The City of Fredericton is seeking applications for its Artist-in-Residence program held every summer at two local parks.
This will be the 7th year for the program, which will take place at the Fredericton Botanic Garden in Odell Park and at Killarney Lake Park between June 30 and Aug. 22. The City is inviting artists to submit proposals for a residency at either location during July or August. Residency periods are for two weeks with a stipend of $500 per week. Accommodations are not provided.
The program provides a unique opportunity for artists to move their studio outdoors in the community-run Botanic Garden adjacent to Odell Park on the south side or the natural surroundings of Killarney Lake’s wooded recreational park on the north side. The Killarney Lake Park residency will be structured to include regularly scheduled activities for the public to interact with the artist and the creative process; through studio hours, hands-on workshops, demonstrations, and artist talks. Residency will include access to indoor studio and workshop space.
Artists are required to engage with park and garden users daily on site, and with the broader community through online activities. Artists will be active on social media with brief daily updates on their residency as well as occasional, in-depth activities such as a demo, artist talk, or workshop. Selected artists are free to move throughout the park or garden as part of their creative process and will be provided with portable lawn signs which will indicate that they are the ‘Artist in Residence’.
This residency is open to all artists working in any medium, however preference will be given to work that is conducive to community engagement. The artist is expected to be in residence Monday to Friday, for six hours daily.
Less than a 10-minute drive from the city centre, Killarney Lake Park has more than 645 hectares and over 30 kilometres of multi-use trails in addition to open recreational areas, a swimming beach, playground, and the Killarney Lake Rotary Centennial Lodge. The park features natural landscapes and Acadian Forest with a significant hemlock ridge running through the northeast section of the park.
The Fredericton Botanic Garden is next to Odell Park and covers 21 hectares of mixed forests, fields, and garden beds. Among the Garden attractions are magnolias, rhododendrons, peonies, lilacs and the Pollinator and NB Literature gardens.
Interested artists can check submission guidelines by visiting www.fredericton.ca/artistinresidence. Artists are asked to check available park amenities listed under submission guidelines to ensure their preference of location is best suited to their project.
The deadline to apply is 4:30 pm on March 21, 2025. Artists will be notified by April 30. Submissions can be sent by email to culture@fredericton.ca.