Submissions

​The Disability Collective is seeking submissions from disabled artists of all art forms to join us for our holiday market at The Disability Holiday Festival, taking place on Sunday, December 6th at Wychwood Barns! This market will provide an opportunity for you to showcase and sell your work in a community-driven environment.

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ABOUT THE DISABILITY COLLECTIVE

The Disability Collective (TDC) is the only fully disability-led multidisciplinary arts organization in Toronto. Dedicated to celebrating and showcasing work created solely by disabled artists, TDC strives to de-stigmatize disability and challenge perceptions of disability by providing disabled artists with paid opportunities to share their work.

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HOW TO SUBMIT

 

We are looking for disabled artists of all art forms to join us for our fifth annual holiday artisan market at The Disability Holiday Festival. This event will provide an opportunity for you to showcase and sell your work in a community-driven environment.

 

There is no cost associated with applying or participating in this event!​

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Please submit using the Google Form at the bottom of this page.

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The deadline for applications is Friday, October 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT.

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We want to remove any barriers you might experience in the submission process, and we strive to meet all access needs to support every submission. For access support, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at team@thedisabilitycollective.com.

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ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION

 

ASL interpreters will accompany all of our Deaf vendors and be available throughout the Festival to greet and support community members as needed. An audio described tour will be available. Sighted guides will be available to offer described tours of the Festival. A quiet space will be available for folks to take a break from the Festival, stocked with fidget toys, earplugs, and more. A sensory-friendly hour will be available for the first hour of the Festival. Access and venue guides will be available on our website closer to the event. 

 

The Disability Holiday Festival is an indoor/outdoor event. All Festival attendees, artists, volunteers, and staff heading inside the Barns will be asked to wear a mask. As the Barns are a public space with folks living and working in the building, we will unfortunately not be able to enforce masking for those who are not there specifically for this event; however, additional air purifiers will be on throughout the space.

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Free KN95 masks will be available at all Barn entrances.

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OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

The Disability Collective is committed to reflecting the diversity of our community, and will make every effort to identify and remove any barriers to inclusion. We welcome and encourage submissions from individuals of any ethnicity, age, gender identity or expression, colour, country of origin, citizenship status, language, physical and mental ability, size, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, or any other characteristics that make our communities and individuals unique. We recognize that disability has a compounded impact on those at the intersection of other marginalized communities, such as Black, Indigenous, and 2LGBTQIA+ communities, people of colour, women and femmes, fat people, religious minorities, and more. The Disability Collective seeks to empower disabled folks from all communities, and to break down barriers and stereotypes of what it means to be disabled.

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We look forward to reviewing your submissions! Thank you for your interest.