Artist's residence (white building) on Scott Street, within walking distance of the CCA


In 2005, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) signed a three-year agreement with the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, Scotland. By initiating this collaboration with one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious artistic centres, the CALQ wishes to enable Québec artists to take advantage of the numerous benefits offered by the CCA in Glasgow and contribute to revitalizing longstanding fruitful relations between Québec and Scotland.


Artistic fields
Contemporary music (instrumental, electroacoustic and electronic music), sound installation, audio art, the media arts, the multidisciplinary arts and the visual arts sectors in which the candidates rely primarily on the new technologies.


Target applicants
Artists with at least two years of artistic practice.


Location
Glasgow, with a population of over 600 000, is the arts capital of Scotland. It is the home of traditional theatre and the latest multimedia creations, Victorian buildings and ultramodern architecture. Glasgow is also the site of numerous international cultural events.

Established in 1992, the Centre for Contemporary Arts is a major centre devoted to international contemporary art. It focuses on all forms of contemporary art, including the visual arts, the media arts, music, audio art and performance and is unique in Scotland, where it plays the role of a truly national institution.

The CCA is located in the heart of the vibrant city of Glasgow and has occupied since 2002 a renovated three-storey building that houses, in particular, exhibition space, performance space, creative lab residency space, a cinema, a flat, a café and a bar.

The artist's flat at the CCA is designed as a studio flat for a single occupant, with a small kitchen area within the living space, and a bathroom facility with a shower. It has a telephone, a television and a hi-fi, all for the use of the artist. The CCA can also provide desk-space and Internet access for the resident artist to utilise during the course of their time here.

The CCA has a lot of technical equipment within the infrastructure of the building but it is not set up as a permanent set of studios. The CCA can however facilitate most things. Artists may contact Kenny McLeod, CCA's Production Manager, with specific technical enquiries.

In exchange, the CALQ welcomes a Scottish artist for a three-month stay at PRIM (Productions Réalisations Indépendantes de Montréal), a media arts centre.


Lenght of stay and amount of the grant
Three months, from April to June 2013.

The grant is in the amount of $7 500.


Registration deadline
April 1, 2012


Additional information
This exchange has been made possible through the collaboration of the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, the Scottish Arts Council and the media arts centre PRIM (Productions Réalisations Indépendantes de Montréal).

Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow : www.cca-glasgow.com


Québec artists who have resided in Scotland
Chantal Dahan (2006), Emily Doolittle (2007), Martine Hamel-Crispo (2008), Patrick Saint-Denis (2009), Gabriel Coutu-Dumont (2010), Phyllis Katrapani (2011 media arts).



The CCA's courtyard



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