The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) wishes to participate in concrete terms in the initiative launched by the Québec government to develop lasting artistic and cultural exchanges between Québec and the other Canadian provinces. In 2006, it concluded reciprocity agreements with the Ontario Arts Council and the New Brunswick Arts Council.

In 2011, CALQ is further developing the reciprocity agreements with the Manitoba Arts Council by establishing an annual exchange program for professional artists and writers that enables the applicants selected to engage in creative residencies and periods of artistic renewal in Québec and Manitoba. The artists participating in this program enjoy complete autonomy and define the objectives of their stay and elaborate the parameters and conditions for its realization.

Through this agreement, CALQ wishes to offer Québec artists a new career development tool and initiate fruitful collaboration with its Manitoba counterpart.


Artistic fields
The visual arts, arts and crafts, the media arts, the multidisciplinary arts, literature, music, theatre, dance, storytelling and architectural research


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


Lenght of stay and amount of the grant
Interested applicants must submit to CALQ a residency project that includes a one- to three-month stay in Manitoba. Applicants must find their own accommodation and establish the professional ties necessary to carry out their project, as the case may be.

Under the program, each year a maximum of six artists or writers will engage in residencies, three in Québec and three in Manitoba.

CALQ awards a grant of $3 000 per month under the program. The grant is intended to cover the artist’s or writer’s personal insurance, travel costs, housing and living expenses, and the cost of purchasing, transporting and insuring the material required to carry out his project.


Registration deadline
April 1, 2012


Additional information
This exchange is made possible through the collaboration of the Manitoba Arts Council.

Manitoba Arts Council: artscouncil.mb.ca



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