Artist Residency

WHO:

This is an interdisciplinary artist residency for artists from ANY MEDIUM.

We currently are focused on Women and Non-Binary Artists.

**If you haven’t already trained with us we strongly recommend you take our fall workshop FORM. This is not a requirement but very helpful in giving you the foundation and materials for a ‘raw draft’ as well as see if our approach and training style aligns with your vision and needs; both will help you set yourself up for success in the residency.

WHAT:

Our Artist Residency is a 6 month residency that will give participants the opportunity to create a new work of art alongside a cohort of other creating artists. The program culminates in a new works festival held in June, 2025.

Led by our Artistic Director Katherine Murphy Lewis, with support from visiting Artists and our company apprentice each resident will receive the training, community and individual support needed to realize their unique creative vision. This residency gives participants the support, structure and resources needed to explore and create new work. Artists will begin with a ‘Raw Draft’ (aka a collection of new material that gravitates around a central theme) and leave with a ‘working draft’ (aka a draft that has been explored in deepth in our residency and presented in our annual new works festival and is ready for the next stage of development.)

Incoming residents will engage in workshops, structured feedback sessions, one-on-one sessions with our Artistic Director and artistic team, while drawing upon a dynamic and inspiring cohort of other artists and makers. In this residency you will receive:

  • personalized direction

  • creative mentorship

  • open studio time

  • production support (ticketing, marketing, design and tech support)

  • promotional materials and production packet (including headshots and production photos.)

  • 25 % discounts on our community workshops and intensives (CLICK HERE to see our workshops/intensives page for this years schedule)

  • professional mentorship during and after you leave the program

  • a dynamic creative community of people all working towards the same goal.

You will leave having presented your emerging work in our annual festival, with greater self producing skills, ongoing mentorship from From the Ground UP and their team and a production packet for your emerging work that is ready to enter the next stage of development, whatever that may be for you. Many of our alumni have gone on to take their works more fully into the world. Several have continued onto the Liminal Series to fully realize their piece, including our current touring production You Can’t Be Serious, the seed of which was created in our residency by resident alumni Andrea Parson.

Whether you are focused on theater, dance, music, photography, multimedia piece or a blend of all of these mediums this 6-month residency will give you the tools and support needed to bring vision, focus and key foundational elements into your work and creative process. This residency is ideal for anyone wanting to create risky new art and who want to reclaim agency over their creative lives — and anyone else who has a story to tell!

WHEN:

January 2025-June 2025

Sessions will be held Monday’s 6-8pm and/or Tuesdays 11-2pm.

***Note: Schedules will be determined by the availability of the 2025 Selected Cohort

WHERE:

At the Historic Alberta House

APPLICATIONS CLOSED FOR 2025

COST:

COST $2250.00

We offer limited subsidy and scholarship options. We at From the Ground UP are committed to ensuring that our programming remains accessible to all those interested. If you are in need of financial assistance please email Katherine at katherineftgu@gmail.com.

Please note that our assistance programs prioritize communities and individuals who would otherwise not be able to afford this program, including but not limited to BIPOC, low income, single parents, seniors living on a limited budget, students and anyone whose finical circumstances necessitate support.