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Shawn Sheehy, Artist Talk
Thursday, Sept 18, 7-8:30 pm, Eastern Edge
Reception Follows
Sign up Here for Shawn’s Animated Pop-Ups Workshop
Saturday, Sept 20, 10 am – 3:30pm, Anna Templeton
Bring your kids to a Drop-In Workshop, Pop Up Puffins + More!
Sunday, September 21st, 2-4 pm, Admiralty House Annex, Mount Pearl
Duncan Major‘s handmade animated short film Imprint (2025) will be screened at the Atlantic International Film Festival and Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) this September as well as HollyShorts Film Festival in August.
Duncan has released the Official Trailer!
Chance encounters can leave a lasting imprint, like ink on paper. At 13, Duncan Major met artist Tara Bryan and discovered a shared passion for letterpress printing that shaped his life. In her memory, Duncan created Imprint, a poetic animated film that serves as a heartfelt tribute. Using the letterpress and craft material she passed down to him, the film brings hand-printed art to life with vibrant animation, evocative imagery and a beautifully designed soundscape. Imprint celebrates how the relationships we build echo outward, leaving an enduring legacy.
A National Film Board of Canada Production
Written, Directed & Animated by Duncan Major
Music & Sound Design, Romesh Thavanathan
Editing, Duncan Major, Xi Feng
Producer, Maral Mohammadian
The 2025 VANL-CARFAC Awards
Congratulations to Diana Dabinett for being awarded the 2025 Tara Bryan Endurance Award, recognizing the consistent dedication and commitment of an artist to their professional practice, and to sustained creative output and performance.
Presented by Vanl-Carfac Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador and sponsored by the The Tara Bryan Legacy Fund
Most Recent Books
VIDEO
The pages for Making Bread (not bombs) were cut and scored on an Epilog laser cutter. The files were created in Corel Draw, then sent to the laser cutter to “print.” The book is inkjet printed on 2 sides, and the registration is very tight. I tried cutting and scoring by hand, but could not be consistent enough to keep the 5 sections square once they were folded and glued. The video shows the laser cutting and scoring the second of 3 sheets, which are then trimmed by hand on the top and bottom, and folded, collated and glued.