Fees cover 24-hour access to a clean and open studio, chairs and tables as required and wireless internet. Although a general use computer is available, we recommend bringing your own laptop. Artists are provided individual bedroom accommodations in the farmhouse, three meals per day, including three hot breakfasts per week, and two scheduled day trips from the Centre to local places of interest (if desired). Linens are done once per week, and studios are cleaned weekly as requested by the artist.

Colony Financial Assistance
Ross Creek offers partial Colony financial assistance in the form of Work Exchange Aid. A work exchange is for a maximum number of hours per week and can be administration, construction, or landscaping, site-specific artwork for the Centre or other work according to your skills and interests. Please indicate on this form if you would like to make this arrangement.

Residency Teaching Fellowships
If you are applying as an Artist-in-Residence, you may also apply for a Teaching Fellowship. We will deduct the amount of time you are contributing to our community programs from the full residency fee. This is negotiated and contracted in advance. Generally, it amounts to half to two-thirds of the residency fee.

Gallery Exhibit Exchange
If you have submitted an application for a Ross Creek Gallery Exhibition and your proposal is accepted, we offer an artist fee which will reduce the overall cost of the colony or residency.

Payment Policy
Ross Creek accepts payment in Canadian dollars by personal cheque, credit card, money order, or with prior arrangement, through a Ross Creek Deferred Payment Plan. International residents may arrange a bank transfer.
Payment of the full fee is appreciated as it allows the Centre to direct funding towards fellowship assistance for artists and writers who could not attend otherwise. Please contact our colony director at colony@artscentre.ca to determine if there are any available fellowships or if you would like to assist with Ross Creek’s Fellowship Fund.

Dance
Dancers and Choreographers submit 2 different video samples on DVD with running times clearly marked.
For clips exceeding five minutes, a five-minute excerpt is required in addition to the complete work.
Include digital or 3 printed copies of up to 5 photographs.
You may include 3 copies of three reviews in addition.

Film/Video Arts
Film/video artists submit 2 different film/video samples on DVD with running times clearly marked.
For feature-length or other films exceeding five minutes, a five-minute excerpt is also required in addition to the complete work.
Screenwriters submit 3 copies of one script and a treatment, along with a visual sample, if available.

Interdisciplinary
Please submit documentation of 2 different projects, the context of which should be clearly identified. If a visual presentation includes text, a hard copy should be submitted. If submitting a script, please send 4 copies. Proposals that include work in several mediums should be supported with documentation for each medium.

Theatre
Playwrights submit 3 copies of a complete play script.
Librettists submit 3 copies of a complete or excerpted score, accompanied by a recording, if available.
Performers submit 5 minutes maximum of video on DVD and/or digital photographs, along with 3 copies of 3 reviews of your work.

Visual Arts
Visual artists submit 10 digital images (JPEGs), titled as described in the section.

Writing
Writers submit a written sample that is representative of the genre intended for your proposed work. The applicant’s name should appear on each page. We strongly recommend submitting a sample of a work-in-progress whenever possible. Manuscripts should be single-sided, double-spaced and printed in a legible 11- or 12-point font.
Fiction writers: Submit a novel excerpt or 1 to 3 short stories, no more than 25 pages total.
Nonfiction writers: Submit a book excerpt or 1 to 3 essays or articles, no more than 25 pages total.
Poets: Submit 6 to 10 poems.
Translators: Only those translating work into English are eligible to apply. Following the general guidelines above, submit one copy of the work in its original language, plus a copy of the English translation.

Writing
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WORK SAMPLES
You must include a description of the work samples as outlined above. Any images must be identified and formatted according to the guidelines for Submitting Digital Support Material. Do not submit extra.

Submitting Files
Please ensure you have read and understood the requirements for your submission and the following DO and DON'TS of file submissions to our offices. Click the "Submit Files" link below to select and upload your files.