Residencies
Landfall residencies have included:
Brian Hoxha 2009 - The Rooms Partnership - An accomplished Ontario landscape artist, Brian was the Rooms Provincial Art Gallery hosted Landfall Artist-in-Residence.
Gerry Squires, 2007, 2008 and 2009 – Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and appointed to the Order of Canada for his professional and community accomplishments, Gerry’s work around Landfall is a continuing work in progress.
Kevin Major, 2008 – Accomplished teacher and writer with more than 12 novels to his credit, many focusing on children including the critically acclaimed The House of Wooden Santas, Kevin’s residency included working with classes at Amalgamated Academy.
Temma Gentles, 2008 – The Rooms Partnership – Temma has a repertoire of textile techniques including weaving, appliqué, silk screen basketry and beading and focuses on commissioned textiles for religious environments. Temma hosted textile workshops for children while in Brigus.
Robert Tombs, 2007 – The Rooms Partnership – An Ottawa-based graphic designer with an MFA from the Yale School of Art, Robert works exclusively with cultural clients. His projects have won 32 art, design and printing awards to date.
Eleanor Wachtel, 2007 – Recipient of six honourary degrees, award winning writer, broadcaster, and popular host of CBC Radio’s “Writers and Company”. During her stay at Landfall, Eleanor gave a “sell out” presentation at MemorialUniversity in St. John’s, “The Lives of Writers”.
Sylvia Bendzsa, 2006 – The Rooms Partnership - Having settled in Newfoundland from Ontario in 1974, Sylvia is known for printmaking, painting and installations. She has a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and is represented in private and public collections such as the Canada Council Art Bank.
Cecil Day, 2006 – The Rooms Partnership – With an MFA from Washington University, Cecil lives in Nova Scotia but has spent much of her time in Newfoundland. Recognised as a printmaker, Cecil translates her work into quilts, watercolours, paper maché sculptures and fabric banners. Her work is extensively exhibited in solo, group and juried shows across Canada and the United States.
Scott Walden, 2005 – The Rooms Partnership - Author of Places Lost: in Search of Newfoundland’s Resettled Communities, Scott is originally from Ontario but now lives in New York spending most of his summers in Newfoundland. He has a PhD in philosophy from the City University of New York and has taught both at Memorial and New York Universities. He was Landfall’s first artist-in-residence and much of his work while at Landfall is displayed on this web site.