cedar ridge creative centre summer 2025 residency

The Cedar Ridge Summer Residency welcomes one visual artist from July 2 to August 29, 2025, culminating in a September exhibit of the resident's work in the Cedar Ridge Gallery. The residency offers a working environment that supports the artistic process for emerging and mid-career artists.

The 2025 Residency site is The Gardener's Cottage, nestled in the Cedar Ridge park and gardens, overlooking a ravine with the Highland Creek below. The cottage is adjacent to the Cedar Ridge Main House, which holds galleries and instructional art studios.

The Cedar Ridge Gallery is a public gallery space owned and operated by the City of Toronto available for individual artists and arts groups. Gallery exhibitions are viewed by visual arts enthusiasts and by those at the Cedar Ridge Creative Centre attending courses and other events, providing a great opportunity to present the works on display to a larger community.

The City of Toronto has made enhancements to the Public Gallery Program in five City-operated public galleries, including Cedar Ridge Creative Centre Gallery. These changes are part of a new pilot initiative, aligned with CARFAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation / Le Front des Artistes Canadiens) guidelines. The enhancements are designed to increase equitable access to the City’s cultural spaces and elevate support for artists, while advancing some of the key objectives of the City’s Culture Connects: An Action Plan for Culture in Toronto.

Artist Responsibilities:

• The successful artist is responsible for any and all costs that are in excess of five hundred dollars for art supplies; all other costs associated with the residency remain the artist’s responsibility
• Recipient must work in the studio a minimum of 15 hours per week, during operating hours
• Recipient will be required to give an artist talk and offer one community workshop at Cedar Ridge
• Recipient must actively participate in the promotion of the program, the site and the opening reception through their own networks and effort
• Recipient is responsible for installation of the Residency Exhibition in the gallery