CFAT is partnering with UKAI Projects to launch Goblin Market -- a 6-week artist economy prototyping lab, 2-day micro-festival, and week-long public exhibition running April through late June 2026 in Halifax. This isn't a typical open call. Rather than a competitive application, we're building a public roster -- a visible list of artists, creatives, and cultural workers who are open to collaboration, resource-sharing, and new ways of working together. Six participants will be selected from the roster by lottery.

Image Credit: Goblin Market (Toronto edition), 2025. Photo by Nick Gallarza @nichotrees.

CFAT is looking for our next Programming Coordinator, stat!

This is a permanent full-time role at the heart of everything we do: planning and promoting our public programming, managing events on the ground, handling communications, and keeping the machine running. It's four days a week at $45,950 gross annually, with five weeks vacation, two weeks Creative Leave, and access to our facilities and equipment on your off hours.

We're a small team doing big things. This year alone we're launching the Conference for Art Games (C4AG), running an experimental art economies lab with UKAI Projects (Goblin Market), and preparing to move into our new home at 2199 Gottingen Street. The person stepping into this role will be in the thick of all of it.

We're looking for someone who's organized and communicative, comfortable wearing a lot of hats, and genuinely excited about experimental media art. Grant writing chops, curatorial experience, and camera skills are all assets, but enthusiasm and follow-through matter just as much.

Applications are due April 10 at 11:59pm Atlantic Time.

To apply, send your CV, a cover letter, and references to programs@cfat.ca. Questions welcome at the same address.

The full job posting can be found here. We strongly encourage applications from BIPOC, LGBTQ2SIA+, disabled, femme, and other underrepresented applicants. CFAT's facility is low-barrier but does not have accessible washroom facilities.

We're hoping to have someone in the door by April 27, so don't sleep on this one.

Image: "Fyke Net" exhibition by Katherine Diemert, 2026. Photo by Wren Tian-Morris.