RESIDENCIES

Central to the Southern Alberta Art Gallery’s mandate is our commitment to fostering the work of contemporary artists and therefore we operate in an expanded field of cultural production.  Exhibitions are but one component of this field, which has grown to embrace artist research, reflection, dialogue and experimentation. Moreover, many of today’s artists no longer have the production of objects at the core of their practice, opting instead to investigate social relationships, research-oriented encounters, performance or process-based events.  To satisfy these conditions, SAAG routinely offers alternative venues and working situations, most notably through our Intersection Residency program.

Intersection Residency International in its scope, this yearly program invites artists to participate in a month-long, self-directed residency at the Gushul Studio in the Crowsnest Pass.  Artists are given the freedom to experiment with new ideas and mediums, flesh out old ideas or begin research on a new trajectory in their practice.

The Gushul Studio and Writer’s Cottage are operated by the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge.