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WINTER 2014 Volume 4, Issue 2 What’s Inside: Sons of Anarchy star Kim Coates supports Creative Kids Hazlet welcomes international students Culture Days races ahead in Kindersley WINTER 2014 Contents Volume 4, Issue 2 General manager’s message . 3 Engage Competition unites community theatre in saskatchewan . 4 Published by CARFAC bridges gap with Aboriginal artists . 6 SaskCulture Inc. , 8 The world meets in Hazlet . 8 is designed to Junior curators helping preserve the past in meacham . 10 highlight saskatoon’s street meet Festival: challenging perceptions of public art . 12 the work of cultural leaders, 12 Creative Kids descends into Creative Mayhem . 14 volunteers Culture Days includes ‘amazing race’: how one town got everyone running for culture! . 16 and the entertainment, eating, education and engagement create diversity recipe for success at Folkfest’s Indian & métis Pavilion . 18 of activities 18 memory boxes and art engage seniors . 20 supported by the language festival promotes cultural pride . 22 Culture Section of Saskatchewan Lotteries multiculturalism from north to south . 24 Trust Fund for Sport, Culture and Recreation. Popular touring workshop engages artists and saskatchewan 24 students . 26 Direct Inquires to: Graphic Design: Diane ell, editor J. lauder Publishing & Design [email protected] [email protected] shaunna Grandish, Publishing Coordinator Contributing Writers: [email protected] shawn Bauche, michelle Brownridge, marian 404, 2125 11th Avenue, Regina sK s4P 3X3 Donnelly, sarah Ferguson, shaunna Grandish, Tel: (306) 780.9284 Damon Badger Heit, Danica lorer, Paul spasoff www.saskculture.sk.ca ON THE COVER: Sons of Anarchy star, Kim Print copies of this publication are circulated for free to saskCulture members, partners and through community Coates, helps host Creative Mayhem along with outreach activities as determined by saskCulture Inc. Engage is also available in PDF version on the saskCulture web Saskatoon Creative Kids Committee. Left to site at www.saskculture.sk.ca . Engage is published thanks to financial support from saskatchewan lotteries Trust Fund right: Tracy Chudy, Vinesh Kohli, Tracy Schiele, for sport, Culture and Recreation. The publication does not currently accept paid advertising. Article ideas for future Kim Coates, Jami Young (Chair), Danielle Hoffart, publications can be submitted to [email protected] or by calling (306) 780.9284. Maeghan McGrath, Jill Pelton. Published February 2014. Articles may be reprinted with permission. 2 WINTER 2013 General manager’s message At SaskCulture, the word 'community' gets bantered about a lot. e talk about community engagement, communities of interest, saskatchewan Wcommunities, the cultural community, northern communities, rural communities, 800 communities, with over 600,000 proceeds. The current Government’s the business community, First Nations program registrations, comprised of continued support of sport, culture and communities, the multicultural community; families and individuals in communities recreation in this manner shows its you name it and we can turn it into a throughout the province. The delivery recognition of the value that sport, culture community. system is well-embedded into the and recreation activities play in building Given our propensity for using the term saskatchewan way of life, and serves communities in saskatchewan. saskCulture community means just about anything much of the population. Just think of all is very pleased that the Government of could fit within this issue of Engage , which the festivals, community theatre saskatchewan has shown its support for is themed ‘community engagement’. or productions, museums, galleries, local the work of the cultural community by does it? When we speak about community heritage sites, cultural celebrations, and renewing the lottery agreement at 3.75% engagement we are speaking about a very arts activities that take place in our for another five years. particular way of going about our work, or communities! By providing funding As you read through the articles in this a particular style of operating at saskCulture support to local sport, culture and issue, or any issue of Engage , you will be that focuses on ‘building community’. recreation programming directed by local impressed by the creativity of saskatchewan residents, as well as core support to many For the past few years we have used Engage people as they come up with innovative provincial sport, culture and recreation magazine to share stories about cultural ways to come together, build social capital groups, saskatchewan’s lottery system activities in the province, from a variety of and, ultimately, community! And, you will sustains the heartbeat of volunteer-driven communities, that serve to build also see the tremendous reach, influence activity in the province, otherwise known community capacity by creating citizen and impact of those lottery-derived dollars as ‘community engagement’. engagement. The stories are about cultural in our communities. activities that have received some portion on January 13, 2014, the Honourable Kevin of their revenue from one of the grant Doherty, minister of Parks, Culture and sincerely, programs that saskCulture delivers directly, sport announced a renewed lottery or through partnerships, with funds from agreement which guarantees that the the Culture section of saskatchewan sport, culture and recreation community lotteries Trust Fund for sport, Culture and throughout the province will continue to Rose Gilks Recreation. benefit from saskatchewan lotteries net saskatchewan lotteries Trust Fund for sport, Culture and Recreation supports a Lottery Licence Agreement signed on Jan. 13, 2014, Hon. Kevin Doherty, Minister of Parks, Culture and Sport, joined network of over 12,000 beneficiary sport, the tri-global partners – Sask Sport, SaskCulture and Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association – in announcing culture and recreation groups from over the next five year Lottery Licence Agreement. WINTER 2014 3 ho says culture isn’t competitive? every year, several theatre groups Wcompete for the top prize at Theatre Competition saskatchewan’s Theatreone competition. While everyone wants to win, the positive experience and networking is the true unites community prize. The Theatreone Competition, which features one act plays, began in 1988 with theatre in saskatchewan the following year being the first as a competitive event. over the subsequent years, the event has grown in size with BY SHAuNNA GRANDISH now nine different groups from across saskatchewan performing over three nights to an audience. each year, the competition also travels to a new town or city in the province. “It’s really fun, whether you come out as an audience member or you are participating,” says Melissa Biro, Theatre Saskatchewan’s interim executive director. “It’s just fun!” The competition brings together a group of people who love theatre and who want to engage with others and share their passion with everyone in their community, so much so that they are willing to give up much of their free time to make theatre come alive in saskatchewan. In 2013, Theatreone was held at the Regina Performing Arts Centre and Crocus 80 of Weyburn was the big winner, taking home the shumiatcher Trophy for Best Play, the Florence eberle memorial Trophy for Best Director, and the Janet lowndes Trophy for Acting. Biro explains that the competition is a great learning experience for theatre groups since they have to perform outside their regular community to a new audience who may have a different reaction to their material. every year there is a good mix of returning and new groups, so they also have an opportunity to learn from each other. “There is a wide range of emotions experienced throughout the weekend,” says Biro. “everything is done in a positive way. everyone works together to improve." 4 WINTER 2014 An apprenticeship program is also offered "If anything, I've through the competition. Ten individuals from ten theatre groups have the chance discovered it's a to attend all the adjudications and testament to the love workshops during Theatreone. It is also a and passion of great networking opportunity. volunteering and Volunteers are also vital to Theatreone’s success, according to Biro. They work like theatre in this “crazy” in the months leading up to the province,” adds Biro. festival to ensure its success. PREVIOuS PAGE TOP: Theatre Saskatchewan Past President Jarrod Jeanson presents the Nancy and Sam Goodfellow Trophy for Acting to Bernie Cardin of the Battleford Community Players. PREVIOuS PAGE BOTTOM: Jon Josephson presents the Best Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role Award to Sharon Pope. TOP: Awards to be presented at TheatreOne 2013 in Regina. BOTTOM: TheatreOne 2012 adjudication in Kerrobert. WINTER 2014 5 CARFAC bridges gap with Aboriginal artists BY DAMON BADGER HEIT everal years ago, CARFAC of copyright, cultural exchange, marketing saskatchewan (Canadian Artists’ and the diversity of art practice amongst Representation/le Front Des First Nations and métis people. These SArtistes Canadiens) identified a gap in meetings resulted in a document, Industry terms of its service to, and engagement Standards/Best Practices, Aboriginal Arts . A with, the Aboriginal artist community. series of outreach and community While there were already existing engagement initiatives began to occur initiatives in place at CARFAC to support through partnerships with community artist initiatives, there