The “Artist in Residency” program provides opportunities for Artists to develop new disciplines that enhance their portfolio.
-This program is sponsored by IAACC in partnership with FUSE33 Makerspace.
As a selected “Artist In Residence”, you will receive a full three month membership and one certification workshop at FUSE 33 at no cost to you.
As an “Artist In Resident”, you are asked to:
- Acknowledge IAACC’s sponsorship on your website and art exhibits during the residency
- Exhibit your art in an IAACC & FUSE33 hosted exhibition
- Complete a survey and a short summary of your experience in the program
- Provide photographs of your work for use on IAACC’s website
- Permit IAACC to list you as a current “Artist in Residence” on the organization’s website
- Accept IAACC’s terms and conditions agreement
- At the end of the residency, 1 artist is selected as IAACC Resident Artist. To learn more, visit our Resident Artist Page.
Applications are Closed for Winter 2024
Winter 24/25 Artists in Residency Sponsorship Program Recipients
Bramble Lee Pryde (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist working across installation, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, and jewelry (under the moniker Subject Object). They merge fine art and high craft to explore themes of identity, nostalgia, access, and the absurd mechanisms we use to cope with relentless global crises. With a background in fine arts, design, and metalsmithing, Bramble’s practice bridges traditional techniques and contemporary art, creating approachable yet provocative work.
Personal experiences with mental illness, neurodivergence, grief and loss shape Bramble’s work. Through dark humour and a sardonic approach, they tackle complex and often uncomfortable topics, crafting art that questions societal norms while inviting audiences to reflect on existential anxieties. This approach is exemplified in Existential Dreadlings, part of the immersive project I’m Fine, It’s Fine…Art, where abstract creatures personify contemporary struggles such as media consumption and social isolation, using absurdity as a lens for understanding.
Bramble’s work is interactive and unapologetically sharp, providing a space to confront hard truths with wit and whimsy. By marrying elements of craft and concept, they aim to engage audiences with art that both challenges and entertains, balancing intimacy with a biting critique of our times
Caitlin Thompson received an MFA in Fibres and Material Practices from Concordia University (2015) specializing in hand and digital embroidery. She focuses on the relationship between material handling and animate design, and her areas of interest include hauntology, romanticism, and the transformative potential of craft.
Currently her work is being shown in Aotearoa New Zealand as part of the exhibition “Interlaced: Animation and Textiles” – the first major exhibition dedicated to the reciprocal relationship between these two artforms.
Her embroidery and animations were part of the contemporary adornment exhibition, Second Skin, at the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) in 2023. PANORAMADA – a series connecting digital and analog processes – was featured as part of the AGA’s Processor: Digital Translations for a Simulated Future in 2019.
She created new works to accompany historical artifacts in the Glenbow Museum’s Eye of the Needle exhibition in 2018, and her collection of animate haunted fashion, Dandy Lines, was exhibited at the Esker Foundation in 2016.
Caitlin has created animations through the assistance of The National Film Board and Quickdraw Animation Studios. She is the recipient of several grants and has presented her research in textiles and animation in lectures, workshops, conferences, and residencies.
Geraldine Ysselstein (she/her) is an independent artist, facilitator, and consultant. Born in the Netherlands, she spent her early years in Bangladesh, and then grew up in southern Ontario on the ancestral homelands of the Anishinaabek Peoples, specifically the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Currently, she lives in Mohkinstsis (Calgary) where the Bow and Elbow Rivers meet in Treaty 7 Territory.
After 20+ years of working as an arts manager/educator within arts organizations to connect artists and audiences, Geraldine is now developing her own artistic practice as a writer, sound artist, and fibre artist. While always being attracted to the texture and vibrancy of natural fibres, Geraldine decided to teach herself tapestry weaving beginning in July 2023.
Geraldine enjoys weaving abstract landscapes and humanscapes as a way to play with the idea of the utilitarian and domestic function of weaving; as a way to uncover the fabric of structures and systems; as a way to acknowledge the mending that needs to happen between people and the earth; and as a way to slow down to make sense of the world we live in.
Jennifer Levasseur is a self-taught artist residing in Moh’kinsstis on Treaty 7 Territory.
She is a proud member of the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation on Treaty 1 Territory.
Although she has felt a disconnect in terms of “home,” she started J&J’s Jewelry Boutique as a form for healing and to embrace both her Indigenous and Western Cultures.
Jennifer’s work depicts many Western mediums combined with Traditional Indigenous materials.
Scarlett
Scarlett (Scar) has nearly a decade of experience in cosplay and costume design. She is passionate about bringing beloved characters to life with a unique blend of artistry and imagination. She believes that anything is possible in cosplay and costumer design-you just need the patience and determination to figure it out. Scarlett loves working with her hands, whether it’s sewing intricate details, building props or armor using different mediums, or experimenting with new techniques to push the boundaries of imagination.
As a costume designer and cosplayer, Scarlett thrives on reimagining classic designs with practical flair and stunning detail, such as putting pockets in ballgowns! Whether crafting intricate armor or dazzling gowns, she is driven by a love for fantasy, creativity, and connecting with fellow dreamers.
Wednesday Lupyciw
Wednesday Lupypciw was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, a good place on Treaty 7 lands. They frequently end up in sticky situations, some of which are then displayed as videos, performance art, and other such biz in galleries and publications around the world. To make money–stayin’ alive is no jive–she makes mattresses, helps with sewing machine stuff, and does physical labour. Wednesday also maintains a shambolic practice in textiles—weaving, knitting, quilting, and crochet—but this is done mostly while procrastinating on other, more pressing community, volunteer, and activism projects. The purposefully lazy Feminist art and activist collective LIDS, or the Ladies Invitational Deadbeat Society, is one of those projects.
Lupypciw is a Fibre programme graduate from the Alberta College of Art + Design (and will never get with the times and call it AUA). She has worked and exhibited in loads of spaces throughout Canada but is especially looking forward to making some new things for home–Forest Lawn–at Fuse33.
Spring 2024 Artist in Residency
Winter 2022/2023 Artist In Residency
2020 Artists in Residency recipients video