canadian islands offer residencies and publication opportunities for arts writers

Art Metropole and Fogo Island Arts invites emerging and established arts writers and artists with a writing practice to propose a project to be executed across two unique locations. The successful candidate will spend a month on Fogo Island as part of Fogo Island Arts’ residency program, followed by two weeks on Toronto Island at Artscape Gibraltar Point. The project will culminate in a small publication funded, published, and distributed by Art Metropole.

The two-part residency aims to encourage arts writing and citicism in contemporary art. The successful candidate will spend a month on Fogo Island as part of Fogo Island Arts’ program, followed by two weeks on Toronto Island at Artscape Gibraltar Point.

The project will culminate in a small publication funded, published, and distributed by Art Metropole. Open to Canadian and international applicants, The Islands will take place on Fogo Island and at Artscape Gilbraltar Point on Toronto Island, Canada, from July 2 to August 12, 2019.

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Image: Bent René Synnevåg