2027 open studio residency program

Struts Gallery welcomes applications from professional visual and media artists at all stages of their careers for our annual Open Studio Residency Program. Two residency opportunities are available in 2027, each with predetermined dates. The five-week residencies will take place from August 11 to September 22, 2027, and from September 29 to November 3, 2027.

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. O