The CALQ launches a residency in arts and artificial intelligence

This leading-edge residency, open to artists in all disciplines, will take place over two distinct four-week periods:

• The first phase is dedicated to producing the artwork at Sporobole (Sherbrooke), a Québec-based artist centre focused on research, creation and dissemination in a digital context.
• The second phase is dedicated to the international presentation of the artwork and to expanding the artist’s professional network at the Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques (Marseille), a flagship event in digital creation and a major platform for dissemination in Europe.

In exchange, a French artist will be hosted at Mois Multi (Québec City), with the support of Recto-Verso, for a creative and presentation residency to explore the vibrancy of Québec’s digital and interdisciplinary arts scene.

This unique residency program will enable artists to create using emerging technologies, while receiving advanced technological and artistic support. This is the first residency created by the CALQ that offers Québec artists the opportunity to fully explore the creative potential of artificial intelligence, foster cross-disciplinary exchanges and ensure international visibility for their work as part of a major global event, contributing to Québec’s visibility in the field of digital creativity.

Details of the call for applications

For the 2026 residency, proposed projects must reflect the Biennale’s theme: “Resistance: hacktivism, diversions and artistic tactics in the digital age This link will open in a new window.” This theme explores acts of resistance and subversion in response to contemporary technologies, inviting artists to use artificial intelligence as a tool, material or subject of creation.

Artists with at least two years of practice have until January 29 to apply, for a fall 2026 departure.

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Other calls open for applications

With its network of studio-apartments, the CALQ offers Québec artists and writers residency sites in the heart of some 40 vibrant cultural capitals. Several calls for applications are currently open for residencies in the next year.

Until January 21 

• Contemporary music and sound practices (Germany)
  Two-month residency for new music composers in Hellerau, at the European Centre for the Arts Dresden.
   
• Visual and digital arts (United States)
  Three-month residency for Québec visual and digital arts curators and visual artists, in Brooklyn, New York.
   
• Visual and digital arts (France)
  Two-month residency at Lieu Unique, in Nantes, France, for a visual or digital artist.
   
• Puppet arts (Norway)
  Two-month residency in Norway for a Québec puppeteer with the artistic partner of their choice.

Until January 29 

• Performing arts for young audiences (France)
  Six-week research residency in performing arts for young audiences at the Chartreuse de Villeneuve lez Avignon, at Le Pôle – Armand Gatti Library in La Seyne-sur-Mer and with Compagnie Florence Lavaud - Le Lieu in Saint-Paul-de-Serre.

A network of residencies in the four corners of the world

For over 30 years, the CALQ has had an extensive network of studios, exchanges and studio-apartments across four continents. This network offers creators from all disciplines some 40 opportunities for residencies to enrich their professional practice, in cities such as New York, Taiwan, Buenos Aires, Paris, Rome, Berlin, London and Tokyo.

The CALQ’s residency program is for professional artists and writers eager for artistic renewal and exploration, who want to immerse themselves in other cultures and have access to internationally recognized host sites to conduct research and explore new creative avenues. 

Since the Québec Studio in Paris was inaugurated in 1965, the CALQ residency program has enabled exchanges with many international partners and has contributed to career development for many creators. 

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