Artist Spotlight: Kym Greeley
Date: Jun 21
2:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Where: Level 3 Atrium
Art
The Artist Spotlight is back again this summer! Please drop by The Rooms to meet local artists, have an up-close look at the work they are doing, or ask a question about their professional practice. Happening on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2 pm to 4 pm. Kym Greeley is a visual artist living in St. John's, Newfoundland. With process a priority in her work, Greeley uses the landscape, architecture and culture of her province to create paintings. She graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1997, and studied at the Cooper Union School for the Advancement of Art and Science in New York in 1996. Greeley's work has been exhibited in publicly-funded, artist-run and commercial galleries. Collections featuring her work include the Canada Council Art Bank, Global Affairs Canada, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Newfoundland Provincial Art Bank Collection. Publications such as The Painting Project, Folklore and Other Panics, Canadian Art Magazine, Visual arts News have featured her critical art practice. Within the Canadian arts community, She has served on many juries, awarding grants, residencies and awards. Greeley has been a board member and volunteer for local artist-run galleries. Her paintings have been shown in Germany, Canada and the United States and she is currently represented by Christina Parker Gallery in St. John's, Newfoundland.
Events & Programs
Join us for an afternoon with Joe Goudie.
The land trappers of Labrador—primarily Innu, Inuit, and settler hunters—lived off the land by trapping animals like fox, marten, and beaver for food and fur.
Using snowshoes, sleds, and later snowmobiles, they followed long traplines through the wilderness, staying in small cabins or tents during the winter months.
Trapping was central to both survival and the fur trade, with furs traded at posts like those run by the Hudson’s Bay Company. The practice blended Indigenous knowledge with settler traditions and shaped life in Labrador for generations. Though less common today, it remains an important part of the region’s heritage.
Tickets: $12 plus HST. Free for Rooms members. Get your tickets online or by calling (709) 757-8090.
About the speaker:
Joe Goudie was born to James and Elizabeth Goudie at Mud Lake, Labrador, in 1939. The family moved to Happy Valley-Goose Bay in 1943, where he graduated high school in 1958.
Joe began working in 1959 as Town Clerk, eventually serving as Town Manager until 1962. He then became manager of an automotive parts supply store until he moved on to become a radio announcer/operator with radio station CFGB Goose Bay until 1973. He then worked in community development with the Company of Young Canadians.
In 1975, Joe was elected as MHA for Naskaupi District in Central Labrador. During that time, he became the first Indigenous Minister to serve on Executive Council until 1985. He then worked in tourism development in Labrador and finished his career as Native Liaison Officer with 5 Wing Goose Bay in 1996.
Joe went on to retrain, learning how to build cedar and canvas canoes. He is now in the final stages of constructing an 18-foot canoe for two of his friends (the final canoe). Among many other accomplishments, Joe was a hunter and trapper and served as Honorary Coronal for 5 Wing Goose Bay.
He holds the Monarch’s Medal for over 50 years of volunteer work, which was presented to him by the Governor General of Canada. His involvement with the community culminated in his admittance to the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador.