• PUBLISHED on May 17, 2013

As they always do, the AGAVF have put together their latest call for submissions and other points of interest. A wonderful collection, and I pass on the latest link to you here. This also just came in from the New Gallery in Calgary. They’ve had some excellent programming and are always a place of interest. […]

• PUBLISHED on May 09, 2013

Reception: aka event space, upstairs, 424 20th Street West Time: 7-10pm aka gallery is pleased to host the Saskatoon launch for Please Stare, a traveling public art project curated by John G. Hampton, featuring some of Canada’s foremost video artists. Please join us at aka’s event space to launch this exciting new project. The curator […]

• PUBLISHED on May 08, 2013

aka is taking the annual members ARTwalk to a whole new level.   This year we’re inviting members to do panoramic prints! These 1 x 4’ panoramic prints will go into windows of various sites along 20th Street in the Riversdale Cultural Corridor. They’ll be on display for the first week of July, and may […]

• PUBLISHED on May 07, 2013

AKA Member Tammy Lu presents  Castling – Hradovanie – Váralás At 7pm on 18 May 2013, Canadian artist Tammy Lu will open her latest art exhibition in the Fiľakovo Castle Museum in Slovakia. The opening is part of this year’s Night of Museums programme, a Europe-wide event organised under the aegis of the European Council and […]

• PUBLISHED on May 01, 2013

Call for applicants: Managing editor About BlackFlash Magazine BlackFlash Magazine is a Saskatoon-based non-profit visual arts magazine published in print three times a year and ongoing on the Internet. BlackFlash publishes critical texts and showcases the work of emerging and established photographic, video, and new media artists. Managing editor position – summary BlackFlash Magazine is […]

• PUBLISHED on April 25, 2013

Tribe is seeking an Executive Director. Information on the mandate and history of this dynamic organization can be found here. The Executive Director provides leadership across all aspects of the organization – in governance, administration, artistic programming, marketing, outreach and community relations. Within the organization the Executive Director works closely with the Board of Directors […]

• PUBLISHED on April 19, 2013

A number of opportunities have come to aka’s attention, via CARFAC, and I’m posting them here with links. CARFAC is doing a call for the Mentor in Residence program, as well as the CARFAC Sask Mentorship program. The former will feature Cliff Eyland, a Winnipeg based artist, writer and curator. The Department of Visual Arts […]

• PUBLISHED on April 11, 2013

    AKA Gallery and Make Work Projects have partnered to present a new Studio Visit and Lecture Series with Lucas Soi. Lucas Soi is the Director/Curator of Soi Fischer, which produces contemporary art projects in Toronto and Vancouver.   LECTURE Friday, May 24 at 7pm at AKA Gallery AUTHORLESS In 1934 Walt Disney started […]

• PUBLISHED on April 05, 2013

A panel discussion, Dreaming Painting, with Mélanie Rocan, Janet Werner, Allyson Glenn and Tammy Salzl, moderated by Mendel Associate Curator Sandra Fraser will take place on April 13th, 2013. This will take place at the Mendel Art Gallery, and you can check out the lovely poster below for all the information you need.

• PUBLISHED on April 02, 2013

Chances are you know Troy Gronsdahl in one of his various incarnations. You may have seen him perform under his moniker soso, an internationally touring rap artist who has graced the stages of Saskatoon’s Mosofest, Les Transmusicale de Rennes, France, as well as multiple venues in Europe and Japan. Perhaps you’ve browsed the websites of […]