Call for Applications: Est-Nord-Est Residencies for Artists & Authors 2025-2026

Andréanne Godin, studio view, 2022. © Jean-Sébastien Veilleux photographe

2025-2026 Call for applications / Est-Nord-Est, residencies for artists and authors

Deadline: November 10, 2024, 11:59 pm ET

About Est-Nord-Est

Est-Nord-Est (ENE) is an artist-run centre whose mission is to provide an international community of artists and authors in contemporary art with support by offering space and time for research and experimentation, as well as privileged access to local resources and knowhow. The centre is situated in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, a village on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in a unique geographic and historical locale. The predominant aspects of the landscapes are farms, forests, and the river.

Originally based on the idea of encounters between sculptors with contemporary practices and those using regional traditional skills, ENE now welcomes contemporary visual-art artists from all disciplines. The residencies at ENE are intended for professional artists, both established and emerging, from all over the world. They offer artists and authors an opportunity to explore their research more deeply, to experiment, and to create in a cultural space that is unique, lively, and stimulating.

The eight-week residency periods, which bring together four artists and one author in the field of contemporary art, are offered in spring, summer, fall and winter. ENE occupies a building designed and built for the residencies of artists and authors. The architectural concept places exchanges, friendly relations, and technical and logistical assistance at the heart of the experience offered to residents.

Baptiste César, work presentation, 2019. © Jean-Sébastien Veilleux photographe

Duration of the residency: 8 weeks

Residency periods:

Spring: April 21 to June 13, 2025
Summer: July 7 to August 29, 2025
Fall*: October 9 to November 28, 2025
Winter: January 26 to March 20, 2026

*Residency curated by Ivanie Aubin-Malo exclusively for artist from the Wabanaki Confederacy.

The eight-week residency includes:

• Residency honorarium of CAD $1804
• Access to an individual studio workshop to be used for work and lodging
• Access to specialized equipment (wood, metal, ceramics)
• Access to a documentation centre (books, magazines)
• Access to local resources
• Technical, artistic and logistical support
• Access to a bicycle in season/occasional local transportation in winter

* Materials, travel fees and other living charges are at the residents’ expense.

ENE offers artists and authors:

• Time and a place to devote themselves to research and experimentation
• Privileged access to local resources and diverse areas of knowhow
• An international art community

Expectations towards the artists/authors:

• To make full use of the residency period offered for his/her research
• To be present during the entire residency period
• To present his/her approach and research interests at the beginning of the residency at a public event organized by ENE
• To present his/her research and experiments carried out during the residency at a public event organized by ENE at the end of the residency period
• Optional: To propose a workshop for a youth or community organization in the region (an additional $200 is offered to artists whose workshop proposal is selected)

Raul Aguilar Canela, in the workshop, 2022. © Jean-Sébastien Veilleux photographe

Submission requirements

• ENE’s application form duly completed
• A curriculum vitae (maximum two pages, PDF format)
• A text including an artist’s statement and your research and experimentation intentions, including any specific needs in terms of technical resources, if applicable (maximum one page, PDF format)
• For artists: A portfolio of 10 to 15 images in a single PDF document accompanied by a description list of the images. If video works are used, provide a link (Vimeo, YouTube) accompanied by the password, if applicable. Make sure that the videos will be accessible.
• For authors: Two published texts on contemporary art: review or critique of an exhibition, essay, or a text from a pamphlet, catalogue, or book on art (maximum 10 pages in total in PDF format)

The application must be submitted online. No application sent by mail, incomplete or received after the deadline will be accepted.

Submit your application as an artist
Submit your application as an author

Submission Deadline: November 10, 2024, 11:59 pm ET

Artists/authors are selected according to:

• The strength of the proposal
• The potential impact of the residency on the artist’s career
• Consistency with the centre’s mandate
• The constructive complementarity of art practices

Est-Nord-Est recognizes the importance of bringing together a multiplicity of forms of artistic and cultural expression. In the selection process, emphasis will be placed on cultural, generational, sexual, and identity diversity. In this spirit of inclusion, we encourage artists from underrepresented, marginalized, and minority groups to apply.

Support for underrepresented, marginalized and minority artists/authors:

Video application
If you wish to submit a file in a format other than written, please contact us at info@estnordest.org or at 1-418-598-6363.

Virtual mentoring
A virtual mentoring session is possible, upon request, to obtain support for preparation of your application in response to this call. Please send a request to info@estnordest.org before November 1, 2024.

Curated residency
ENE is delighted to announce that the fall 2025 residency will be curated by Ivanie Aubin-Malo, a Wolastoq and Québécoise choreographer, performer, and curator based in L’Islet (QC) in Wolastokuk. Driven by a desire to create a moment of engagement with art to reconnect with language, territory, and history, this residency season is exclusively open to Indigenous artists from the Wabanaki Confederacy.

To see conditions for hosting residents with children, for hosting collectives or any other questions please refer to our FAQ. Otherwise, we invite you to join us for an online Q&A session with the centre’s general and artistic director on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at 1 PM in French and 2 PM in English, via Zoom.

Est-Nord-Est, Résidences d’artistes
335 Avenue de Gaspé Ouest
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, QC G0R 3G0
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