HERITAGE RESIDENCIES
Heritage Residencies is an ongoing programme that invites heritage makers from various fields and professions to create projects and activities in collaboration with Coquitlam Heritage. The programme’s purpose is to reflect the diversity and abilities of heritage makers in our community, providing them with a platform to research, develop new work, and host workshops. Heritage makers range from but are not limited to bakers and chefs, artists, musicians, storytellers, gardeners and more.
Calls For Residencies
Senior in Residence: Intergenerational Sharing Project
Coquitlam Heritage invites all senior residents living in the Coquitlam area to apply to our Intergenerational Sharing Project for 2025/2026.
Do you have unique skills, trades, or talents that demonstrate the heritage and history of your community and background? If selected, you will be supported by museum staff to share your knowledge through presentations, workshops, and/or exhibits.
This opportunity is only open to seniors aged 55+ who reside in Coquitlam. No prior experience is necessary.
Our aim:
To connect seniors with other generations as a means of passing on the skills and ideas that they have gained throughout their lives. Seniors play a vital role in our local community as knowledge keepers, and this program will allow for this knowledge to be shared and preserved with the younger generation.
Your presentation, workshops, and/or exhibits can range from but are not limited to art, culinary practices, hobby workshops, wood working, cultural presentations and practices, sharing your background, and so on.
Application timeline:
May 31 – Deadline to Apply
June 16 – Successful Applicants Chosen
Residency Sessions Available:
July 7 – September 12, 2025
October 13 – December 19, 2025
January 12 – March 20, 2026
To apply, to our Programs Manager, Emily Zhang, at ezhang@coquitlamheritage.ca, through phone at 604-516-6151, or in person at our museum at 1116 Brunette Ave, Coquitlam. Please answer the following questions in your application:
What made you interested in this opportunity?
What skill or talent would you want to share through this program?
How would you be interested in sharing? (For example, through open studios, presentations, workshops, and/or an exhibit?)
How is your proposal connected to the heritage of the city or your immediate community?
Please list the sessions in order of preference.
Seniors in Residence will receive an honourarium of $2,800 for 70 hours of their time, and full reimbursement for any material costs.
Deadline to apply: May 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
