Call for Applications: Rhythm Dialogues Residency 2026

Rhythm Dialogues is a new platform for creative exchange

Photo: Mitchell Cushman

Open Call: Artist Residency

Submission Deadline: Friday, April 17, 2026, 11:59pm ET

Rhythm Dialogues—is a new platform for creative exchange. We are seeking individuals to apply to a form-breaking artist residency program. Working at the intersection of multiple art forms, Rhythm Dialogues seeks to create space for artists to transcend creative boundaries through open- ended experimentation.

Rhythm Dialogues is a multi-faceted project that includes:

• A redesigned 1974 Airstream that serves as a residency and mobile lab
• A series of convergences between artists, their work, land and community

Through an interdisciplinary approach, Rhythm Dialogues provides space for uncertainty and complexity—inviting exchange, immersion, and charting us towards possible futures.

Residency Details

Timing: June – September 2026
Duration: 1 – 4 weeks
Location: Sites across Canada

Guided by the 2026 theme of emotional cartography, Rhythm Dialogues invites artists to respond to the emotional, cultural, and ecological contours of place.

Open to artists working across any creative disciplines: performance, writing, dance, music, film, theatre, interdisciplinary or hybrid forms, this initiative seeks to create space for individuals to transcend creative boundaries through experimentation.

Prioritizing exploration over outcome, the residency does not need to culminate in a specific work or output—instead seeking to create a cross-country chain of artistic resonance.

Who Should Apply

Canadian artists, working across any creative discipline, who are innately curious, experimental in approach, and are seeking to expand the boundaries of their practice.

Selected artists will:

• Spend 1–4 weeks in the Airstream in a Canadian location of their choice (three options proposed, final location confirmed with organizers)
• Receive a constraint or prompt from the previous artist to commence their creative inquiry
• Leave behind a constraint or prompt for the next artist
• Take part in a brief overlap moment and handoff with incoming artist
• Engage the local community and landscape
• Contribute materials to Editions, the long-term Rhythm Dialogues archive

* Given the close quarters of the Airstream, this call is limited to solo artists, couples, or very close collaborators applying for 1 residency.

Photo: Mitchell Cushman

Residency Includes

• Project Fee: $1300 per week
• Travel Support: Up to $1,000
• Food per diem: $50 per day
• Airstream: Bed, toilet, fridge, cooktop, cookware, dishes, air conditioning, electricity.
  Note: external/portable shower arrangements will be made locally (lake, gym, community facility etc.)

Application Requirements

This residency invites artists to expand into a new realm of experimentation.

Artists should submit a 2–4 page PDF which includes:

• Your Guiding Question: What inquiry is calling you into Rhythm Dialogues?
• Residency Locations: Propose three possible sites for your residency to take place (at least 1 in Ontario/Quebec). Describe why each place matters to you and what curiosities it evokes
• Why This Moment: How does this opportunity intersect with your current artistic practice or evolution?
• Artist Info: A short bio (approx. 250 words), where you are currently based and images/links to samples of work

How to Apply

Please submit applications to residency@rhythmdialogues.ca.

Application Deadline: Friday, April 17, 2026, 11:59pm ET

For additional information or questions, please contact:
Laura McCallum, Producer
info@rhythmdialogues.ca

Rhythm Dialogues
rhythmdialogues.ca
info@rhythmdialogues.ca

Instagram @rhythmdialogues

Accessibility:
The airstream trailer is partially accessible. For more information, please email us: info@rhythmdialogues.ca

Image Descriptions:
1. Interior of a renovated travel trailer with a bright, minimalist design. Curved white ceiling, light wood cabinetry on both sides, built-in sink and counter space, and a cushioned seating area at the back beneath a wide window letting in natural light.
2. Black-and-white nighttime scene of a vintage trailer parked among trees. Soft light glows from its windows, contrasting with the dark forest surroundings. The trailer sits on a dirt or gravel surface, creating a quiet, slightly eerie atmosphere.