Gros Morne National Park
NOTE: Artist is responsible for their own transportation. A vehicle is highly desirable.
Landfall Trust, 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/international artists can apply for a stay of 3 weeks beginning the end of June and the first 2 weeks of July, 2016.
NOTE: Artist is responsible for their own transportation. A vehicle is highly desirable.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for submissions has changed to November 1, 2015
Mail your application to:
Mailing Address: The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery Division Attn: AIR Coordinator P.O. Box 1800 St. John's, NL A1C 5P9 |
Courier Address: |
Information: 709-757-8040 or AIR@therooms.ca
CHECKLIST:
Applications should include:
- Current curriculum vitae, including exhibition record
- 10 to 15 visual-work examples - jpeg format DVD, CD (image 300 dpi).
- Short 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, 2016
- Two artists may make a joint application, each submitting visuals and other information, if they are prepared to share the honorarium and living/working space. These are working residencies; family and friends cannot accompany artists.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Applications sent by fax or e-mail will not be accepted.
Artists’ Honoraria: $2,000.00 CANADIAN
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