BIPOC Teen Art Residency

The BIPOC Teen Art Residency is a free program open to teens in grades 10, 11, or 12 who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or a Person of Colour from an equity-deserving group from January to June 2025.

This after-school program is a unique opportunity for teens to make contemporary art in workshops facilitated by local BIPOC artists, along with the opportunity to share their voice through podcasts, a published art catalogue of their work and a group exhibition at the Gallery. During the residency, teens will explore the Gallery’s collections and exhibitions through their perspectives to shape a new vision of art and storytelling while developing artistic and curatorial skills.

2025 Theme:

We will focus on responding to the Gallery’s permanent collection as well as current exhibitions, including From Warhol to Banksy, Beauty of Mending: Kintsugi and Beyond, A View From Here and more.

The workshops will include approaches to Assemblage/Collage Art, Digital Art Technologies and Worldbuilding, Sound Art, curatorial practices and more, all designed to inspire creative development.

The BIPOC Teen Art Residency is generously funded by RBC Emerging Artist Project