Céline Bureau x Art Volt Curatorial Residency

Contract period: January 1st to August 30th 2026

Contract amount: $2,000 Curatorial Fee + $1,000 Production Budget

Deadline to apply: Monday, November 3rd at 5pm

Virtual info session: Tuesday, October 21st at 12pm

Art Volt and Céline Bureau have partnered to present a Curatorial Residency opportunity for recent alumni of Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. 

Céline Bureau is an artist-run residency that responds to the needs of emerging and re-emerging artists in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. The residency support artists engaging in non-traditional and experimental work through critical discourse, peer learning, members programming, exhibitions, and communal residencies. 

Céline Bureau’s studio residency brings together a multidisciplinary group of emerging artists each spring and summer for a period of three months. The residency is centered around a series of critiques with peers and guests that support artists in developing their projects from proposal to public presentation.

Through its residencies, Céline Bureau creates spaces for peer learning, relationship building, and artistic development. It provides residents with production support through funding, critiques, space, and tools, as well as professionalization support through its exhibition space, workshops, and broad network. Residents are asked what they need, and strategies are built to meet those needs. Céline Bureau makes it more feasible for artists to stay in Montreal through continued support for past residents, including a year-long membership and, where possible, invitations to other opportunities.

If you have any questions about the application process or need specific accommodations to help you succeed in applying, please get in touch with artvolt@concordia.ca.

The Curatorial Resident’s chief objective is to curate the residency’s group exhibition, bringing together the works produced by Céline Bureau’s six artists in residence for its upcoming season. Working within a curatorial theme proposed by Céline Bureau—while also taking the resident’s own interests into account—the resident will research and develop the exhibition’s framework and write a curatorial text to be published in the annual publication produced alongside Céline Bureau’s writing residency.

The Curatorial Resident will be expected to engage directly with artists through regular critiques, held from June to August 2026, and to shape an exhibition that emerges from those exchanges. While the bulk of the curatorial residency will take place in spring and summer, the Curatorial Resident will also have the chance to participate in the life of the organization, by having the option to attend the summer writing workshops that support Céline Bureau’s writers in residence, participating in the residencies juries and programming committee, and benefiting from a one-year membership with access to Céline Bureau’s members’ offerings.

The Curatorial Resident will be supported by Céline Bureau’s Co-directors, who will provide assistance and guidance with concept development, project management, and administrative support. The exhibition will take place at the end of August 2026.

The selected candidate will receive an honorarium of $2000 for their participation in the program, as well as a $1000 production budget to support the final exhibition project.

Applicants must be registered for graduation or have graduated from Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, within the last five years.

Alumni interested in applying, are invited to join a virtual information session on Monday, October 20th, 2025 at 12pm. Applicants will be able to ask questions, as well as discuss their submission package with Art Volt. To join the information session please request a zoom link with artvolt@concordia.ca. 

Alumni of the Faculty of Fine Arts can apply individually or as a duo. Please note that in the case of a collective being selected, the $2,000 honorarium will be divided between the applicants.

Qualifications and competencies:

• Demonstrates curatorial or creative programming experience

• Experience creating and managing project timelines and budgets 

• Strong writing skills

• Interest in and awareness of the field of contemporary art and Canadian artist-run culture

• Ability to work collaboratively while nurturing Céline Bureau’s’s mandate and values

• Capacity to work independently within the residency’s hybrid format (remote and in-person)

• Ability to work in a bilingual environment

These qualifications and competencies represent a sample of relevant skills and experience. Candidates may possess qualifications that are not included in this list. Even if you do not have all of these qualifications, we encourage you to apply. We believe in the potential of growth and curiosity and welcome applications from anyone who is excited to do the work.

Please send your application in ONE PDF to artvolt@concordia.ca before Monday, November 3rd at 5PM.

Please provide the following information:

1. Personal information:

   • Full name

   • Preferred pronoun (optional)

   • Telephone number

   • Email address

1. Supporting documents:

   • A curriculum vitae (2 pages max)

   • Letter of interest (max 1 page): Describe your interest in working with Céline Bureau. What are your curatorial interests? How do you envision yourself participating in the life of the organization?

   • Support material: a writing sample (2 pages max) and/or documentation supporting a past project (5 images max)

   • Proof of graduation: screen capture of your graduation status on your Student Hub, your unofficial transcript, or your diploma. 

Applications can be submitted in English or French.

If you have any questions about the application process or need specific accommodations to help you succeed in applying, please get in touch at artvolt@concordia.ca.