Residency Programs in Newfoundland and Labrador

Gros Morne National Park
Terra Nova National Park
Rockwell Kent House
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, along with its partners, supports a series of three summer Artist-in-Residence programs. The residencies at Gros Morne National Park and Terra Nova National Park are presented in partnership with Parks Canada. The residency at the Rockewell Kent house in Brigus is presented in partnership with the Landfall Trust. All three residencies are open to Canadian and international professional visual artists, working in any media.
For more information about Gros Morne National Park, please call 709-458-2417 or visit the website at www.pc.gc.ca/grosmorne
For more information about Terra Nova national Park, please call 709-533 2801 or visit the website at www.pc.gc.ca/terranova
Landfall in Brigus
The “Landfall Trust”, a non-profit committee in charge of an historic house in Brigus (the house where Rockwell Kent stayed during WWI) has become a co-sponsor with The Rooms’ Provincial Art Gallery to offer an artist-in-residency program in Brigus, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. The Brigus committee, as co-sponsor, will be the contact for living at the house and interacting with the community. The Canada Council for the Arts will be the sponsor for funding the artists’ honoraria. Provincial, national or international artists can apply for a stay of 3 weeks including the last week of June and the first 2 weeks of July 2008.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 7, 2008
Mail your application to:
Canada Post Address:
The Rooms
Provincial Art Gallery
P.O. Box 1800
St. John's, NL
A1C 5P9
Information: Wanda Mooney, Financial & Operations Officer: 709-757-8044
CHECKLIST:
Applications should include:
current curriculum vitae, including exhibition record
10 to 15 slides and/or CD (or other visual support material)
concise statement of interest and a description of work to be carried out during the residency. The applicant should also describe why she/he wishes to do the residency, and what particular perspective he/she will bring to the program
indication of public access programming to be offered by the artist, for the public at large and for young people
preferred length of stay, and two choices of time frame between May and October.