StoneBoat Arts Centre Presents: Self-directed Residencies
Are you an artist looking for space to create in the middle of nature?
SBAC is offering a self-driven program where you have the freedom to direct your own experience while on the farm. Artists of all disciplines are welcome. The NEXT residencies will be SPRING/SUMMER 2025.
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StoneBoat Arts Centre is located on Omàmìwininìwag (Algonquin) territory. Features of SBAC
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Accommodations
-Cabin A (10x10) 1-2 people with small desk
-Cabin B: (10x10) 1-2 people, no desk
-Cabin C: (10x10) 1-2 people with desk & bunk bed
-Cabin D: (10x16) 1-2 people, no desk
-Cook house with a shared kitchen and lounge area.
-One shared washroom cabin (with shower).
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Extra Studio Space
-One immense 24x32 ft. barn with a sprung dance floor is available for performing artists.
-A mid-sized library barn with balcony suitable for writing/brainstorming.
-Workshop with 100s of tools and space for visual artists.
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Other Features
-240 acres of land
-Instruments for rental (guitars, amps, keyboard, cables, mics).
-Free Wifi and cell service
-Sleeping cabins do not have electricity, rustic style!
-Sleeper cabins are also spaces to create in!
Fees & other info
Fee: $100/night, $160 for duos*
*duo = will share a double bed
You can apply as a solo artist or group of up to 8
Writers, visual artists, dancers, theatre makers, musicians, multi-disciplined geniuses…
Meals are not provided by SBAC. This is a bring-your-own-food & drink retreat!
How to get there
1 hour 20 min south of Ottawa (by car)
3.5 hours east of Toronto (by car)
If you are unable to access a vehicle to drive to our farm, we can arrange a shuttle service for $25 a head from the Smiths Falls train station. If we have artists coming from the same location we can also help arrange a carpool which we encourage.
Check out our gallery below for a lay of the land!
Scroll through using the arrows to get a description of each photo and all of the buildings
Chicken Coop
Chickens hanging out
Large Barn
Working in the big barn
Working in the large barn
Large barn doors open as a stage
Ceilings Large Barn
Exterior Workshop
Artist In Workshop
Exploring the property
Cows in the field!
View of the sleeper/studio cabins
Exterior Washroom Cabin w Shower
Interior Washroom Cabin with Shower
Cook House & Lounge
Interior cook house
Kitchen area of cookhouse
Futon/couch in cookhouse
Full Shot of Cookhouse
Exterior Cabin A
Interior Cabin A
Exterior Cabin B
Interior Cabin B
Sleeping Futon Cabin B
Upper Bunk Cabin B
Trunk Seat Cabin B
Exterior Cabin C
Interior Cabin C
Bunk Beds Cabin C
Art desk cabin C
Paint Desk Cabin C
Exterior Cabin D
Interior Cabin D
Bed/Futon Couch Cabin D
Cabin D workspace idea (optional instruments)
Window to deck in Library Building
Artist in the Library Building
Fire Pit
Out in the fields
Foraging in the woods
Inside the workshop
Videos!
Artists jamming in the large barn
A walk around the buildings!
What People Are Saying
“Locked in my very own private cabin and surrounded by a roaming pack of cows, I got to work..”— Novelist
“Being present in the outdoors and documenting in peacefulness was very necessary to clear my head and move forward.”— Photographer“ItLa présence d’autres artistes d’horizons diverses m’a aussi permis de pousser plus loin ma réflexion sur mon sujet”— Dramaturg
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