Artist Opportunity Grant 2017
The Artist Opportunity Grant program invests in professional development opportunities for individual professional artists.
In the first quarter of 2017, the Artist Opportunity Grant program invested $30,000 in 17 artists. During this period, 60 artists applied for a total of $132,613 in eligible requests.
- Dick Averns, Public Art and Social Practice Exhibition, Calgary
- Gary Burns, International Festival of Films on Art, Montreal
- Rachael Chaisson, BAiR Emerging at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff
- Megan Conley, Luminous Bodies Residency, Toronto
- Col Cseke, Back to Back Theatre International Training, Geelong, Australia
- Alexandria Inkster, Rencontre Interuniversitaire de Performance Actuelle, Montreal
- Leah Kudel, Young Glass 2017, Ebeltoft, Denmark
- Jean-Rene Leblanc, Artist in Residency program at the Vorres Museum, Athens, Greece
- Nikki Loach, ASSITEJ World Congress and Performing Arts Festival, Cape Town, South Africa
- Nicole Mion, New Aesthetics Training Program, Vancouver
- Yvonne Mullock, Alberta Foundation for the Arts International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York
- Eric Nyland, Cremona International Music Academy and Competition, Cremona, Italy
- Michelle (Shelley) Ouellet, Once Upon Water, Artist Residency, Azores, Portugal
- Lisa Schwartz, Nuno Felted Seamless Gament Workshop, Los Alamitos, CA
- Sisay Shimeles, Art-in-Residency at the Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa
- Javier Vilalta, Theatre of Objects Intensive in Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Carol (Foon) Yap, Song, by Toad Recording Session and Performance, Edinburgh, Scotland
In the second quarter of 2017, the Artist Opportunity Grant program invested $29,636 in 15 artists. During this period, 52 artists applied for a total of $111,985 in eligible requests.
- Alice Nelson, The Puppet Illuminator Workshop, Regina
- Jiajia Li, An Improviser’s View of Notated Music at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff
- Simon Tumasz Jordan, Hello Moth at The Great Escape Festival, Brighton, UK
- Jacqueline Russell, Touring Hushabye to Montreal, Toronto and Edmonton
- Nikke Sheppy, Sage Hill Spring Poetry Colloquium to revise Fail Safe for Publication, Saskatchewan
- Pamela Tzeng, A Meditation on the End by Jo-Lee at Risk/Reward Festival of New Performance, Portland
- Ashley Bristowe, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Writing Residency, Banff
- Sarah Curts, Aerial Dance Festival, Boulder, CO
- Jaime Emond, SEEDS – Self-Esteem, Empowerment and Education through Dance, Santa Fe, NM
- Lisa Isley, Private fine art bookbinding instruction with François Brindeau, Boudès, France
- Lisa Lipton, Hospitalfield Interdisciplinary Residency Programme, Arbroath, Scotland
- Mynthia McDaniel, Medalta Artist in Residency Program, Medicine Hat
- Sylvie Moquin, Training and Exploration, Montreal
- Mechthild Reinders, Felting workshops with Marjolein Dallinga & Dagmar Binder at Atelier du Bocage, Montbrun-Bocage, France
- Angela Smart, Canadian Operatic Arts Academy Summer Program 2017, Lucca, Italy
In the third quarter of 2017, the Artist Opportunity Grant program invested $26,396 in 15 artists. During this period, 37 artists applied for a total of $76,135 in eligible requests.
- Derek Beaulieu, INSIDE/OUT lecture series and residency at Shandy Hall, Coxwold, UK
- Molly Caldwell, Independent Residency September 2017 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff
- Danielle French, SyncSummit, Los Angeles
- Brian Garbet, Brüel & Kjær Sound and Vibration Conference and Workshops, Plymouth, MI
- Benjamin Hayden, Merril Sci-Fi Collection Northlander Presentation, Toronto
- Mark Kunji Ikeda, lbs/sq” Intensive Training Program, Buffalo, NY
- Caroline Loewen, Geologic Time Thematic Residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff
- Miesha Louie, Canada’s Music Incubator, Toronto
- Jenna Rodgers, Workshop: Mixie and the Halfbreeds, Toronto
- Carlos Rojas, Full-Year Residency 2017/18 at Medalta, Medicine Hat
- Chelsea Rushton, AWAKENING Artist Residency, Toronto Islands
- Angela Ryu, Midwest Clinic, Chicago, IL
- Lane Shordee, Collaborative Residency at the Dunlop Art Shack, Regina
- Makambe K Simamba, Our Father’s Residency, Toronto
- Kyle Whitehead, Draft for a Scenario performances, Mexico City and Oaxaca
In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Artist Opportunity Grant program invested $32,864 in 20 artists. During this period, 39 artists applied for a total of $74,246 in eligible requests.
- Tim Buckley, Residency, Banff Centre
- Patrick Chan, Circus Arts Aerial Straps – Aerial Research and Development, Calgary
- Anna Cooley, Female Director Apprenticeship Opportunity, Toronto and Vancouver
- Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson, re:research with adelheid (Heidi Strauss) for emerging artists, Toronto
- Barbara England, Postgraduate Residency Studio Workshops, Kassel, Germany
- Lyle A. Fox, Banff Musicians in Residence Late Fall 2017, Banff
- Jason Owin F. Galeos, RUBBERBANDance Workshop Intensive 2017, Montreal
- Cathleen Gasca, Training Innovative Pattern Cutting for Graduates & Professionals, London, England
- Eveline Kolijn, Community & Concept: Presentation for the Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance Conference 2018, Pullmann, WA
- Jamie Matchullis, Banff Puppet Theatre Intensive, Banff
- Mikhail Miller, Mexico City Exhibition, Mexico
- Brittany Nickerson, Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver
- Jay Northcott, Assistant Directing Legislating Love, Calgary
- Alycia Pirmohamed, Folk Research Centre: Literary Conference and Arts Festival, Castries, St Lucia
- Darija S. Radakovic, Institut für Alles Mögliche Residency, Berlin, Germany
- Eric Rose, Banff Puppet Theatre Intensive, Banff
- Kathryn Smith, Banff Puppet Theatre Intensive, Banff
- Christina Visy, Midwest Clinic 2017, Chicago, IL
- Laura Wayne, Alchemy Film & Moving Image Residency, Erfoud, Morocco
- Elaine Weryshko, Mask Creation Residency, Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Calgary
Past Results
Artist Opportunity Grant 2016
Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials