Tourism, Culture and Recreation
June 9, 2008

Province Acquires 67 Works Under Art Bank Program

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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Media contacts:

Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca
Deanne Fisher
Director of Marketing and Development
The Rooms Corporation
709-757-8070, 691-5681
deannehayward@therooms.ca

 

BACKGROUNDER
2007 Art Bank Acquisitions

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

2008 06 09                                                        10:15 a.m.

 


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