Feminist Art Residency (FAR)

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Feminist Art Residency FAR

With Allyson Mitchell

2010–2020

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Located less than two hours from Toronto and easily accessible via a cross-country train line, bus routes and a main highway, FAR is part of a constellation of long-practicing artists and curatorial initiatives that have deliberately decentralized from urban settings, in order to expand the connections between artists of all generations and locations.

Since 2020, FAR has existed as an expansive site for queer and feminist artists, educators and activists. FAR provides sanctuary and respite for artists and activists wishing to simply develop ideas, plan, write, research if desired but predominantly – to rest and recharge. They can also come to conceptualize and produce art projects in a rural setting, especially those requiring connection to the land, expansive space requirements and those with specific connections to the local histories of both Black and Indigenous communities.

FAR is run by a connected group of people including Syrus Marcus Ware, Emelie Chhangur, Tracy Tidgwell, Johnson Ngo, Kalale Dalton, Deirdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell.