CALL FOR PROPOSALS – 2025-2026 Season

Creative research residency
for professional puppeteers
from the Island of Montréal (Canada)

 

Deadline for applications: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025, before midnight

 

With the goal of developing puppetry, Casteliers and the Montréal Arts Council (Conseil des arts de Montréal-CAM) are partnering, in collaboration with Le Schatz House, to offer two (2) creative residencies for professional puppeteers.

 

The residencies will each last for seventeen (17) days. They will take place in two stages: twelve days at the Maison internationale des arts de la marionnette (MIAM) and five (5) days at the Le Schatz House in Sutton. These residencies must be held at the MIAM during one of the following three periods: from September 22 to October 3, 2025, January 12 to 23, 2026, or April 13 to 24, 2026 and at Le Schatz House in the months of October or November 2025, or March, April or May 2026.

The residencies were developed on the following objectives:

 

  • Offer puppeteers in residence time to work and rehearse on a show in progress, whether they are at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of their process;
  • Give access to MIAM’s specialized spaces, equipment and resources;
  • Provide access to a creative space located in the heart of nature, at
    Le Schatz House;
  • Support the creation of works by the Montréal puppetry community.

→ Download the call for proposals 

→ Download the application form 

 

Information
Louise Lapointe
Artistic Director, Casteliers

direction@casteliers.ca