About - Culture Days Saskatchewan - September 27, 28 & 29, 2019

ABOUT IHEARTCULTURE.CA

iheartculture.ca aims to showcase some of the different cultural activities taking place in communities throughout the province. It was initially launched by SaskCulture in 2013 to showcase cultural activity taking place in Saskatchewan as part of Culture Days. It had a big emphasis on the work of the Culture Days Animateurs – artists hired by SaskCulture to engage people in the cultural life of their communities. In addition, it featured many of the podcasts produced as SaskScapes by Kevin Power.

Today, iheartculture.ca features cultural stories, iheartculture tags, cultural benefits, connections to cultural Animateurs, links to Culture Days and more. If you ever wondered about the diversity of cultural activity taking place in Saskatchewan – this site provides you with a link to the many exciting and truly inspiring cultural experiences that could be in your own backyard. Check it out!

SASKCULTURE’S ANIMATEUR PROGRAM

The Animateur program has undergone changes since it began in 2010 as part of Culture Days. From 2010 to 2012, the program ran as part of Culture Days, where artist were hired to work with communities leading up to Culture Days. These artists connected with communities and helped them engage in cultural activity that would inspire their residents. In 2014, the program expanded to a broader community engagement model and became known as the Community Engagement Animateur (CEA) program, where cultural workers or artists were hired for contract terms to connect with groups throughout the province to help build cultural engagement in communities, explore communities’ cultural potential and be a liaison between communities and SaskCulture. This program was put on hiatus for one year.

In 2017, SaskCulture returned to a scaled-down version of the original Culture Days Animateur program. SaskCulture worked with Districts to identify communities that have never held Culture Days before and would welcome an Animateur as part of a first-time Culture Days experience. Stay tuned for more information about the Culture Days Animateurs and the new communities…along with updates, videos, blogs, podcasts, photos and news about Culture Days in Saskatchewan!

About SaskCulture Inc.

SaskCulture Inc. is a non-profit, community-based, volunteer-driven organization, which works with its membership and other community partners to build a culturally vibrant province, where all citizens celebrate, value and participate in a rich, cultural life.

SaskCulture is working towards:
• a province with a strong, thriving, cohesive cultural community;
• a province where people value and support culture, and;
• a province where people’s lives are strengthened and enriched through participation in diverse cultural activities.

SaskCulture’s Members

SaskCulture and its 137 member organizations, as well as individual members, represent the diversity of culture in Saskatchewan, coming from the areas of the arts, heritage, multiculturalism and cultural industries. Member organizations range from provincial cultural organizations and professional associations to locally-based cultural organizations. These organizations, along with their own memberships, help to nurture and support cultural development in Saskatchewan. Membership is open to organizations that have primarily cultural objectives, support the mandate of SaskCulture and want to have a voice in its direction.

The Relationship to Saskatchewan Lotteries

SaskCulture, through funding from the Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund for Sport, Culture and Recreation, supports a network of organizations that work to engage the people of Saskatchewan in a variety of cultural activities. The lottery-funded system for sport, culture and recreation is delivered to the people of Saskatchewan through a distribution agreement between the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport and three independent community partners. These global organizations – Sask Sport Inc, SaskCulture Inc. and the Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association Inc. – collectively represent hundreds of volunteer community organizations and ensure that Saskatchewan Lotteries proceeds benefit communities across the province.

About Culture Days

Culture Days raises the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. With the support of volunteer groups at the national, provincial and local levels, hundreds of thousands of artists, cultural workers, organizations and groups, volunteers and supporters self-mobilize to host free participatory public activities that take place in hundreds of cities and towns throughout the country over the last weekend of September each year.

Culture Days 2023 will take place September 22 – October 15, and will feature thousands of free, hands-on, interactive activities that invite the public to participate “behind-the-scenes,” to discover the world of artists, creators, historians, architects, curators, designers and other creative people in their communities in both in-person and online formats.

With thousands of activities registered at culturedays.ca, Culture Days drives a multi-level national communications and public relations campaign designed to inspire and catalyze greater public participation in the arts and cultural life of our communities. A variety of free, useful Tips and Tools are available to support activity organizers throughout their process of planning, promoting, hosting and sharing their Culture Days experiences.

Culture Days is a collaborative initiative that welcomes your participation. Everyone can play a role in Culture Days: Whether you are already passionate about arts and culture or curious to discover new cultural experiences, an artist, arts or cultural organization, community group, municipality, library, school, citizen, or business person, you can participate in and contribute to Culture Days!

Since 2010, Culture Days in Saskatchewan has been supported and coordinated by SaskCulture in a variety of ways including the Community Engagement Animateur Program, and the Culture Days Funding Assistance Grant Program through support from Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund for Sport, Culture and Recreation. SaskCulture also provides support to Culture Days activity organizers through the creation and distribution of promotional materials and advertising. For more information about SaskCulture, please visit www.saskculture.ca