As part of its contribution to the initiative launched by the Québec government in 2006 to develop ongoing arts and culture exchanges between Québec and Ontario, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) has concluded a reciprocity agreement with the Ontario Arts Council. 

The agreement establishes an annual exchange program that provides professional artists and writers with opportunities for creation and professional development residencies in Ontario.

Artists and writers participating in this program enjoy complete autonomy and define the objectives of their period of residence and elaborate the parameters and conditions governing its realization in collaboration with an arts or community organization in Ontario.


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 at least two years of artistic practice.

When they register, applicants must submit a letter of intent from the host organization that undertakes to offer them professional support during their residency and that specifies the nature of the collaboration that they intend to establish in conjunction with the project.


Length of stay and amount of the grant
Interested candidates must submit to the CALQ a residency proposal that includes a stay outside the province of one to three months. Candidates are responsible for finding their own accommodation and making any professional contacts required for their projects.

The grant is $3 000 per month and is intended to cover the following expenses: the grant recipient's personal insurance, travel, accommodation and living expenses and the costs of purchasing, transporting and insuring the materials required to carry out the project.


Registration deadline
April 1, 2012


Additional information
This exchange has been made possible through the cooperation of the Ontario Arts Council : www.arts.on.ca.


Québec artists who participated in the Québec-Ontario artists-in-residence program
Lina Cruz (2009 dance), Claire Beaulieu, (2010 visual arts), Peter Dubé (2010 literature), Émilie Gauvin (2010 theatre), Karen Guttman (2010 dance), Diane Gougeon (2011 visual arts).



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