RELEASE: ArtsNL Announces 2025-26 Professional Artists’ Travel Fund Recipients
May 7, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ArtsNL Announces 2025-26 Professional Artists’ Travel Fund Recipients
May 7, 2026 (St. John’s, NL) – ArtsNL has invested $188,224 to support 84 artists across Newfoundland and Labrador through the Professional Artists’ Travel Fund (PATF). Due to the continued increase in travel costs, funding for the program was temporarily increased during the 2025-26 fiscal year.
The PATF helps offset travel costs associated with unexpected activities that may enhance an artist’s career, such as presenting work, attending festivals, conducting research, or participating in professional development.
The successful applicants for April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026, are:
| Andrew Jones | $1,452 |
| Duane Andrews | $1,954 |
| Luca Apel | $1,815 |
| Valmy Assam | $ 950 |
| Natasha Blackwood | $4,000 |
| James Bradbury | $1,752 |
| Jessica Brown | $3,012 |
| Olivia Brown | $1,981 |
| Greg Bruce | $2,145 |
| Andreae Callanan | $1,477 |
| Mina Campbell | $2,928 |
| Megan Carahan | $ 619 |
| Vaness Cardoso | $3,583 |
| Christine Carter | $2,946 |
| Megan Gail Coles | $1,226 |
| Josh Connors | $ 709 |
| Marlene Creates | $3,274 |
| Ray Critch | $1,310 |
| CUERPOS | $2,564 |
| Rachael Currie | $2,564 |
| Joseph Dashney | $1,796 |
| Ben Diamond | $2,468 |
| Azal Dosanjh | $4,000 |
| Terry Doyle | $1,039 |
| Andrya Duff | $2,797 |
| Nick Earle | $1,123 |
| Jenn Edwards | $1,924 |
| Justin Fancy | $4,000 |
| Adam Foran | $ 713 |
| Roger Gallant | $ 578 |
| Nate Gates | $2,802 |
| Audrey Gerow | $1,080 |
| Beck Gilmer-Osborne | $1,020 |
| Shauna Gilpin | $2,283 |
| Noel Gutierrez | $2,090 |
| Nicole Haldoupis | $2,867 |
| Hamilton Sound | $4,000 |
| Maïke Hearson | $3,631 |
| James Higgins | $ 685 |
| Florian Hoefner | $1,129 |
| Adrian House | $4,000 |
| Marcia Huyer | $1,759 |
| Katelyn Jacque | $3,859 |
| Benjy Kean | $1,139 |
| Hilary Knee | $1,495 |
| Ruth Lawrence | $3,290 |
| Peter Lewis | $2,034 |
| Jenina MacGillivray | $1,722 |
| Bethany MacKenzie | $3,303 |
| Michelle MacKinnon | $3,103 |
| Yasmine Majchrzak | $2,212 |
| Duncan Major | $1,347 |
| Orlin Mantchev | $1,565 |
| Elijah Martel | $1,000 |
| James Merrigan | $ 267 |
| Ethan Murphy | $3,834 |
| George Murray | $3,480 |
| Nicole Paulo | $4,000 |
| Michael Peers | $2,212 |
| Amanda Penney | $3,517 |
| Jeremy Pommier | $1,073 |
| Claire Porter | $2,757 |
| Colleen Power | $2,003 |
| Jenesta Power | $1,259 |
| Nabila Qureshi | $2,505 |
| Rum Ragged | $4,000 |
| Abdullah Omar Saif | $2,505 |
| Megan Samms | $3,454 |
| Melissa Samms | $1,338 |
| Silver Wolf Band | $4,000 |
| Tracy Smith | $2,538 |
| Jackie Sullivan & Karla Pilgrim | $4,975 |
| Susan Taylor | $2,559 |
| Anastasia Tiller | $ 613 |
| Andrew Tremblett | $2,177 |
| Melissa Tremblett | $1,545 |
| Daniel Tucker | $ 267 |
| Jim Vivian | $ 688 |
| Aley Waterman | $2,203 |
| Jamal Weekes | $2,466 |
| Gerald White | $1,576 |
| Jessica Winter | $2,057 |
| Ava Woolf | $2,450 |
| Jing Xia | $3,788 |
The PATF is open year-round, and applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and processed as received. Detailed information about the program is available here.
Media enquiries:
Charlene Jackson
Communications Officer, ArtsNL
(709) 726-2212 ext. 3
charlene@artsnl.ca
The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (ArtsNL) is a non-profit Crown agency created in 1980 by The Arts Council Act. Its mission is to foster and promote the creation and enjoyment of the arts for the benefit of all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. The Council is governed by a volunteer board of no fewer than 9 and no more than 11 members appointed by Government. At least 7 members must be artists or arts administrators, and one member is appointed to represent the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation (non-voting). ArtsNL receives an annual allocation of $5.3 million from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to support a variety of granting programs, program delivery, office administration, and communications. It also seeks support from the public and private sectors. It supports the following artistic disciplines: dance, film and video, Indigenous arts and practices, literary arts, multidisciplinary arts, music and sound, theatre and performing arts, visual arts, and other similar creative and interpretative works or activities.