The building in which the studio is located, in Soho


Located in SoHo, the heart of New York artistic life, the Québec studio in New York has welcomed 40 or so Québec artists in all disciplines since 1981. The studio offers artists wishing to engage in refresher stints a unique opportunity to take advantage of the vitality and resources of a broad range of artistic milieus. Many if not most outstanding trends in contemporary artistic creation are found in New York.

Most of the Québec artists and writers who have made use of the studio acknowledge that they have experienced there a significant portion of their career development. The new living environment and contact with other artists spawn conditions favourable to creativity and the development of an artistic approach, indeed, to the broadening of an artist's international influence.


Artistic fields
Architectural research, arts and crafts, the circus arts, dance, literature, the media arts, the multidisciplinary arts, music, popular song, theatre and the visual arts


Target applicants
Artists and writers with over 10 years of artistic practice.


Location
The studio allows the user to prepare a recital, polish a manuscript, prepare works for an exhibition or explore new avenues of research.

The fully-furnished two-bedroom apartment has a floor area of 140 m² but does not have any special equipment. It was purchased in 1992 by the Québec government and is unquestionably one of Québec's most prestigious outlets abroad.


Length of stay and amount of the grant
Six months, from January to June 2013 or from July to December 2013.

The amount of the grant is $19 450.


Registration deadline
April 1, 2012


Additional information
This studio has been made available through the collaboration of the ministère des Relations internationales du Québec, the Québec Government Office in New York and the ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine.


Contact information for Québec government delegations, offices and field offices abroad is available on the Website of the ministère des Relations internationales.


Québec artists who have resided in the Québec Studio in New York since 2000
Pierre Dorion (2000 visual arts), Pierre Desruisseaux (2000 Literature), Maxime Rioux (2001 music), Nicole Brossard (2001 literature), Jocelyne Alloucherie (2002 visual arts), Pauline Vaillancourt (2002 music), André Hamel (2003 music), Edward Hillel (2003 visual arts), Yves Léveillé (2004 music), Raymonde April (2004 visual arts), François Bourassa (2005 music), Suzelle Levasseur (2005 visual arts), Frank Lozano (2006 music), Mario Duchesneau (2006 installation), Jean-François Beauchemin (2007 literature), Serge Clément (2007 photography), Gail Scott (2008 literature), Diane Landry (2008 visual arts), Karina Goma (2009 media arts), Pascal Grandmaison (2009 media arts), Kimm Drouin (better known as the artist D. Kimm - 2010 multidisciplinary arts), David Elliott (2010 visual arts), Chantal Dumas (2011 media arts), François Morelli (2011 visual arts)



Dining area, kitchen and living room



Dining area and living room



Office


Photos: Jacques Amiot



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