We are now accepting applications for the 2018 Canadian Art Editorial Residency.
The residency is a national prize awarded annually to a current or recent* undergraduate, graduate or other post-secondary student with an interest in developing expertise in the realm of professional art publishing.
Founded in 2004, the prize offers an 11-week summer residency at Canadian Art, along with a $7,000 award. The winner will hone writing and editing skills while learning production procedures for online and print media at Canadian Art.
This introduction to art publishing and writing is intended to foster new editorial and critical talent, and to provide hands-on experience working in the field.
Past residents have gone on to work for publications and institutions including e-flux, Afterall, the Banff Centre, Blouin Artinfo and Momus.
The 2017 residency was awarded to Vidal Wu, who said of his experience:
The Canadian Art Editorial Residency was an immensely enriching experience. Working with both the editorial and the Foundation sides of the magazine, editors generously offered their insight and expertise to support the projects I wanted to pursue and those I didn’t feel equipped to handle on my own. The chance to pursue my own editorial interests, from cultural commentary to Japanese animation, while receiving a crash course in Canada’s wealth of cultural production, created a stimulating environment where knowledge was shared and my skills as a writer were genuinely enriched. I’m deeply thankful to the editors at Canadian Art for taking a chance on a writer from an admittedly scrappy internet writing background and look forward to working with them in the future.
To apply, submit a writing sample on an art-related topic (maximum 1000 words)**, a cover letter and a one-page CV (PDFs only).
Send these three items (review, cover letter and CV) to residency@canadianart.ca by 10 p.m. EST on Friday, April 6, 2018.
* As defined by graduation within the same calendar year as the residency period.
** Your writing sample should take the form of a review, profile or short essay (no Q&A-style interviews). Successful writing samples will be opinionated, provocative and original, and will reflect Canadian Art’s commitment to intelligent, accessible prose that connects contemporary art to wider ideas, culture and politics. Before submitting, we encourage you to become familiar with stories we’ve published since our new editorial vision was initiated in Spring 2016.
