spao international photography residency

The School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO) invites applications for the Artist Residency for Photographers and Photo-Based Artists. The 6-month international residency and extended photographic mentorship is one of the most unique residencies of its kind, and includes 20 weeks of supervised technical assistance and career development consultation meetings.

This residency is designed for visual artists who have previously completed formal training in visual arts and/or lens-based media and are ready to intensely focus on an aspect of their existing career or on a specific upcoming project. As a self-directed residency, artists are afforded the time and environment needed to research, experiment, and produce an on-going body of work as a professional working artist. Through an extensive residency, we provide the physical space and regular mentorship consultation designed to meet the individual needs of our participants. Artists who complete the residency are offered the opportunity to exhibit their work in a yearly group exhibition at The SPAO Centre Gallery.

SPAO can accept new residents two times per year, and we are now taking applications for 2024 and 2025:

• Winter Residency 2024 (Jan-Jun)
• Summer Residency 2024 (Jul-Dec)
• Winter Residency 2025 (Jan-Jun)
• Summer Residency 2025 (Jul-Dec)