--- title: 'Call for Applications: Wild Rose Farm Artist Residencies 2026/2027' description: >- Two-week artist retreats at an eco-organic farm in Mulmur, Ontario for all disciplines, with private or shared housing, vegetarian meals and studio space from $1,000/2 weeks. url: 'https://www.artsume.com/programs/72511e03-f44d-4910-abb3-a66f7330b922' type: program status: open createdAt: '2026-09-03' updatedAt: '2026-09-30' programType: Residency organization: Wild Rose Farm organizationUrl: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/wild-rose-farm' location: 'Wild Rose Farm, Mulmur, ON, Canada' isOnline: false compensationRange: >- This is a paid retreat, not a stipend: artists pay $1000 CAD (shared) or $1600 CAD (private) per 2-week session in 2026, which includes meals and creative coaching/dramaturge services. disciplines: - painting - photography - music - dance --- # Call for Applications: Wild Rose Farm Artist Residencies 2026/2027 **Hosted by:** Wild Rose Farm **Type:** Residency | **Location:** Wild Rose Farm, Mulmur, ON, Canada ## About This Program ### Upcoming Residencies at Wild Rose Farm, Mulmur, Ontario **2026 Residency Dates:** Spaces available October 4–17, 2026 Arrival: Sunday after 3–5pm | Departure: Saturday by 10am **2027 Residency Dates:** April 11–24, May 9–22, June 6–19, July 11–24, August 8–21, September 12–25 & October 10–23, 2027 **Deadline:** Applications open until spaces are full Wild Rose Farm offers an intimate two-week retreat at their eco-friendly organic farm. Each monthly retreat session can accommodate four artists to pursue their work, cultivating their creativity in direct contact with nature in a restful and beautiful setting. Working space is provided and farm, nature and found objects are available to those who would like to use them. Whether seeking inspiration, rest or just time to work in a rural and peaceful environment, this retreat offers all of these possibilities. ### Accommodation and Food Private (double & queen) and shared (single) accommodation are available as per one's preference and availability. Healthy vegetarian meals are provided, with breakfast and lunch presented as 'self-serve' in a warm country kitchen or in the multiple cozy outside eating areas. The residency building is a historical log home built in 1839. A studio, greenhouse, covered outdoor porch and barn spaces are also available in the rolling wooded hills of Dufferin County. It is located 110 km. northwest of Toronto, in the Headwaters Region of Central Ontario, on the edge of the Niagara Escarpment near the popular Bruce Trail. Artists from all disciplines are welcome. Visual and performing artists, including painters, photographers, musicians, and dancers have taken this opportunity to work in a solo, collaborative or interactive environment. In the interest of promoting an exchange of ideas and cultures, residents will be supported and encouraged but are not required to interact with local artists and community members through talks, demonstrations, workshops, exhibitions or performances. During each two-week session 2 special events will be held. In the first week a community dinner with artists in residence and guest creatives from the local area will be held onsite. Then near the end of the residency period, a studio tour or performance event will be held for artists to showcase their work and raise donations for a local arts charity. Residents are responsible for their own 'specialty' foods, travel, personal expenses and all creative materials, unless alternative arrangements are made. Please mention special requests in your application. Note that WiFi access is available with limitations and cell phone usage is limited to your assigned bedroom. Phone reception is not always reliable, in this beautiful rural location. ### Interested? 1. Drop us an email at **info@wildrosefarm.ca** with **Subject: Artist Residency**. Please include: your full name, current address, phone number and email address, **writing briefly about why you would like to take this opportunity to creatively retreat**. 2. While every effort will be made to accommodate time requests, please state a second choice for availability. 3. We welcome you to include performance, exhibition history, education or training, publications, and collections or collectors of your art work **but it is not necessary**. 4. Currently, rates for 2026 are: - Shared accommodation: $1000.00/2 weeks - Private accommodation: $1600.00/2 weeks All meals and creative coaching/dramaturge services included. To confirm your booking a 50% deposit upon booking is required with the balance paid a week before arrival. A full refund will be granted if a replacement booking is obtained, otherwise the deposit is forfeited. It is anticipated that all weeks will be wait listed. ### Please Note - Artists need to bring all their own materials and specialty foods. The exception is the availability of respectfully found objects on site, both in nature and in our barn. Let us know what you need. Further, simple nourishing vegetarian meals are provided. - Arrival after 3pm the first day and departure by 10am the last day. - Guests or family members cannot be accommodated to stay. - No smoking, drugs or pets permitted. (with the exception of working animals, who are welcome). **Deadline: Applications open until spaces are full** ## Eligibility & Requirements - **Disciplines:** painting, photography, music, dance - **Note:** Artists from all disciplines are welcome, including visual and performing artists such as painters, photographers, musicians and dancers, working solo, collaboratively or interactively. Residents are supported and encouraged, but not required, to interact with local artists and community members through talks, demonstrations, workshops, exhibitions or performances. Guests or family members cannot be accommodated to stay, and no smoking, drugs or pets are permitted (working animals are welcome). ### Additional Requirements Email info@wildrosefarm.ca with Subject: Artist Residency, including your full name, current address, phone number and email address, writing briefly about why you would like to take this opportunity to creatively retreat. State a second choice for availability. You are welcome to include performance, exhibition history, education or training, publications, and collections or collectors of your art work, but it is not necessary. ## Compensation & Benefits This is a paid retreat, not a stipend: artists pay $1000 CAD (shared) or $1600 CAD (private) per 2-week session in 2026, which includes meals and creative coaching/dramaturge services. Rates for 2026: Shared accommodation $1000.00/2 weeks; Private accommodation $1600.00/2 weeks. All meals and creative coaching/dramaturge services included. A 50% deposit is required upon booking, with the balance paid a week before arrival. A full refund is granted if a replacement booking is obtained, otherwise the deposit is forfeited. All weeks are anticipated to be wait listed. Residents are responsible for their own specialty foods, travel, personal expenses and all creative materials, unless alternative arrangements are made. ## What's Provided - **Housing:** Provided - Private (double & queen) and shared (single) accommodation available in a historical log home built in 1839. 2026 rates: shared accommodation $1000.00/2 weeks; private accommodation $1600.00/2 weeks. All meals and creative coaching/dramaturge services included. A 50% deposit is required to confirm booking, with the balance paid a week before arrival; deposit is forfeited unless a replacement booking is obtained. - **Studio Access:** Provided - A studio, greenhouse, covered outdoor porch and barn spaces are available in the rolling wooded hills of Dufferin County, along with farm, nature and found objects for those who would like to use them. ## Timeline - **Opens:** September 3, 2026 - **Program Start:** October 4, 2026 - **Program End:** October 23, 2027 ## Contact **Email:** info@wildrosefarm.ca ## How to Apply Apply at: https://mailto:info@wildrosefarm.ca