Call for Applications: Diefenbunker 2025 Artist-in-Residence Program

Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario

Image courtesy of the Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum.

Your art, 75 feet underground: Apply to be the Diefenbunker’s 2025 Artist-in-Residence

Submission Deadline: February 21, 2025

The Diefenbunker is seeking artists working in all media to apply to be the Diefenbunker’s 2025 Artist-in-Residence. Bring new perspectives and stories to Canada’s Cold War Museum, an impressive four-storey underground facility that operated as the country’s central communications headquarters during the Cold War. Today, the Diefenbunker is a one-of-a-kind museum and national historic site.

Now in its 11th year, the Diefenbunker’s Artist-in-Residence Program fosters connections between the museum, local artists, and the wider Ottawa-Gatineau community. The program offers a unique and meaningful public platform for emerging and established artists.

Project Requirements

The successful applicant will create original works inspired by the Diefenbunker, the Cold War, or related themes, for presentation in an exhibition at the museum. The Diefenbunker welcomes one artist for a period of three to six months. Artists are given full access to the museum, its library, collections, and archives for research, and on-site artwork creation can be discussed.

Eligibility

The program is open to artists of all ages, working in all media, and living within 200 km of Ottawa. The residency is not a live-in opportunity, and artists must have their own means of transportation (there is no public transit to the Diefenbunker).

Photos from past Diefenbunker Artist-in-Residence exhibitions. Courtesy of the Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum.

Compensation

The artist will receive a CARFAC project fee.

Selection Process

Receipt of applications will be acknowledged by email. Applications are reviewed by a selection committee. The successful applicant will be notified by March 4, 2025.

Submission Requirements

Applications must include a CV, artist statement, proposed project description, and examples of recent work. Detailed requirements can be found at diefenbunker.ca/artist-in-residence.

How to Submit

Applications are to be submitted via email to s.campbell@diefenbunker.ca. More information can be found at diefenbunker.ca/artist-in-residence.

Submission Deadline: February 21, 2025

For additional information or questions, please contact:
Sean Campbell, Curator
s.campbell@diefenbunker.ca

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Accessibility:
The Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War Museum is partially accessible. For more information, visit the Diefenbunker’s accessibility webpage.