This residency provides professional artists with time to focus on their work in the beautiful natural setting of Riding Mountain National Park. The residency is housed in the historic Deep Bay log cabin, built in 1934, on the shoreline of Clear Lake.
Artists are given the opportunity to get away from their hectic lives to concentrate on their artistic practice. The residency also provides opportunities to interact and share work with residents and visitors in the Riding Mountain area.
This residency is made possible through a partnership between the Manitoba Arts Council and Riding Mountain National Park.
Treasure is a dancer, teacher, choreographer, yoga teacher, and pranassage practitioner who hails from Winnipeg. As a dance artist, she performed for 11 years with the Ruth Cansfield Dance Company. She has also danced in the works of Karen Kuzak for TRIP Dance Company, Christina Medina for @tendance, Ali Robson, Brianna Stark, Rachel Browne, andRead More
Shaun graduated from the University of Manitoba with a BFA in 2003. His works have been shown across Canada and the US in numerous group and solo exhibitions. Shaun was a member of Too Sicks, a Winnipeg art collective whose distribution method was random installations of street art to enhance public spaces. Residency project WhileRead More
Melanie is a Manitoba-raised artist whose paintings sensitively explore fragile, subconscious states. She received an MFA in painting from Concordia University. A three-time semi-finalist for the RBC Painting Competition, Melanie has exhibited at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Plug-In ICA, MOCCA and The Power Plant in Toronto, the Museé d’art contemporain de Montreal, as well asRead More
Mike was born in Winnipeg but raised in the rural back country of Manitoba. His work is an inventive hybrid of Jim Henson, Norman McLaren, and Stan Brakhage. Mike approaches filmmakingas folk art, layering his films with personal stories, an appreciation for the underdog, subtle political topics, and fun formalism. Residency project While in residence,Read More
Natasha has worked with Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers as a company dancer for six years. She has also worked with Montreal’s Fortier Danse Creation, Bill Coleman (Toronto), and in repertoire by the late Jean-Pierre Perreault (Montreal), as well as with Winnipeg’s Tom Stroud, Out of Line Theatre, TRIP Dance Company, Treasure Waddell, Nina Patel, Alexandra Elliott,Read More
Karen is a printmaker and new media artist working and living in Winnipeg. She received a BFA from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. Karen has exhibited her work in solo and juried exhibitions in Canada, USA, Europe, Africa, and China. Residency project Karen will continue work on her Fabric of Belonging project, which isRead More
Johanne is a graduate of the National Ballet School Teacher Training Program and joined the RWB School in 1984. She holds Licentiate teaching qualifications with the Cecchetti Society of Canada and the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. As a choreographer, Joanne has created numerous pieces for the RWB School’s Professional Division and has alsoRead More
Arlene is a graduate of the National Ballet School and RWB School Professional Division. She has guest-taught and adjudicated for dance festivals and competitions across Canada and the United States, and has been a jury member for the Youth America Grand Prix (New York), the Prix de Lausanne, and the Japan Grand Prix. Residency projectRead More
Dominique is a multidisciplinary artist working in photography, painting, performance, and installation. Her work has been exhibited across Canada and the United States, Germany, and Slovakia. She holds a MFA from Bard College, New York, and the Transart Institute in Berlin. Residency project Dominique’s most recent work, a video-based piece entitled Erlking, is drawn fromRead More
Evin holds a BFA from the Ontario College of Art & Design and has completed an internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. He lives in Winnipeg, where he divides his time between working on the railroad and making art. Residency project While in Riding Mountain, Evin plans to wander through the park,Read More
