Incubating Talent - 2012-2015 Artist Live/Work Studio Program
All potential applicants! Come see the studios at one of our two Open Houses to take place Saturday, September 24, 2011 (noon - 4 pm), and Tuesday, September 27, 2011 (4 pm to 7 pm). The four studios will be open during this designated time/date so feel free to stop by to ensure the space meets your needs! Studio locations are listed in our information sheet 
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Update: January 2012
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 2012-2015 term who were selected out of 72 applicants!!
- Amiel Gladstone, Playwright / Stage Director
- Kelly Lycan, Visual Artist
- Elizabeth Zvonar, Visual Artist
- Sarah Shamash, Media Artist
City staff held open houses for the units on September 24 and 27, 2011. The deadline for application submission was October 7, 2011 and the jury met for the peer review over two days on November 14 and 15, 2011.
Staff would like to thank jury members for their thoughtful and enthusiastic participation. The 2011 jury members were:
- Michelle Allard, Visual Artist and 2009-2012 Award Studio Recipient
- Malcolm Levy, Curator, New Forms Festival
- Sherry Yoon, Artistic Director, Boca del Lupo
“I think it's amazing. In my opinion, it's perhaps the city's most valuable contribution to the support of single artists.” – 2009-2012 Artist Live/Work Studio winner
The City of Vancouver works to secure and make available arts and culture spaces through a number of mechanisms. The Artist Live/Work Studio Awards program is a critical part of the City’s work in cultural infrastructure development and provides a valuable service to Vancouver artists—particularly emerging professional artists—by enabling them to further their expertise and practice.
The program has accommodated eleven artists since 1995 and will be offering four live/work studios for the 2012-2015 term. One studio will be provided rent free for a period of three years less two weeks. Three studios will be offered below market rent of $375/month for a period of three years less two weeks.
All four live/work studios are awarded through a peer review process organized by Cultural Services, City of Vancouver. Although the studios differ in size and scale, collectively they provide professional artists with support for extended terms of concentrated artistic activity. The Artist Live/Work Studio Program is open to artists of all disciplines.
City of Vancouver Artist Live/Work Residency Studio
TThe Award Studio is located at 4th Avenue and Scotia Street and is provided rent free. A damage deposit is required and the recipient will need to sign a lease. The recipient is also required to pay all associated occupancy costs (e.g., utilities, phone, insurance, moving expenses and charges, basic maintenance, small repairs, etc.).
City of Vancouver Artist Live/Work Rental Studios
Two of the Rental Award Studios are located on West 8th Avenue and Cambie Street and the third Rental Award Studio is located on East Pender Street near Clark Street.
Rental Studio recipients will be responsible for a subsidized, monthly rental of $375 to the building owner (which is the Provincial maximum monthly shelter allowance for a single person) plus all associated occupancy costs (e.g., utilities, phone, insurance, moving expenses and charges, basic maintenance, small repairs, etc.). There will be a lease with the building owner and damage deposits are required.
While designed to permit the production of art, they are also part of a live/work residential community. The recipients of the studios will be subject to certain by-laws and regulations which may impose some restrictions on their practices. The spaces have variable soundproofing and do not have industrial ventilation for the use of toxic materials. Please consider these factors, as well as the layout/size of the spaces, to ensure they meet your needs for your artistic practice.
The City will do its best to prepare the studios for the new rental terms (i.e., cleaned and painted) but otherwise, all studios will be rented in “as is” condition.
Applications & Deadline
Artists who demonstrate artistic excellence and financial need are encouraged to submit an application for one of the four artist live/work studios to be awarded for 3 year residencies beginning in February 2012.
Download application form (97kb) and the accompanying info sheet (55kb).
Deadline for application: October 7, 2011
View instructions on submitting your application form and supporting materials.
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