Announcing the DARC Indigenous Residency Program
June 5, 2024
The Hnatyshyn Foundation is pleased to support the Digital Arts Resource Centre’s (DARC) first Indigenous Residency Program, a one-month intensive on-site artist residency. It will be offered to mid-career Indigenous(First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) artists who are developing their current practice, experimenting with a new medium, or continuing an existing project. This first residency is open to artists residing in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
DARC is a not-for-profit, artist-run media art centre that fosters the growth and development of artists through access to equipment, training, mentorship, and programming. Its mission is to support a diverse community of media artists empowered by technology, programming, and the exchange of ideas.
"I am so excited to see what the recipient of this residency will work on. I am not a digital artist myself - I am a theatre and music man - but if I were king of the world, there would be a million programs like this, for all artists. I put all my weight behind it.”
Tomson Highway, OC, acclaimed Cree playwright, novelist and musician, and member of the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Board of Directors.
Photo: Sean Howard
Victoria Henry, Vice-chair of The Hnatyshyn Founndation, added:
“The DARC Indigenous Residency Program is another example of the support that the Hnatyshyn Foundation provides for Indigenous artists. The one-month program is an outstanding opportunity for an artist to work with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment and to learn from experienced advisors.”
About the program
Submission deadline: July 15, 2024.
Residency duration: October 1 – October 31, 2024.
The artist will be provided with access to DARC’s facilities, including the DARC Microcinema, Soundstage, Digital Edit Suite, and Recording Studio. They will also have access to an array of audio-visual equipment and up to 16 hours of advisor time for the duration of their residency. Additionally, they will be provided with an artist fee of $2,000, as well as $500 for an artist talk or presentation of their work.
DARC invites artists in residence to find creative ways to experiment with video and the moving image, the distribution of sound, and other tactics for presentation and audience engagement. The Indigenous Residency seeks to create a collaborative environment where hands-on technological play is encouraged. DARC welcomes proposals for works in a variety of disciplines including film, video, animation, web-based art, sound art, AR/VR, interactive and time-based digital projects, and media art installations. The artist will work with an artistic advisor of their choosing or an Indigenous advisor recommended by DARC.
Following the residency, the artist will be expected to participate in an artist talk to discuss their practice and share works in progress or any completed projects from their residency.
RESIDENCY SUPPORT INCLUDES:
Artist residency fee of $2,000;
Up to $4,000 in DARC equipment and facility waivers for the duration of the residency;
Access to DARC technical consultations;
An opportunity to present your work publiclythrough a screening, exhibition, or artist talk;
A fee of $500 for an artist talk or presentation of your work according to current CARFAC-RAAV fee schedule;
Honorarium for parking or transit;
A fee of $1,448 (CARFAC-RAAV fee schedule) for an artistic advisor of your choosing or Indigenous advisor recommended by DARC for16 hours of consultation
A full festival pass to the Asinabka Film &Media Arts Festival
Ongoing support through membership at DARC following the completion of the residency, including free access to workshops for one year.
RESIDENCY TIMELINE
Open information session for prospectiveapplicants: June 10, 2024
Application deadline: July 15, 2024
Jury deliberation and selection in early August, 2024
Resident artist notified by mid-August, 2024
Residency start: October 1, 2024
Artist talk presented by: December 20, 2024
For more information on eligibility, assessment, and how to apply, please visit https://digitalartsresourcecentre.ca/indigenous-residency/
Other news from The Hnatyshyn Foundation
We look forward to announcing the laureates of our 2024 awards and grants, including:
The Hnatyshyn Foundation Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Visual Arts, ($30,000),
The Hnatyshyn Foundation Mid-Career Award for Curatorial Excellence, ($20,000),
The Hnatyshyn Foundation Developing Artist Grants (Performing Arts), ($12,500 each),
The William and Meredith Saunderson Prizes for Emerging Visual Artists, ($10,000 each), and,
The Hnatyshyn Foundation – Joysanne Sidimus Ballet Grant, ($10,000).
This year, we received an unprecedented number of nominations for our Developing Artist Grants and William and Meredith Saunderson Prizes. Jurors are currently deliberating, and we will be announcing the laureates this summer. The candidates’ spectacular talent and innovation, and the diversity of cultural and disciplinary backgrounds, have us on the edge of our seats!
Finally, stay tuned for our next newsletter, wherein we will also announce another new program that will provide support to exceptional early-career artists!
With thanks,
The Hnatyshyn Foundation
