I spent the Sunday of Culture Days Weekend at the Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre (LMLCC), for a full day of Poetry Readings, an Artist Talk, a Gallery Reception, and a workshop on Paper Quilting. The Paper Quilting Workshop I facilitated incorporated a Culture Days Activity that happened the previous Friday: A Photographic Scavenger Hunt. From this […]
Traditions Hand Craft Gallery, on 13th Ave in Regina, was one of nine Galleries that participated in an “ArtWalk” on the Saturday of of Culture Days Weekend. In essence, people were encouraged to engage in a self-guided tour, using the ArtWalk Map, and visit all nine Galleries: Assiniboia Gallery, Dunlop Art Gallery, Hague Gallery, Mysteria Gallery, […]
On the Friday night of Culture Days Weekend three artists (myself, Jay Kimball, and Patricia Holdsworth) spoke at the Shurniak Gallery in Assiniboia. All three of us have current exhibitions at the Gallery so the Reception was perfect timing with Culture Days. I spoke mostly about the process involved in my artwork. Jay Kimball spoke […]
The only instruction that the Grades Four and Five students of Assiniboia Elementary School received was to bring a non-sentimental toy from yesteryear that was no bigger than a lunch paper bag to the Shurniak Gallery on Thursday, September 25, for a Mixed Media Sculpture Workshop. When they arrived at the Gallery they were then […]
The night of the “Lighted Launch” at Fife Lake was magical. There’s no other way to put it. To begin, the weather was perfect. The night was warm and the lake was calm. Second, the turnout for this event was incredible. Rockin’ Beach, the name of the Regional Park at Fife Lake, is situated about 16 kilometres […]
On Tuesday, September 23, I began my journey down to the southern part of the province for a series of Culture Days activities. On my way, I stopped in at Waldheim and installed my contribution to the group’s yarn bombing project: two ‘pole cozies’ for the front of their school. When I wasn’t providing instruction on how […]
My Facebook Post for September 22 reads as follows: “That awesome feeling when you teach sixty-three kids how to make their own kite, then go outside and listen to their squeals and watch their smiles as they fly those kites.” ******** First thing in the morning I had a workshop with the Grade One class at […]
On September 16, CTV Saskatoon News went to Waldheim as part of the north portion of their Hometown Tour. They took in a cultural feast, visited a few local businesses, stopped by the Rec Centre and the school. While at the school, one of the things they focused on was a Culture Days Activity that has been in […]
On September 15, I spent the day in Rockglen. I met with two Board Members of Rockin’ Beach Regional Park to discuss their upcoming Culture Days event. Plus, I facilitated two workshops at Rockglen School, which included all grades (1 – 12). In those workshops, I explained the history and meaning of Culture Days and then gave […]
On a superficial level, a ‘knit-in’ may look like nothing more than a group of (predominantly, but not necessarily) women sitting around clicking needles and playing with yarn. But, it is so much more. On a practical level, it is cultural transmission. It is the passing of tradition from one generation to another. For instance, at the […]