SASKATCHEWAN BOOK AWARDS WINNERS’ READINGS

Saskatchewan Book Awards continues the celebration of its 20th Anniversary with readings by three of this year’s winning authors at the Legislative Library on Wednesday, May 8.

The authors will be: Candace Savage, author of A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape (Greystone Books), winner of the University of Regina Book of the Year Award, the College of Arts & Science University of Saskatchewan Non-Fiction Award and the City of Saskatoon and Public Library Saskatoon Book Award; Felix Hoehn, author of Reconciling Sovereignties: Aboriginal Nations and Canada (Native Law Centre), winner of the Luther and University of Regina Arts Award for Scholarly Writing; and Blair Stonechild, author of Buffy Sainte-Marie: It’s My Way (Fifth House Publishers), winner of the Rasmussen, Rasmussen and Charowsky Aboriginal Peoples’ Writing Award.

The readings will be held at the Legislative Library, in the Legislative Building in Regina, on Wednesday, May 8 from 12:00-1:00 pm. A light lunch will be served. There is no charge for the event, but please RSVP to info@bookawards.sk.ca to ensure correct arrangements are made for the lunch.

Saskatchewan Book Awards, established in 1993, is the only provincially-focused book awards program. Each year it celebrates the achievements of Saskatchewan authors and publishers through the presentation of more than a dozen awards.

For more information, contact:
Carol Todd
Program Director
Saskatchewan Book Awards
306-569-1585
director@bookawards.sk.ca

Regina introducing cultural plan for the city

City officials are trying to develop ways to strengthen the arts community and improve Regina’s cultural resources.

“Ultimately a cultural plan is about attracting and retaining labour and investment. It’s about quality of life, it’s about quality of place, it’s about economic diversification, and so we’ve needed one always – why not now,” said Jeff Erbach Coordinator of Cultural Development… read full feature @ globalnews.ca/news

City of Regina Cultural Plan: View PDF >>

Keep Kenderdine Campaign

Last November, the University of Saskatchewan announced it would close the Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus for three years and then assess its future. Not everyone was pleased. Over its 70 year history, the Emma Lake artist complex has gained a wide reputation for its roll in developing Saskatchewan artists over all disciplines – even biologists and other earth study scientists. So, Keep Kenderdine, a group intent on sustaining the campus and its programming, was launched two months later.

Encouraged by the response, the group has now launched a support campaign by the same name to broaden public appeal. For more information on Keep Kenderdine and how you can help, visit their website at:
www.keepkenderdine.com

Carmela Laganse "Spread" - Dunlop Exhibition
March 23 at 1:00pm until May 23 at 6:00pm
Dunlop Art Gallery - Sherwood Village Branch
6121 Rochdale Boulevard
Regina, SK

Curated by: Wendy Peart
Organised by the Dunlop Art Gallery

March 23 – May 23, 2013
Reception & Artist Talk: Saturday, March 23 at 1pm

This exhibition features the witty sculptures of Carmela Laganse, sculptor and ceramic artist. Laganse’s work takes a sardonic look at vampirism, how it has permeated popular culture and how we can readily connect with the macabre of the pain/pleasure dynamic. These sculptures, made of wood, textiles and ceramics, take the form of regal furniture designed to poise the body for physical purging − perfectly designed for comfort and elegance, whilst one is emitting blood, vomit or otherwise. Each sculpture is unsettlingly named after food. Grenadine, for instance, is designed for draining and collecting blood, and Sweetbreads allows the victim’s thymus gland prone and exposed, thus referring to our infatuation with consumption and elimination.

Originally from Winnipeg, Carmela Laganse currently resides in Regina. She holds a BFA from the University of Manitoba and a MFA from Ohio University and has exhibited widely throughout Canada, the USA and internationally. Her has an active teaching record and has extensive experience working in the studios of Canadian Universities and residency centres.

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Great Canadian bands meet great Canadian art!
April 13 to November 24, 2013
MacKenzie Art Gallery
3475 Albert St, Regina, SK

The MacKenzie Art Gallery is partnering with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and the 2013 JUNO Awards to bring the JUNO Tour of Canadian Art to Regina. The exhibition, Greatest Hits: The JUNO Tour of Canadian Art, will be on display at the MacKenzie from April 13 to November 24, 2013 featuring works selected by past JUNO winners and nominees and current nominees. A full line-up of artists participating in the project will be announced at a later date. For more information on the MacKenzie Art Gallery please visit mackenzieartgallery.ca
Twitter: @atTheMAG
Facebook: facebook.com/MacKenzieArtGallery

For more information on the 41st Annual JUNO Awards or The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences’ (CARAS) please visit junoawards.ca or carasonline.ca
Twitter: @theJUNOAwards
Facebook: facebook.com/TheJUNOAwards

Creative Industries Marketing Funding is Available Now!

The Saskatchewan Government plans to establish Creative Saskatchewan - a new agency to assist in bringing the province's creative talent to market. But while the agency is still a few months from an official launch, assistance is available now through a $1 million transition fund provided and administered by the Saskatchewan Arts Board. This money will support Saskatchewan projects until the new Creative Saskatchewan agency is launched later in 2013.

Creation of the new marketing agency follows from the Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport consultations with stakeholders from arts disciplines. SaskMusic, a participant, is pleased to see a commitment made specifically to the marketing of Saskatchewan creative products.

JP Ellson, CEO of SaskMusic, feels the initiative is long overdue:

“What we see, on a national and international scale, is that in order to compete with the tremendous supply of product out there you need to be bigger. We need to bring the marketing under one umbrella because that way we can access professional marketing people and be more visible and competitive,” said Ellson.

In other provinces, he said, similar agencies are long-established and have had proven success. Ellson says that legislation is still needed to confirm the new agency. “We hope that will happen by September 1st,” he said.

Group and individual artists can apply. The first round of assessment is February 22nd, with others to follow. For more information, check the Saskatchewan Arts Board FAQ sheet about interim marketing funding at citf-faqs.htm

MADMEN: IN PRINT Opening Reception
Thursday, May 2
5:00pm until 8:00pm
SLATE Fine Art Gallery
2078 Halifax Street, Regina, Saskatchewan

Come celebrate the opening of this terrific show of print work by three of Saskatchewan's iconic artists: Jack Cowin, Joe Fafard and David Thauberger.

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This book is a spooky movie!
By Brian Bowman

Ooooh! Scary, scary stuff: a movie, albeit a short one, about ‘Ghosts of Government House’, a new book by Regina children’s author, Judith Silverthorne. There may be more than a few ghosts haunting the stairs and chambers of that venerable pile, and the characters in her new book bring the reader along as they discover where, and who, they are. I could go on, but it might take a thousand words. So, check the interview where Judith dramatically reveals why she is using a short promotional video to introduce her book.

But wait! There’s more!

Watch it to the end because the ‘Book Trailer’ (that’s the new, so cool its outré, label for these productions) is imbedded in the middle, in sanguineous colour, life-like as an image in the mirror.