Scott Leroux Fund – Video Pool Media Arts Centre

Anthony Valade – Artist in Residence for SLFMAE 2025

Please Welcome Anthony Valade to VP’s Scott Leroux Residency Program!

It is our pleasure to announce Anthony Valade as the 2025 recipient of the Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration (SLFMAE). In memory of Scott Leroux and supported by the Leroux family, the SLFMAE is an annual, month-long residency focused on the research and exploration of a specific technology and related aesthetic approaches. This year the residency is focused on working with the Analogue Video system.

Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration 2025 – Call for Submissions

The Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration (SLFMAE) is an annual residency focused on research and exploration.
SLFMAE offers $2000 for a one-month residency exploring a specific technology and related aesthetic approaches.

SLFMAE 2024: <\AV_+_AI/> – Aderemilekun Olusoga

Part of the 2024 Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration

During his residency, Olusoga explored the creation of multimedia artworks, producing a series of artworks with analogue and digital elements in conversation, through analogue video mixing technologies and AI-powered image-image generation. Investigating facets innately particular to both systems and ultimately offering viewers a fresh perspective on media synthesis.

Aderemilekun Olusoga – Artist in Residence for SLFMAE 2024

Please Welcome Aderemilekun Olusoga to VP’s Scott Leroux Residency Program!

It is our pleasure to announce Aderemilekun olusoga as the 2024 recipient of the Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration (SLFMAE). In memory of Scott Leroux and supported by the Leroux family, the SLFMAE is an annual, month-long residency focused on the research and exploration of a specific technology and related aesthetic approaches. This year the residency is focused on working with the Analogue Video system.

Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration 2024 – Call for Submissions

This is a Site specific Research based residency of VP’s analogue video suite. The focus of the residency is reconstruction

Scott Leroux Fund 2022 recipient || Valeri Marina

It is our pleasure to announce Valeri Marina as the 2022 recipient of the Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration (SLFMAE). In memory of Scott Leroux and supported by the Leroux family, the SLFMAE is an annual, month-long residency focused on the research and exploration of a specific technology and related aesthetic approaches. This year the residency is focused on SOUND ART.

Meghana Iyer | SLFMAE 2022 Recipient

Scott Leroux Fund 2022 Recipient Congratulations to Meghana Iyer – SLFMAE 2022 Recipient! VP is excited to announce that Meghana Iyer is the recipient for the Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration for 2022! Meghana will be joining us…

Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration: 2020 recipient Chukwudubem Ukaigwe

Way back in March we announced Chukwudubem Ukaigwe as the 2020 recipient of the Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration and that he would take over Poolside Gallery for the month of May. Covid-induced restrictions meant altering the plan and the residency will take place in November and into December with some amendments to the original public-presentation part of the program. As guidelines around public access are changing frequently, some of these may or may not be possible as we move along.

Scott Leroux Fund 2019 recipient Colby Richardson

It is our pleasure to announce Colby Richardson as the 2019 recipient of the Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration. Colby will inhabit Poolside Gallery for the month of March and has some ambitious plans for our legacy video equipment that has been faithfully stored and maintained over the years. In addition to employing use of this equipment to develop new work, Colby will host a number of open-studio days and a presentation on the First Friday of April.

Jackie Huskisson / Artist in Residence / Scott Leroux Fund

Calgary multi-disciplinary artist Jackie Huskisson, recipient of the inaugural Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration is the artist-in-residence for the month of March 2018. Jackie is occupying Poolside Gallery and developing sculptural forms which she is animating via projection-mapping. Her work delves into the psyche through the development of at-times surrealist characters isolated in space. As part of the Fund, we will be holding open houses each Friday throughout March, 1-5 pm in Poolside.