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Deadline:
June 19, 2021
Summer Residency Applications
ILGBTAR Summer Residency Application Now Open
Ontario residents only.
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Stay tuned for more information and deadlines regarding the Winter Residency.
April 7, 8, 2021
“The Breadth of “ poster
Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency is proud to co-sponsor Mourning Matters, curated by ILGBTAR alum Alec Butler and Rahim Thawyer.
All programming is free and open to the public via www.cfmdc.tv
The Breadth Of: Mourning Matters
According to Indigenous scholar and activist Poka Laenui’s groundbreaking manifesto “Processes of Decolonization,” mourning is one of the most essential of the five phases of decolonization and healing from the affects of colonization, preceded by “recovery” of Indigenous knowledges and followed by the “dreaming” phase of decolonization. Join Alec Butler and Rahim Thawer for an evening of short films exploring queer grief in the midst of a global pandemic. We as queer people have a history of being denied occasions to publicly mourn losing our lovers and friends, in the past this was a painful reality of the AIDS pandemic. Decolonizing death and mourning are an important part of coming to terms with the past and dreaming towards a decolonized futurity that must be created as part of global recovery from this latest pandemic.
Alec Butler bio:
Alec Butler (ILGBTAR alum 2014) is a Two-Spirit, Non-binary, Intersex activist and an award winning playwright, author and filmmaker, they write, direct, edit and perform in their videos and champions the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) and DIWO (Do-It-With-Others) aesthetic. Author of the queer novella Rough Paradise and the plays Black Friday?, Medusa Rising, Cradle Pin and Shakedown, Butler is a scholar in Indigenous Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. Their research centres on Two-Spirit Queer Indigenous Literatures, Cultures, Communities and Politics. Alec is of Indigenous (Mi'kmaq) and Settler (French/Irish) descent originally from Unama'ki (Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia).
When/Where:
Screening: April 2nd, 7-8pm
Discussion: April 2nd, 8-9pm
Virtual Open Studio
August 16, 2020
This Sunday August 16th, you’re invited to visit the virtual studios of the Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency 2020 cohort. The ILGBTAR Open Studios has been a much-anticipated annual event on Toronto Island every summer since 2013. This year’s Open Studios will be online, featuring a series of interactive performances including dance, sound, tattooing, screenings, culminating in a dance party. From 3p.m. to 10p.m. EST, join us and experience the works in progress of Sidi Chen, Paul Couillard, Jessica Patricia Kichoncho Karuhanga, Jaye Kovach, Pamila Matharu, Lou Sheppard. COMPLETE SCHEDULE & DESCRIPTIONS BELOW.
VISIT THE EVENTBRITE TO RSVP.
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Open studio times:
3PM - 4PM: Final hour of Paul Couillard's Open Studio, which begins at 10am (Note: You are welcome to login any time from 10 am to experience Paul Couillard’s interactive drop-in event).
4:00PM - 4:15PM: Introduction from ILGBTAR
4:15PM - 4:30PM: Lou Sheppard
4:30PM - 5:30PM: Sidi Chen (45 min streaming + one 15 min collective listening)
5:30PM - 5:45PM: Lou Sheppard
5:45PM - 6:45PM: Pamila Matharu (screening/slides/talk)
6:45PM - 7:00PM: Lou Sheppard
7:00PM - 7:30PM: Jaye Kovach (tattooing)
7:30PM - 7:45PM: Sidi Chen (second 15 min collective listening exercise)
7:45PM - 8:00PM: Lou Sheppard
8:00PM - 10:00PM: Jessica Karuhanga live performance, followed by dance party
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“the experience of memory is the making of experience” by Paul Couillard (10am-4pm)
A drop-in event from 10am-4pm. Paul Couillard will negotiate intimate actions with visitors based on their responses to an ongoing stream of images.
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“The Stranger at Home” by Lou Sheppard (Four fifteen-minute performances throughout the open studio event beginning at 4:15pm)
Lou Sheppard will perform four iterations of “The Stranger at Home,” a process-based score which navigates the intimate animacy of toxins in our bodies and environment. Each performance will be a new iteration of the score, to be re-performed (re-membered) through its subsequent performance.
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“Warming-up” by Sidi Chen (A 45-minute stream at 4:30pm plus two guided 15-minute collective listening exercises)
Sidi Chen will be streaming videos of his performances made during the Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency navigating the processes of resisting, disrupting, and healing from the censorship and the lost of queer space; also, he will facilitate one 15-minute collective listening exercise session that participants will be instructed to feel and count their heartbeats together for three minutes.
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"stuck between an archive and an aesthetic", (Dir: Pamila Matharu, 39’, HD) (from 5:45p.m. to 6:45p.m.)
Join Pamila Matharu for a screening and slideshow of research materials excavating the politics of queer archives, including excerpts of her recent experimental documentary video stuck between an archive and an aesthetic.
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“Live tattooing” by Jaye Kovach (7pm-7:30pm EST)
Jaye Kovach will do a live tattooing based on the results of a poll.
VOTE ON THE TATTOO HERE: https://forms.gle/vxAM9Qo4AB9euReb8
“Each of the phrases were taken from online messages I've received via various social media and dating apps. I'm interested in how, by tattooing one of these phrases on my body/taking it into my body, I can subvert the sender's original intent, transforming it into something cathartic and empowering.” - Jaye Kovach
VOTE ON THE TATTOO HERE: https://forms.gle/vxAM9Qo4AB9euReb8
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“Waiting” by Jessica Karuhanga (8pm - 10pm)
Jessica Karuhanga will be streaming works and performing live, fostering an intimate space to aurally and visually witness. The open studio will culminate in a dance party.
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Application Deadline
June 1, 2020
November 6, 2019
August 24, 2019
Applications due by 11:59 PM JUNE 1!
The 2020 Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency will take place August 04 to August 17, at an artist retreat centre on Toronto Island (Artscape Gibraltar Point). The application deadline is June 1, and results will be announced in mid June.
Since 2013, the aim of Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency has been to create a vision and experience of LGBTQ2+ longevity through shared practice, art career management training, and community building via LGBTQ2+ art and political histories. During the year, curatorial projects have supported alumni’s work, and during the summer, the Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency (ILGBTAR) has offered an embodied experience, including food, lodging, studio space, and a supportive LGBTQ2+ environment of peership and critical engagement.
This year’s iteration of the Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency will take place virtually, August 04 to August 17, 2020 . The application deadline has been extended to June 1st, and results will be announced soon after. Should you have any accessibility-related inquiries, requests, or needs, itemize them in your application, and please contact us.
In light of social distancing that immersive, site-specific physical experience isn’t possible this summer. However, the unique privilege we have to gather LGBTQ2+ artists together is an opportunity for action and organizing for change. One of the consequences of COVID-19 has been the widespread loss of cultural context for artists, immediately impacting income, studio practice and way of life to an extent that can feel irreparable. After careful consideration we have decided to persevere by using the tools available to create an online temporary context in which to gather, listen, work, share skills and intergenerational oral histories. In the spirit of possibility, we believe that quality of engagement, plus some cash, might meet some of the needs of queer artists in this current moment.
Confirmed guests for the 2020 Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency include: Sophie Hackett (Curator of Photography, AGO), Logan MacDonald (ILGBTAR alumus, Sobey longlisted artist, Assistant Professor University of Waterloo, Vice-Chair of the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective), Brendan Fernandes (choreographer, interdisciplinary artist), Crystal Mowry (Middlebrook Prize juror, KWAG Senior Curator), Tania Bruguera (performance and installation artist)... with more to come!
EXHIBITION: “WHERE THE SHORELINE MEETS THE WATER”: Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency Retrospective Exhibition (2013 - 2019)
A retrospective of works produced by alumni of The Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency, which has been held each summer on Toronto Islands from 2013 to 2019.
The works critically engage landscapes, longing and ecologies in Queer and decolonial ways.
Please join us: Vernissage November 6, 7pm to 9pm, at The ArQuives
Brief artists talk at 8pm, with curator Syrus Marcus Ware.
A light refreshment will be provided.
Exhibition dates: November 6 to January 31.
Exhibition viewing hours:
Tuesday - Thursday from 6:30-9:00 pm
Fridays from 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Viewing at other times is by appointment, please send an email to info@queerartistresidency.ca
Access statement: The ArQuives has a access ramp to the front door, and a lift from the first floor to the second floor. There are volunteers available to operate the lift. The exhibition includes works that can be touched. A sighted guide is available for the visually impaired. Please message info@queerartistresidency.ca to arrange accompaniment by a sighted guide. There is an accessible washroom on the first floor.
All washrooms are gender neutral.
The ArQuives is a scent free environment.
If you have any further questions please email: queeries@arquives.ca
OPEN STUDIOS August 24
Please join us for the Open Studio event of Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency 2019.
The 2019 jurors were Kathleen PIRRIE ADAMS, Sheri OSDEN NAULT, Sean LEE and Syrus Marcus WARE. The artists of Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency 2019 are:
Valentin BROWN
Anna CAMILLERI
Rah ELEH
James FOWLER
Michele PEARSON CLARKE
The Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency is a combined curatorial, relational/live art, and sociopolitical praxis. The residency prioritizes decolonial engagement with LGBTQ2+ art and political histories in Canada.
The multiple curations, projects and residency in 2019 see the triumphant continuation of the Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency into its sixth year, with the support of the Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario, Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des Arts du Canada and private donors.
The artists studios will be open from noon until 8pm. You are of course welcome to linger at AGP’s private beach, or visit Hanlan’s Point, and the many other enjoyments the Toronto Islands have to offer.
***Accessibility info: Artscape Gibraltar Point is physically accessible, including several ramps into the building, as well as washrooms (some, not all). Van rides are being offered especially to those who might not be able to handle the 20 minute walking distance from the Hanlan's Point dock to AGP. Please let us know your access needs.
DIRECTIONS TO ARTSCAPE GIBRALTAR POINT:
Summer Ferry Schedule to Hanlan's Point can be found at: https://www.toronto.ca/ferry
The Toronto Ferry Docks are located near the intersection of Bay Street and Queens Quay, on the west side of the Westin Harbour Castle hotel. Public transportation is available by either the 509 Harbourfront or the 510 Spadina streetcars. Get off the streetcar at the first stop after Union Station and walk south towards the lake. The Bay #6 bus also stops at the corner of Bay and Queens Quay. Take the ferry to Hanlan’s Point and bike or walk 15-20 minutes to Artscape Gibraltar Point.
*A note that the ferry is usually busy, but the line for tickets purchased online is generally faster.
August 21, 2019
CARFAC WORKSHOP August 21
All previous applicants to the residency are invited to attend a workshop about artists rights, contracts, and the history of artist-run organizing and activism in securing those and other rights. This year’s workshop is led by Clayton H Windatt (they/them, Métis), CARFAC treasurer, and Artistic Director of Aboriginal Curatorial Collective.
August 16, 2019
Trans Performance Think-Tank August 16
TRANS/GNC ACTORS & PERFORMERS: Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency will host a queer think tank, August 16 with Dr. Lazlo Pearlman, veteran trans actor and queerlesque-porn performer visiting from UK. Perlman is researching trans performers access to trans informed training/technique. Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency can also provide ferry tickets and some travel support, and access support/ASL as needed. Please RSVP at qaroffice@gmail.com as space is limited.
Power Ball 21
The Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency has curated a fabulous cabal of some of Toronto's most sparkling drag and queer burlesque, plus Michel Dumont's 'Deconstructed Dreamcatcher' for PowerBall 21!
Cohort Announced!
ANNOUNCING THE COHORT OF THE 2019 Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency:
Valentin Brown
Anna Camilleri
Rah Eleh
James Fowler
Michele Pearson Clarke
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
May 1
Application Deadline!
June 30, 2018
August 21 - September 4, 2018
June 21 - August 5, 2018
Applications due by 11:59 PM MAY 1!
The 2019 Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency will take place August 12 to August 26, at an artist retreat centre on Toronto Island (Artscape Gibraltar Point). The application deadline is May 1, and results will be announced in early June.
The aim of this residency is to help create a vision and experience of LGBTQ2+ longevity through shared practice, art career management training, and community building via LGBTQ2+ art and political histories. We believe that while an artist is still alive, it is imperative to create opportunities to connect new dots, cross-pollinate, have intergenerational conversations, be students together, debate. This is a reciprocity and investment, simultaneously. The residency provides room, board and studio space to an intergenerational juried cohort of LGBTQ2+ artists, and facilitates studio visits with leading contemporary artists and curators. Whether you are 'emerging,' 'established,' or an inbetweenster, please consider applying! Please pass along this information to LGBTQ2+ artists of any age, whether established or emerging, residing in the diverse and contested territory commonly referred to as Canada, whom you think might be exceptional candidates and who would benefit greatly from this programme.
Confirmed guests for the 2019 Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency include Kathleen Pirrie Adams (curator; Chair RTA School of Media, Ryerson University), Sean Lee (Curator, Tangled), Sophie Hackett (Curator Photography, Art Gallery of Ontario), and Hrag Vartanian (editor in chief, co-founder, Hyperallergic), while others are still to be confirmed!
We look forward to seeing you on the island!
**This is a scent free event. Please refrain from wearing cologne, perfume, bug spray or scented products to this event, for the health of some our participants. Thank you!
Please join us for the Open Studio event of Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency 2018 Session II.
The 2018 jurors were Kathleen PIRRIE ADAMS, Sean LEE, and Syrus Marcus WARE. The artists of the 2018 Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency are:
Michel DUMONT
Calder HARBEN
Wy Joung KOU
Logan MacDONALD
Sarah Dawn RICHARDSON
The two sessions in 2018 see the triumphant continuation of the Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency into its fifth year, with the support of the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council and private donors.
The artists studios will be open from noon until 8pm. You are of course welcome to linger at AGP’s private beach, or visit Hanlan’s Point, and the many other enjoyments the Toronto Islands have to offer.
***Accessibility info: Artscape Gibraltar Point is physically accessible, including several ramps into the building, as well as washrooms (some, not all). Van rides are being offered especially to those who might not be able to handle the 20 minute walking distance from the Hanlan's Point dock to AGP. Please let us know your access needs.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2604922829533405/
ANNOUNCING THE RESIDENTS OF THE 2018 Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency:
Michel Dumont (Thunder Bay, ON)
Paige Gratland (Vancouver, BC)
Calder Harben (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Wy Joung Kou (Toronto, ON)
Logan MacDonald (Corner Brook, Newfoundland)
Sarah Dawn Richardson (Hamilton, ON)
Congratulations!!! Thank you to everyone who applied. We received so much wonderful work, from across Canada and around the world. Thank you for your confidence in this vision and your eagerness to be a part of it
The 2018 Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency this summer will include a private research trip to Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives in Toronto, an information session on artists rights with CARFAC to which all previous applicants to the residency are invited, and concludes with a public Open Studios event. Confirmed guests this summer include Syrus Marcus Ware, Kathleen Pirrie Adams, Hrag Vartanian, Wanda Nanibush, and others to be confirmed.
The first of a series of Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency Retrospective Exhibitions opens June 21 at the Gladstone Hotel, in collaboration with That's So Gay (TSG) 2018: Say My Name, curated by juror and 2014 alum Syrus Marcus Ware.
The Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency retrospective exhibitions are made possible with the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council. These works will be recorded in The Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency fonds at The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA), the largest independent LGBTQ2 archive in the world. In this way CLGA is elevating the ongoing endeavour of The Intergenerational LGBT Artist Residency to support the practices and study of LGBTQ2 artists.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/409074259569704/
JUNE 1, 2018
The APPLICATION DEADLINE this year is JUNE 1, 2018. Apply! ❤️️
