Robert J. Van den Brink Visual Arts Residency Memorial Award

Second-year Visual Arts student or recent graduate who identifies as queer.

Award at a glance

Value

Varies

Type

Award

Open date

January 1, 2025

Deadline

April 30, 2025

Eligibility

Queer students

Donor

Grace Van den Brink and Paul Van den Brink

Number of awards

1

Award description

Amended for 2025 collaboration with Victoria Festival of Queer Arts

The Spring Residency for 2025 will be awarded to a second year, ‘Queer identifying, Visual Arts student (or recent graduate within the past 5 years or less) who is strongly self-motivated, shows creativity, and who fosters community spirit. The Visual Arts department provides studio space and a faculty advisor through an Independent Study course.

Criteria

You must:

  • be a second-year Visual Arts student or graduate of the program within the last five years.
  • submit a copy of your Camosun unofficial transcript along with; a Letter of Intent, a Portfolio supporting the letter, and a separate application as an Independent Study (some media restrictions apply).

Selection process

Please submit a Letter of Intent and a Portfolio supporting your ability to fulfil your intent along with a separate application for Independent Study (some media restrictions apply). The Independent Study Application must be in the form of a Project Proposal. The Spring Residency will take place during May and June and will conclude with an exhibition of work made during the residency to be installed in the last week of June (or sooner) to coincide with the Victoria Festival of Queer Arts programming.

For folks curious about the term 'Queer' and how we're adopting it in terms of the festival, we defer to the powerful bell hooks (1952-2021), who offered:

“Queer' not as being about who you're having sex with (that can be a dimension of it); but 'queer' as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and that has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live.”

Awards for this period closed April 30, 2025.

Questions

If you have any further questions, please contact the Chair of Visual Arts.

Thank you to our donor

With thanks to Grace Van den Brink and Paul Van den Brink for donating this award and supporting collaboration and community.