N.E. Ontario Residency and CALQ Grant

From October 28 to November 16, I'll be away from Montreal on an art residency at Ateliers Topaz, a remarkable little place near Opasatika, Ontario, along Highway 11. Once a trucker motel called the "Opaz," Ateliers Topaz is owned and operated by Franco-Ontarian artist Laurent Vaillancourt, who bought it some years back and converted it into his personal studio and a residency destination.

My primary aim is to complete a great deal of work on my digital print series, The Gourganes Group. While at Topaz, I am also doing some writing and snapping great bunches of photos of the remarkable setting—referring, that is, both to the Atelier space itself and the country up here in northeastern Ontario.

My sincerest thanks to the Québec-Ontario Artist-in-Residence Program of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for making this experience possible.