C The Visual Arts Foundation, publisher of C Magazine, seeks dynamic and devoted Board members. C’s Board of Directors work collaboratively and with staff leadership through a values-aligned vision toward strategic vision and oversight, and to review and develop policies through committee work. Board members work with the Executive Director and Staff to:

• Expand and sustain C’s commitment to excellence in editorial, artistic, and aesthetically urgent content in the magazine and across our platforms
• Enhance engagement with critical contemporary art and its practices for our diverse and equity-owed audiences
• Strengthen organizational capacity and knowledge for the publication’s resilience

C considers the inclusion of perspectives fostered by voices from diverse groups to be of central importance to any successful endeavor of the Foundation, and works to achieve this by applying the Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion policies (equity.cmagazine.com) to the makeup of the organization, inclusive of the Board of Directors.

C welcomes applicants of any age or background and encourages applications from committed individuals who are familiar with or contribute to the visual arts community in Canada. We strive to have a variety of professional experiences and are particularly keen to hear from individuals with human resources or financial backgrounds. Applicants should be familiar with C’s published content and policies but need not have prior Board experience.

To apply, please send a confidential statement of interest along with your CV to info@cmagazine.com by September 18, 2026.

NOTES
Board membership is voluntary. Board members do not receive financial compensation or another benefit. According to their means, board members actively support the organization and maintain a subscription to C Magazine during their tenure. Board members have a fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of C and must declare any potential conflicts of interest as they arise.

QUALIFICATIONS
Prospective Board members should have a passion for contemporary visual art and culture and several of the following general qualifications:

• Capacity to meaningfully contribute time and resources to C Magazine and its Board
• Leadership experience in the non-profit sector
• Strategic thinking and planning for arts non-profit resilience in the current institutional and economic landscape
• Fundraising abilities
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills
• Strong community ties

C seeks Board members with one or more of the following areas of expertise:

• Governance, Legal
• Accounting, Financial Management
• Strategic Planning and Human Resources
• Equity and Diversity
• Communications, Public Relations, Marketing

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve a three-year term, renewable, beginning in Fall 2026
• Attend up to twelve meetings per year in person or virtually (currently via Zoom)
• Attend and support C Magazine events
• Oversee the financial health of the organization
• Steward C’s strategic plan, Board, and governance structures, policies, and practices
• Map and activate personal and professional networks
• Participate in fundraising, including identifying and activating sponsorships and donations
• Support C Magazine’s independent editorial vision
• Represent C’s mandate and vision in communities across Canada and internationally
• Implement all with a view to anti-racism, anti-oppression, equity, access, and inclusivity

C is an equal opportunity employer that uses an Affirmative Action Program to actively increase the representation of equity-seeking groups in the art sector, with current priority given to Indigenous, Black, Persons of Colour, deaf, mad and disabled, and 2SLGBTQIAP persons. If you identify as a member of one of these groups, you may voluntarily self-identify using the self-identification form found at self-id.cmagazine.com; only those who self-identify can benefit from the C Affirmative Action Procedures. All applicants are assessed based on their merits; Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

C Magazine is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment and providing accommodation for those who require it. Please let us know of any accommodation we may provide at any point during the application or selection process. If contacted for an interview, please communicate if you require accommodation.

ABOUT C THE VISUAL ARTS FOUNDATION
C Magazine, established in 1984, is a contemporary critical art periodical that functions as a forum for significant ideas in art and its contexts. Each issue explores a theme that is singularly engaged with emerging and prevailing perspectives through original art writing, criticism, and artists’ projects. Our content focuses on the activities of contemporary art practitioners residing in Canada and Canadian practitioners living abroad—with an emphasis on those from Black, Indigenous, diasporic, and other equity-seeking communities—as well as on international practices and dialogues. We are committed to facilitating meaningful, pluralistic, interdisciplinary, historically-engaged, and imaginative conversations about art.

C Magazine readers are visual arts professionals and those with a keen interest in the forms, content, and meaning of contemporary art, including artists, curators, art writers and critics, dealers, educators, students, consultants, and art collectors. We place an emphasis on graphic design as an important aspect of our readers' experience. We also consider the importance of our collective responsibility to the environment—printing C Magazine in limited runs, in full-colour UV inks, on uncoated FSC certified paper, bound with an aqueous coating on a matte cover.

C Magazine is published three times each year by C The Visual Arts Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization established to present ideas, advance education, and document contemporary visual art and artist culture. C Magazine features the work of more than 200 writers and presenters each year in the magazine and related programming.

Note on Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion: C Magazine acknowledges that the majority of discourses pertaining to contemporary visual art have been informed by Western European thought, values, and practices. The inclusion of perspectives from diverse groups is central to the vitality of contemporary art, art criticism, its communities, and more broadly, society. Please see our policies and procedures.