Call for Applications: Struts Gallery Open Studio Residency 2026

Keeley Haftner, Struts Open Studio Artist in Residence, 2018.

Call for Applications
Open Studio Residency 2026

Application Deadline: October 15, 2025, 11:59pm AT
Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick

Struts Gallery welcomes applications from professional visual and media artists at all career levels to participate in our annual Open Studio Residency Program. Residencies are five-weeks each, beginning in May 2026 through October 2026. The program aims to develop artists’ practices by supporting experimentation without the pressure to present a resolved body of work. Artists are offered the freedom to continue their practice, develop a new project, or create site-specific work. The residency is artist-driven and independent, with staff assistance available for community outreach, technical and logistical support.

Though independent studio work is the priority of the program (and the adjudication process) we do ask artists to creatively engage with the community through at least one public event (artist talk, workshop, or another artist-initiated event).

Struts Gallery is an artist-run centre located in Sackville, New Brunswick, a rural community of roughly 6000 people, built on the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People in Mi’kma’ki. Open Studio residents are provided with 24-hour access to a studio space (approx. 400 sq/ft) in the gallery and a private, 2-bedroom, furnished apartment with a separate entrance on the 2nd floor above the gallery. The studio space is open to the public during regular operating hours.

Eligibility

Professional artists at all career levels are welcome to apply. If you currently enrolled as a student, you are not eligible for this opportunity.

Anna Hawkins, Struts Gallery Open Studio, 2019.

Compensation

Struts Gallery pays an artist fee of $3250, $30 per diem ($750 total for 25 working days), travel costs up to $800, and $200 towards materials associated with workshops or other public events. Artists-in-residence also have access to the centre’s media arts equipment and facilities.

Selection Process

Residencies are selected in a three-step process:

1. Gallery staff review submissions to make sure they fulfill the criteria.
2. A selection committee of Struts Gallery artist/members reviews the applications and determine a shortlist.
3. Gallery staff interview the shortlisted candidates over zoom, providing an opportunity for artists and the organization to clarify and discuss the projects and program.

The Open Studio Program is highly competitive; we generally receive over 130 applications for 4 residencies. Results of the process are usually decided by December 20.

We encourage all applicants to review the information provided on our website about the residency, the apartment, media arts facilities and equipment before applying.

How to Apply

Learn more about submission requirements and apply here.

Application Deadline: October 15, 2025, 11:59pm AT

For additional information or questions, please contact:
Paul Henderson
info@strutsgallery.ca | (506) 536-1211

Struts Gallery
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