| "Pouch Cove. It is the name of a small town on Newfoundland's east coast, just 20 kilometers north of St. John's. Its swoonability comes from the fact it is the site of one of Canada's most coveted residency programs, the Pouch Cove Foundation..." Julia Dault, National Post, April 21, 2005 "Pouch Cove is the quintessential experience of edge-ness, and is thus a powerfully transformative, life-changing, art changing place." "It has been a seminal experience for me..." "It has made a deep and lasting impression on me....an awe-inspiring place...that deserves the utmost support..." "I cannot leave you, and this incredible place, this idea, this dream, without expressing my thanks for what has been a life changing experience." "My residency was unforgettable... unique history, rich local culture and a breathtaking landscape." "The Pouch Cove Residency had a profound and moving effect on my work.... Such innovation and creative celebration provides a solid artistic framework for the Canadian art world...." "the most wonderful creative experience and adventure" "My time spent there was glorious" "It functions on a personal/professional level and on a global level providing a place for exchange to happen." "I cannot express the joy that I have experience while staying at your studio in Pouch Cove..." "The Pouch Cove residency was such a productive time for me. In fact, Newfoundland has haunted me ever since..." "The residency program the Pouch Cove Foundation offers is tremendous- a chance to pursue creative work in a a very special place." "The opportunity to work for a clear month in a good studio in a quiet and beautiful location was enormously valuable to me." "The opportunity to spend one month in such a fantastic location....was so greatly appreciated, that I cannot even begin to describe how thankful I was." "In addition to being such a fruitful worktime, the starck, amazing, mythical landscape...plus jumping whales and the flying puffins, the hikes I took and the stories people told me, made a singular, fabulous month, which I loved..." "This was a unique and inspiring experience for us." "I honestly cannot remember a more fruitful time..." "The experience was critically important to my development as an artist." "I think that Pouch Cove has already had and continues to have a profound affect on artists who have visited.... Visiting galleries, we have countless times come across evidence of Pouch Cove residencies." "One of the strengths of the Pouch Cove program where artists from different localities and artistic sentiments can meet, compare notes, and come away feeling more connection with the national art community." "Your residency program has made a real difference to me..." "The Pouch Cove Residency is a jewel....My experience of Pouch Cove.. continues to present itself in my visual practice. I am grateful." "The residency program provides a new and stimulating environment, important for visual artists..." "My residency... was a valuable and rewarding experience." "It is through places like this that a national feeling and vision in Canadian Art can be established." "It was a unique opportunity which I'm sure will prove to have been of lasting benefit to my work." "I am most appreciative of my residency...and must say it was an unforgettable work experience." "I have found that being in new surroundings, relieved of one's normal daily routines, an artist is thrown back on his or her own resources in a striking way. It is a great catalyst...." "To understand this country and thus imperative to spend some time in it's various nooks and crannies. Pouch Cove is one such place....this residency program will only benefit the art community in Newfoundland as well as the culture of Canada as a whole." "Pouch Cove offered me solitude to work without the pressures of immediately exhibiting and explaining the artwork..." "I consider Pouch Cove a uniquely valid program that offers access to international artists experiences and perspectives unavailable anywhere else." "My residency...was an absolutely wonderful experience which afforded me the opportunity to not only see an incredibly beautiful region of Newfoundland but some of the nicest people in Canada." "I consider the opportunity to paint in Newfoundland to be seminal to my artistic development." "As a result of the Foundation's generosity and support of the visual arts I was able to retreat to an incredible oasis.... An opportunity to solely concentrate on their work." "Without doubt, it was one of the most positive experiences of my life....my personal and artistic horizons were expanded immeasurably." |