The Conseil québécois en arts médiatiques (CQAM), in collaboration with consultant Georges Azzaria and a committee of artists in digital arts, have developed a series of contract templates for use by the media arts community.

These standard contracts can be downloaded in Word format and then adapted as needed.

These are not legal documents. The official version is drawn up in French. The following is a courtesy translation provided for informational purposes only. In the event of incompatibility between the French version and its English translation, the French version shall prevail.

Exhibition contract

Performance contract

Screening/Distribution contract

Contract between an artist and a technician

Contract between an artist and a technical designer

Contract for the commission of an artwork

Artist Residency Contract

– Contract between an artist and a programmer