Top Artist Residencies in Montreal
If you are an artist looking for your next residency opportunity, then Montreal should be on your radar. With a vibrant and multifaceted art scene, Montreal is home to a number of impressive institutions and artist-run spaces alike.
To help you navigate the city and its opportunities, we’ve selected some of the best residencies in Montreal, Canada.
Canadian Centre for Architecture | Research Fellowship Program
As an international research institution, the Canadian Centre for Architecture produces exhibitions, publications and research programs that focus on architecture from an academic and research-based perspective. Part of this mission is the CCA’s Research Fellowship Program which supports innovative research that brings about new approaches and discourse on architecture.
Rewards: $5,000 CAD per month, workspace and travel budget.
Image: Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Society for Arts and Technology | Artist Residency Program
The Art Creation Program at the Society for Arts and Technology is open to artists and scientists operating in the fields of digital media and ground-breaking artistic creation. Taking a transdisciplinary approach, SAT’s residency program encourages the sustained evolution of art that is driven by technology, reflecting the major issues and challenges faced today.
Rewards: Artist honorarium, production support, access to facilities and mentorship
Image: Society for Arts and Technology
PHI | IMMERSIVE
PHI Immersive is an intensive four-week residency program with PHI Studio in Montréal, Canada. This program is designed to support creators residing in North America whose practices imagine a more just future through new media, extended reality (XR) technologies, artificial intelligence, and immersive sound or audio. Focusing specifically on the development phase of a project over the course of four weeks, the selected artist(s), group, or collective will collaborate with PHI Studio experts to conceptualize, plan, and prototype an immersive artwork.
Rewards: Artist fee of $15,000 CAD, project development support, accommodation, travel, & local travel.
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Atelier Circulaire | Production Residency Project
Atelier Circulaire is an artist-run center, since 40 years, dedicated to excellence in the production, research, education, and dissemination of print-based arts. Through its residency program, Atelier Circulaire offers local and international artists the opportunity to develop their projects involving printmaking within its production studios, while fostering exchange and the sharing of knowledge within its artistic community.
Rewards: Studio, artist fee, & technical support.
Image: Atelier Circulaire
Grantham Foundation | Creation Residency in Visual Arts - Outside of Montreal
Located 100km east of Montreal at the edge of a forest in the municipality of Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham, the residency program offered by Grantham Foundation is too good not to include in this guide. The program offers not only time and space to devote to one’s art in a tranquil setting, but also the opportunity for a solo exhibition accompanied by a publication.
Location: Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham, Quebec, Canada
Rewards: $10,000 CAD grant, up to $500 CAD travel, support and exhibition
Image: Grantham Foundation
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