Program Dates: March 22-29, 2027
Application Deadline: October 30, 2027
Application Form:
click here
Program Cost: $700 (inclusive of HST)
If artists intend to apply for grants or bursaries, the facilitator is happy to provide letters of support. The fee for your residency includes;
- Private accommodations
- Studio space
- Access to Facilities at Gibraltar Point, including : Photography Darkroom, Resource Library, Artist Tool Library, Projectors and various Media tools.
- Welcome Dinner
- Facilitated events; including artist presentation, visiting artist talks, workshops, and an open studio
- This residency will also include a curated group exhibition of all participating artists at Orchid Contemporary, the following fall.
Program Description:
The Name Of is a one week residency from March 22nd-29th 2027 held at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, facilitated by multidisciplinary artist Maddie Alexander (They/He). This residency is for trans* artists, inclusive of all who fall under the gender diverse, 2 Spirit, Intersex, GNC, or Non-Binary experience. The intention of this residency is to foster a focused space for trans* artists to collaborate, share research, expand your networks, and nurture space to dig into your practice in new and explorative ways. Throughout the week, artists will be guided through skills sharing workshops, artist presentations, studio visits, work-in-progress crits, visiting artist talks, and a final presentation/ work-in-progress exhibition. This residency welcomes visual artists, performers, curators, writers, and sound artists across media and practices.
Our residency title, “The Name Of”, is a fragment of text pulled from trans activist Lou Sullivan's Diary (We Both Laughed in Pleasure). In this phrase, Lou exclaims “ I don’t need to know the name of why I feel so run down”. The act of naming our experiences as trans* folks is layered and expansive. “The Name Of” offers guided space for trans* artists to move through this exploration, however they feel fit.
You can learn more about Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts here:
https://gibraltarpointcentre.ca/
If you would prefer to submit a video or audio application, please use the questions below as guides- and submit to
maddie.b.alexander@gmail.com by the deadline. If you have any questions in regards to accessibility within residency, please reach out to
maddie.b.alexander@gmail.com so they can answer with specific detail to your access needs. If there are any access barriers to filling out this application, please contact
maddie.b.alexander@gmail.com.
