Where the Water Meets

Program Dates: Monday, March 30 – Monday, April 6, 2026 
Application Deadline: Monday, October 20, 2025 

Application Form: https://forms.gle/Kzw3FPQguvDwnvLK7

Program Cost: No Fee for Selected Artists  
(Please note, participants are responsible for their own travel to the residency) 

Program Description: 

Where the Water Meets is a self-directed, land-based residency for Indigenous artists who identify as two-spirit, trans, queer, non-binary, or otherwise gender-diverse, taking place at Mnisiing colonially known as Gibraltar Point in Winter 2026 (March 30- April 6th). Open to emerging, mid-career, and established artists, the residency supports independent projects within an intergenerational space of co-learning, care, and relational practice. The name Where the Water Meets reflects the shoreline as a meeting point, a place of convergence, movement, and relationship. Participants are invited to bring their own understandings of water shaped by their languages, Nations, and teachings. Rooted in Indigenous feminist approaches, the residency centres rest, reflection, and connection over output or performance, creating time away from institutional pressures. We welcome a broad understanding of what constitutes creative and cultural work. As Indigenous feminist artist, we recognize that much of our work takes place outside of traditional academic or institutional settings. Located on the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, colonially known as Toronto Island, participants will build meaningful relationships with one another and with the land and waters through shared meals, daily practice, and visits from Indigenous feminist artists and scholars.  

Applications for the residency can be found in the bio. If you have any accessibility needs related to the application process or residency, please contact wherethewatermeetsresidency@gmail.com. The application deadline is October 20. There is no residency fee for selected participants; however, participants are responsible for their own travel to the residency.  

This residency is open to:  

● Indigenous artists  
● Who identify as two-spirit, trans, queer, non-binary, or otherwise gender-diverse  
● Working in any artistic discipline (visual, performance, textile, media, writing, etc.)  
● At any stage in their creative practice 
 
Facilitators:  

Anne Riley is Dene and a member of the Fort Nelson First Nation. They are an Indigiqueer multidisciplinary artist and cultural worker who lives and works between the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̍ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, as well as their traditional territory in Treaty 8. Their artistic practice spans installation, performance, and land-based intervention, exploring themes of queer touch, ways of being and becoming, and Indigeneity. Riley holds a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin and has exhibited across the U.S. and Canada. In 2023, Riley co-authored A Conversation Around Dark Matter Ethics with Emelie Chhangur, which received the 2024 Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries Art Writing Award. Currently, they are writing their MA thesis in Cultural Studies at Queen’s University, focusing on Dene feminist artistic praxis.  

Lisa Myers is an independent curator and artist with a keen interest in interdisciplinary collaboration. Myers has a Master of Fine Arts in Criticism and Curatorial practice from OCAD University. Her recent work involves printmaking, stop-motion animation and performance. She works with anthocyanin pigment from blueberries in printmaking, and stop-motion animation. Her participatory performances involve sharing berries and other food items in social gatherings reflecting on the value found in place and displacement; straining and absorbing. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions in venues including Urban Shaman (Winnipeg), Art Gallery of Peterborough and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her writing has been published in a number of exhibition publications in addition to the journal Senses and Society, C Magazine and FUSE Magazine. Myers has curated many exhibitions at public galleries and artist run centres across the country. She is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (formerly Faculty of Environmental Studies) at York University. Myers is a member of Beausoleil First Nation and she is based in Port Severn and Toronto, Ontario.