Tourism, Culture and Recreation
March 20, 2009Province
Acquires 71 Original Works of Art Under Art Bank Program
The province�s collection of original works of art has
been substantially enriched with the addition of 71 pieces purchased
under the 2008 Art Bank Program, demonstrating the Provincial
Government�s continued commitment to purchasing, and displaying, the
work of local visual artists.
The Honourable Clyde Jackman, Minister of Tourism,
Culture and Recreation, today announced the list of works acquired from
provincial artists, including works in oil, digital, acrylic,
watercolor, stoneware, etchings, textiles and mixed-media.
"The work of our visual artists speaks to the dynamic
talent we have in Newfoundland and Labrador," said Minister Jackman.
"The newly-purchased artwork will be displayed in public buildings
throughout the province, bringing attention and recognition to visual
arts and provincial artists for many years to come."
The Art Bank Program, formerly the Art Procurement
Program, was established in 1982. The program offers emerging and
established 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. This year�s acquisitions bring
the art bank collection to a total of 2,683 works.
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery Division manages the
submissions and adjudication process, as well as ongoing support and
care for the acquisitions. The procurement jury is made up of five
regional representatives from the arts community. The deadline for the
Provincial Art Bank call for submissions will change this year to
Friday, September 11, 2009. For more information, please visit:
www.therooms.ca/artgallery.
As part of the province�s cultural strategy,
Creative Newfoundland and Labrador (2006), the annual budget for the
Art Bank Program was increased from $75,000 to $125,000 a year. The
strategy has, to date, provided $17.6 million in new funding to the
arts, cultural and heritage sectors.
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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
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Jena Mitchell
Manager of Marketing and Advertising
The Rooms Corporation
709-757-8070, 691-5681
jenamitchell@therooms.ca
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BACKGROUNDER
2008 Art Bank Acquisitions
Artist |
Work |
Media |
Date |
Hilary Rice |
String of Pearls |
Textile |
2008 |
Jason Penney |
Map of Canada |
Textile |
2007 |
Barbara Burnaby |
Slub Ice, Outer Cove |
Watercolour |
2008 |
Brenda Matchim |
Uncle George |
Oil on canvas |
2005 |
Charlotte Jones |
July 11, 2006: Watts
Point |
Artist's book |
2008 |
Peter Wilkins |
Sorenson Triple |
Digital print |
2008 |
Kym Greeley |
Things You Do, Some
Can't be Done |
Acrylic on canvas |
2007-08 |
Reed Weir |
Lilac Lovers |
Stoneware |
2008 |
Dan Hughes |
Bear Skull
Portrait #1 |
Oil on canvas |
2008 |
Bill Rose |
After the Gold
Rush |
Oil on canvas |
2008 |
Ned Pratt |
Miller Mechanical |
Digital
photograph |
2008 |
Ellie Yonova |
Opus #3853 |
Digital
photograph |
2006 |
Peter Drysdale |
Bill, Billy |
Sculpture |
2008 |
Angela Antle |
There was a Time
When I Could Fly: I Swear |
Encaustic on
canvas |
2008 |
Jim Maunder |
Rogue |
Sculpture |
2006 |
Jerry Evans |
Migration Cycles
#3 |
Etching |
2006 |
Trine Schioldan |
Buffalo |
Textile
(Hand-felted wool) |
2007 |
Cathy Driedzic |
Social Fabric |
Acrylic on canvas |
2008 |
Corrine Coleman |
Memory Man |
Etching |
2003 |
Elias Semigak |
Arctic Prince |
Sculpture |
2008 |
Shirley Greer |
Book of Prayers
for the Street Sweepers |
Mixed media |
2007 |
Jonathon Green |
The Game is Off:
I Shall Never See�Unless Someone Brings it Here |
Etching |
2008 |
John Goodyear |
Prestige |
Sculpture |
2009 |
Ryan Davis |
Untitled (Sony
Cybershot) |
Digital
photograph |
2008 |
Joyce Cho |
Parmelia
Sulcata-Lichen |
Pen and ink on
paper |
2008 |
Jacob Fergus |
Tablelands #2 |
Digital
photograph |
|
Sarah Feltham |
Contemplation I |
Textile (Hooked
mat) |
2007 |
David Baltzer |
St. John's #1
(Harvey Rd) |
Oil on canvas |
2007 |
Ronan Kennedy |
Cluster: Victoria
Park |
Charcoal and
graphite |
2008 |
Allison George |
Hung Out to Dry |
Digital
photograph |
2007 |
Brian Carey |
The End of the
Line |
Digital
photograph |
2008 |
Valerie Hodder-Walsh |
Portal |
Acrylic on board |
2006 |
Shawn Martin |
Calm Before the
Storm |
Pen and ink on
paper |
2001 |
Duncan Major |
Rocks at Mound |
Linocut |
2008 |
Shawn Rumbolt |
Sedna's Gifts |
Sculpture |
2008 |
Colette Urban |
Bare |
Digital
photograph |
2008 |
Nicole
Russell-Pitcher |
Little Red House |
Mixed media
sculpture |
2008 |
Shane Dwyer |
Black Bagging it |
Mixed media on
mylar |
2008 |
Janaki Lennie |
Island 15 |
Oil on canvas |
2008 |
Sharon Puddester |
NFLD Landscape II |
Woodcut |
1994 |
Jay Kimball |
Inlay - Cracked
Vessel |
Porcelain |
2008 |
Jennifer Galliott |
Summer Love:
Cowhead, NL |
Textile
(Tapestry) |
|
Lori Doody |
Birdsongs II |
Acrylic on
masonite |
2008 |
Kent Barrett |
The Cemetery in
Winter |
Photograph |
|
Sylvia Bendzsa |
Rock Base and
Landfall |
Etching |
2008 |
Frank Lapointe |
Beach objects,
Winter |
Mixed media on
paper |
2004 |
Jennifer Morgan |
Sunset Over
Avalon Mall |
Monoprint |
2008 |
Jennifer Barrett |
Cotton Club |
Acrylic on canvas |
2008 |
Jack Botsford |
Wind in the
Grass, Robinsons |
Woodcut |
2008 |
Mike Connolly |
Terra Nova |
Intaglio
(Aquatint) |
2008 |
Tia Connolly |
Grasshopper |
Ink on hand-dyed
paper |
2005 |
John Haney |
Island 7 |
Colour photograph |
2007 |
Audrey Feltham |
Plimsoll Line |
Waterbased
monoprint |
2008 |
Bonnie Leyton |
Finally Blowing
my Own Horn |
Acrylic/mixed on
canvas |
2008 |
Rhonda Pelley |
Relic |
Photograph |
2008 |
Toby Rabinowitz |
Worried Animals |
Acrylic on canvas |
2008 |
James Rosen |
Et in Arcadia Ego
(Homage to Poussin) |
Oil and wax on
canvas |
1989 |
Marg Ryall |
Wallpaper with
Hinge |
Mixed media on
canvas |
2008 |
Anita Singh |
Map Beehive |
Mixed media
serigraph |
2008 |
Michelle Stamp |
Suspended Bird |
Bronze cast |
2008 |
Mark Adams |
One of Many Walks |
Oil on canvas |
2008 |
Candace Fulford |
Grow into It |
Oil and graphite
on canvas |
2009 |
Sharon LeRiche |
Close up in a
Distant View |
Textile
(Tapestry) |
|
Annette Manning |
Untitled |
Mixed media on
paper |
|
Damien Worth |
Siphon/ Replenish |
Mixed media
sculpture |
2008 |
Susan Buchanan |
Mother and Child |
Chromogenic print |
2008 |
Urve Manuel |
Green Tea in the
Afternoon |
Glass (Kiln-cast
vessel) |
2008 |
Samantha Jacque |
Abandoned Fishing
Village, Ailik, Labrador |
Digital
photograph |
2008 |
Janet Peter |
Running on the
Beach |
Papier/ textile
m�ch� |
2008 |
Elly Cohen |
Spirit of
Queequeg |
Sculpture |
2007 |
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