The Bulmash-Siegel New Creation Development Award
Applications are now open!
The Award
The Bulmash Siegel New Creation Development Award has been established to support an artist in the creation of a new contemporary Canadian work in collaboration with Tarragon Theatre for a period of up to 15 weeks.
This $7000 grant is made possible by the support of the Bulmash Siegel Foundation.
The Residency
The successful applicant will spend up to 15 weeks* at Tarragon Theatre working in collaboration with Tarragon artists and staff between February 2022 – July 2022.
*The 15 weeks do not need to be consecutive
Eligibility
- Must be a Canadian citizen or have permanent residency
- Must be a theatre creator with 5 -15 years of experience in the industry
- Artist’s work or past work has had at least one professional production, staged reading or workshop reading at some point in their career
It is recommended that the applicant be a resident of the Greater Toronto Area for the duration of the proposed development period.
Accessibility
If the nature of this application process is a barrier to applying, please contact aad@tarragontheatre.com to discuss the possibility of alternative forms of application.
Application
For the initial application, artists are invited to submit the following separate documents in PDF form (If possible) in a single e-mail with the subject: Bulmash Siegel Award Application.
A one page cover letter or 2 minute video (max) articulating your interest in the residency.
Some questions to consider within the letter/video are:
- How can the award benefit your current artistic project?
- How can a partnership serve both yourself and the Tarragon Theatre community?
- Does the project have a greater community impact?
- What inspires you to work/develop a piece with Tarragon Theatre?
- What is your ideal trajectory of this project after the time of residency?
A 1 page description/1 min video (max) of your own artistic practice that reflects on the following:
- What guides your artistic practice? What works and what would you like to investigate further?
- What is a development experience that you were inspired by? Is there an artist or process that you are moved by and how do they inform your work?
- If you were able, how would you like to see your practice evolve; especially within this
residency?
A 1 page synopsis of work you are looking to develop.
Samples of previous work:
Writing samples (10 pages max)
Performance/Creation samples can be archival footage and/or demo reel (3mins max),
productions images (8 images max)
Deadline
Deadline for this application will be December 14 th at 1:00pm.
All applications should be sent to
aad@tarragontheatre.com.