Open Call for Submissions to the Struts Gallery Open Studio Residency Program 2026
Deadline to apply: October 15, 2025, 11:59pm ADT
Struts Gallery welcomes applications from professional visual and media artists at all career levels to participate in our annual Open Studio Residency Program. Residencies are five-weeks each, beginning in May 2026 through October 2026. The program aims to develop artists’ practices by supporting experimentation without the pressure to present a resolved body of work. Artists are offered the freedom to continue their practice, develop a new project, or create site-specific work. The residency is artist-driven and independent, with staff assistance available for community outreach, technical and logistical support.
Though independent studio work is the priority of the program (and the adjudication process) we do ask artists to creatively engage with the community through at least one public event (artist talk, workshop, or another artist-initiated event).
Struts Gallery is an artist-run centre located in Sackville, New Brunswick, a rural community of roughly 6000 people, built on the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People in Mi’kma’ki. Open Studio residents are provided with 24-hour access to a studio space (approx. 400 sq/ft) in the gallery and a private, 2-bedroom, furnished apartment with a separate entrance on the 2nd floor above the gallery. The studio space is open to the public during regular operating hours.
Payment
Struts Gallery pays an artist fee of $3250, $30 per diem ($750 total for 25 working days), travel costs up to $800, and $200 towards materials associated with workshops or other public events. Artists-in-residence also have access to the centre’s extensive media arts equipment and facilities.
The Open Studio program is highly competitive; we generally receive over 130 applications for 4 residencies. Results of the process are usually decided by December 20th.
Eligibility
Professional artists at all career levels are welcome to apply. If you are currently enrolled as a student, you are not eligible for this opportunity.
Selection Process
Residencies are selected in a three-step process:
1) Gallery staff review submissions to make sure they fulfill the criteria.
2) A selection committee of Struts Gallery members and artists reviews the applications and determine a shortlist.
3) Gallery staff interview the shortlisted candidates over zoom, providing an opportunity for artists and the organization to clarify and discuss the projects and program.
We encourage all applicants to review the information provided on our website about the residency, the apartment, the gallery, the media arts facilities and equipment before applying.
Accessibility of application process
Please reach out if you have any questions about this application, selection process or the facilities. If these guidelines present an obstacle to you or your work, we will accommodate alternative submission formats including video and audio. Please email or call to arrange these accommodations — gallery staff are happy to assist.
Contact
admin@strutsgallery.ca | (506) 536-1211
Struts Gallery
7 Lorne Street
Sackville, NB, E4L 3Z6
Website link: https://www.strutsgallery.ca/post/call-for-submissions-open-studio-residency-program-2026
