Art$ Funding Exhibition and culturecapital: showdown
Art$ Funding Exhibition and culturecapital: showdown
This May, a new exhibition and a live performance event in Regina invite us to think differently about how art is funded, valued, and sustained.
The Saskatchewan Arts Alliance is proud to be part of Art$ Funding, an upcoming exhibition at the Art Gallery of Regina, alongside a related live performance event, culturecapital: showdown, presented by Curtain Razors.
Art$ Funding at the Art Gallery of Regina
Christopher Campbell Gardiner, Glen Johnson, Milton Lim and Patrick Blenkarn: Art$ Funding
Curated by Sandee Moore
May 8 to July 4, 2026Opening reception: Friday, May 8
5:00 to 8:00 PM
Art Gallery of Regina
Free admission
This exhibition brings together artists whose work engages directly with the systems, tensions, and realities of arts funding. Through a range of approaches, Art$ Funding looks at how resources move, how decisions are made, and how value is assigned within cultural ecosystems. The exhibition is presented with free admission and is sponsored by Harvey Linnen Associates.
As part of this work, the exhibition also includes culturecapital: Saskatchewan Edition, a locally developed version of the collectible card game and live art project created by Milton Lim and Patrick Blenkarn. This edition draws on funding data gathered by the Saskatchewan Arts Alliance and was developed and field tested with artists across the province in partnership with Curtain Razors.
Together, these projects create space to reflect on Saskatchewan’s arts ecology in a way that is both critical and accessible.
More information: https://www.artgalleryofregina.ca/upcoming-exhibition
culturecapital: showdown
Friday, May 22, 2026
7:30 PM
Globe Theatre Black BoxTickets:https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/culture-capital-showdown
Curtain Razors presents culturecapital: showdown, a live, staged version of the game that transforms gameplay into performance.
In this event, players take on the role of artists navigating the competitive terrain of grant applications, revealing the complexities of arts funding in real time. The artists frame the experience as a sports bar meets rave, where strategy, chance, and systems collide in front of an audience.
What unfolds is part game, part performance, and part public reflection on the ethics, politics, and economics shaping creative work today. It is designed to be engaging for both participants and audience members, whether you are deeply familiar with arts funding or encountering these questions for the first time.
The Saskatchewan edition of culturecapital was developed in partnership with Curtain Razors and the Saskatchewan Arts Alliance, with research and development grounded in the realities of this province. This event is presented in partnership with the Art Gallery of Regina.
This project is part of Curtain Razors’ Moveable Feast series and received support from the City of Regina Community Initiatives Grant Program.
