The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has once
again expanded and enhanced its collection of original works of art with
the addition of 67 pieces purchased under the 2007 Art Bank Program,
administered through The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery.
The Honourable Clyde Jackman, Minister of Tourism,
Culture and Recreation, noted the significance of the Art Bank Program
(formerly known as the Art Procurement Program), and the contribution of
visual artists and their works to the province.
"The purchased pieces are incredible and represent a
wide range of art including photography, etchings, textiles, sculptures,
and more," Minister Jackman said. "The Art Bank Program benefits both
visual artists and residents of the province. It serves to publicly
promote emerging and established local talent, acquire works of
significance to the province, and support the vibrant cultural heritage
of Newfoundland and Labrador."
With these purchases, the Art Bank collection has
risen to a total of 2,653 pieces. The newly-purchased works (See
Backgrounder) will be displayed in public buildings throughout the
province for years to come
"I thank all artists who submitted works for
consideration," Minister Jackman said. "The Provincial Government�s
cultural strategy, Creative Newfoundland and Labrador (2006)
supports excellence in artistic endeavors, the creative process, and
sustaining the province�s distinctive cultural identity."
The strategy included a $50,000 increase to the Art
Bank Program, from $75,000 to the current $125,000 annual allocation.
Since 1982, the Provincial Government has been
recognizing and promoting the work of Newfoundland and Labrador artists
by purchasing and exhibiting original artwork in public buildings. The
Art Bank Program offers visual artists a chance to showcase their work
to a wide audience, while also increasing the public�s awareness of the
importance of arts and culture in our daily lives.
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery manages the
submissions and adjudication process, as well as ongoing support and
care for the acquisitions. The Art Bank Program jury is made up of five
regional representatives from the arts community.
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Name |
Hometown |
Title |
Category |
Brian Ricks |
Amherst Cove |
Bonavista |
Photography |
Elias Semigak |
Clarenville |
Sedna's Waltz |
Sculpture |
Nicole Pitcher |
Conception Bay South |
Seal |
Sculpture |
David Morrish |
Corner Brook |
Place-Home-House |
Photogravure |
Kent Jones |
Corner Brook |
Baldy & Nipper: For my Father |
Mixed Media on Canvas |
Sheila Hollander |
Corner Brook |
The Merchant Maker |
Acrylic on Canvas |
Charlotte Jones |
Corner Brook |
Breath |
Japanese Woodblock |
Marlene MacCallum |
Corner Brook |
Townsite Windows |
Photogravure |
Rodney Mercer |
Corner Brook |
North Street |
Oil on Canvas |
Allen Walbourne |
Corner Brook |
Penance of Time |
Sculpture |
Luben Boykov |
Flatrock |
Black Fire |
Acrylic on Paper |
Elena Popova |
Flatrock |
River |
Monotype |
Harvey Taylor |
Grand Falls-Windsor |
Pouch Cove |
Watercolour |
Michael Pittman |
Grand Falls-Windsor |
Obstruction II |
Mixed Media on Panel |
Robert Lodge |
Grand Falls- Windsor |
Dance of Mahapratisara |
Photography |
Charlie Falk |
Grand Falls-Windsor |
Skipper Stan |
Photography |
Mary Doucet |
Happy Valley-Goose Bay |
Leaping Salmon |
Embroidery |
Shirley Moorhouse |
Happy Valley-Goose Bay |
To Honour the Caribou |
Textile |
Gerald Squires |
Holyrood |
Hillside in Winter |
Monoprint |
L.Yates & D.Hayashida |
King's Point |
A Fine Kettle of Fish |
Stoneware |
Terrance Hounsell |
Mount Pearl |
The Geometric Demiseof the Last
House in La Manche |
Photography |
Eli Merkuratsuk |
Nain |
Island's Backyard |
Pen & Ink |
Jennifer Barrett |
Paradise |
Carousel of Ponies |
Acrylic on Canvas |
Derrick Turner |
Paradise |
Winding up at Cape Spear |
Photography |
Shirley Greer |
Pasadena |
Migrazione |
Monoprint with Collage |
Shell Ledrew |
Pasadena |
Faerie I |
Photography |
Frank Lapointe |
Port Rexton |
Crab Pots |
Watercolour |
Toby Rabinowitz |
Portugal Cove-St. Phillips |
Field of Flowers, Happy Skies |
Acrylic on Canvas |
Louise Sutton |
Portugal Cove-St. Phillips |
Crossing Pools |
Oil on Canvas |
Valerie Hodder-Walsh |
Portugal Cove-St. Phillips |
Of Birds & Bees |
Mixed Media on Canvas |
Marlene Creates |
Portugal Cove-St. Phillips |
Larch, Spruce, Fir, Birch, Hand |
Photography |
Reed Weir |
Robinsons |
All for One |
Stoneware/Ceramic |
Shawn Rumbolt |
St. Anthony |
Sedna |
Sculpture |
Trine Schioldan |
St. John's |
Carpet of Poppies |
Hooked Mat |
Michael Connolly |
St. John's |
Sticks: Bow, Drill & Tinder |
Mixed Media on Paper |
Undrea Norris |
St. John's |
Right Place |
Acrylic on Canvas |
Rhonda Pelley |
St. John's |
Beehive |
Photography |
Margaret Ryall |
St. John's |
Lifeline |
Mixed Media on Canvas |
Michele Stamp |
St. John's |
Single Blue Iris |
Oil on masonite |
Sylvia Bendsza |
St. John's |
Looking East |
Drypoint |
Brenda McClellan |
St. John's |
View of Winter |
Oil and Watercolour |
Jennifer Morgan |
St. John's |
Gaze Seed |
Etching |
Ying Tian |
St. John's |
No Crab, Just Feathers |
Oil on Linen |
Ryan Davis |
St. John's |
Untitled (Ice Cream Man) |
Photography |
Corrine Coleman |
St. John's |
Landscape |
Intaglio |
Annette Manning |
St. John's |
Molecular Angel |
Serigraph, Pen & Ink |
Candace Fulford |
St. John's |
Winter Street Lights |
Mixed Media on Canvas |
Jack Botsford |
St. John's |
Arahura River, New Zealand |
Linocut |
Bela Simo |
St. John's |
Torso as Vessel |
Sculpture |
George Horan |
St. John's |
Surge at Brigus |
Oil on Canvas |
Esther Squires |
St. John's |
Salmon Run |
Raku |
Andrew Collins |
St. John's |
Remembrance Day |
Photography |
Kym Greeley |
St. John's |
I Want To |
Acrylic on Canvas |
Jason Penney |
St. John's |
Sodomy on the High Seas |
Textile (Quilt) |
Peter Drysdale |
St. John's |
The Curious Jim |
Sculpture |
Angela Antle |
St. John's |
Gert's Clothesline Falling Down |
Encaustic with Collage |
Clement Curtis |
St. John's |
Close to the Ground: Post 9/11 |
Oil on Canvas |
Lori Doody |
St. John's |
September Song |
Etching |
Kathleen Knowling |
St. John's |
Fish in the Sea |
Mixed Media on Paper |
Shane Dwyer |
St. John's |
Floor 1936 |
Mixed Media |
Anne Downton |
St. John's |
Stratum #5 |
Serigraph |
Jason Holley |
St. John's |
Wall 4in1 |
Raku |
Sarah Hillock |
St. John's |
Neil |
Oil on Board |
Joyce Cho |
St. John's |
Anemone Japonica |
Watercolour |
Blake Gosse |
Stephenville |
Elephant Ears |
Photography |
Diana Dabinett |
Torbay |
Andy's Gorge, West Australia |
Egg Tempera |
Barbara Daniell |
Woody Point |
Walkabout VIII |
Collage |