How fieldhouse residences work

Prepare your application

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  Who can apply

  • Artists of any discipline, cultural practitioners, ecologists, gardeners, cooks, or a combination of these
  • Non-profit organizations, cooperatives, collectives, or cultural groups, that focus on community-engaged arts, culture, environment, or local food projects, or a combination of these

  Information icon While individuals are eligible to apply, they will need to demonstrate that they have a network of people and organizations to support them with the community engagement components.

  It is recommended that collectives and like-minded groups come together to apply artistic, cultural, food, or environmental themes or combinations of these themes.

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  Ineligible activities

  • Using the space for commercially oriented activities 
  • Using the space to run a business
  • Using the space for private lessons or programs.
    • For example, yoga classes, guitar lessons, and other programs
  • Posting for contests or competitions
  • Monuments, memorials, and permanently built structures are not allowed on the fieldhouse sites
  • Projects where the central focus is not community-engaged and does not fall within artistic, cultural, food, or environmental themes
  • Studio practices involving:
    • Fibreglass
    • Epoxy
    • Other toxic or hazardous materials
    • Welding
    • Woodworking
    • Spray painting
    • Silk screening
    • Fired ceramics 
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  Residency requirements

  • Have an active, weekly, year-round presence at the fieldhouse (required 350 hours of public engagement. The space cannot be used primarily for storage.
  • Regularly work in the fieldhouse, surrounding park areas, and community centres at least five times per week. 
  • Establish a strong and positive presence with a diversity of community members and user groups in the park community.
  • Develop initiatives that facilitate unique connections between people and their communities, culture, and ecosystem, where people are able to learn and express creativity in ways that build healthy communities.
  • Share experiences and learn with other people and organizations working in these areas and in the other fieldhouse residencies.
  • Raise or provide funds required to support community-engaged workshops and operations (examples: furniture, specialized equipment, internet, phone, workshop fees, materials, staff and volunteer support costs).
  • Engage in a regular reporting process with Park Board staff liaison.
  • Maintain a designated project blog or website and social media for the fieldhouse residency to document, communicate, and promote your project. Website can include videos, journals, photos, and writing.
  • Share joint copyright of project documentation with the City of Vancouver.
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  Vancouver Park Board responsibilities

  • Provide space for a three-year term with an option to reapply for a second three-year term to a maximum of six years. 
  • Complete basic renovations, maintenance, and cleaning before the residency.
  • Provide ongoing physical maintenance of the building (examples: repairing broken windows, fixing a leaking roof) and pay for utilities (heat and water).
  • Provide a staff liaison to connect resident groups with neighbouring parks, community centres, community kitchens, gardens, cultural organizations, the local food movement, and others to help facilitate collaborations and strengthen the residency in the community.
  • Assist with annual planning, review, and evaluation.
  • Promote projects and residency through the Vancouver Park Board, City of Vancouver, community networks, and social media. 
  • Share joint copyright of project documentation with the City of Vancouver.
  • Report to senior management and Vancouver Park Board commissioners about your program's highlights and outcomes.
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  Review fieldhouse profiles

  Information icon All applicants are encouraged to visit a current fieldhouse in the activation.

  Review the profiles of fieldhouses with residency opportunities:

  • Clinton Park PDF file (250 KB)
  • Elm Park PDF file (200 KB)
  • Falaise Park PDF file (192 KB)
  • Hadden Park PDF file (356 KB)
  • MacLean Park PDF file (284 KB)
  • Moberly Park PDF file (340 KB)
  • Pandora Park PDF file (208 KB)
  • Slocan Park PDF file (236 KB)
  • Norquay Park PDF file (400 KB)
  • McBride Park PDF file (276 KB)
  • Adanac Park PDF file (244 KB)
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  Gather required materials

  1. Statement of vision and intent (500 words maximum)

     • Describe your proposal for a 3-year residency in a fieldhouse. How will you animate the neighborhood and engage community members with place-based activities centred on 1 or more of the priority focus areas: arts and culture, environmental stewardship, and local food systems?
     • How will the community benefit from your proposed residency, and how will your organization or group benefit from the fieldhouse residency?
     • How will your project be resourced over 3 years (for example, relationships, community resources, funding, assets, volunteer corps, and so on)?

  2. Organizational profile (500 words maximum)

     • Describe the organization, group, or individual leading this residency, including mission and mandate (if applicable).
       • Explain the group structure and capacity to lead a fieldhouse residency.
       • If you are applying as an individual, provide a biography.
     • Provide examples of your previous work in community to support your proposal.

  3. Equity and Reconciliation (250 words maximum)

     • This project will take place on unceded Indigenous territories. How will xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Host Nations be acknowledged in your work?
     • Does your project have the potential for advancing Reconciliation? Explain how.
     • Does your project have the potential for advancing equity and accessibility? Explain how.

  4. Letters of support

     • Two signed letters of support from people or organizations who are not directly involved in the proposed activation
     • File format: pdf 

  5. Current resumes

     • Length: up to 2 pages per person
     • Resumes that exceed the page limit will not be presented in their entirety to the selection committee
     • File format: pdf

  6. Support documentation

     • Provide up to 5 images and 2 audio or visual files that include examples of your arts and culture, environmental stewardship, or local food systems projects that showcase working in community contexts.
     • Images
       • File format: jpg or png
       • File size: less than 3 MB
       • Resolution: 300 dpi or less
     • Video or audio
       • File format: mp3, mp4, or mov
       • File size: Less than 10 MB
       • The committee will review up to 5 minutes of the video or audio content that you submit.