Organizers with Saskatchewan Culture Days are gearing up to launch this year’s four-week national festival of arts, culture and creativity, an event that takes place each fall.
The celebration kicks off on Friday, Sept. 24 and boasts fun, immersive and engaging experiences for everyone indoors, outdoors and online. All Culture Days activities are free and allow people to perform hands-on and interactive activities to enhance their interest and involvement in community arts and cultural opportunities.
Similar to last year, this year’s celebration encompasses a wide range of digital and in-person activities to keep participants safe.
“Saskatchewan is renowned for our innovation, our creativity and our community pride,” said Dean Kush, CEO of SaskCulture. “Culture Days brings all of this to centre stage each year and helps to amplify it through the incredible diversity of experiences the Saskatchewan cultural community offers, particularly with the added dimension of COVID-19 these last two years.”
Many events and activities are taking place throughout the province and can be found at www.culturedays.ca. Activities take place in a digital format, while in-person activities will have COVID-19 prevention measures in place.
“SaskCulture is very proud to once again sponsor Culture Days community hubs,” added Kush. “Culture Days in Saskatchewan hubs are taking place in the Battlefords, Melfort, Montmartre, Moose Jaw, Pilot Butte, Prince Albert, Regina, Regina Beach, Sandy Bay, Saskatoon, Silton (with partners in Strasbourg and Nokomis), Swift Current, Weyburn, and Yorkton.”
Four events are taking place directly in Moose Jaw.
The Western Development Museum is holding a virtual Coffee Club get-together on Tuesday, Sept. 28, from 10 to 11 a.m., that focuses on education and school days from the early 1900s. Participants will learn what students in Saskatchewan might have experienced more than 100 years ago.
To register, visit https://wdm.ca/virtual-coffee-club-registration-form.
Eden Care Communities at 27 Brigham Road is holding a free MEANING:ReIMAGINED event on Saturday, Oct. 9, from 2 to 4 p.m. featuring Saskatchewan musician and Juno-nominated singer/songwriter Megan Nash.
Current public health guidelines and restrictions are in place and will apply to how many people can attend. Participants are encouraged to call Crystal Massier at 306-692-7158 to see if space is available. Those who cannot attend in person can attend virtually by visiting the organization’s Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages.
The Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery (MJMAG) is hosting artist Belinda Harrow for an online Zoom conversation on Wednesday, Oct. 13, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Over the last 10 years, animals have had a strong presence in Harrow’s artistic practice. She is interested in that precarious area where human and animal habitats overlap. As human populations grow and spread, animal species are forced to adapt and change, disrupting migratory patterns, feeding habits and mating behaviours.
Featuring drawing, painting and sculpture, the exhibition Unsettled focuses on the animals that live in and around Regina, situating them within some of the city’s most recognizable landscapes. The positioning of these resourceful, native animal species within these urban environments provides an opportunity to examine the current shared world, reflect on settlement’s effect, and consider what the future holds for everyone.
More information can be found on the art gallery’s website at www.mjmag.ca.
The MJMAG is hosting an online Zoom conversation on Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 7 to 9 p.m., entitled “Blazes Along the Trail,” which focuses on artist David Milne and his imaginative vision.
As an early 20th-century Canadian modernist artist, Milne’s significance rests on his focused and personal artmaking strategies informed by an innovative aesthetic and stylistic approach. His vision differed markedly from the artistic intentions and ideological positioning of the landscape art of the Group of Seven, whose works were perceived to align with a nation-building narrative that gained prominence in Canada following the First World War.
The selection of Milne’s works featured in this exhibition reveals the range of his inspiration in exploring media that supported his painting while also fostering new considerations in his approach to his artmaking.
More information can be found on the art gallery’s website at www.mjmag.ca.
