Nordic Artist Exchange
From 2017-2024, the Nordic Artist Exchange was run in partnership by Hamilton Arts Council and The Cotton Factory. To learn more about the program in 2025, visit www.cottonfactory.ca/nordic-artist-exchange/ or reach out to nax@cottonfactory.ca
The Residency provides a mid-career level visual artist from Hamilton with the opportunity to create new works in Tallinn, Estonia over a four to six week period! Taking place in September/October 2025, one lucky artist is welcomed by the Estonian Artists' Association, fostering cultural bridges between Europe and Canada.
“If selected, what can I expect?”
This incredible once-in-a-lifetime residency offers:
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Access to studio facilities;
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Engagement with local artists; and
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Opportunities to share knowledge through workshops and talks.
The NAX program provides a selected recipient with an exceptional opportunity to explore their creative identity in Tallin, Estonia.
Applications
Details for the 2025 Nordic Artist Exchange opportunity are available at cottonfactory.ca
Lesley Loksi Chan
Lesley Loksi Chan (b. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Ohròn:wakon, Turtle Island) is an artist and curator. Concerned with invisibility, believability and resistibility, her work has been exhibited internationally including at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Images Festival (Toronto), International Festival of Films on Art (Montreal), British Film Institute (London, UK), Museo de Cine Autobiográfico (Vigo, Spain) and Anthology Film Archives (New York City).
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About Estonian Artists' Association (EAA)
The Estonian Artists' Association (EAA) is the legal successor of the Soviet Estonian Artists' Association established in 1943 and is an umbrella-organization uniting 19 professional unions of artists and art historians.
Most of the members of the EAA have graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts. The goals of the Estonian Artists' Association are to promote and enhance art culture in Estonia; to support the members of the EAA; and to create good working and exhibition conditions for them. The Estonian Artists’ Association is the mediator within the fields related to art and artists, and protects the rights of its members as well as the Association as a whole. The EAA is a member of Res Artis and organizes a residency in Tallinn.