THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By The Sheaf February 15, 2013
Tyson John Atkings has invited his audience to help themselves at his upcoming exhibition, To Whom it May Concern, taking place Feb. 25 through Mar. 1.
By Jenna Mann November 16, 2012
As a child, Di Decaire’s speech impediment made it difficult for her to communicate. Drawing became the best way she could express herself. She attended speech therapy for 13 years. Now, the current bachelor of fine arts student at the University of Saskatchewan is getting ready to showcase her acrylic paintings at the SCYAP art centre and gallery.
By The Sheaf November 2, 2012
Bill Burns is known for work with themes of nature and mankind, as in his exhibit Safety Gear for Small Animals. His new exhibit, Bird Radio and the Eames Chair Lounge, now open at the Mendel Art Gallery, is no exception.
By Jenna Mann November 1, 2012
Alexa Hainsworth is currently presenting her MFA show, Swell, at the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery on campus. The show is a combination of sculptures that she has created over the last two years of her master’s degree in art and art history.
By The Sheaf September 21, 2012
Graffiti is a transient form of art. It can be painted over. It can be washed away. But for a crew of Saskatoon artists, graffiti is a way to immortalize their recently lost friend.
By Jenna Mann September 7, 2012
I didn’t get to see the man or the temple burn. I didn’t get to say a proper goodbye to a lot of the friends I met in the Black Rock Desert who, for four days, turned my life upside down. I had to leave early. A few days prior, as I walked on the sand in Northern Nevada looking to set up camp at my first-ever Burning Man festival, I was filled with trepidation. Here’s my story.
By Michael Cuthbertson March 29, 2012
It seems strange that artists, who are so often inspired by the past, have embraced digital technology so much today. The digital revolution happened almost instantly in art, and now almost every piece of art we encounter was brought to us using some digital technology.
By Emma Anderson January 20, 2012
In Inhabit the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery’s space is transformed into the site of construction, a myriad of mental and creative processes unfolding. From the static to the dynamic, from the gallery as graveyard to the gallery as growing, the graduate students will be treating the big white space as a come-and-go workplace where viewers can visit multiple times, see the site evolve and have the opportunity to interact with artists at work.
“The concept of the show is that there is no show,” said Eileen Murray, one of the graduate students practicing painting and photography at the University of Saskatchewan.