Harbour Pond, Brigus, 12" x 16" watercolour by Jake, 1986. For print availability, see the Landfall Press.
News & Events from the
Landfall Trust & Kent Cottage
2011 was a landmark year for Kent Cottage and the Landfall Trust. Take a moment to catch-up on the events of the past year in the January 2012 Landfall Trust Newsletter.
The Call for Expression of Interest for the Summer 2012 Landfall Writer-in-Residence ends March 31st. The 2-week Kent Cottage residency runs through the last two weeks of September and is sponsored by the Landfall Trust.
The application period for The Rooms sponsored 2012 Landfall Artist-in-Residence closed January 9th. The 3-week Kent Cottage residency takes place the last week of June.
The Trust is exploring opportunities to share our arts and cultural heritage programs with new and unique residency offerings. Do you represent or know of an agency willing to co-sponsor a Musician-in-Residence program? Please contact us with your ideas and suggestions.
There are quite a number of writers' and artists' retreats in Canada. Most were created to honour the legacy of the buildings' original owners.
Landfall is an artist's retreat that honours the legacy of a humanities teacher named Bradley Jacob Folensbee, Jr. or, as those who knew him well, Jake. Jake's dying wish was to maintain the aesthetic and environmental integrity of his 11-acre Brigus property and to make it available to those engaged in the arts and the preservation of cultural heritage.
Some of Jake's former students and others are making his wish come true. Come with us to Landfall in this 9-minute audio recording to meet one of Landfall's trustees, Robert Frampton, talking about Jake and his life, and hear the sounds of Landfall.
Summer 2012 Artists & Writers-in-Residence
The summer 2012 Landfall artist and writer-in residence will annouced mid-April 2012.
Past Events
Bowdoin, outbound from Brigus as seen from Landfall, participated in the Bartlett 2009 Celebrations visiting 12 Newfoundland and Labrador communities. Photo by A. Crichton.- October 2011: Culture Days: A Landfall and Kent Cottage open house was hosted by the volunteer directors on Sunday , October 2.
- August 2011: Relatives of A.E. Harris, owner of Kent Cottage from 1929-1933, visited Landfall and Kent Cottage during the unveiling cermony of the Cottage Interpretive Signage. The Harrises live in England.
- May 2011: the first Landfall Open House of the 2011 season with over 75 visitors.
- June 2010: The annual Landfall Open House was held during our community week with 120 visitors attending from near and far.
- April 2010, Dennis Flynn, of Colliers, Newfoundland, a photographer and writer, published an article for the April 2010 issue of Life is Better Downhome, entitled The Landfall Legacy.
- June 2009: The annual Landfall Open House was held in conjunction with the Bartlett 2009 Celebrations.
- September 2008: well known Newfoundland artist, Gerald Squires gave a captivating illustrated presentation to a full house at The Rooms, St. John’s featuring works completed during his residencies at Landfall over the past two years.
- September 2008 Internationally recognized writer Kevin Major undertook a writer’s residency in late September when he worked closely with students and staff at Amalgamated Academy in Bay Roberts.
- July 2007: CBC Radio broadcaster, Eleanor Wachtel,
writer,and popular host of Writers and Company, gave a
sold-out presentation at Memorial University in St. John’s, The Lives of Writers.
Other Activities of Landfall Residents since opening in 2005:
- In 2011, artist Veselina Tomova, of St. John's, The Rooms 2011 Landfall Artist-in-Residence, held a one-day skethching workshop for adults at Landfall and another for young people in the Brigus summer recreation program.
- In 2010, Christy Georg, of Boston, the Rooms 2010 Artist-in-Residence and sailing vessel mariner, provided three knot-tying workshops for local nautical enthusiasts including the Summer Youth Recreation Program in Brigus, Hawthorne Cottage and the Cupids Legacy Centre.
- In 2009, Gerald Squires, of Ferryland and renowned Newfoundland artist, was again a 2009 Artist-in-Residence. Gerald offered a piece of his Landfall work, the watercolour Kent Cottage at Landfall for the Trust to release as a limited edition. Proceeds from the print sale will be directed towards conservation efforts for preservation of the Landfall Kent Cottage.
- In 2008, Temma Gentles, a textiles artist and designer from Toronto, was the the Rooms 2008 Artist-in-Residence, and hosted a textiles workshop for children in Brigus.
- In 2007, Robert Tombs, of Ottawa and graphic designer, was The Rooms 2007 Artist-in-Residence, and hosted a teens poster workshop in Brigus.
- In 2006, Cecil Day, a print maker from Nova Scotia, was the 2006 Rooms Artists-in-Residence with Sylvia Bendzsa, of St. John's,a painter and visual artist. Cecil conducted a print marking workshop and Sylvia conducted art materials and skectching workshop in Brigus.
- In 2005, Scott Walden, philosopher and photographer, was the first Rooms Artist-in-Residence at Landfall in 2005. Dr. Walden gave three presentations on the relationships of photography and writing on place, memory and history.
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