Glenfiddich, the venerable family-owned distillery, is formally inviting Canadian artists to use for its 2026 residency program. This system permits visible artists to stay and work on the historic distillery’s headquarters in Dufftown, Scotland, for a 3 month interval in the course of the summer season of 2026.
It’s the twentieth yr that the Speyside whiskey distiller has invited Canadian artists into this system, which hosts artists from everywhere in the globe.
The residency is valued at about $28,000 CAD.
“The Glenfiddich Artists in Residency program offers a once-in-a-lifetime alternative for expert Canadian artists trying to foster and discover their creativity, and showcase their work on a world scale,” feedback Navneet Bhullar, Advertising Supervisor for Glenfiddich in Canada, in an announcement. “Glenfiddich in Canada is honoured to welcome its subsequent Canadian artist into this prestigious residency in Could 2026.”
Based by William Grant in Dufftown in 1887, GLENFIDDICH® is the world’s most awarded single malt Scotch whisky. The corporate is run by the fifth era of the founding Grant-Gordon household as one of many few remaining impartial family-owned distilleries on the planet. The corporate produces a variety of handcrafted single malts, together with Grant’s®, the world’s third largest blended Scotch, and a lot of different spirits.
The Glenfiddich Residency
The coveted program is a three-month all-expenses paid residency on the Glenfiddich Distillery website in Dufftown, Scotland. It consists of earnings for the three month interval, together with journey bills, lodging, supplies crucial to finish your venture, and the intangible advantages that come from being a part of a world arts group.
Since its basis in 2002, together with Canadian artists, this system has invited functions from artists who stay and work in locations like Australia, Chile, China, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the UK, and the USA. The 2026 Artists in Residence program can even welcome artists from China, Scotland, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, and the US.
“This yr marks a milestone for the Glenfiddich Residency Programme,” feedback Programmer Curator Andy Fairgrieve. “The previous 25 years haven’t simply seen the creation of a physique of labor celebrating the distinctive and particular location of the Valley of the Deer, residence of Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky, however has additionally cast lasting and significant relationships between artists throughout the globe.”
How To Apply
The Artists in Residence Program is accessible to Canadian artists who stay and work in Canada. The purpose is to suggest an authentic venture that makes use of Glenfiddich’s historic setting within the Scottish highlands, and/or the distillery itself.
Candidates should full a five-part utility that features an overview of how they may draw inspiration from the Glenfiddich Distillery, and the physique of labor they anticipate creating.
As well as, they need to embrace;
- A quick venture proposal;
- A present CV;
- A brief artist assertion;
- An inventory of three people who can provide a reference;
- 5 to fifteen pictures or a three-minute video highlighting their creative technique;
- A accomplished questionnaire supplied by Glenfiddich.
Accomplished functions have to be submitted by midnight japanese customary time on January thirty first, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.
Final yr’s Canadian residency winner was Vancouver-based artist Alex Morrison. “The distillery, its historical past, and the encompassing panorama provided recent views and renewed power for my work,” feedback Morrison. “I particularly valued the stability between time for solitude and significant moments of reference to the opposite artists.”
Alex Morrison is one in all greater than 160 artists from all over the world who’ve participated in this system since its inception in 2002. Previous Canadian winners embrace Dave Dyment, Daniel Barrow, Helen Cho, Lee Henderson, Marla Hlady and Christof Migone, Elanor King, Dean Baldwin Lew, Derek Liddington, Myfanwy Macleod, Vanessa Maltese, Damian Moppett, Annie Pootoogook, Jon Sasaki, Jillian Mcdonald, Arabella Campbell, Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, and Julie Forgues.
The 2026 Artist in Residence winner can be introduced in April 2026.
Better of luck to all of the candidates!
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Anya Wassenberg is the Toronto Metropolis Editor at Ludwig Van. Beforehand, she was a contract author with a specialty in tradition and journey for 3 a long time, and a inventive writing teacher for Ontariolearn.
