OSAC Newsletter October 15, 2010
ORGANIZATION OF SASKATCHEWAN ARTS COUNCILS
“Making the Arts an integral part of the lives of Saskatchewan people”
1102 – 8TH Avenue, Regina SK, S4R 1C9
Phone 306•586•1250 Fax 306•586•1550
Email [ http://osac/ ]OSAC Web [ http://www.osac.sk.ca/ ]www.osac.sk.ca
October 15, 2010
Welcome to the latest edition of the OSAC e-update! Included you will find fresh news from OSAC, timely reminders and the occasional important schedule change. You can add or forward this mailing to other interested parties, or if you do not wish to be on our distribution list, simply e-mail us at [ mailto:info@osac.sk.ca ]OSAC.
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Ø One Week To Go!
Ø Good News Regarding the OSAC Website
Ø Nominations For The OSAC Board of Directors
Ø Showcase 2010 Bringing The Arts To You
Ø OSAC Volunteer Recognition Program
Ø Notice of 2010 OSAC Annual General Meeting
Ø Showcase 2010 Youth Bursary
Ø The Arts Professions Act
Ø OSAC was Part Of Culture Days Celebration
Ø Showcase 2011
Ø Miscellaneous
OPERATIONS NEWS
Ø Showcase 2010 Bringing The Arts To You
PERFORMING ARTS
Ø 2010/2011 Season Underway!!
Ø Showcase 2010 Performers
Ø Miscellaneous
Ø Youth in Your Communities
Ø New Opportunities for Communities
VISUAL and MEDIA ARTS
Ø Upcoming Exhibitions at Showcase 2010
Ø Exhibitions Booking Form Online
Ø Visual Arts Exchange at Showcase
Ø Local Adjudications
Ø Shows
JUNIOR CONCERTS
Ø Fall 2010 Tours
Ø Spring 2011 Tours
Ø Fall 2011/Spring 2012 Touring Season
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Kevin Korchinski Executive Director
306•586•1220 [ mailto:kevin@osac.sk.ca ]Kevin
One Week To Go!
We are in the final preparation stages for Showcase 2010 “Bringing The Arts To You” and the Board and Staff are looking forward to seeing everyone next week in North Battleford.
We are excited to have a limited number of Martin Tagseth mugs that we will be selling at the registration desk for a mere $20.00 – cash or cheques only please. We hope that this will be an ongoing program and we are thrilled that Martin agreed to be part of this year’s showcase.
Good News Regarding the OSAC Website
The [ http://www.osac.sk.ca/ ]OSAC website is back up and running and we have been adding information about Showcase and the AGM
We thank everyone for their patience during the past month. The one good thing that came out of this episode is that it forced us to create a [ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Regina-SK/Organization-of-Saskatchewan-Arts-Councils/111409548917836?ref=ts ]Facebook page. Please visit us for news and updates.
Nominations For The OSAC Board of Directors
Nominations for the OSAC Board of Directors are being accepted for the following:
One (1) position for President – one two (2) year term (2010 - 2012)
Four (4) positions for Director – one two (2) year term (2010-2012) CORRECTED
The Nominations are now closed – we thanks The Nominations Committee for their work in finding
Deadline for submission of nominations for either President or Director was to be in writing and received by the nominations committee no later than 30 days prior to the Annual General Meeting (i.e. Prior to September 23, 2010) as outlined in [ http://osac.sk.ca/page.asp?pageID=32 ]OSAC’s Constitution & Bylaws.
Here are the Bio’s of those nominated:
One President 2010 – 2012
Crystal Thorburn (Melville)
Crystal Thorburn has been part of OSAC’s Board of Directors for the past 6 years, serving three of those years as Vice President. Her 10-year membership with the Melville Arts Council has involved many cultural opportunities and community based projects.
As Administrator and co-founder for the cultural facility known as Melville Community Works, she received the Citizen of the Year Award and Volunteer Recognition Award for her cultural contributions to the community.
She is a practicing Visual artist participating in many solo, touring and group exhibitions. As a volunteer for the arts, Crystal has been a member of the Melville Art Club and the Godfrey Dean Arts Gallery for many years.
Four Directors 2010-2012
Laurie Nielsen (Lloydminster)
I have served on the OSAC Board for the past 5 years. It has been a rewarding 5 years and I have enjoyed it thorough. The highlight for me is going to small towns for Regional Meetings. I am always impressed by the creativity of smaller arts councils and their ways of dealing with obstacles that, for the faint of heart, might seem insurmountable.
I have been a member of the Hudson Bay Allied Arts Councils for many years but in the past year, my husband and I have moved to Lloydminster to be nearer family. Currently I am a volunteer with the Barr Colony Heritage Centre when my schedule allows.
I am looking forward to another year of activities with the OSAC Board and travelling around the province to meet with the membership.
Tim Raine (Langenburg)
Tim Raine is from Langenburg, Saskatchewan. He has been again nominated for a two-year term position on the Board of Directors of OSAC. A long time supporter of the arts, he is a member of the Festival of Words and the Langenburg Arts Council serving in performing arts, Stars for Saskatchewan, theatre building and theatre maintenance, set construction & design and dinner theatre. He has been pleased to have been elected to a two-year term on the Board of Directors of OSAC, 2008 to the present, and would be more than willing to work in this capacity again, if elected.
John Daisley (Hudson Bay)
INVOLVEMENT IN PERFORMING / VISUAL ARTS:
• Member of Hudson Bay Allied Arts Council – have served as President and am currently the performing arts coordinator
INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, BOARDS ETC
• Member of Hudson Bay Credit Union Board of Directors (20 Years) – past president
• Trustee of St. Stephen’s United Church for approximately fifteen years
• Past 4-H Leader
OTHER COMMUNITY OR PROVINCIAL INVOLVEMENT
• Member and Past President of the Association of Saskatchewan Forestry Professionals
• Member of Canadian Forestry Accreditation Board
OTHER APPROPRIATE INFORMATION
• Keen interest in visual and performing arts
• Have attended Showcase for five years
• Have lived in rural Saskatchewan for over 25 years
• Thirty – seven year career in Forest industry in Saskatchewan
• Presently Environmental Manager and Planning Coordinator for Weyerhaeuser SK
Kathy Collins (Shaunavon)
My name is Kathy Collins and I live in Shaunavon. I am putting my name forward for a position as Director. I have been involved with the Shaunavon Arts Council for the last 15 years in various capacities including Vice President, President, Past President and Secretary. Through the Arts Council I have also been very involved with the film series, REEL Wednesdays, I am on the committee and have served as Treasurer for the last 6 years. I have previously served on the OSAC Board of Directors for six years. Shaunavon was recently chosen to be one of the communities involved with piloting the Creative Kids Program; I am excited to be part of this committee. Having access to the arts in rural communities is essential and OSAC has made the job easier for all of the volunteers working across the province. I have the utmost respect for OSAC and would be honoured to once again serve on the Board of Directors.
The positions will be voted on by OSAC’s membership at the Annual General Meeting to be held at Showcase in North Battleford on October 23 2010.
OSAC Volunteer Recognition Program
Thanks to The Biggar and District Arts Council who submitted a nomination form for the Volunteer Recognition program. Congratulations to Denise Holt who was recognized by her arts council for all of her volunteer work. A full write up, along with a list of previous nominees will be in this year’s Annual Report available at Showcase.
Showcase 2010 Bringing The Arts To You
The calendar keeps moving and we are only a week from seeing everyone in North Battleford. Full information can be found on the [ http://www.osac.sk.ca/page.asp?pageID=1 ]OSAC website or by emailing myself or Catherine. The conference brochure and registration forms are available on the website or by emailing one of the OSAC staff. If you experience any difficulty finding or printing the necessary forms, please contact the office and we will be pleased to assist you.
Please remember to consider a donation to our silent auction. We encourage all donors to send their items to the OSAC office in advance of the conference. The silent Auction form is now available for from the [ http://www.osac.sk.ca/page.asp?pageID=1 ]OSAC Website. Please submit the form along with the item.
Notice of 2010 OSAC Annual General Meeting
The OSAC annual general meeting will be held on Saturday, October 23 at the Tropical Inn North Battleford. The 2009 minutes and 2010 Agenda were included in the September mailing and are now posted on the [ http://www.osac.sk.ca/ ]OSAC website. Please bring copies with you.
The 2009/2010 Audited Financial Statements are now on the [ http://www.osac.sk.ca/Files/File/PDF%20Documents/Reports/OSAC%20FS%20July%2010%20-%2067632%20-%20final%20w_sigs.pdf ]OSAC Website and are included in this week’s mailing as well. There will also be a copy included in the Annual Report available at Showcase.
Showcase 2010 Youth Bursary
As in past years, OSAC is offering a youth Bursary for Arts Council members to bring Youth attendees to our annual Showcase. [“Youth” is defined as 29 years of age in the year of Showcase or younger.] The application process is available by contacting me and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly via phone or email.
Arts councils can register a youth for $50 and be eligible to receive the amount back - up to a maximum of 2 youth registrations or a bursary of $100 per arts council. The $50 registration fee includes all conference activities and meals. It does not include the cost of accommodation or travel.
Bursaries are available on a first come first serve basis. Please register and pay for the Youth delegate as usual. Once the office receives the follow up report that will be in the youth’s Delegate Package, OSAC will issue a cheque to the arts council for the complete amount. The deadline to register is October 15, 2010.
Please indicate Youth Bursary on the registration form when you fill it out and if you have already registered a youth please contact Kevin Korchinski directly.
Evaluation to be filled out by participating Youth delegates and returned to OSAC with a copy sent to your local Arts Council President.
OSAC must receive a copy within sixty (60) days of the end of Showcase 2010
We have also adjusted the way OSAC will be paying the mileage assistance grant that is explained in Catherine’s section. Please contact me with any questions.
The Arts Professions Act comes into effect
As of June 1, 2010, The Arts Professions Act requires written contracts to be used between professional artists of all types, including performers and anyone wanting to hire, engage or contract them for their work or performance. The Act also recognizes the artist as a professional and, as a professional, emphasizes the importance of fair compensation. For more information on the Act, visit [ http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/arts-professions-act ]http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/arts-professions-act A representative of the Ministry will be attending the Table Sessions to discuss the Act and bring information about how it may affect you.
Showcase 2011
I know it seems odd to talk about Showcase next year when we are still a few months away from visiting North Battleford, but we wanted to announce that Showcase 2011 will be held in Regina on October 14, 15 and 16, 2011. Building on the cooperative success we saw in Moose Jaw, we will be asking for volunteer Arts Councils from throughout the province to help the Board and Staff with this event. More news will be forthcoming shortly but we hope that this will allow some of the Arts Councils from smaller communities to become involved in this exciting event.
Miscellaneous
The Latest SASKCULTURE Member E Update can be [ http://www.saskculture.sk.ca/members_eupdates/Member%20E-Updates%202010.htm ]found here.
OPERATIONS NEWS
Catherine Tomczak, Operations Coordinator
306•526-1251 [ mailto:Carol@osac.sk.ca ]Catherine
Showcase 2010 “Bringing The Arts To You” – North Battleford, October 22-24
Only a week to go and everything is in full swing here at the office getting ready for the big event!!
Registration will be held at the Tropical Inn and Convention Centre, Kingstreet Room starting Friday morning at 8am through until Saturday 10:30am.
Conference registration information was sent to all registrants either by email or regular mail on Thursday, October 14th. If you did not receive this information please contact [ mailto:catherine@osac.sk.ca ]Catherine.
To those of you that have identified special meal requirements in your registration we have done our best to accommodate your needs, however, for those of you with very specific requests you will need to ask wait staff about certain ingredients in the food and perhaps decline certain items. Those who have requested vegetarian meals will need to identify themselves to wait staff at meal times.
For those folks traveling from the Arts Councils throughout the province please note that OSAC will provide you with a $120 Showcase Travel Assistance Bursary per Arts Council to assist your travels. This replaces the mileage assistance that had previously been available. Each Arts Council must complete an expense claim and we will reimburse each Arts Council that has attended the conference once the paperwork is completed.
It is not too late to consider a donation to our silent auction!! If you have an item you would like to include please contact [ mailto:kevin@osac.sk.ca ]Kevin.
A schedule of events has been attached for the Showcase Conference details, time and locations.
Date
Start Time
End Time
Event Description
Location
Friday October 22, 2010
8:00 AM
5:00 PM
Friday Registration
TI
9:00 AM
12:00 PM
Allen Sapp Gallery Tour/hands-on workshop
ASG
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
OSAC, A Guide to Ownership
TI
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
Arts Council Café
TI
5:00 PM
6:30 PM
Friday Supper
TI
7:00 PM
9:30 PM
Friday Evening Showcases/Visual Arts Opening
DRC
9:30 PM
11:30 PM
Contact Room/Visual Arts Exhibitions/Reception
DRC
11:30 PM
Hospitality Room
TI
Saturday October 23, 2010
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Saturday Breakfast
TI
8:00 AM
10:30 AM
Saturday Registration
TI
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
Table Sessions
TI
10:30 AM
11:30 AM
OSAC Member Services
TI
12:00 PM
1:30 PM
Saturday Lunch/AGM
TI
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Annual General Meeting
TI
2:00 PM
4:30 PM
Saturday Afternoon Showcases
DRC
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
Cocktails
GEC
5:30 PM
7:30 PM
Saturday Banquet
GEC
8:00 PM
10:00 PM
Saturday Evening Showcases
DRC
10:00 PM
11:30 PM
Contact Room/Visual Arts Exhibitions/ Reception
DRC
11:30 PM
Hospitality Room
TI
Sunday October 24, 2010
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Sunday Breakfast
TI
9:00 AM
11:00 AM
Performing Arts Exchange
TI
9:00 AM
11:00 AM
Visual Arts Exchange
TI
Tropical Inn Hotel
TI
Don Ross Centre
DRC
Gold Eagle Casino
GEC
Allen Sapp Gallery
ASG
Check it out - OSAC has its very own Facebook page please visit us by[ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Regina-SK/Organization-of-Saskatchewan-Arts-Councils/111409548917836?ref=ts ] clicking here
[Marker]PERFORMING ARTS
Carol Cairns Performing Arts Coordinator
306•586•1253 [ mailto:Carol@osac.sk.ca ]Carol
2010/2011 Season Underway!!
We are into the second month of our touring season and it is jammed packed with incredible opportunities to experience high quality live performances in communities throughout the province. For those of you involved in presenting – good luck and enjoy!! Please remember to get your evaluations in shortly after the performance as it is important to have the audience feedback to the performances and to ensure everything is running smoothly and is enjoyable for all.
Here are the October and the first few days of November, Stars for Saskatchewan and Koncerts for Kids Performances:
[Image]Brothers From Different Mothers [ http://www.differentmothers.com/ ]http://www.differentmothers.com
Oct. 14: Canora; Oct. 15: Melville, Oct. 16th: Langenburg; Oct.17th: Wadena 3 pm; Oct. 18th: Shaunavon; Oct. 19th: Biggar; Oct. 20th: Leader; Oct. 21st: Bengough; Oct. 22nd: Moose Jaw 8 pm. all shows 7:30 pm unless otherwise stated.
The Brothers were voted Seattle’s funniest comedy team, are two time Guinness World Record holders and have performed their show in over 14 different countries. They have appeared on numerous television shows, including “America’s Got Talent” where Sharon Osbourne called them “Hilarious” and Piers Morgan described them as “hip, funny and well choreographed; the total package!” This contemporary comedy show is action packed with audience participation and perpetual laughter.
[Image]The Nylons [ http://www.thenylons.com/ ]http://www.thenylons.com
Oct. 14th: Yorkton 8pm; Oct. 15th and 16th: Swift Current 8pm
With seven gold and platinum recordings, this four member vocal group is a true international success story. Known for their flawless a cappella sound, dazzling harmonies and smooth sophisticated arrangements, The Nylons immense appeal has taken them across North America, Europe, Australia, China and Japan. From their formation in the back of a delicatessen in Toronto in the late 1970s to headlining at Carnegie Hall, The Nylons have a storied history. The Nylons continue to perform worldwide to passionate audiences and critical acclaim.
[Image]Annette Campagne [ http://www.annettemusic.ca/ ]http://www.annettemusic.ca
Oct. 16th: Prince of Wales Centre, Assiniboia
She’s the straight-shooting poet of a prairie girl who has seen the world but who revels in her prairie roots, singing about heartbreak and the thrill of new beginnings; about fury and forgiveness.
[Image]Celtic Tenors [ http://www.celtic-tenors.com/ ]http://www.celtic-tenors.com
Oct. 19th: Estevan 7:30 pm; Oct. 25th: Weyburn
The Celtic Tenors have established themselves as the most successful Classical Crossover artists ever to have come out of Ireland, and continue to re-invent the whole "Tenor" idiom.
The Celtic Tenors have all had classical training, sung leading roles with top opera companies, performed in oratorio and concerts worldwide, and continue to show great flexibility in melding their voices to suit the appropriate Classical, folk, Irish and pop genres. Matthew Gilsenan, James Nelson and Daryl Simpson combine their unique voices, character and wit to provide a show overflowing with vitality and variety from start to finish.
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Prairie Debut presents: Bax & Chung [ http://bax-chung.arcadiamusica.com/ ]http://bax-chung.arcadiamusica.com
Oct. 28th: Hudson Bay; Oct. 29th: Melfort; Oct. 30th: Tisdale; Oct. 31st: Station Arts, Rosthern. Nov. 1st: Watrous; Nov. 2nd: Weyburn. All shows 7:30pm.
Winners of several international piano competitions, Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung have performed around the world as recitalists and with over 130 leading orchestras. In 2003, just prior to their marriage, Lucille and Alessio performed their first concert as a piano duo and since then the two-piano and one piano-four-hand format has become an important addition to their solo careers. Their two award winning records and performances on the world’s most prestigious platforms have established Alessio and Lucille as one of the most dynamic and brilliant young Canadian piano duos of their generation.
[Image]Missoula Children’s Theatre: [ http://www.mctinc.org ]www.mctinc.org
Koncerts for Kids program
Oct. 29th: Swift Current
The Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT), the nation’s largest touring children’s theatre, has been touring extensively for 35 years now from Montana to Japan, and will visit more than 1,200 communities this year with 36 teams of Tour Actor/Directors. A tour team arrives in a given town with a set, lights, costumes, props and make-up, everything it takes to put on a play...except the cast. The team holds an open audition and casts 50-60 local students to perform in the production. The show is rehearsed throughout the week and two public performances are presented on Saturday. All MCT shows are original adaptations of classic children’s stories and fairytales . . . a twist on the classic stories that you know and love.
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Lunch at Allen’s [ http://www.capitolmusic.ca/ ]http://www.capitolmusic.ca
Nov. 4th and 5th, Swift Current
Lunch At Allen's is an extraordinary musical revue by internationally renowned artists, Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan, and Ian Thomas who perform together as a band -- the stage show is an intimate and humorous performance by some of Canada's finest individual performers.
It all began as a regular get together at Allen's Pub & restaurant on The Danforth in Toronto with Canadian music icon Murray McLauchlan and old friends Ian Thomas and Marc Jordan. After adding the voice of Cindy Church, a "lunch at Allen's" turned into an outstanding band performing some of Canada's (and the world's) most enjoyed songs from each of these songwriters’ impressive catalogues.
[Image][Image]photo unavailable. Skye Sterling [ http://www.legendsofshowbiz.com/ ]http://www.legendsofshowbiz.com/
Nov. 6th, Redvers
Skye Sterling will present a show entitled "Some Enchanted Evening", a Romantic Reminiscence of love Songs from the War Years (We'll Meet Again and White Cliffs of Dover) to the Melodies of Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Jim Reeves, Elvis Presley and Marty Robbins along with Ballads, Popular Hymns and Broadway Show Tunes past and present.
True Prairie Spirit:
What happens when performers get held up at customs and subsequently miss their flights and it’s the day after Thanksgiving and all the other flights are full? It sets off a chain of events that no one relishes dealing with. Well, it happened this past Tuesday to Vi Kerslake in Moosomin and we applaud her for her resilience and ability to Captain the ship in very rocky waters! She basically had two choices...cancel the entire night...or find some amazing performer to step in....Vi found the gem in all of this with Eli Barsi who, with her husband put on a wonderful show. She also had a surprise appearance by Fizzical Fizzicks from the Junior Concert Series Tour...they did a brief opening act and the night continued on to be quite special. Bravo Vi!
Arts Councils: *if there is anything I can do to help make your tours run smoothly, give me a call or drop me an email! Please send in your performance evaluations as soon as you can and I will share the highlights with the rest of our membership in the upcoming e updates. Also, if you have candid photos of the performances, your volunteers in action or other note-worthy events presented by your Arts Council, please send them to me by email in a jpg format. We would appreciate being able to include them on our website, Facebook, annual report, or to our funders. Thank you for sharing!!
Showcase 2010
Showcase is fast approaching!! Time is running out - If you are interested in participating as an exhibitor in the contact room...do not delay. Register today. It’s a great opportunity to reach out to get your information out to all areas of the province.
I will continue to include in the upcoming e updates the list of artists who will be performing at Showcase 2010 in North Battleford, October 22 and 23rd.
**Please carefully go through the Price List that was included in the September mailing that you should now have in your possession. Contact me with the names of any other performers you are interested in looking at for the 2011/2012 season and I will bring additional information with me to the booking meeting on Oct. 24th.
ALEXANDER SEVASTIAN Presented by Prairie Debut
[ http://www.stationbleue.com/video.e/485.php ]http://www.stationbleue.com/video.e/485.php
[ http://www.prairiedebut.com ]www.prairiedebut.com
BELLE PLAINE (SK)
[ http://www.belleplainemusic.com ]www.belleplainemusic.com
CADENCE (ON)
[ http://www.cadence-unplugged.com ]www.cadence-unplugged.com
CECILE DENIS (SK)
[ http://www.ceciledenis.com ]www.ceciledenis.com
CELTARA (AB)
[ http://www.celtara.ca ]www.celtara.ca
ED PEEKEEKOOT (BC)
[ http://www.peekeekoot.ca ]www.peekeekoot.ca
ELIXIR ENSEMBLE (SK)
[ http://www.elixirensemble.com ]www.elixirensemble.com
GOOD LOVELIES (ON)
[ http://www.goodlovelies.com ]www.goodlovelies.com
HEMINGWAY CORNER (ON)
[ http://www.myspace.com/hemingwaycorner ]http://www.myspace.com/hemingwaycorner
HUMAN STATUES (ON)
[ http://www.thehumanstatues.com ]www.thehumanstatues.com
JAKE’S GIFT (BC)
[ http://www.juliamackey.com ]www.juliamackey.com
KARRNNEL (SK)
[ http://www.karrnnel.com ]www.karrnnel.com
KONCERTS FOR KIDS: THE TROLLSONS IN THE STORYTELLER (BC)
[ http://www.pangaea-arts.com ]www.pangaea-arts.com
SUZIE VINNICK (ON)
[ http://www.suzievinnick.com ]www.suzievinnick.com
WOODY HOLLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA (MB)
[ http://www.woodyholler.ca ]www.woodyholler.ca
YADONG GUAN TRIO (QE)
[ http://www.agencedlefebvre.com ]www.agencedlefebvre.com
Descriptions on the artists will be posted on the OSAC website in the very near future. In the meantime, check out the links to their websites and get a taste of the wonderful variety of performers you will experience at this year’s Showcase. Please check out YouTube for any video clips that may be floating around as well. As always, artists are subject to change in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Start marking your calendars for Showcase 2010...it’s going to be a great conference and we would love to see you there!
Miscellaneous
Youth in Your Communities
We are looking at ways to engage youth in their communities and to provide networking opportunities for them. Sending Youth delegates to Showcase is a great place to start. Perhaps we can develop this further by working together to find initiatives that will work in your own communities and expand from there. Please let me know if you are already engaging youth in your communities through the arts, whether it’s a youth council, youth volunteer opportunities or programming that is targeted to the youth, especially youth initiated or led by youth. Give me a call or send the information by email and we will start building the next generation of arts enthusiasts throughout the province. Hopefully, we will have some great ideas to share with you at Showcase 2010 in North Battleford!!
New Opportunities for Communities
The CIF (Community Initiatives Fund) has announced a new program grant: Community Vitality Program. This program is intended to support initiatives in Saskatchewan that build sustainable communities and improve quality of life through two components: Small Capital Projects and Community Pride Projects and events. Details of the program are outlined in the application guidelines. The first application deadline was October 1, 2010. If you weren’t able to submit in time for this deadline, please check their website for the next grant deadline.
*Tracey Mann, Executive Director of CIF will be one of the leaders at the Table Sessions on Saturday morning of the conference. Please take advantage of this opportunity to discover all that is available to you.
*these programs are excellent opportunities to support projects and events in your community...think of the difference you can make with the support of additional funds! I included the Community Vitality Program Guidelines and Application as a hard copy in the July mailout to all member Arts Councils. To download it online, go to: [ http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/CIF ]http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/CIF
The SASKATCHEWAN BAND ASSOCIATION E News can be [ http://www.saskband.org/NewsandInformation/currentnews.html ]found here
The SASKMUSIC E RELEASE can be [ http://www.saskrecording.ca/ ]found here .
The SASK CHORAL FEDERATION newsletter can be [ http://www.saskchoral.ca/html/whats_new/newsletter/index.cfm ]found here.
VISUAL and MEDIA ARTS
Jennifer Schell McRorie Visual and Media Arts Coordinator
306•586•1252 [ mailto:jennifer@osac.sk.ca ]Jennifer
Upcoming Exhibitions at Showcase 2010
I’m excited to present this new line-up of 5 exhibitions at this year’s Showcase in North Battleford, which represent a wide spectrum of visual arts disciplines and feature the works of 19 Saskatchewan artists. The following exhibitions will be available to tour during 2011 to 2013:
[Image]Dorothy Knowles: Prairie Pictures
Organized and curated by Heather Smith, Curatorial Director for Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery (MJM&AG); From the Permanent Collection of MJM&AG
Dorothy Knowles is one of the most noted living Canadian landscape artists. She has been painting in Saskatchewan since 1948 and has achieved Canada’s highest levels of recognition. Although she had reached her mature painting style by the late 1960’s, she continues to evolve. She experiments with confidence, challenging herself with the unfamiliar in order to create the suggestion of a landscape that would be provocative and enticing to the viewer; she is perhaps nowhere more bold in her landscape experiments than when she is working in watercolour because it is so quick, colourful, light to travel with and endlessly variable.
- Heather Smith
Image: Dorothy Knowles, “Grey Water”, watercolour on Arches paper, 1990; Photo credit: Gabriela Garcia-Luna
[Image][Image]Embodied Presence: Michel Boutin and Holly Fay
Curated by Jennifer McRorie; Organized by OSAC
Presenting the work of two contemporary Saskatchewan painters, Michel Boutin and Holly Fay, Embodied Presence offers alternative ways of considering our environment, inserting new voices into the dialogue surrounding landscape painting, and provides new perspectives on personal and collective connections with place.
Images: (left) Michel Boutin, “Whole Earth II” (detail), enamel on canvas, 2009; Holly Fay, “pod/path 3”, oil on paper, 2005.
[Image][Image]Hybrid: Tim Moore
Curated by David Garneau; Organized by OSAC
The exhibition Hybrid presents the collages, drawings, paintings and sculptures of Saskatchewan artist Tim Moore. Moore’s works explore the notion of personal and collective identities as a means of investigating what it means to be Métis. Without having clear distinctions and definitions of Métis culture to respond to or reflect on, Moore finds that he has creative freedom to explore the hybridity of a Métis identity, seeing it as a negotiation between two cultures.
Image: Tim Moore, “Custom”, collage on wood, 2010.
[Image][Image]Plants and Machines
Organized by Evan Tyler
Chad Arie, Ryan Arnott, Nathan Binns, Chris Bridge, Erin Gee, Jesse Goddard, Mariel Harvey, Marsha Kennedy, Aaron Kyle, Adam Lark, Lisa Lowen, Kristen Smith, Melanie-Monique Rose, Evan Tyler
Featuring drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures and video media of 14 Saskatchewan artists, Plants and Machines “addresses the themes of technology and organics. In our modern world the borders of the ‘natural’ and the ‘mechanical’ are being blurred, negotiated and hybridized, These artworks explore the relationship of human to instrument, the idea of human as instrument, and the duality that exists between perceived notions of organic and artificial.” - Evan Tyler
Image: Mariel Harvey, “My Private Life”, dye coupler print on paper, 2010.
[Image][Image]Artless Fabrications: Carol Schmold
Organized by OSAC
On January 1st, 2007, Carol Schmold embarked on a personal creative journey, creating a work of art each week for a year, which resulted in a collection of 52 small fibre works that she describes as “sincere textile compositions”. The project began as a self-directed challenge, motivated by the desire to get back in touch with her artistic creativity, to explore new techniques in fibre art and discipline herself to work within an imposed deadline. The result is a visual journal of her exploration into her creative process, reflecting her artistic growth and development through her dedicated practice.
Image: Carol Schmold, “Thirteen Moons – January 2, 2007”, mixed media.
Exhibitions Booking Form Online
For those Visual Arts Contacts who will not be attending Showcase and want to submit their booking requests, a [ http://osac.sk.ca/Files/Image/oct_2010_updates/VA-Booking-form.pdf ]booking form will be posted online on OSAC’s website at [ http://www.osac.sk.ca/ ]www.osac.sk.ca, under Visual Arts Programming. Please mail, email or fax your booking requests in to the Visual & Media Arts office by November 15th. I will be designing the tour schedules for the next season after that time.
Visual Arts Exchange at Showcase
I am looking forward as always to meeting with arts council members and conference delegates at the Sunday morning exchange at the conference. I always enjoy the discussion and sharing of ideas that this forum generates. I will be presenting on programming ideas for the upcoming touring exhibitions and the new Best Practice Standards for the Visual Arts sector that CARFAC Saskatchewan has produced and distributed. In addition, Dean Bauche will present as a guest speaker on Smartboard technology, giving a demonstration on how this technology in the classroom and gallery education rooms can enhance exhibition programming.
Local Adjudications
Upcoming local adjudications include:
• Eastend Arts Council
Adjudication date: October 15 & 16, 2010
Location: Eastend Memorial Hall
Adjudicator: Cecilia Elizabeth
Contact: Gabriele Kuck for more information; phone: (306) 295-4022; email: [ mailto:petrea@sasktel.net ]petrea@sasktel.net
• Estevan Arts Council – October 1-29, 2010
• Adjudication Date: October 17, 2010
Location: Estevan Art Gallery & Museum
Adjudicator: Gerri Ann Siwek
Deadline for Entry: September 15, 2010
Contact: Judy Poirier for more information; phone: (306) 634.3942; email: [ mailto:njpoirier@accesscomm.ca ]njpoirier@accesscomm.ca
• Swift Current Allied Arts Council
Adjudication date: December 2010
Exhibition dates: November 27 – December 30, 2010
Location: Art Gallery of swift Current
Adjudicators: TBA
Contact: Kim Houghtaling fro more information; phone: (306) 778-2736; email: [ mailto:k.houghtaling@swiftcurrent.ca ]k.houghtaling@swiftcurrent.ca
Shows
Check out what’s on display this month at the various galleries throughout the province on OSAC’s website [ http://osac.sk.ca/page.asp?pageID=47 ]here
JUNIOR CONCERTS
Marianne Woods Performing Arts Coordinator-Junior Concerts
[Marker]306•586•1258[Marker] [ mailto:marianne@osac.sk.ca ]Marianne
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Fall 2010 Tours
Masabo completed their tour on October 8. OSAC received very positive feedback from the tour. Here are more reviews:
“Energetic, entertaining, engaging, lots of participation with audience. Older ones were soon drawn in with younger students. The performers were able to engage a broad audience, K-12. Students were very involved in participation. This was one of our school’s favourites. Even had the entire staff up dancing in front of the student body.” – Kipling School.
“Masabo was fantastic!!!!! They engaged the students, they were enthusiastic and very animated. They brought a huge sense of fun and humour with their performance!! Of all the awesome performances we have booked over the years, and most have been terrific, these guys were fabulous. The kids are still beaming.” – Bert Fox Community High School, Fort Qu’Appelle.
“We have been very impressed with the high caliber of performers we are able to bring into our school at a reasonable cost through OSAC. We look forward to more next year.” – Gladmar School.
“I have seen approximately 12 different OSAC shows – this was probably one of the best!! Students’ interest held throughout. Participation with audience was excellent.” – Paradise Hill School.
“Excellent and exciting performance, the boys were especially impressed with the drums. Very high energy. Loved how ‘happy’ the performers were! It was very contagious. OSAC’s Junior Concerts program is fantastic, best program out there, expertly run! – Indian Head High School.
“Masabo was a group and art form that the majority of our kids have no access to, BUT we have a handful of African students who live here because their parents are in the medical field. This was very cool. The weekend workshop was wonderful. ‘That was amazing’ – Grade 1 student.” – Pre-Cam Community School, La Ronge
Fizzical Fizzicks continues their tour October 25. They will also be attending Showcase 2010 as Contact Room Exhibitors. I will have the opportunity to see them at Dr. Isman Elementary School in Wolseley on Friday, October 15 and at Indian Head Elementary School on Monday, October 25.
Last week, Fizzical Fizzicks performed in La Ronge, Stanley Mission and Stony Rapids, our first-ever fly-in tour with OSAC Junior Concerts. 50 students attended the school performance in Stony Rapids and 30 participated in a workshop. Kristi and Greg also presented a workshop at Gordon Denny School in La Ronge. Kristi and Greg plan on filming some short instructional videos that they will send to the schools in La Ronge and Stony Rapids, so that the students will be encouraged to keep practicing their circus skills.
Here are some recent reviews from their tour:
“The quality and educational content of this show are exceptional.” – Ecole Oman School, Swift Current
“This performance tied in very well with the curriculums. OSAC’s Junior Concerts program is an excellent program.”
“Excellent cross-curriculum. Very informative and entertaining. Students from PreK-Grade 8 remained interested. OSAC provides amazing opportunities to bring the arts to students!” – Empire Community School, Moose Jaw.
Spring 2011 Tours
OSAC Junior Concerts Brochure Information for Spring 2011 has been e-mailed to schools, school divisions and arts councils. The deadline to book is December 10, 2010. If you have trouble downloading the forms or require additional information, please contact me.
Fall 2011/Spring 2012 Touring Season
I will be sharing information on the 2011/12 tours at the Performing Arts Booking Meeting next week. I look forward to seeing many of you at Showcase in North Battleford.
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OSAC gratefully acknowledges support and funding assistance received from the Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust for Sport, Culture and Recreation, the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the Department of Canadian Heritage.