Deadline to Apply: Thursday, March 19, 2025
Open to applicants who are Black, Indigenous, or people of colour
QWF is accepting applications for the 2026 Fresh Pages Guest Curatorship.
A component of QWF’s Fresh Pages Diversity Initiative, the Guest Curatorship is a temporary, part-time, paid opportunity designed to help an aspiring literary artist who is Black, Indigenous, or a person of colour develop skills in creating and curating literary and other arts events.
The successful candidate will work under the guidance of 2Spirit Michif multidisciplinary artist and educator Moe Clark to curate the September 2026 edition of the Words and Music Show, QWF’s musical and literary cabaret series.
The guest curatorship provides the following:
- 8–10 hours of mentorship from an experienced professional artist or event curator
- An $800 honorarium
- A free one-year membership (or extension of membership) in the Quebec Writers’ Federation
Responsibilities include:
- Defining the event with a clear, cohesive theme
- Selecting and inviting performers
- Gathering bios, photos, and other info for publicity
- Writing press releases
- Structuring and presenting a show (typically, four to five performers present their work in a show that lasts 75 to 90 minutes)
The guest curator is also welcome to host the show and introduce the performers.
The 2026 Mentor
âpihtawikosisâniskwêw (Michif/mixed-settler) multidisciplinary artist Moe Clark (she/they) is a 2Spirit singing thunderbird. Born and raised in Treaty 7, they are a proud member of the Métis Nation of Alberta. Currently they reside as a guest in Tio’tiá:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal, where she works as an artist and educator. A dedicated nêhiyawêwin (Plains Cree language) and Michif language learner, Moe collaborates intimately with Elders and knowledge keepers to advance language resurgence through song-based practices. She works across disciplines of vocal improvisation, spoken word, sound design, land-based oskapêwis facilitation (ceremonial Elder apprenticeship), and performance creation to create work that centres embodied knowledge, 2Spirit Indigenous resurgence, and creative kinship.
Moe’s last solo album, Within, toured across North America, and her collaborative video poem “nitahkôtân” won best Indigenous language music video at the ImagiNative film festival. Moe’s poem “committing a dream / pawâkan Palestine” won QWF’s 2024 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize. Since 2017 she’s hosted mâmawi musique, a weekly podcast on Espaces Autochtones, highlighting Indigenous music around the globe. Moe co-founded Weather Beings, a 2Spirit International performance collective with Mâori artist Victoria Hunt, examining intersections of Métis wâhkôhtowin and Mâori whakapapa (kinship systems) by asserting a critical position to reclaim, restore and rematriate feminine and queer knowledges into performance practices.
Recently, Moe completed their Master of Arts at Concordia University. In 2025 Clark was awarded a Concordia University Social Justice Fellow and was the recipient of a Certificate of Excellence from the National Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research for her innovative Master’s work centering 2Spirit resurgence and healing through drum song practices. Moe has performed the world over, including the Lincoln Centre (US), Sydney Opera House (Australia) and Origins Festival in London (UK).
Links:
- Listen: https://moeclark.bandcamp.com/
- Look + listen: “wîyâtikwêwin (joy)” video clip
- Visit: https://www.instagram.com/moeclark/
Timeline
- Call for applications: February 19, 2026
- Deadline for applications: March 19, 2026
- Notification of results: April 2026
- Public show: September 2026
How to Apply
Please submit the following:
- A cover letter describing the kind of show you envision presenting and why you are interested in curating events (maximum one page);
- A short biographical statement about your background and experience, including a confirmation that you are aware of the eligibility criteria for the program and that you are eligible (maximum 200 words);
- Your full name and a way to contact you.
Send your application by email to John Wickham, Communications Officer, at john@qwf.org, or by mail to:
Fresh Pages Guest Curatorship
Quebec Writers’ Federation
1200 Atwater Ave., Suite 3
Westmount, QC H3Z 1X4
Mailed applications must be received in the QWF Office by March 19, 4:59 pm ET.
For questions, email john@qwf.org.
Interested in other Fresh Pages opportunities? A call for applications for the 2026 Editorial Mentorship at carte blanche will appear next month.