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What’s so important about recreational adult performance dance? Check out this article written by professional dancer Caelia Gardiner.

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Decoding the Complexities of Arts Funding
Arts Everywhere: Episode Fifteen – With a wealth of experience under his belt, this episodes guest, Jeremy Morgan gives us an insider’s perspective on the growth and development of major arts and heritage organizations.

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Economic Impact of Arts Organizations Funded by SK Arts
As part of the SAA’s ongoing efforts to advocate for increased funding to SK Arts, we undertook an investigation into the economic impact of the arts organisations funded by SK Arts.

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Let‘s Celebrate Music Education!
Music is life! Check out our new online resource on the benefits of music – there are many cool facts to be had.

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The Saskatchewan Arts Alliance (SAA) is an inclusive, member-driven coalition of arts organizations that provides a collective voice for the arts community of Saskatchewan.

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What’s so important about recreational adult performance dance?

We tend to associate formal performance dance training with children…

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Nov 15, 2023InAdvocacy, Arts Spending + Policy, News

Arts Everywhere: Episode Fifteen

Nov 2, 2023InAdvocacy, News, Resources, SAA Reports

Economic Impact of Arts Organizations Funded by SK Arts

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Oct 30, 2023InNews

Arts Everywhere: Episode Fourteen

Oct 24, 2023InAdvocacy, News

Amended SAA Bylaws

Oct 20, 2023InNews

Is Your Public Art Gallery Serving Visual Artists and the Community?

Apr 15, 2022In‎ Impact Stories, News, Resources

Art Works – On the Boards Staging Company

For over 20 years, the company has provided expertise and resources in the technical and administrative areas of production to help hundreds of independent artists and performer-producers stage their art. During the pandemic, however, cancellations have been the norm, and the Refinery space has been almost empty. Gallant-Morari’s concert had been cancelled twice before they finally pulled it off.

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Sep 15, 2023InEvents, News, Uncategorized

Arts Everywhere: Episode 11

NBYXE: One Sleepless Night

Since 2014 Saskatoon…

Sep 15, 2023InEvents, News

Nuit Blanche: One Sleepless Night in Saskatoon

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Jul 4, 2023InAdvocacy, Events

2023 Artist Survey

Jul 4, 2023InAdvocacy, Events

General Public Survey

Jul 4, 2023InAdvocacy, Events, News

2023 Saskatchewan Arts Surveys

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Jun 5, 2023InAdvocacy, Events, News

Pajama Party Politics: Gathering to Gab in Saskatoon

Nov 21, 2023InAdvocacy, News, Op-Eds

What’s so important about recreational adult performance dance?

We tend to associate formal performance dance training with children…

Nov 15, 2023InAdvocacy, Arts Spending + Policy, News

Arts Everywhere: Episode Fifteen

Nov 2, 2023InAdvocacy, News, Resources, SAA Reports

Economic Impact of Arts Organizations Funded by SK Arts

Oct 30, 2023InNews

Arts Everywhere: Episode Fourteen

Oct 24, 2023InAdvocacy, News

Amended SAA Bylaws

Oct 20, 2023InNews

Is Your Public Art Gallery Serving Visual Artists and the Community?

Nov 21, 2023InAdvocacy, News, Op-Eds

What’s so important about recreational adult performance dance?

We tend to associate formal performance dance training with children…

Sep 30, 2022InNews, SAA Bulletin

Introducing SAA’s 2022-23 Board of Directors

Thanks to everyone who attended the Saskatchewan Arts Alliance’s…

Dec 4, 2019InNews, SAA Bulletin

SAA Bulletin – August 2019

Inspiring Quotes

Jennifer McAllister, music educator

[Music] is good for us our whole life, so an investment in music education in young people is an investment in wellbeing for people for their whole life.

Albert Einstein

Life without music is inconceivable for me. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music … I get most joy in life out of music.

Dr. Peter Gouzouasis, PHD. University of British Columbia

The more students study music, the better they do in Math, Science and English

Dr. Jessica Phillips-Silver, PhD, cognitive neuroscientist

We now “get” that music is one of the major frontiers of science and medicine—we have plentiful evidence, and dedicated pioneers on the path to discovering WHY we need to keep music in our lives, in our schools, and in our centers for healing.

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Are you a prairie-based visual arts educator, professional, or student in Canada? 🧐 The @prairieartnetwork (PAN) wants YOU to join their new advisory board! 🫵
Duties + Compensation 💪

They have secured funding to offer the following PAN Advisory Board Members an honorarium for their work:
🌟 Curatorial
🌟 Public Programming, Engagement, and Communications
🌟 Fund Development
🌟 Collections Management and/or Conservation
🌟 Public Art
🌟 Indigenous art or material culture
🌟 Academic (sessional, tenure or tenure-track faculty)
🌟 Graduate Student

At present, they hope that this board will help guide the work of the Prairie Art Network, organize 2-3 online events each year around themes related to their areas of expertise, and undertake planning for the sustainability of PAN.

📝 To learn more and apply by December 15, please visit their website (link in our bio @saskartsalliance)!

#PrairieArtNetwork #PAN #SaskArtsAlliance #SAA #PrairieArtists

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52% of all Canadians that participate in arts, culture, and heritage activities are in “very good” or “excellent” health, according to a recent @hillstrategies analysis.

In his most recent post, Kelly Hill analyzes the importance of the arts to our quality of life, referring to a recent Globe and Mail article on "Livable Cities" and Statistics Canada’s Quality of Life Framework for Canada.

🔗 Read the full Hill Strategies Research analysis online (link in our bio @hillstrategies)

🚨 SAA Member benefit alert: unlock a premium membership to Hill Strategies Research and get access to all their reports when you become an SAA member (link in our bio @saskartsalliance)!

#SaskArtsAlliance #SAA #HillStrategies

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The Canadian Association for Performing Arts (@capacoa_arts) is currently asking the arts community to advocate together for an extension on the Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF). 📣

👉 If the government does not extend this fund, key programs supporting organizations that present festivals and performing arts series of performances are at risk of falling back to their 2007 funding levels.

If you're a leader or member of an organization, we ask you to join them by writing to your MP to inform them of the reduction that your organization sustained, or is anticipating as a result of the 2023 federal budget. 📝

💡 Learn more and use CAPACOA's letter template on their website (link in our bio @saskartsalliance)!

#CAPACOA #FutureOfLive #SAA #WriteYourMPs #InvestInLivePerformance

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📣 Request for Proposals! 📣 @saskculture is looking for external consultants or agencies to provide a detailed written report that identifies, organizes, and compiles leading practices, used by arts, heritage and multicultural funding organizations, and/or relatable cultural organizations, to actively engage and support access and agency amongst 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, communities and cultures, and also amongst peoples with disability and disability cultures.

👉 The deadline to submit a proposal is December 8th!

🔗 To learn more and how to apply, visit the SaskCulture's website (link in our bio @saskartsalliance)!

#SAA #SaskArtsAlliance #SaskCulture

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CARFAC (@carfacnational) and RAAV (@raavquebec) have been advocating for an Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) for many years. 📣

👉 The ARR is a royalty that would allow visual artists to be rewarded as their career progresses and their reputation grows. More than 90 countries worldwide have adopted the ARR. It is particularly beneficial for Indigenous and senior artists, and it is a critical step forward in improving the economic conditions of Canadian artists.

The Government of Canada is working toward implementing an ARR. The Department of Canadian Heritage has published an online questionnaire to gather information on the Canadian art market from the perspective of art buyers, artists, and sellers of art. The objective of the survey is to gather market data to better understand Canada’s art market.

📝 The Art Market Survey is open until December 7, 2023 (link in our bio @saskartsalliance). We strongly encourage you to participate in the consultation and help make the case for the ARR in Canada.

##CARFAC #RAAV #ArtistResaleRight

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NEW Op-Ed alert! 🚨 Caelia Gardiner is the founder, owner, Artistic Director, and head teacher of @dancealivestudios. In this op-ed, she shares her thoughts on why recreational adult performance is so important. 👯

"I have had the absolute honour in my lifelong dance career to learn that adult dancers are passionate, driven, creative, and have so much to give to our international performance dance community. Perhaps if we can recognize the value and unique experiences they bring to our world, we can provide more support and opportunities for them to grow and shine as the artists they are." - CG

👉 Read the full Op-Ed on our website (link in our bio @saskartsalliance)!

#SaskArtsAlliance #SAA #CaeliaGardiner #Dance #OpEd

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7,500 = the number of professional Indigenous artists in Canada, which represent almost 4% of all artists.

👉 2,000 Indigenous artists are located the three Prairie provinces.
👉 56% are women (including some Two-Spirit, transgender, and non-binary people).
👉 41% are under 35 years of age, which is similar to the proportion of all Indigenous workers (42%) but higher than that of all Canadian artists (34%).
👉 23% reside in rural areas, much lower than the percentage of all Indigenous workers (33%) but much higher than that of all Canadian artists (13%).

🔗 Read the full Hill Strategies Research analysis of the 2021 census data (link in our bio @saskartsalliance)!

🚨 SAA Member benefit alert: unlock a premium membership to Hill Strategies Research and get access to all their reports when you become an SAA member (link in our bio @saskartsalliance)

#SaskArtsAlliance #SAA #HillStrategies #IndigenousArtists

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✨NEW✨ episode of Arts Everywhere welcomes Jeremy Morgan! 🤩 With host Em Ironstar, the two examine the impact of political shifts in the arts and the pressing need for arts education, shining a spotlight on the urgent requirement for extensive research on the state of the arts in the public sphere.

Jeremy shares interesting anecdotes about the struggles and victories of securing funding, and reflects on the transformation he has witnessed in the Saskatchewan arts sector over the years.

🔗 Listen to the full Episode 15: “Decoding the Complexities of Arts Funding” with Jeremy Morgan (link in our bio @saskartsalliance)!

#SaskArtsAlliance #SAA #ArtsEverywhere #JeremyMorgan #BuzzSprout

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52% of all Canadians that participate in arts, culture, and heritage activities are in “very good” or “excellent” health, according to a recent @hillstrategies analysis.

🔗 Read the full post here: https://statsinsights.hillstrategies.com/p/arts-communities-quality-of-life

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The Canadian Association for Performing Arts (@CAPACOA) is currently asking the arts community to advocate together for an extension on the Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF). 📣

💡 Learn more and use CAPACOA's letter template on their website: https://capacoa.ca/en/future-of-live/?mc_cid=8f4cf39954&mc_eid=b659dd8ffc

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📣 Request for Proposals! 📣 SaskCulture is looking for external consultants or agencies to provide detailed reports that identifies, organize, and compile leading practices, used by arts, heritage and multicultural funding organizations!

🔗 Learn more: https://www.saskculture.ca/jobs-opportunities?type=opportunity

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Capping off the week with a great meeting about why the Artist's Resale Right is important to #visualartists in Canada! Thank you MP @TimLouisKitCon for your support and generous time - it's all about #artistsworkingforartists
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Decoding the Complexities of Arts Funding

Economic Impact of Arts Organizations Funded by SK Arts

Let‘s Celebrate Music Education!

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The Saskatchewan Arts Alliance (SAA) is an inclusive, member-driven coalition of arts organizations that provides a collective voice for the arts community of Saskatchewan.

Inspiring Quotes

Jennifer McAllister, music educator

Albert Einstein

Dr. Peter Gouzouasis, PHD. University of British Columbia

Dr. Jessica Phillips-Silver, PhD, cognitive neuroscientist

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