitor for the 2025 edition of Waterloo Architecture’s Masterworks Exhibition. Masterworks is an annual showcase of exemplary graduate student work that intersects a selected research/design topic proposed by a graduate alumnus. The upcoming exhibition will run from the first week of May (May 5) to the first week of July, for a duration of 10 weeks in the Riverside Gallery at Waterloo Architecture.

This is an opportunity to build an exhibition around a specific vector of contemporary architectural research and design, highlighting recent design or research work that the applicant(s) have undertaken since graduation, in the context of exemplary thesis work.

Qualifications:

A recent Master of Architecture graduate of Waterloo Architecture (Since 2014)

Demonstrate exemplary architectural design and research that you have undertaken since graduation

Submission Requirements:

1) A suggested research and design theme and a concise 250+ word description of the exhibition. This should include a high-level idea of the framework for the open call for student/faculty work

2) A link to a webpage, or other documentation describing recent design or research work. Ideally this work has been publicly presented through exhibition, publication or performance, that can be further highlighted in the Masterworks exhibition.

Submit a single PDF with the file name as follows "Lastname_ExhibitionTitle_Masterworks2025" to Julie Dring, archadvancement@uwaterloo.ca. Please include all information pertaining to the call in the compiled PDF as we will not consider the body of the email.

Curator Responsibilities:

1) The selected curator will launch an open call for graduate student work and/or faculty work, collect UWSA theses and select a set of up to 6 exemplary projects that resonate within the thematic you have chosen.

2) Design and organize the exhibition

3) Coordinate and facilitate the installation and take-down of the exhibition, with support from UWSA coop students.

4) Coordinate and participate in an opening and/or closing event

5) Promotion of the exhibition in addition to UWSA communications and media support

Waterloo Architecture Supports:

Communications on Waterloo Architecture website event page and social media platforms

CARFAC fees for participants: $1200 for the curator and $495 each for five or more selected exhibitors

Printing Costs for all Drawings through ACM (Architecture Computing and Media)

Basic funding for the Opening: $300

Faculty and staff logistics support

Location:

Riverside Gallery and Windows at Waterloo Architecture

7 Melville Street South
Cambridge, Ontario

Timeline:

Submissions due: January 17, 2025

Application Review and Curator Selection: January 18-24, 2025

Selected Curator’s open call for student/faculty work: February 10, 2025 - March 7, 2025

Exhibition Development: March 10, 2025 -April 25, 2025

Installation: April 28, 2025 - May 2, 2025

Exhibition: Opening Week of May 5, 2025, Closing Week of July 7, 2025

Exhibition Take Down: Week of July 7, 2025

If you have questions please contact Quan Thai, quan.thai@uwaterloo.ca

This project has been generously supported by Cornerstone Architecture.