artist residency program
Renew your creativity and immerse yourself in your practice away from the distractions of daily life in a beautiful natural setting.
The Kiyooka Land Trust Foundation Art Residency Program is situated on a 72 acre protected nature reserve in TĂȘte Jaune Cache, BC, surrounded by the Monashee, Premier and Rocky Mountain ranges and bordering the Fraser River. Artists are invited to develop new work on their own in this creative and inspiring setting or engage in collaborative projects. The residency program is open to artists at all stages of their career, whether emerging or established. The objective is to provide a live/work space and time for artists, in multiple disciplines, to strengthen their practice and deeply engage in their work. We welcome visual artists, writers, musicians, photographers, and performance artists. The vision of the Kiyooka Land Trust Art Residency Program is to provide artists with the space, time, and opportunity to create and be inspired in and by the natural setting. Priority will be given to artists whose creative projects explore the intersection of the creative process and ecological well-being, and to Indigenous artists.
For more information about our artist residency program, please click on the documents below.
We are excited to welcome our spring 2026 artist in residence
Angela Waldie is a writer, editor, and university instructor, living in Treaty 7 Territory, in Calgary, Alberta. As she grew up in Creston, BC, her poetry often crosses and recrosses the Continental Divide. Her debut poetry collection, A Single Syllable of Wild, will be published by Frontenac House in April 2026. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Prairie Fire, Grain, Event, The New Quarterly, Feral, Freefall, The New Forum, Willows Wept Review, The Goose, The Antigonish Review, and various anthologies. She is currently writing her second collection of poetry, which focuses on bird migration, climate change, memory, healing, and home.