Sparkbox studio residency free#

They can be overwhelming - I found it easier to go by word-of-mouth from other artists. There are big databases of residencies like TransArtists and ResArtis.

Other residencies cost some money, like Spark Box in Canada (which is very reasonably priced and Chrissy and Kyle are lovely). You apply with a project but in reality once you arrive you can switch projects: the investment is in you as artist with the gift of time and space.

Sparkbox studio residency free#

Most of these donвЂ™t pay you a fee, but you get free food cooked by a chef (MY DREAM!), a free accommodation/studio to work in. Residencies like Djerassi and Ucross are spaces where you get to work on any project you want. Well, it can be a lot of different things.

I get a lot of questions from other artists about what exactly a residency is. In 2019 I had the pleasure of developing EVERY LITTLE NOOKIE in residence with the Stratford Festival, and this year IвЂ™m jazzed to be creating CLIMATE CHANGE & OTHER SMALL TALK in residence with one of Turtle IslandвЂ™s most dynamic theatre companies: Why Not Theatre. The Arctic Circle residency aboard a tall shipД¬OVID has brought the physical artist residencies to a halt for now, but not the other type of residency I do: developing work within the supportive fold of a theatre company.