Residency
in the shade
14 ⇾ Mar. 28 2026 (Saturday)
Special Residencies
© Ronald
Biography
For February 2026, Studio 303 is partnering with this project by supporting the visit of two Montreal artists to in the shade. The residency will run from March 14 to 28, 2026.
Project Details
in the shade is an artistic research residency initiated by Ronald Rose-Antoinette, a curator, writer, and scholar from Martinique. Studio 303 is partnering with in the shade for the 2026 edition, supporting the travel and participation of two artists from Montréal (thanks to the La route de l’art program from the Conseil des arts de Montréal).
In the Shade is part of a long-term vision of transatlantic collaborations and sustainable exchanges, where artists are encouraged to rethink the relationships between territory, memory, creation and political engagement.
In February 2025, in the shade welcomed Angélique Willkie, Donna Kukama, James Johnson, Jeremy D. Guyton, Ludgi Savon, and Henri Tauliaut—Afro-descendent and interdisciplinary artists, from South Africa, Canada, the United States, and Martinique.
In the Shade is part of a long-term vision of transatlantic collaborations and sustainable exchanges, where artists are encouraged to rethink the relationships between territory, memory, creation and political engagement.
In February 2025, in the shade welcomed Angélique Willkie, Donna Kukama, James Johnson, Jeremy D. Guyton, Ludgi Savon, and Henri Tauliaut—Afro-descendent and interdisciplinary artists, from South Africa, Canada, the United States, and Martinique.
The residency will run from March 14 to 28, 2026. Following the residency, Ronald Rose-Antoinette and the two Montreal artists will hold a public discussion at Studio 303 in Montreal. This meeting will provide an opportunity to share reflections from the residency, notably on the themes of shadow, strangeness and decolonization in current artistic practices.
“The theme of the residency in the shade / à l’ombre evokes camouflage, displacement, cunning and adaptation, concepts fundamental to the dynamics of creolization. These notions are rooted in the Martinique context, where cultural identities and practices are constantly being recomposed, in a constant interplay between visibility and withdrawal. The residency invites artists to reflect on and create around these notions in a changing world, where the refuge, the parasol, the mango tree and the foreign land become metaphors and spaces for reinvention. This project goes beyond mere artistic mobility: rather, it affirms a commitment to diasporic creation and the decentering of perspectives in contemporary art” (Ronald Rose-Antoinette).
“The theme of the residency in the shade / à l’ombre evokes camouflage, displacement, cunning and adaptation, concepts fundamental to the dynamics of creolization. These notions are rooted in the Martinique context, where cultural identities and practices are constantly being recomposed, in a constant interplay between visibility and withdrawal. The residency invites artists to reflect on and create around these notions in a changing world, where the refuge, the parasol, the mango tree and the foreign land become metaphors and spaces for reinvention. This project goes beyond mere artistic mobility: rather, it affirms a commitment to diasporic creation and the decentering of perspectives in contemporary art” (Ronald Rose-Antoinette).
Visual Documentation
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