We lived in the farm house and used the studios and galleries for creating our newest dance work. This was a highly enjoyable and fruitful experience. As a group who usually works in a city, under the constraints of time and space, working at Ross Creek was quite the opposite. Having virtually unlimited access to the studios, a willing and supportive staff and a quiet, inspiring environment to work in, proved to be very conducive to our creative process.”
-Susann Chiu, Dancer

The Ross Creek Centre Artist Colony program was founded to nurture the creative process and encourage cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary art by providing an opportunity for artists to work in a community of artists. The Centre offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: Dance, film, literature, theatre, music, visual art, performance art, photography, and video. Artists may apply individually or as members of collaborative teams. They are selected by panels of other professional artists without regard to financial means. Residencies last from two weeks to two months and include room, board, and studio.

Schedule

Our colony program is now accepting applications for Fall/Winter 2009 and Spring 2010

Colony Forms

Application Information and FAQs

Application Form
Reference Letter
Work Samples

 

Annual Open Studio Week
If you can’t commit a full month, you can still have a fabulous colony experience in our April Open Studio weeks. A chance to connect with other artists from across the country and around the world in a one week arts marathon in during April. Ross Creek provides artists with shared studio space, living quarters in the farmhouse (single bedrooms) and meals at only $300 (CDN) cost to the artist. Artists pay for their travel and art materials. Build a new community of professional artists, both emerging and in mid career. Application Deadline is January  30  each year. For application information and registration, please click here.