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Bridge & Falls Residency will be offered again in the summer of 2026.
Can You See Yourself Here?
Are you an artist/ crafter/ maker/ creator who wishes to immerse yourself in a rural space? Do you need to take some much needed time away from the busyness of everyday life, to focus on your creative practice?
In the summer of 2025, the day-use studios will be available on a case-by-case basis. Please send any inquiries by email to: info@snnf.ca and in the subject line please write ‘Request To Book A Day-Use Studio’.
Our small spaces are purpose built to support a self-directed creative residency, far away from the hustle and bustle of city centres, scheduling conflicts and competing priorities.
Day Use Studios
For the summer of 2025, two day-use studios are available on a first-come, first-served basis. ON THE WATER and ON THE ROCK are both equipped with a workspace and modest furnishings. The tiny studios are not fitted with plumbing or electricity.
For that reason, the locations of the two studios are within walking distance of Township owned & operated facilities that do offer restroom facilities. The ON THE WATER (12’ x 12’) tiny floating studios is near the government docks and the Northern Ontario Sportfishing Centre (NOSFC) in Sioux Narrows. The ON THE ROCK (8’ x 20’) is at the head of a trail, tucked on a hill in the woods, and in close proximity to the Travel Centre in Nestor Falls, ON.
All artists can use the libraries in both communities. If your residency is in Nestor Falls, you are welcome to recharge and connect to wi-fi at the Travel Centre. And, if your residency is in Sioux Narrows, you can plug in and power up at the Northern Ontario Sportfishing Centre.
ON THE WATER
ON THE WATER is a tiny studio on a floating platform. The floating studio is intended to connect the user to water, one of the four elements of nature and is designed/ constructed to allow the user to freely relate to the outdoors. It is ideally situated close to shops, stoves, and amenities in the small community of Sioux Narrows.
ON THE ROCK
The artist residency site is perched on top of an undulating bedrock surface at the head of a prominent walking trail for the community of Nestor Falls. How the building touches the site is very important, the intention, to follow the changing elevation of the rock, making delicate connections that seem to float above the surface. Natural light floods the interior of the space, and the warmth of the cedar projects through the polycarbonate wall system.
The ON THE ROCK studio is just south of Nestor Falls where you will find shops, a grocery store, and the amenities of a rural, community in northwestern Ontario.
