Welcome to the Association of Cultural Industries Newfoundland & Labrador
Daily Spotlight: William Gill
September 07, 2010
William Gill has has evolved from solely sculptural exploration, to sculpture, painting, photography and video work.
His subjective interests vary but one can safely say that he has a skewed, but often beautiful, take on human nature. He has a wide-ranging exhibition history that includes shows in artist-run centres, commercial galleries, and public galleries/museums at home and abroad.
Considerable attention has been paid to his work in the form of critical writing in magazines, newspaper articles and radio and tv spots. Peer juries have consistently recognized and supported his work through grants from both the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.
For more information regarding William Gill, please visit his website at http://www.williamgill.ca
Daily Spotlight: Repartee
September 03, 2010
Repartee started jamming in March 2009, and had their first gig in July 2009. The group originally formed as a threesome, but added guitarist Chad Murphy.
Their main goal has always been to connect with the people listening to them. They try to keep their shows really energetic while still being really tight. They are still somewhat new to playing in bars, and still experimenting a little with how to feel a little more connected to the audience. They are also working on an album! Recording will hopefully begin in the studio around Christmas of this year.
For more information regarding Repartee, visit their website at http://www.myspace.com/reparteemusic
Daily Spotlight: World's End Theatre Company
September 02, 2010
The World's End Theatre Company produces professional theatre reflecting the diversity of life on Fogo Island and Change Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador. Residents of the community participate in all aspects of the production, while the scenic islands serve as the backdrop for the stage. World's End Theatre will regularly produce original performances that showcase the history, culture and experiences of Fogo Island. These stories are told by the people who lived them.
This summer we held our 3rd annual theatre festival!
Since January 2008, World's End Theatre Company has held classes and workshops in many different genres of performing arts in order to educate and train the people of Fogo Island and Change Islands. In January, 2010, they created a Youth Theatre Program as part of the Academy which sees youth ages 14-19 take part in weekly classes and workshops. The Academy will be back with new exciting classes starting in September!
For more information regarding World's End Theatre Company, please visit their website at http://www.worldsendtheatre.org.
Daily Spotlight: Seraka
September 01, 2010
St. John’s newest belly dance troupe, Seraka is made of local teachers and performers Kristine Nolte, Vanessa Paddock, Karen Erl, and Mallory Power. Members of Seraka combine technical skill with creativity in movement and costuming to present unique, dynamic, and exciting performances.
They formed the troupe in January 2010 with the goal of developing a group devoted to presenting professional and engaging performances and workshops in and around St. John's, Newfoundland. Though already equipped with years of experience in both belly dance and other forms of dance, they continue to learn and develop their skills though workshops and by their regimen of private study.
For more information, visit their website at http://www.seraka.com
NLAC Exhibition: Margaret Walsh Best's "Balancing Act: Invasive Alient Plants"
August 31, 2010
Balancing Act: Invasive Alien Plants to tour Ireland
Balancing Act: Invasive Alien Plants is the latest exhibition by St. John’s/ Tors Cove painter Margaret Walsh Best. The exhibition, which has been chosen to tour two locations in Ireland this fall, features watercolours of plant species found across Newfoundland and Labrador that have “come from away”.
The exhibit will be shown at The Old Market Gallery in Dungarven, County Waterford from August 15 - October 4, 2010; and at the Coastguard Station Cultural Centre in Tramore from October 10 - November 14, 2010.
Margaret Walsh Best received a grant for $4200 through the NLAC’s Professional Project Grants Program.
Learn more at www.nlac.nf.ca.
Daily Spotlight: Strange Duck Media
August 31, 2010
Strange Duck Media was founded in 2001 by Irene Duma. Her team consults, creates and produces advertising and marketing campaigns, web sites, CD ROMs, and videos for clients in film and television production, associations and charities, corporations, artists as well as other digital media companies.
Irene Duma is a creative and versatile hands-on New Media designer/producer and director with an effective combination of creativity, technical abilities, and contagious good humour. She brings over 15 years experience in various entertainment fields, including theatre and comedy, film production, acting, writing and directing, and teaching to New Media.
A creative through and through, Irene jumps at the opportunity to solve any problem, while her imaginative and constructive approach give her the tools to make truly compelling and entertaining productions.
For more information, please visit http://www.strangeduck.com/
Grant Deadline: Community Arts Program
August 31, 2010
Upcoming grant deadline:
The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (NLAC) is now accepting applications for its Community Arts Program to support projects by community based non-profit arts organizations and groups.
Application deadline: September 30, 2010
(Projects must start on/after December 1, 2010)
Contact the NLAC for an application form and details:
The Newman Building, 1 Springdale Street
726-2212 or toll free 1 (866) 726-2212 (NL only)
nlacmail@nfld.net www.nlac.nf.ca
Daily Spotlight: Blair Goudie
August 30, 2010
Blair Goudie is no newcomer when it comes to writing and producing infectious music that is both emotionally relatable and stunningly creative. After attacking so many different genres of music ranging from blistering hardcore acts such as Face The Day to the softer more melodic sounds of his acoustic work with Celestial Symphony, Goudie has certainly found his niche in the music industry with his new solo electronic sound.
After performing the past 5 years in bands across Newfoundland and attending CNA for Recording Arts and Music Industry & Performance, there is no trouble seeing that Blair has his act together. By making a name for himself through MusicNL he has already showcased at their annual conference twice in his young career and performed various song writing circles.
For more information regarding Blair Goudie and his music, please visit http://www.myspace.com/BlairGoudie.
Daily Spotlight: Angela Antle
August 27, 2010
For over a decade Angela Antle has worked in the medium of encaustic, creating paintings and large scale wall hangings. Her large works (up to 27 feet long) were exhibited at the Rooms Provincial Art Gallery in St.John’s, during the summer of 2008 and at the Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Gallery in Corner Brook from January to March 2008 in the exhibit “The Flood at Furnace Cove.”
As a radio producer, Antle co-created and hosted “Socket” CBC Radio’s first national radio program on visual artists. Of late, her two interests are coming together for “Shorelines” a collaboration between sound artists in Ireland and Newfoundland. The resulting work will be exhibited in 2010 at The Rooms in St. John’s, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Gallery in Corner Brook, Siamsa Tire Arts Centre in Tralee and Dun Laoghaire Gallery in Ireland. In 2005, Antle was the inaugural Lynn Donoghue Artist-In-Residence at Toronto’s Spadina Museum. Angela Antle attended the Ontario College of Art and Design from 1995 to 1999, and spent a year in OCAD’s Florence, Italy studio program. Angela Antle’s work has been collected privately and publically by The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the City of St. John’s. She is represented in Newfoundland by The Christina Parker Gallery.
For more information regarding Angela Antle, please visit her website at http://www.angelaantle.com
Culture As Business workshop.
August 27, 2010
Posted on behalf of Paul E. Guise:
Announcing a 2-day workshop, entitled "Culture as Business", that will be presented in a dozen locations across Canada in 2010-2011, including St. John's on the weekend of October 16-17.
The workshop is for artists, musicians, writers, actors, dancers, and anyone else looking to make a living in the cultural sector.
Items covered include:
- Career options & lifestyle implications
- The economics of culture
- Hard skills (Finance, Budgeting, Accounting, Taxes)
- Soft skills (Contracts, Copyright/IP, Negotiation, Marketing & Promotion, Professional Communication)
- Long-term planning (Statistical Resources, Market Research, Strategic Planning)
By the end of the weekend, participants will have the beginnings of a comprehensive business plan, something that they can literally take to the bank.
Registration is $250/person for two days, with a reduced price of $200/person for groups of 5 or more individuals.
For further details, or to register online, please see http://cultureconsult.ca/
Daily Spotlight: Sara Tilley
August 26, 2010
Sara Tilley’s artistic work bridges writing, theatre, and Pochinko Clown Through Mask technique, with each discipline informing and inspiring the others. After graduating with a BFA in Acting from York University, she founded a feminist theatre company, She Said Yes!, in 2002, and received the Rhonda Payne Theatre Award in 2006, which acknowledges the contribution of a woman working in theatre in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Sara’s writing spans the genres of playwriting, prose and poetry. She has written, co-written or co-created over ten plays to date, all of which have received professional production. Skin Room, her first novel (Pedlar Press, 2008), won both the 2004 Newfoundland and Labrador Percy Janes First Novel Award and the inaugural Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers in 2006.
In 2008 Sara was awarded a Canada Council for the Arts Professional Development grant to travel to Vancouver for six months to mentor with Pochinko Clown Through Mask co-founder, Ian Wallace. This experience culminated in Sara’s ability to teach this method, as one of a handful of trained Clown Through Mask teachers worldwide.
She is also the Executive Director for Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador, VANL-CARFAC.
For more information on Sara Tilley, please visit www.saratilley.ca
Daily Spotlight: The School of Dance Studio East
August 25, 2010
The School of Dance Studio East is based in Conception Bay South and in Kenmount Business Park. It is owned and operated by husband and wife team Martin Vallée and Jennifer Foley. As professional dancers with experience from several prestigious ballet companies, they offer a quality dance program that maximizes students' potential. DSE provides serious students with quality instruction so they can attain a level of professionalism without leaving the province. While maintaining professionalism is of the utmost importance, Martin and Jennifer also believe that dance is an art form to be enjoyed by all, it is a celebration of movement and music. As a result, they offer both recreational and professional classes in both locations.
For more information, please visit http://www.dancestudioeast.com/
Daily Spotlight: Lawrence O'Brien Arts Centre
August 24, 2010
The Lawrence O'Brien Arts Centre is a community operated facility that engages and enriches area residents, artists and organizations through the provision of quality artistic experiences and opportunities that stimulate, promote and support the arts in Labrador. The Eastern Labrador Arts Alliance encourages participation and inspires an appreciation for the arts.
The Eastern Labrador Arts Alliance is responsible for the operation and management of the Lawrence O'Brien Arts Centre, a truly community-based performing arts centre available to everyone in Labrador.
For more information, please contact:
Kathleen Hicks
Manager, ELAA
Email: elaa.manager@bellaliant.com
Tel: 709-896-4027
Also check out their website: http://www.obrienartscentre.ca/
Daily Spotlight: Tina Chaulk
August 23, 2010
Tina Chaulk is a writer who lives in Chamberlains, Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, with her husband, two sons and dog. Her works include the novels "this much is true" and "A Few Kinds of Wrong", as well as short stories. Her novel "this much is true" was published by Jesperson Publishing in 2004 to wide acclaim. She followed up with "A Few Kinds of Wrong" through Breakwater Books in 2009.
Along the way, Tina also won a 2007 Provincial Arts and Letters Award in the Short Fiction category for her short story “Divided by Three” and served as an adjudicator for the same category in the 2009 Provincial Arts and Letters Award. She now divides her time between writing, doing a little freelance work, blogging, and hanging out with her family.
For more information regarding Tina Chaulk, please visit her website at http://www.tinachaulk.com!
Daily Spotlight: Ed Kavanagh
August 20, 2010
Ed Kavanagh grew up in Kilbride, Newfoundland and Labrador and now lives in Mount Pearl. He has worked as a writer, actor, musician, theatre director, university lecturer, and editor. His stories, essays, dramatic scripts, and poetry have earned 14 awards in the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Competition. Ed has taught creative writing through the extension services of both Memorial University and the University of New Brunswick. He is a past president of the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Since the publication of his first book in 1986, Ed Kavanagh has travelled widely, visiting many schools and libraries. As a musician, harper, and writer of children's songs, he adds variety to his visits with musical selections on guitar and Celtic harp. He has performed extensively throughout Newfoundland and Labrador as well as in Nova Scotia, New Zealand, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Ireland.
For more information regarding Ed Kavanagh, please visit his website at http://www.edkavanagh.com/.