struts gallery open studio residency program  2026

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.