The original aerial photograph of Seal Cove’s beach, smoke sheds, harbour, and village

Grand Manan · New Brunswick

Seal Cove
Artist Residency

An artist-led rural residency for
site-responsive research and creation.

Pilot underway · Opening in phasesAround the island

About SeCo

Rooted in Grand Manan.

The island’s landscape, archives, labour, ecology, and community shape SeCo. We plan to welcome 1–2 artists in summer 2027, growing as living and working spaces develop.

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Alfred Thompson Bricher’s painting of a misty Grand Manan headland, calm water, sailboats, and a dinghy beside the shore — Grand Manan, about 1888.Artist: Alfred Thompson Bricher · Courtesy Birmingham Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Martee Woodward Webb, 1991.801 · Public domain · BMA Open Content · Full artwork

Red-trimmed wooden dories resting beside the water at Dark Harbour, Grand Manan — Dories at Dark Harbour, Grand Manan, circa 1990.Photo: Paul Harrison · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Full photograph

Alfred Thompson Bricher’s painting of sunrise over Grand Manan, with cliffs, sailing vessels, and waves breaking on the beach — Morning at Grand Manan, 1878.Artist: Alfred Thompson Bricher · Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Martha Delzell Memorial Fund, 70.65 · Public domain · Full artwork

Swallowtail Lighthouse and the rocky shoreline of Sawpit Cove, Grand Manan Island — Swallowtail Lighthouse and Sawpit Cove, Grand Manan Island, 2017.Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 Canada · Full photograph

Ashburton Head’s layered cliffs and still water, Grand Manan — Ashburton Head, Grand Manan, viewed from the Seven Days’ Work.Photo: Eaubanel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Full photograph

Yellow sea beach groundsel blooming among wet grasses at Anchorage beach on Grand Manan — Sea beach groundsel, Anchorage beach, Grand Manan, 2013.Photo: Eaubanel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Full photograph

Swallowtail Lighthouse and ferry, Grand Manan Island, 2009.Photo: Jake Wellington · CC BY 2.0 · Full photograph

Swallowtail Lighthouse and Pettes Cove, Grand Manan Island, 2017.Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 Canada · Full photograph

Fishing boat below the northeast shore cliffs of Grand Manan, 2017.Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 Canada · Full photograph

Long Pond Beach curving around the blue water at Anchorage Provincial Park, Grand Manan — Long Pond Beach, Anchorage Provincial Park, Grand Manan, 2020.Photo: Rachaelsky · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Full photograph

Pettes Cove shoreline and houses, Grand Manan Island, 2017.Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 Canada · Full photograph

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NewsSeptember 25, 2026

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A new home for SeCo, the pilot residency, and what we’re building toward for 2027.

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