Eligibility

Artists must be practicing in their field. Student work can be used in the submission. See website for full application requirements.

Number of Participants

Spark Box Studio can host up to three artists at any time, as well owners Chrissy and Kyle live on the property.

Deadline

No deadline

Duration

May 01, 2019 - August 31, 2019

Costs

• CA$15.00 application fee
• CA$363.00 program fee

Facilities

Desk Space, Individual Studio, Library, Print Shop, Shared Studio

Housing

Home-Stay

Public Programs

Group Dinners

Disciplines

Animation, Architecture, Book Arts, Cartoonist, Cinematography, Collective, Comedy, Composers, Conceptual Art, Crafts & Trades, Curatorial, Design, Digital Media, Documentary, Drawing, Dreamers, Fiber Arts, Fiction, Film, Illustration, Installation, Interdiscplinary Arts, Journalism, Land Art, Literature, Makers, Moving Image, Multimedia, Music, Music Composition, Nonfiction, Painting, Performance Art, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Printmaking, Public Art, Research, Scholar, Screenwriting, Sculpture, Social Practice, Sound Art, Textile, Thinkers, Video Art, Virtual Reality, Visual Arts

Languages

English

Program Description

Spark Box Studio’s Artist Residency Program provides live/work space to accommodate both emerging and professional printmakers, photographers, painters, illustrators and writers. Artists-in-residence have access to our professional studio and resources. The Residency Program affords artists the space and time to support the advancement of their careers and to strengthen their practice. Our program also offers a variety of career building opportunities for artists including our Emerging Artist Guide, opportunities for business workshops with local professionals and consultations with local artists and curators. Artists-in-residence stay with us, Chrissy and Kyle, in a charming century home located just outside the town of Picton in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Interested artists may apply to live and work at Spark Box for a duration of one weekend to 2 months.