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 New York State. In 2011, it concluded a reciprocity agreement with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).

This agreement calls for the creation of an annual exchange program of professional artists and writers under which the applicants selected engage in creative residencies and periods of artistic renewal in Québec and New York State. 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 develop fruitful collaboration with NYSCA.


Artistic fields
The visual arts, the media arts, the multidisciplinary arts, literature, music, theatre, dance, 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 New York State. Applicants must find their own accommodation and establish the professional ties necessary to carry out their project, as the case may be.

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 New York State Council on the Arts and the Québec Government Office in New York.

New York State Council on the Arts: www.nysca.org

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



Return to the Studio and studio-apartments grant program's General information and application form