
2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects 2012 - 2020
Established in 2012 in Duntara, Newfoundland as a platform for temporary on-site installation projects, exhibitions & events, and as a museum of material culture. The programming reflected the confluence of historical, natural and cultural conditions that exist interdependently in Newfoundland's outport communities. Installed in a restored saltbox house, 2 Rooms featured contemporary art exhibitions on the first floor and museological displays of artifacts and specimens on the second floor.




2 Rooms Artist Residency opened in 2014 with generous donations to our Kickstarter Funding Campaign. The residency welcomed pairs of artists each summer for three week residencies in the Yellow House, Bog Lane, Duntara. The house included a studio and bedroom for each artist.
Artist Residents 2012 to 2019:
Camille Turner, Sylvie Cloudier, Jessica Straus, Hannah Verlin, Johanna Householder, Chris Dorosz, Richard Storms, Jerry Ropson, Barbara Rauch, Georg Mühleck, Emily Pittman and Natalie Field, Joel Clifton, Brianne Service,
Branden Labonte, Angela Shackel, Colette Laliberté, katie o’brien, Reinhard Reitzenstein, Gayle Young, Susan Campbell, Mike Gough, Paddy Lamb, Annette Mangaard, Jennifer Norman, Erin Treacy, Vanessa Jackson, Katrina Tompkins,
Sylvia Galbraith, Antonia McGuane, Carol Bajen-Gahm, Scott Walden, Claire Brunet, David Diviney, Melinda Spooner, Karen Vaughan, Diane Pugen, Sylvia Galbraith, Omar Badrin, Bruno Billio, David Poolman, Sara Tilley, Audrey Hurd, Rae Johnson
Bonavista Biennale, was founded in 2016 as a Project of 2 Rooms Contemporary Art. The month long contemporary visual arts festival takes place every other year in historic buildings and the landscape throughout the Bonavista Peninsula. A collaborative effort to enhance creative tourism in the region, Bonavista Biennale remains a unique rural-based national event and a significant element within the Canadian cultural landscape. Generously supported by Canada Council for the Arts, Canada 150 Fund, NLArts, ACOA, Fishers Loft, corporate sponsors, local businesses and individual donors, Bonavista Biennale continues to run on odd numbered years, from mid-August to mid-September.
Catherine Beaudette is the founder of Bonavista Biennale and 2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects. She is a Canadian artist, curator, and cultural worker currently based in Montréal, Québec and Pictou, Nova Scotia where she continues her initiatives to stimulate local economies and empower creative communities.