Introducing our 2025 Poster Artist: Nelson White

We're delighted to share that Nelson White is the poster artist for this year's Writers at Woody Point. He's an accomplished and award winning artist who was recently long-listed for the prestigious 2025 Sobey Art Award and he's made a special artwork for us.

Nelson's inspiration for the piece was the electric excitement in the air as we gather outside of the Woody Point Heritage Theatre before festival events.

It's incredible to see connections being made - friends chatting, laughter echoing, and everyone soaking in the joyful experience of being a part of the magic of Writers at Woody Point. It’s more than just an event; it’s a celebration of community and camaraderie that brings us all together.

The piece is entitled "Waiting for Rick", which is a reference to Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot" and depicts the excited audience waiting for Rick Mercer's appearance at last year's festival.

Nelson White is an artist and member of the Flat Bay First Nation Band (No'kmaq Village) in Newfoundland.

Nelson attended the Visual Arts program at the Bay St. George Community College in Stephenville, NL and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, NS. Nelson exhibits throughout Canada and the US in both group and solo touring shows such as Tukien (Awken) which toured 5 institutional galleries.

His work has been featured on CBC’s The National and in Visual Arts News. His paintings are collected across North America, including the provincial art collection of NL, NS, PEI and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. In 2021 White participated in the Fogo Island Arts international residency and in 2022 a residency with OceanGate / Miawpukek Horizon that took him on an expedition to the Titanic Wreck site. He was named ArtsNL Artist of the Year for 2020 and the winner of 2022 VANL CARFAC Excellence in Visual Arts Milestone Award. He was long listed for the 2025 Sobey Art Award.

Nelson currently lives in St. John’s, NL with his family.