Organizations funded by SK Arts reach over 1.6 million people through exhibitions, performances, and activities.
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan
Up to 12,000 people take in the festival's shows each summer, and the company's Shakespeare Live school program reaches an additional 4,000 students.
Art Gallery of Regina
In response to in-person events cancelled due to the pandemic, the gallery brought videos by Saskatchewan artists to sidewalks, parking lots, and pubs in communities across the province.
Dancing Sky Theatre
It was a bit of a gamble to establish a theatre in Meacham, a village of 87 people, but it paid off, with audiences travelling from 50 nearby communities within a 150 kilometer radius to attend shows.
Saskatchewan Festival of Words
More than 3000 people converge on Moose Jaw every summer to take part in the Saskatchewan Festival of Words. An additional 2000 are reached through the festival's province-wide Writers in Schools program.
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Participating in the arts can help your health, mental health, and satisfaction with life.
Free Flow Dance Theatre Company
The company performed an outdoor dance parade for the residents of a care home in Saskatoon who were isolated due to pandemic visitation restrictions.
UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity
The centre worked with non-binary artist Evie Ruddy on a photography and personal narrative project that portrays trans and non-binary people the way they want to be represented.
Christopher Campbell Gardiner
Through a collaborative art project, this visual artist worked with parents whose children with disabilities had passed away to help them process their grief.
Marcy Friesen
This Swampy Cree/Welsch artist beaded a "depression moccasin" to raise awareness and start conversations about the depression and suicide crisis in Indigenous communities.
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SK-Arts-funded programs reach more than 350,000 children and youth.
Saskatchewan Children's Festival
The festival typically attracts 10,000 visitors to a park in Saskatoon each summer. During the pandemic, they went online and reached the same number of children, even sending 2000 free swag bags to kids across the province.
Live Arts Program
This free distance education program reaches approximately 30,000 students across Saskatchewan each year.
Dene High School
This school in La Loche has brought in artists to serve as role models for students, to help them challenge stereotypes and build self-esteem.
Chief Gabriel Cote Education Complex
Through teaching traditional, Indigenous land-based art, Holly Yuzikapi helped students on the Gabriel Cote First Nation to understand who they are and where they come from.
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Volunteers give more than 172,000 hours to help SK Arts organizations serve you.
Regina Folk Festival
Over its more than five decades, the Regina Folk Festival has been reliant on more than 6000 volunteers!
Estevan's Rafferty Rumble Street Fair
The Estevan Art Gallery and Museum's volunteer board of directors spearheaded the Rafferty Rumble street fair, supported by more than 200 volunteers.
Cathedral Village Arts Festival
This Regina festival is entirely volunteer run! More than 200 volunteers do everything from setting up security to tech.
Farmfest
This small festival held in Willow Bunch is a labour of love for the Campagne family, who join with about 25 volunteers to bring bilingual music to their fans.
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Arts education leads to better educational outcomes.
École Dundonald School
Métis artist Leah Dorion worked with Grade 4 students, bringing art into the classroom and helping them discover their identities.
Brightwater Science, Environmental Learning Centre
The centre focuses on ecologically-based programming, with students engaging in subjects such as science, social studies, art, physical education, and language, while out on the land.
Centre Francophone BDS
Fransaskois musician Alexis Normand collaborated with the centre to engage students in singing and dancing, while also developing their French language skills.
Artists in Schools Grant Program
SK Arts' Artists in Schools Grant Program offers schools a chance to enhance arts-related activities that are linked to educational outcomes through partnerships with professional artists.
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The arts bring people from different languages and cultures together.
Dunlop Art Gallery
Visual artist Madhu Kumar worked with newcomers of all ages on a series of art projects to help them express personal and common identities.
David Stonhouse
This artist engaged 12 newcomer youth from eight countries to explore their lived experiences and challenge stereotypes.
Joanne Weber
Through playwriting, this deaf writer raises awareness about Saskatchewan's history of Deaf settlers and their encounters with First Nations people.
Robert McArthur
This Nakoda musician is writing and performing lullabies in his traditional language to help preserve it for future generations.
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