FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

International gathering of artists, designers, and thinkers 
on Fogo Island, October 1–3, 2026 

FOGO ISLAND, NL — March 30, 2026 —  Today, Fogo Island Arts announced Shore Time: Art Design Place. 

This year’s edition of the biannual gathering first held in 2024, will take place October 1–3, 2026, on Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador. The event brings together artists, curators, critics, architects, and designers to explore human-centred making and the specificity of place. This year, art and design are the lenses through which the present and future will be explored.  

Over three days of conversation, artists and designers will share how they live, think, and make in these changing times. The communities of Fogo Island, each with their rich tradition of local makers, will provide the context that grounds these conversations in lived reality. 

The event is organized by Kitty Scott, Strategic Director, Fogo Island Arts, Zita Cobb, Founder and CEO of Shorefast and Todd Saunders, architect of Fogo Island Inn and Fogo Island Arts studios. Co-organizers include Stephan Weishaupt, Founder of Avenue Road and Man Of Parts, and Ernst Hupel, Partner at 2H Interior Design. 

“Both art and design entail more than the creation of discrete objects – they also model new entanglements of people, places and things. Fogo Island, the location of the event, is itself an argument for the recognition of the value of specific places, and communities, as well as the knowledge that lives in both.” said Kitty Scott, Strategic Director, Fogo Island Arts.

Shore Time brings together an internationally renowned group whose work spans art, design, architecture, and critical writing. Confirmed speakers include Leonor Antunes, Sebastian Herkner, Hella Jongerius, Tom McDonough, Glenn Pushelberg, R.H. Quaytman, and Tommy Smythe. Shore Time is made possible thanks to the generous support of Stephan Weishaupt, of Man Of Parts, and Andrew Grimes, of Grimes Handscomb Asset Management, RBC Dominion Securities. 

REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION

Registration for Shore Time 2026 is now open.
To register or learn more, visit shoretime.fogoislandarts.ca 

ABOUT FOGO ISLAND ARTS 

Fogo Island Arts was founded in 2008 as a founding program of Shorefast, a registered Canadian charity dedicated to place-based economic development on Fogo Island and beyond. Fogo Island Arts is an international contemporary artist residency program located on Fogo Island, off the northeast coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Founded on the belief that artists are visionaries with a unique capacity to reveal and respond to the complexities of our time, FIA has grown into a globally recognized institution encompassing residencies, exhibitions, public programs, publications, and research projects. FIA uses four off-the-grid studios designed by Newfoundland-born, Norway-based architect Todd Saunders.

To learn more, visit fogoislandarts.ca 

ABOUT SHOREFAST 

Shorefast is a Canadian registered charity (#85883 0904 RR0001) forging new pathways at the intersection of economic development, business, art, and philanthropy. Its initiatives include the Fogo Island Inn, Fogo Island Arts, the Shorefast Institute for Place-Based Economies and programs focused on food systems, the environment, culture and heritage. 

Through work on Fogo Island and beyond, Shorefast builds, learns and shares economic development practices that activate the intrinsic assets of communities, towards a vision of more prosperous economies that serve people, nature and culture in more places. 

Visit shorefast.org 

Media contact:
Sorya Gaulin
Chief Marketing Officer, Shorefast
[email protected]