Monday, June 7, 2010

Fogo Island Arts Corporation: "A Newfoundland Outport Stage for the Arts."



Every once in a while, some distant corner of Canada, which seems so far from the beaten path, comes along and catches you by surprise. That's what happened when Newfoundland Artist Barry Penton, (please click here), sent me a link to the Fogo Island Arts Corporation.

Their website reveals the scope of their plans:

Fogo Island, NL, June 1, 2010 – On June 2, the Fogo Island Arts Corporation celebrates the opening of a stunning new studio, and officially launches an artist Residency Program designed to attract some of the world’s top contemporary artists to Fogo Island.
Located in Joe Batt’s Arm, the Long Studio – the first of a series of buildings being built for the program – offers an inspiring work space for creative thinkers and innovators from around the globe. The program’s first visiting artist, New Delhi-based designer and photographer Siddhartha Das, will be present at the grand opening of the studio on June 2.
Fogo Island Arts Corporation launches arts programswith opening of spectacular new studio Fogo Island, NL, June 1, 2010 – On June 2, the Fogo Island Arts Corporation celebrates the opening of a stunning new studio, and officially launches an artist Residency Program designed to attract some of the world’s top contemporary artists to Fogo Island. Located in Joe Batt’s Arm, the Long Studio – the first of a series of buildings being built for the program – offers an inspiring work space for creative thinkers and innovators from around the globe. The program’s first visiting artist, New Delhi-based designer and photographer Siddhartha Das, will be present at the grand opening of the studio on June 2nd.


The arts corporation has drawn from the support of the National Film Board of Canada as a partner, and The Shorefast Corporation.

The directorship of the Fogo group, while small, is loaded with experience - in the big art game.
Kitty Scott: Director of Visual Arts at the Banff School of Fine Arts.

Joseph Grima: From 2007 to early 2010, he was director of the non‐profit Storefront for Art and Architecture, an internationally renowned gallery and events space in New York City
Nichols Shafhausen, is the director of Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, a position he has held since 2006.

Please click here to be taken to the Fogo Arts Corporation website to read of their plans and see the rest of their story.
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