Common Weal Community Arts
#220 - 1808 Smith Street S4P 2N4 Regina, SK, Canada

Are you an artist or arts professional who is excited about building models of community development through socially-engaged arts practices? Are you passionate about engaging in meaningful and generative relationships with communities? Are you committed to ongoing education around social justice and equity? Would you love to be part of a team that values collaboration, communication, adaptability, and flexibility? We want to hear from you! Please visit our website for more details, and follow the application instructions there.

Due to the extreme weather conditions over the weekend, Sum Theatre Saskatoon and La Troupe du Jour's Regina performances of The Hockey Sweater / Le Chandail has been postponed to this upcoming weekend. You can find more information and reserve your free ticket at: https://www.latroupedujour.ca/sweaterchandail/

This Wednesday, February 10 at 11:00 am, former Common Weal Board Chair, Evie Ruddy takes part in a discussion on the role of art, creative action, and media in global social justice movements as part of International Development Week. You will find more details and can register for this free event at the link below:

Sovereignty, the most recent digital issue of Canadian Art celebrates Indigenous voices, creativity and sovereignty. In her digital land acknowledgement, Existing As a Settler On Unceded Land: A Guide, Deirdre Lee explores the concepts of identity, place, and healing.

The Queering Dance program is hiring: Research Assistant Are you a Regina-based 2SLGBTQIAP+ graduate student or upper year undergraduate student who is passionate about queer and trans participation in dance and movement programming? We want to work with you! You can find more information at https://commonweal.ca/work-with-us.

Did you know??? Bunli Residency Artist-in-Residence Michèle Mackasey is featured in borderLINE: 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art at Remai Modern. Featured in the exhibition are two glass bottle landscapes created by Michèle as part of her Bunli Residency work. The residency, presented in partnership with Sans-atelier, encourages communication between Indigenous and Francophone youth from the communities of Beauval, Île-à-la-Crosse, Patuanak, and Saskatoon. Over the past yea...r these youth have reflected on the distinct impacts of colonization in Northern Saskatchewan, including a focus on language retention and the history of French residential schools in the region. Under the guidance of local elders, Michèle has worked with these youth to etch Dene, Cree, Michif, and French language words into hundreds of miniature bottles filled with coloured liquid. Once assembled, these bottles create a stunning Northern Saskatchewan landscape. This marks the first time that community-based collaborative artworks produced by a Common Weal project artist has been curated into a major contemporary art exhibition in Saskatchewan! See more

Nominations for the 2021 Saskatchewan Arts Awards are now open!

Wow! Our community heard the call for support and have you ever shown us how important Common Weal Community Arts is to you. Thank you. As we continue to adapt during these difficult times, your generosity and support will make all the difference. - Thanks to you, we had 86 individual donors contribute to the campaign, with 54(!) of these donors making gifts to Common Weal for the very first time. - Thanks to you, we doubled the amount of monthly supporters, with some of our... long-time monthly donors increasing their monthly contribution. - Thanks to you, we have been reminded of the fact that every single dollar makes a difference! Our average donation was less than $80. - Thanks to you, we were able to surpass our stretch goal and raise $7,595 in support of Common Weal programming! - Thanks to you, socially engaged art programming will remain strong and resilient in our province. Cheers! We did it! Thanks to you!

Our community has come together to show us how much they value socially engaged arts programming. With two days left in our #CommunitiesforCW fundraising campaign, we have only $750 to go to reach our stretch goal! Can you help us get there? - If you haven't already, please visit https://bit.ly/communitiesforcw2020 and consider signing up to be a monthly supporter or to make a one-time donation in support of Common Weal Community Arts. Your contribution stays right here in th...e province, supporting Saskatchewan communities. - Continue to spread the word about #communitiesforcw by sharing our posts on your feed or story. Thank you.

Closing tomorrow! Don't miss your last chance to experience Why the Caged Bird Sings - Immersive Engagements at the Mann Art Gallery.