Program Dates: Monday, March 16 – Monday, March 23, 2026
Deadline for New Applications: Friday, January 16, 2026
Successful new applicants will be contacted by the end of January, 2026.
Link to Application Form
Program Description:
MOTHRA is an artist-parent project pushing the boundaries surrounding attitudes towards childcare, artist-parents, and the inclusion of children. For more information please visit
MOTHRA.ca.
Program Cost: $900 (inc. HST) for you and your child(ren).
An additional adult staying over is $150 +HST for the week. On occasion an additional “overflow” bedroom is available. The cost for this room is $220 + HST for the week.
A 50% non-refundable deposit secures your place on the residency once you have been selected.
Please note that there is a small transaction fee for those paying with credit card.
The cost includes:
- Facilitators fee
- Private accommodation for you and your child/ren (shared washroom & shower)
- Large shared studio (limited private studios)
- Transport to Gibraltar Point from Island-side ferry dock and back
- Communal kitchen
- Access to large communal room “Fireplace Room”
How Are Artists Selected?
Some artists who attend have graduate degrees in their field of interest (usually art). Some are professional artists who have exhibited extensively. Some artists who attend MOTHRA have never been to art school and this residency is their first.
The main two factors involved when selecting artists to come along on a MOTHRA residency:
- A demonstrated desire and commitment to try working alongside/with your child for the week;
- An interest in being in community with other artist-parents.
Expectation of the Artists
This residency is your time to think, collaborate, discuss, read, produce work. There is no expectation to produce a certain amount of work, or any at all - but everyone does. Before the residency is over, on Sunday, we do “studio tours” where we visit everyone’s studio to find out what they’ve been up to for the week. The residency does ask that you participate in discussion and dialogue, and that you help one another out.
March Residency 2026 Timeline
- November 2025 - Closed Call
- December 2025 - Open Call
- January 16th 2026 - Deadline for New Applications. Deposit Deadline for MOTHRA alumni.
- Successful New Applicants will be contacted by the end of January 2026. Request for deposits to follow.
Questions
Any questions, comments, please email: contactmothra (AT) gmail.com
