ABOUT

Shore Time is a biannual gathering hosted by Fogo Island Arts, where artists, curators, critics, architects, and designers meet at the edge of the North Atlantic to explore human-centred making and the specificity of place.

Fogo Island Arts is an international contemporary artist residency program located on an island on the northeast coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Fogo Island Arts uses four off-the-grid studios designed by Newfoundland-born, Norway-based architect Todd Saunders, the same designer behind Fogo Island Inn.

It was founded in 2008 based on the core belief that artists are visionaries with a unique capacity to reveal and respond to the complexities of our time. Since its creation, Fogo Island Arts has grown into exhibitions, public programs, publications, and research projects that aim to explore art and ideas and bridge connections between the local and the global.

Fogo Island Arts is an initiative of Shorefast, a registered Canadian charity based on Fogo Island and dedicated to place-based economic development.

Shorefast is a registered Canadian charity that is forging a new path at the intersection of place-based economic development, art, business, and philanthropy. Our suite of community businesses, including Fogo Island Inn, Fogo Island Workshops, and Fogo Island Fish are designed to be economic engines driving toward our mission: To build, learn and share economic development practices that activate the assets of local places.

In addition to funds we receive from donors and grants, all our business expenditures and surpluses are directed to supporting Shorefast’s holistic set of initiatives and programs, including Fogo Island Arts, and innovative projects focused on food systems, the environment, and the preservation of culture and heritage.

To support our vision of a growing network of prosperous local economies that serve people, nature, and culture, we established The Shorefast Institute for Place-Based Economies. Through this initiative, we share our learnings and engage with other enterprising communities to develop resources, tools, and opportunities that bring together the key pillars of society — business, government, community, and philanthropy — to advance economic development for more people in more places.