Open Studio Artists in Residence | Libbie Farrell & Sophia Lawrence

October 22 - November 26

We’re so excited to welcome our final Open Studio Artists in Residence for 2025 – Libbie Farrell and Sophia Lawrence!

Libbie Farrell (They/Them) is a white settler and Interdisciplinary artist from rural Treaty 6 Territory. They currently live and work in Edmonton, AB. Libbie’s practice spans across textiles, printmaking, and new media with the mediums often intersecting. Their practice explores topics of gender, queerness as well as whimsy and humour.

Sophia Lawrence (she/they) is a queer multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and youth-educator living and working in Kjipuktuk, (Halifax). She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University and is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction at the University of King's College. Sophia works primarily in painting, film, puppetry, and drawing. Her creative pursuits are united by a playful and whimsical spirit with themes of environmental anxiety and queer futurism. Her work is rooted in introspection and humour, with the belief that laughter and play can be powerful tools for processing difficult emotions.

Farrell and Lawrence will be working with stop motion, paper-mache, and video to produce a multimedia video piece, under the working title of MEGA BITCH. The work explores the frustration and humour of navigating the crumbling health care system in the Maritimes.

The Open Studio Residency Program is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Arts & Culture NB, and ArtsNB.