FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 12, 2012, St. John’s, NL – The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (NLAC) has awarded $274,000 in grants to 76 professional artists, groups and non-profit arts organizations from across the province through its Professional Project Grants program. The program supports projects related to creation, production, operating and travel costs.
“The Professional Project Grants program is offered twice a year and always gets the highest application response,” says Reg Winsor, executive director of the NLAC. “This session, applicants requested just over $480,000 more than the available $275,000; this speaks to the continued growth of the arts community and the increased demand for project funding.”
Some of the artists and projects funded this year include film projects by Mark O’Brien, who is working on a short called The Girl Over There and Ruth Lawrence for her upcoming film, Ruby. New CD projects from Johnston and Lear, Duane Andrews and The Idlers are also on the horizon for 2012. In theatre, Roles 4 Women Theatre Company will produce a new production by Liz Solo called View From a Basement. Torngat: Spirit of Place is a visual art installation in development by Christine Koch that will visit Montreal before arriving at The Rooms and Dale Jarvis will present a new work, The Brothers Grimm: 200 Years and Counting, with Delf Hohmann throughout Ontario and Quebec before a home-finish in St. John’s.
The Professional Project Grants program is funded under the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s annual contribution of 2.1 million for granting programs, program delivery, operations and communications. The next deadline for the Professional Project Grants program is March 15, 2012.
Media Contact:
Joshua Jamieson
Communications Officer
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
Phone: (709) 726-2212
Toll free: 1 (866) 726-2212 (NL only)
jjamieson@nlac.ca
The NLAC is a non-profit Crown agency created in 1980 by The Arts Council Act. Its mission is to foster and promote the creation and enjoyment of the arts for the benefit of all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. The Council is governed by a volunteer board of 13 appointed by government, reflecting regional representation of the province. This includes 10 professional artists who provide sectoral representation of the arts community; one community representative (with an interest in the arts); one business representative (with an interest in the arts); and one representative of the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation (non-voting). The NLAC receives an annual grant of $2.1 million from the Province to support a variety of granting programs, program delivery, office administration, and communications. It also seeks support from the public and private sector. It supports the following artistic disciplines: dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual art, and writing.
Professional Project Grants - Fall 2011
Total Awarded to Established Artists, Groups and Organizations:
$225,000 to 53 projects
Total Awarded to Emerging Artists and Groups:
$49,000 to 23 projects
ESTABLISHED
St. John’s - Metro
Calla Lachance [Dance]
Still Life with 3 - A Docu-dance for Three Dancers (working title)
St. John's
$4,500
November 16, 2011 to February 28, 2012
Louise Moyes will be commissioned to choreograph a new docu-dance to be performed by Calla Lachance, Tammy MacLeod, and Andrea Tucker. This developmental phase will lay the groundwork for further creative expantion of the project into a full-length dance production, scheduled for a later date in 2012.
Louise Moyes [Dance]
Mavis Gallant - Lisa Moore piece-creation
St. John's
$3,000
November 15, 2011 to March 15, 2012
Research and creative support with a composer for the development of a new docu-dance based on the writing of Mavis Gallant and Lisa Moore.
Ruth Lawrence [Film]
Ruby
St. John's
$2,513
December 1, 2011 to January 30, 2012
Support to develop the six-minute short film Ruby.
Mark O'Brien [Film]
The Girl Over There
St. John's
$6,700
December 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012
The Girl Over There will be a short film about two people who find each other in the midst of chaos.
Mariana Soledad Porta [Film]
Discovering Newfoundland
St. John's
$6,700
November 15, 2011 to March 15, 2012
Development of a short-experimental movie, Discovering Newfoundland, which will offer a metaphorical glance at some key historical facts that have conformed Newfoundland.
Dale Jarvis and Delf Hohmann [Multidiscipline]
The Brothers Grimm: 200 Years and Counting
St. John's
$2,000
February 1 to March 31, 2012
Development of a work that will explore the lives of the Brothers Grimm through storytelling and song. The new work will be presented in Peterborough and Perth, Ontario as well as Wakefield, Quebec and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Jennifer Morgan [Multidiscipline]
Graphic Novel: My Family's Story of the Sinking of the S.S. Caribou
St. John's
$3,335
November 15, 2011 to November 15, 2012
Creation of a graphic novel about the sinking of the S.S. Caribou, a 1925-built passenger ferry that saw its demise in October 1942 after being torpedoed by a German submarine.
Marnie Parsons [Multidiscipline]
Printing the Goat: a handmade book celebrating a traditional set dance
St. John's
$6,000
December 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
Support for research, writing, design and creation of a limited-edition, letterpress-printed and handmade book that celebrates the dance Running the Goat, with moveable and/or pop-up elements incorporated into the publication.
Duane Andrews [Music]
CD Production
St. John's
$7,500
January 23 to May 1, 2012
Support for the production and marketing of a fifth album by Duane Andrews.
The Black Bags Media Collective [Music]
The Black Bags – full-length recording project
St. John’s
$5,000
January 3 to March 1, 2012
Support to produce a CD and vinyl release of the first full-length album by The Black Bags.
Mark Bragg [Music]
Your Kiss Fall Tour 2011-2012
St. John's
$7,500
November 15, 2011 to February 13, 2012
Mark Bragg will embark on a tour throughout the Maritimes and Western Canada to support his September 2011 release, Your Kiss.
Pamela Morgan [Music]
Recording Original Scores
St. John's
$7,000
November 15, 2011 to February 28, 2012
Recording original soundtrack scores of Shakespeare's Tempest and Pamela Morgan's own folk opera called Nobleman's Wedding.
Krista Vincent [Music]
Commissioning grant for Reve doux-amer/Bittersweet Dream
St. John's
$1,875
November 15, 2011 to January 27, 2012
Commissioning of new work for pianist Krista Vincent and vocalist Stacie Dunlop by composer Clark Ross, which will be premiered during New Found Music Festival in January 2012.
The Domestics [Music]
Lovers and A Better Wage
St. John's
$5,326
December 31, 2011 to July 1, 2012
Support for the production of the full-length album recording, titled Lovers and a Better Wage.
Jean Hewson [Music]
Songwriting/Composition Project
St. John’s
$3,000
December 12, 2011 to March 15, 2012
Composition of original songs and tunes that combine Newfoundland stories, themes, and influences with the forms and stylistic elements of our traditional music. The resulting material will form the basis for an upcoming CD.
Hot Earth Ensemble, Inc. [Music]
Some Strings Attached
St. John's
$2,000
November 16, 2011 to February 6, 2012
Taking place on February 5, the concert, Some Strings Attached will celebrate the guitar as well as music inspired by Italian baroque featuring a guest artist performance by classical guitarist, Sylvie Proulx.
Idlers Music [Music]
Idlers Third Record
St. John's
$5,000
November 15, 2011 to May 5, 2012
The Idlers’s will record their third record in New York and St. Phillips, NL, to be completed later in 2012.
Johnston and Lear [Music]
Alone Together
St. John's
$4,000
December 1, 2011 to May 30, 2012
Production for the CD project Alone Together, that will feature original works and arrangements for piano and double bass, performed by Gary Johnston and Denise Lear.
Lois Brown [Theatre]
Lost in Thought: An Artist Away from Home
St. John’s
$3,900
January 3 to March 1, 2012
Professional development with the Playwrights Workshop Studio that includes a focus on the process of creation and performance with feedback from invited theatre artists.
Poverty Cove Theatre Company [Theatre]
Bound
St. John's
$3,000
May 7 to June 3, 2012
Bound by Megan Coles will have its premiere performance in the summer of 2012 in St. John’s.
Roles 4 Women Theatre Company [Theatre]
View From a Basement Apartment
St. John's
$7,500
November 15 to November 30, 2011
For the first time, Roles 4 Women Theatre Company will present a full stage production of Liz Solo's View from a Basement Apartment.
She Said Yes! [Theatre]
She Said Yes! Activities, November 2011-April 2012
St. John's
$7,500
November 17, 2011 to April 30, 2012
The three projects supported include the annual Mail-Order Dramaturgy as well as an anniversary production of the company's first show, Nosebleed, to mark ten years of theatre creation and development. She Said Yes! will also be bringing Turkish playwright, theatre professor and expert, Dr. Ebru Gokdag, to St. John’s to offer a one-week exclusive workshop on Theatre of the Oppressed techniques, as part of the Women’s Work Festival.
Brent Coffin [Visual Arts]
Living Gowns
Mount Pearl
$3,083
November 15, 2011 to March 15, 2012
The creation of twelve intimate oil paintings that will focus on the imagery of women in gowns whose fabric comes to life in the form of white cranes, black swans, butterflies and exotic flowers.
Rhonda Pelley [Visual Arts]
Grief is a Motel Room
St. John's
$2,500
December 15, 2011 to February 15, 2012
Development for the final stages of a photo-based series of images that explore the idea of loss by using the setting of a motel room.
Jason Penney [Visual Arts]
The Church of Feel Good
St. John's
$3,250
November 15, 2011 to August 30, 2012
The project will create and document a live, interactive piece exploring social equity through socializing.
Bill Rose [Visual Arts]
Recipe for a drawing in ten parts
St. John's
$3,500
November 15, 2011 March 15, 2012
Ten studio assistants will work alongside Bill Rose to produce a drawing based on a set of numbers defined and provided during the project.
David Kaarsemaker [Visual Arts]
Rise and Fall
St. John’s
$4,850
November 15, 2011 to April 3, 2012
Creating a series of paintings which visualize geological features that demonstrate the passage of time.
José González [Visual Arts]
Winter Greetings
St. John's
$3,050
November 21, 2011 to April 23, 2012
A set of twenty colour illustrated prints will focus on St. John's, NL, each being a visual container for beauty, grotesque elements, the people, and its customs among other themes.
Fatima Hammond [Visual Arts]
Ocean Creatures of the North Atlantic
St. John's
$1,500
November 15, 2011 to April 15, 2012
The series of work created will use batik techniques. Fabric panels will focus on ocean creatures of the North Atlantic and the urgent need to conserve biodiversity and sustained use of biological resources.
Christine Koch [Visual Arts]
TORNGAT: SPIRIT OF PLACE
St. John's
$3,600
November 15, 2011 to April 30, 2012
The creation and exhibition of a body of work prominantely featuring the Torngat Mountains located in Northern Labrador at the International Polar Year Conference in Montreal in the spring, 2012. The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery will also exhibit the work the following year.
John McDonald [Visual Arts]
You Don't Know Cold
St. John's
$3,500
November 15, 2011 to May 25, 2012
Three large-scale oil paintings will depict John McDonald’s great grandfather, James Donovan, and his ordeal as described by Cassie Brown in Death on the Ice.
Hillary Winter [Visual Arts]
Where we go from here
St. John's
$1,082
November 15, 2011 to November 15, 2012
Development of a body of photographic and written work that will document the various questions and discoveries within the first year of a new relationship.
Mark Callanan [Writing]
Epic
St. John's
$3,764
December 1, 2011 to March 15, 2012
Writing development for a book-length narrative poem with elements of personal and cultural history.
Jessica Grant [Writing]
Yolanda the Free: a novel
St. John's
$7,000
December 15, 2011 to May 1, 2012
Completion support for a comic novel currently in development, called Yolanda the Free, a new work that explores cards and chrome, football and family.
Joel Hynes [Writing]
The Last Going-Off
St. John's
$7,000
November 30, 2011 to May 1, 2012
Support to write a new collection of short fiction.
Carmelita McGrath [Writing]
Escape Velocity, a book of poems
St. John's
$6,400
November 15, 2011 to March 15, 2012
A new poetry collection entitled Escape Velocity will be an exploration of movement and change.
Craig Francis Power [Writing]
July
St. John's
$4,000
November 15, 2011 to January 15, 2012
Development support for the first draft of a new novel, July.
Susan Rendell [Writing]
Short Story Collection
St. John's
$7,500
November 15, 2011 to March 1, 2012
Support to complete a collection of short stories.
Avalon
Ginok Song [Visual Arts]
Young Reflections
Petty Harbour
$1,500
December 1, 2011 to April 30, 2012
A series of paintings will investigate and portray the thoughts and feelings of adolescence experienced as youth search for their identity. The series will be exhibited at the Leyton Gallery in May, 2012.
Peter Wilkins [Visual Arts]
Cover Versions
Clarke's Beach
$2,300
December 1, 2011 to March 1, 2012
A new series of artworks will be created based on found images that make up the history of art.
Eastern
Janet Davis [Visual Arts]
Surfacing
Wesleyville
$4,500
November 15, 2011 to May 15, 2012
The research for and creation of an extensive body of work that explores the surface of the ocean.
Terry Kelleher [Music]
Children's CD-Wrinkley Fingers
Port Rexton, NL
$5,120
November 15, 2011 to January 1, 2012
Recording of a children’s album called Wrinkley Fingers.
Jason Holley [Visual Arts]
Fused
Amherst Cove
$2,500
November 15, 2011 to March 15, 2012
The project will focus on a technical exploration in ceramic glazes and coloured clay bodies in order to fuse and partially fuse ceramic sculpture into permanent solid shapes.
Central
Kay Burns [Multidiscipline]
Diaspora
Lewisporte
$2,490
November 15 to December 15, 2011
Presentation of a newly created site-specific media mobile walk in Saint John, NB, as part of the off-site exhibition programming for the Third Space Gallery.
Western
Allison Crowe [Music]
Tidings Concert Documentary
Corner Brook
$3,820
November 25, 2011 to February 29, 2012
Putting together a video documentary of Allison Crowe's Tiding concert, a viscerally charged musical melding of the sacred and secular in song.
Doug Benoit [Music]
Production of full length album for La Famille Benoit
Port au Port East
$5,325
February 2 to May 8, 2012
Recording a full-length album by La Famille Benoit that will feature traditional music from the Port au Port Peninsula.
Shawn O'Hagan [Visual Arts]
Finding my way back home
Corner Brook
$1,500
November 15, 2011 to February 1, 2012
A series of textile wall pieces and objects with hand-dyed felt and materials will be created, exploring natural and domestic environments.
Audrey Feltham [Visual Arts]
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Exhibition - Transition/Translocation
Deer Lake
$3,500
November 15, 2011 to October 15, 2012
Completion of a 2012 solo exhibition that will be held at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in conjunction with a travelling exhibition Sense of Place.
Stephanie Mackenzie [Writing]
Exploring Jamaican Poetry
Corner Brook
$3,000
December 20, 2011 to April 1, 2012
Studying the rhythms and forms of Jamaican poetry and the poetic arts to provide the foundation for writing a sequence of poems inspired by the rhythms and cultural traditions of present-day Kingston, Jamaica.
EMERGING
St. John’s - Metro
Cara Lewis [Dance]
Majority
St. John's
$2,000
November 30, 2011 to January 30, 2012
The creation of a dance piece that combines movement, poetry, and film, as influenced by our present-day conservative ideological climate.
Lynn Kristmanson [Film]
Xmas Revelations
St. John's
$3,000
January 1 to June 30, 2012
An apocalyptic comedy Xmas Revelations will be a short film about the consequences of our insatiable appetite for all that is shiny and new as well as how that hunger has set us on a forced-march toward planet-wide devastation.
Frank Barry [Film]
Before your Eyes
St. John's
$2,500
November 20, 2011 to April 18, 2012
The development of a the short film called Before Your Eyes.
Joel Hunt [Film]
CARGO
St. John's
$2,261
November 15, 2011 to March 15, 2012
Development of a screenplay called CARGO that explores the effects of a shipwreck off the Burin Peninsula close to a nearby community and the story of two unsuspecting visitors from Ontario.
Baytown and Matt Power [Music]
Death of Us Video Production
St. John's
$2,118
November 15, 2011 to February 1, 2012
Shooting a video for Baytown’s song Death of Us with director/producer Matt Power. The song is the first single off the new album Two Places.
Matthew Hornell [Music]
Songs of Night and Days
St. John's
$3,000
January 11 to April 20, 2012
Support to record and mix Matthew Hornell's sophomore, full-length release Songs of Night and Day.
Jenn Brown [Theatre]
Short & Queer Theatre Festival
St. John's
$1,654
April 1 to April 30, 2012
The Short & Queer Theatre Festival will celebrate the vibrant talents and contributions of queer artists to the provincial culture scene. The festival will present theatre that is written by LGBT playwrights, featuring an LGBT thematic focus.
Megan Coles [Theatre]
Camp
St. John's
$1,654
January 5 to April 5, 2012
The final writing phase of Camp, a dark comedy exploring preconceived notions concerning racism, sexual assault, substance abuse, and violence in an isolated northern community.
Amanda Power [Visual Arts]
Living Landscapes
St. John's
$1,000
November 15, 2011 to May 15, 2012
A series of six oil paintings, working in pairs, will explore the connections between place and sensation.
Christina Rees [Visual Arts]
My Inner Birdscape
St. John's
$1,500
January 1 to April 1, 2012
Creation of My Inner Birdscape, a series of acrylic and hand-built ceramics exploring the bird as an introspective metaphor.
Jillian Waite [Visual Arts]
Encaustic Series 2011
Mount Pearl
$2,000
November 15, 2011 to July 1, 2012
A new series of encaustic work to be exhibited at the Leyton Gallery of Fine Art in 2012.
Mark Adams [Visual Arts]
St. John's
$1,372
November 12, 2011 to February 26, 2012
Four silkscreen prints will combine styles and effects used in magazine publications and other advertisements.
Maaike Charron [Visual Arts]
The Teatime of the Soul
St. John's
$1,000
February 1 to April 30, 2012
A gallery show that will feature original teacups, created based on the number of books in the artist’s personal library.
Clare Asquith Finegan [Visual Arts]
Exquisite Dystopia
St. John's
$1,750
November 17, 2011 to December 1, 2011
The Claw Space will be an exploration of independent curation through the idea of a ‘touring’ show and collaboration between artist and curator.
Heather Mills [Visual Arts]
Reflections/Refractions, Stage 3
St. John's
$3,000
November 15, 2011 to March 24, 2012
A professional development workshop with artist Nikki O'Neil in Maryland that will be exploring recycled glass and the completion of the series metal and glass called Reflections/Refractions.
Adam Clarke [Writing]
Newfoundland Cinema: An Oral History
St. John's
$2,000
November 15, 2011 to November 14, 2012
Completing research, interviews and writing, resulting in a draft of a non-fiction manuscript detailing the rise of Newfoundland cinema.
Samuel Martin [Writing]
A Blessed Snarl
St. John's
$2,301
January 1 to April 30, 2012
Writing of A Blessed Snarl, a work that focuses on how entangled one's life can become with the place one chooses to call home.
Aimee Wall [Writing]
St. John's
$3,000
January 1 to May 31, 2012
Writing a collection of linked pieces of short fiction that explore identity and its relationship to place.
Shoshanna Wingate [Writing]
Elsewhere: Poems
St. John's
$3,000
November 15, 2011 to May 15, 2012
Support to write on a full-length collection of poetry entitled Elsewhere.
Avalon
Nick Kelly [Film]
Confessional
Pouch Cove
$2,261
March 15 to June 30, 2012
Confessional will be a short dramatic film about a troubled Newfoundland man who finds himself on the verge of taking his own life, in the strangest of places.
Central
Jessica Waterman [Visual Arts]
Gander
$2,000
November 15, 2011 to March 20, 2012
A body of work will be created, using the textures in wood and fabric, that will be exhibited at the Craft Council of NL Gallery from February to March, 2012.
Winston Osmond [Visual Arts]
Reenacting
Joe Batt's Arm
$3,000
May 1 to August 31, 2012
This collaborative series of paintings will be done with Montreal artist, Vida Simon, to be exhibited in Tilting in the fall of 2012.
Western
Douglas Walbourne-Gough [Writing]
The Crow Gulch Poems
Corner Brook
$1,630
November 15, 2011 to February 15, 2012
Research support to write a body of poetry about the now defunct community of Crow Gulch.
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
Craft Council of NL Gallery
Exhibition Programming
St. John's
$5,371
February 4 to June 9, 2012
The Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Gallery plans to present six exhibitions with related programming that seek to explore a variety of craft media, techniques and concepts.
Riddle Fence
Riddle Fence issue 11
St. John's
$5,000
December 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012
Completion of issue number 11 of Riddle Fence, a journal of Newfoundland and Labrador culture that publishes high quality essays, poems, short fiction, reviews, interviews, and artwork, due March 2012.
White Rooster Theatre
Year of the Rooster, Kingdom and Women's Work Festival 2012
St. John's
$5,371
December 1, 2011 to April 30, 2012
Development support for Year of the Rooster, a new play by Christine Taylor. White Rooster Theatre will also put up the premiere production of Kingdom by emerging writer Meghan Greeley; and later in the year, work on the 2012 Women's Work Festival.
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