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NLAC announces grant recipients for the Professional Project Grants Program (spring 2010 session)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, 2010, St. John’s, NL – The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (NLAC) has awarded $285,805 in grants for 89 artistic projects under its Professional Project Grants Program during its spring 2010 granting session.
The Professional Project Grants Program supports creation, production and professional development in dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual arts, and writing. Grants are awarded through a competitive application and peer assessment process.
The maximum available grant for new professional artists or groups is $3000, and the maximum available grant for established professional artists or groups, and professional not-for-profit arts organizations is $7500. The average grant this session was $3211 and there were a total of 173 applications.
“As the arts of this province continue to expand and flourish, demand for project funding continues to increase,” says Reg Winsor, executive director of the NLAC. “This is illustrated by the ever increasing number of applications we see each year.”
The Professional Project Grants Program has two grant deadlines a year: one in the spring and one in the fall. The next application deadline is September 15, 2010 (for projects starting on or after November 15, 2010.)
Media Contact:
Janet McDonald
Communications Officer
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
(709) 726-2212
1 (866) 726-2212 (toll free, NL only)
jmcdonald@nf.aibn.com
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 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 Program
Grant Recipients spring 2010
Total number of grants: 89
Total amount awarded: $285,805
- 29 New artists and groups: $57,161
- 54 Established artists and groups: $200,505
- 6 Not-for-profit arts organizations: $28,139
DANCE
Established
Dzolali Drum and Dance
St. John's
$3,000
July 1, 2010 - July 31, 2010
Support for workshops with Zimbabwe musician and dancer Kurai Blessing Mubaiwa. The purpose is to develop vocals and percussion for existing work, and develop a new dance work. Also, a new Ghanaian dance will be developed and rehearsed for the dance group repetoire.
Louise Moyes
St. John's
$4,500
May 15, 2010 - September 30, 2010
Support to develop and choreograph a new docudance with original musical composition by Lori Clarke. The work will centre on a woman’s struggles, humour, strength, and sense of peace. It will be shown in St. John’s at Neighbourhood Dance Work's Festival of New Dance.
New
Mark Bath
St. John's
$1,000
May 27, 2010 - June 12, 2010
Support to travel to Montreal to participate in contemporary dance workshops at Transformation Danse, and Studio 303. Mark will also attend performances as part of Festival TransAmeriques.
Andrea Tucker
Paradise
$1,424
June 28, 2010 - August 23, 2010
Support to work with choreographer Gwen Noah and dancer Tammy MacLeod to develop material for the second phase of the contempoary dance project Alchera.
FILM
Established
Lois Brown
St. John's
$5,680
May 31, 2010 - December 2010
Support to shoot, edit, and dessiminate the second season of the comedy webisodes Travel Anywhere.
Liz Pickard (Liz Solo)
St. John's
$3,000
August 30, 2010 - December 15, 2010
Support to create Third Space, a futuristic 3-D animantion video that demonstrates the idea of augmented reality.
New
Frank Barry
St. John's
$3,000
May 18, 2010 - July 30, 2010
Support to write and edit 3 Dogs Barking as a feature-length screenplay, based on the original theatrical script.
Lynn Kristmanson
St. John's
$2,800
May 15, 2010 - August 7, 2010
Support to shoot the short film Rescue Wife, a parody of 1950s television and a satire of the attitudes towards women in that era.
Ruth Lawrence
St. John's
$1,637
May 15, 2010 - September 30, 2010
Support to produce the short film Two Square Feet, written and directed by Ruth Lawrence, starring Amy House and Mary Lynn Bernard, cinematography by Justin Simms, and score by Amelia Curran.
MULTIDISCIPLINE
Established
Black Bag Media Collective
St. John's
$2,500
May 15, 2010 - September 15, 2010
Support to create the Engage Media Series, a series of artworks and happenings featuring the work of collective members to be presented throughout the city and online.
Book Arts Association of Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's
$5,000
October 24, 2010 - October 30, 2010
Support to hold Wayzgoose 2010: Print and Protest, a week-long series of events celebrating printing and books.
New
Amy Joy
St. John's
$2,500
May 15, 2010 - November 30, 2010
Support to create the animated web series Captain John's Poems based on a series of poems written and narrated by a 103-year-old man.
MUSIC
Established
Duane Andrews
St. John's
$7,500
May 15, 2010 - November 1, 2010
Support for an album release tour of Atlantic Canada and the North East U.S. (May 15 – 23, 2010) and a tour of Ireland (October 19 – 31, 2010).
Patrick Boyle
Mount Pearl
$2,900
June 1, 2010 - July 31, 2010
Support to mix and master a CD of new original Newfoundland improvised music.
Mark Bragg
St. John's
$5,000
May 15, 2010 - March 31, 2011
Support to record Mark’s third full-length album, Stories Without Morals.
Jim Fidler
St. John's
$3,000
May 15, 2010 - August 15, 2010
Support to create a music documentary about Jim Fidler and his music.
The Forgotten Bouzouki
Paradise
$3,500
August 15, 2010 - February 28, 2011
Support to record The Forgotten Bouzouki's debut CD of Greek ballads, Greek blues, and traditional Newfoundland music.
Delf Maria Hohmann
St. John's
$3,000
June 15, 2010 - July 15, 2010
Support to record and master the CD Songs of Hope and Resistance.
Hot Earth Ensemble, Inc.
St. John's
$3,000
May 30, 2010 and October 31, 2010
Support to present two concerts: Hot Earth Rocks with guest artist Anita Best at the Johnson Geo-Centre, and the Six Cello Suites of J.S. Back with Nathan Cook, cello, with guest cellists Vernon Regehr and Theo Weber at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.
Idlers Music Inc.
St. John's
$5,000
May 15, 2010 - July 9, 2010
Support for a cross-Canada tour to promote and support the album Keep Out.
Shirley Montague
Norris Point
$3,000
June 1, 2010 - September 30, 2010
Support to produce a live ethnomusicology/archival recording by members of the Montague family who have been part of the musical and cultural fabric of Labrador for generations.
Pamela Morgan
St. John's
$3,000
July 2, 2010 - October 2, 2010
Support to notate Figgy Duff's original score for Shakespeare's Tempest and prepare it for publication.
Shelley Neville
St. John's
$2,190
July 1, 2010 - July 07, 2010
Support to attend the NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. This prestigious conference for professional singers offers workshops, performances, and the opportunity to study techniques specific to opera.
Sean Panting
St. John's
$3,000
May 17, 2010 - July 15, 2010
Support to record, mix and master the solo CD Man of the Year.
Pathological Lovers
St. John's
$2,000
May 15, 2010 - July 15, 2010
Support to record, mix, and master a five song EP.
Vernon Regehr
St. John's
$2,000
June 5, 2010 - June 30, 2010
Support to participate in two conducting seminars: the Tafelmusik Baoque Summer Institute in Toronto, and the National Arts Centre Conductor’s Program in Ottawa.
Kelly Russell and Tonya Kearley Russell
Bell Island
$2,167
August 20 - 22, 2010
Support to travel and perform at the Summerfolk Music Festival in Owen Sound, Ontario.
Sherry Ryan
St. John's
$4,000
June 26, 2010 - November 15, 2010
Support to record the original folk CD Now, Not Later.
Krista Vincent
St. John's
$2,300
September 1, 2010 - November 30, 2010
Support to present Sonatas and Interludes, John Cage’s prepared piano masterwork, a solo piano music theatre event directed by Robert Chafe in St. John’s.
Theo Weber
St. John's
$2,301
November 1-15, 2010
Support for professional development in cello with David Hetherington in Toronto.
New
Patrick Cashin
St. John's
$632
May 19, 2010 - May 21, 2010
Support to travel to Edmonton to compete as a semi-finalist in the Shean National Piano Competition.
Catcher
Conception Bay South
$1,803
May 16, 2010 - July 15, 2010
Support to mix and master the band’s sophomore CD May You Live in Interesting Times.
David Kelleher-Flight
St. John's
$2,000
May 28, 2010 - November 1, 2010
Support to participate in the Ohio Light Opera's 32nd Festival Season, and the Oxford Lieder Master Course for Advanced Singer-Pianist Duos in Oxford, England.
Matthew Hornell and the Diamond Minds
St. John's
$3,000
June 24, 2010 - August 6, 2010
Support for the 2010 Atlantic Canada summer tour.
Calvin Powell
St. John's
$2,000
June 28, 2010 - July 18, 2010
Support for professional development with Opera on the Avalon, as well as performing the role of Collatinus in Opera on the Avalon's production of The Rape of Lucretia.
Two Guitars Clash
St. John's
$1,000
June 6, 2010 - September 1, 2010
Support to record the ten-song original punk/early rock CD The New Economy.
Susan Watkins
St. John's
$2,000
June 28, 2010 - July 18, 2010
Support for professional development with Opera on the Avalon.
THEATRE
Established
Frank Holden
St. John's
$3,000
May 15, 2010 - September 15, 2010
Support to write the one-man play Ballad of a Green Man which explores the real and imaginary Newfoundland of past, present, and future.
Andy Jones
St. John's
$4,812
July 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
Support to rewrite and workshop the text, lyrics, and music for the new play Jack Meets Jesus.
newfoundlandartistx
St. John's
$5,010
June 21, 2010 - July 24, 2010
Support to develop and dramaturge five original short plays with sand and wind elements for Shorter is Better 3.
Roles 4 Women Theatre
St. John's
$5,470
May 15, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Support for workshop sessions that will support community engagement and individual artistic development in theatre practice.
Berni Stapleton
St. John's
$3,000
August 1, 2010 - November 30, 2010
Support to research and write the play The Minnie White Story based on the life, times, and music of the iconic accordion player from Newfoundland and Labrador's West Coast.
New
Megan Coles
St. John's
$2,145
June 1, 2010 - August 31, 2010
Support to complete the final rewrite of the play Bound, which centres on the state of mental healthcare in Canada and the lack of social services available to sufferers and their families.
Sharon King-Campbell
St. John's
$2,145
May 15, 2010 - September 31, 2010
Support to continue the development of the play Miles to Go, a one act multi-media presentation about a young man suffering the onset of schizophrenia.
VISUAL ARTS
Established
Jaqueline Barrett
Corner Brook
$1,000
July 1, 2010 - August 31, 2010
Support to develop and create Asking My Father, a mixed-media print installation that will use video and sound to document and explore the artist’s history with Newfoundland’s French Shore.
Margaret Best
St. John's
$4,200
September 20, 2010 - November, 2010
Support to create the watercolour exhibition Balancing Act: Invasive Alien Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador, which will show at The Old Market House Centres in Dungarven and Tramore, Ireland.
Douglas Clouston
St. John's
$4,000
May 15, 2010 - July 15, 2010
Support to create the series Colony of Glass, using hand-blown glass vessels which reflect the artifacts unearthed at the Colony of Avalon in Ferryland.
Brent Coffin
Mount Pearl
$2,500
May 15, 2010 - September 15, 2010
Support to create the exhibition Beyond Facades. This body of work will include a series of hand-crafted corsets, photographs, and oil paintings expressing the strength and frailty of the human spirit through fashion.
Clem Curtis
St. John's
$3,000
May 30, 2010 - November 1, 2010
Support to create a series of large scale paintings Once Removed, dealing with death and rebirth.
Darka Erdelji
St. John's
$3,000
May 15, 2010 - September, 2010
Support to design and create a mosaic tile inspired by the story The Ptarmigan and the Snow Bounting. The work will be shown as part of an exhibit at the Eastern Edge Gallery in spring 2011.
William Gill
St. John's
$4,250
June 1, 2010 - January 31, 2011
Support to create an installation that will be displayed as part of the 2011 Arts Biennale at the 10 Days on the Island festival in Tasmania. This installation will use video and light to explore hope, searching, uncertainty, and loss through Newfoundland and Labradorians’ connection with the ocean and weather.
Justin Hall
St. John's
$3,200
September 16 – 26, 2010
Support to present a show of 20 black and white photos of dance. The show will coincide with the Festival of New Dance in St. John’s.
Wesley Harris
Corner Brook
$7,500
May 15, 2010 - March 20, 2011
Support to create a solo exhibition of hollowware to be exhibited at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador’s main gallery in March 2011.
Valerie Hodder
Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s
$1,800
May 15, 2010 - December 31, 2010
Support to create a series of small and large mixed media works entitled Submerged, which will explore how people struggle financially, emotionally, and physically to keep their heads above the water.
Jason Holley
Amherst Cove
$7,000
May 15, 2010 - October 15, 2010
Support to create a new body of Claymaille. The work will push the boundaries of scale by creating large and tiny clay ring sculptural work in combination with Raku glaze firing.
Nancy Jacobsen and Charlotte Jones
Corner Brook
$4,064
June 1, 2010 - August 31, 2010
Support for All That My Ears See, a series of youth visual art workshops and art production inspired by music performances by Gros Morne Summer Music. The finished works will be on display at the Arts and Culture Centre in Corner Brook during July and August 2010.
Tessa May
Corner Brook
$4,900
May 5, 2010 - October 30, 2010
Support to create a suite of six intaglio prints exploring the landscape and coastal communities of the Gros Morne area from an aerial perspective.
Hilary Rice
Corner Brook
$6,000
May 16, 2010 – November 14, 2010
Support to create Rare Reflections, a body of textile and mixed media work. The exhibition will be shown at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Gallery in St. John's from March 20 – April 24, 2011 and at the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery in Corner Brook in summer 2011.
Anita Singh
St. John's
$1,600
May 15, 2010 - August 16, 2010
Support to create a body of work that explores encaustic and mixed techniques to be exhibited at the Leyton Art Gallery in St. John’s in late 2010.
Lori-Lee Thomas
Mount Pearl
$3,230
June 1, 2010 - August 15, 2010
Support to create the series The Forgotten Shore composed of 12-15 paintings that celebrate memories and history of the southern Labrador shore, the lower North Shore, and Quebec. Upon completion, the exhibition will tour the area.
Veselina Tomova
St. John's
$3,000
July 15, 2010 - November 1, 2010
Support to create a series of prints, Harbours and Outports, exploring landscape, wind, and light. The exhibition will be presented at Red Ochre Gallery in St. John's in November 2010.
Ellie Yonova
Portugal Cove-St. Phillips
$3,200
May 16, 2010 - September 14, 2010
Support to create a body of work, Seamless, consisting of 12-15 large scale photographs that will combine multiple images and panorama to explore abstract imagery and emotions.
New
AJ Barker
St. John's
$2,800
May 15, 2010 - September 31, 2010
Support to print, dry mount, and frame the mixed media series, Boys Boys Boys!
Rosalind Ford
Amherst Cove
$1,000
May 15, 2010 - October 3, 2010
Support to create the solo exhibit, Puffins and Kittiwakes and Murres…Oh My! which will focus on full-scale screen prints of Atlantic Puffins, Common Murres, and Black Legged Kittiwakes. The work will be shown at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Annex Gallery from August 28, 2010 - October 3, 2010.
Jonathan S. Green
Carbonear
$2,800
August 15, 2010 - November 15, 2010
Support to participate in a three-month residency at St. Michael's Printshop. It will culminate in a series of prints, Polaris Lost, Polaris Destroyed, based on the 1873 Polaris Expedition and the crew that drifted six months on an ice flow.
Jaclyn Humphries
St. John’s
$1,151
July 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010
Support for professional development with Jason Holley in Amerhest Cove to focus on clay and metalsmithing techniques and their integration with textile mediums.
Jeanette Jobson
Flatrock
$2,700
May 15, 2010 - April 30, 2011
Support to create a series of 10-15 prints exploring Gyotaku print techniques combined with mixed media, using traditional Japanese printing papers and conventional Western paper supports. The artist will then offer a workshop to share the knowledge gained through this process.
Heather Mills
St. John's
$3,000
May 15, 2010 - February 1, 2011
Support to create a body of work, Reflections/Refractions, using metal and glass. The finished works will be presented in a solo exhibition at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Annex Gallery in 2012.
Pick-Me-Up Artists' Collective
St. John's
$3,000
May 16, 2010 - September 10, 2010
Support for workshops, artist talks, and monthly featured artist displays and publications.
Allen Walbourne
St. John's
$1,000
May 15, 2010 - August 15, 2010
Support to create a series of ten acrylic paintings, the Pond, the Lake, and the Harbour, depicting urban landscapes in relation to bodies of water.
Hillary Winter
St. John's
$1,000
July 10, 2010 – July 10, 2011
Support to create a body of mixed media works, A Year, depicting an autobiographical narrative of living in St. John's.
WRITING
Established
Paul Butler
St. John's
$3,000
June 1, 2010 - November 1, 2010
Support to write Shadow of Light. This new novel centres on a fictional doctor who poses as the famed medical missionary Wilfred Grenfell.
Mark Callanan
St. John's
$6,000
June 1, 2010 - September 1, 2010
Support to write a collection of poems, Dead Men's Jackets, whose central sequence employs mythological and contemporary underworld journey motifs to approach the author's recent near-death experience and find meaning in the seemingly random nature of its occurrence.
Tina Chaulk
Conception Bay South
$5,310
May 15, 2010 - September 10, 2010
Support to write Rewriting History, a novel exploring three people dealing with the complicated lives they have created.
Kenneth J. Harvey
Cupids
$5,310
May 15, 2010 - April 30, 2011
Support to write the novel Shipwrecker, about a man who has been shipwrecked in a secluded cove.
Joel Thomas Hynes
St. John's
$5,311
May 31, 2010 – August 21, 2010
Support to complete the first draft of the new novel One of the Good Guys.
Stephen Rowe
Gander
$1,300
May 15, 2010 - August 30, 2010
Support to write a manuscript of poetry that explores Stoic philosophical doctrines, not just its tenets, but how this approach to living life can manifest itself in the present day.
Agnes Walsh
St. John's
$3,000
May 15, 2010 - September 15, 2010
Support to begin work on a new manuscript of poems exploring landscape, tradition, and the passage of time.
New
Lynette Adams
St. John's
$2,124
May 15, 2010 - August 31, 2010
Support to write a manuscript of poetry and lyric prose, The Unfinished House.
Jillian Butler
Maddox Cove
$1,000
May 10, 2010 - September 10, 2010
Support to write a collection of short stories, The Seven Ages of Man, based on Shakespeare’s famous speech “All the world’s a stage” which reflects on the seven stages of a man's life.
Adam Clarke
St. John's
$1,500
May 15, 2010 - August 15, 2010
Support to write the novel Songs of the Witch-Rider, about the chilling origin of the "Old Hag" set against the backdrop of St. John's in the 1980s.
Chad Pelley
St. John's
$2,500
March 1, 2010 - September 1, 2010
Support to write the novel Left & Leaving, which explores relationships and identity.
Elizabeth Penashue (Tshaukuesh)
Sheshatshui
$2,500
May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Support to write and edit the memoir Nin Tshaukuesh, in Innu-Aimun and translated into English and French. The book will be based on events and the author’s diaries written over a 25 year period.
NOT-FOR-PROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Gallery
St. John's
$4,000
June 15, 2010 - November 19, 2010
Support for six exhibitions and related programming exploring a variety of craft media, techniques, and concepts. Featured artists include Karlie King, Caroline Clarke, Cara Kansala, Pam Dorey, Rosalind Ford, Rachel Ryan, and group exhibitions.
Literary Arts Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's
$4,000
October 12, 2010 - October 17, 2010
Support for the writers’ retreat Piper's Frith: Writing at Kilmory. The intensive retreat offers writers a chance to focus on their work in a secluded setting, while benefitting from interaction with peers and one-on-one mentorship and workshops with writers Kevin Major, Mary Dalton, and Jessica Grant.
Newman Sound Men's Choir
St. John's
$2,139
May 21, 2010 - September 30, 2010
Support to record a debut CD presenting choral arrangements of little known and rarely recorded folk music from across Canada with a particular focus on traditional songs from Newfoundland and Labrador.
Rabbittown Theatre Company Inc.
St. John's
$7,000
June 7, 2010 - August 8, 2010
Support to produce the inaugural season of the New World Theatre Project, a theatre program presenting classical and original plays performed by established and emerging artists.
Riddle Fence
St. John's
$7,000
September 27, 2010 - December 21, 2010
Support to pay for contributors' fees and design elements for Riddle Fence issue number five, to be published in December 2010.
Soundbone Traditional Arts Foundation
Ladle Cove
$4,000
August 22, 2010 - October 9, 2010
Support for the Vinland Music Camp which offers instructional workshops in traditional music, dance, and storytelling at Killdevil Camp in Gros Morne National Park. Also in October 2010 an adult Sound Traditions Music Retreat will be offered at the Lion Max Simms Camp near Bishop's Falls.
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