Organizations funded by the Saskatchewan Arts Board are also supported by resources within their own communities. From the 61 organizations that have reported on their recent operating funding, there is a total of 166,405 hours of volunteer support. That’s an average of 2,728 hours for each organization, which is approximately equivalent to a one and a third full-time position.

Station Arts Centre’s president, Cameron Nicolle, summed up the centre beautifully at its 2015 annual general meeting: “It is a place for our community to gather and meet their neighbours. A place for art classes and yoga, community meetings and discussions. But it is also a place where we can be transported away, by music or theatre, into worlds far beyond our own community.”

At summer camp, kids typically enjoy activities such as canoeing, hiking, bonfires and craft time. In 2015, Lumsden Beach Camp (LBC) made a small change with a big impact – switching “craft time” to “art time.”

As a French-language school in rural Saskatchewan, École Notre-Dame-des-Vertus in Zenon Park faces some unique challenges, particularly when it comes to arts education. A GénieArts grant provided a unique opportunity to bring a professional Canadian Francophone musician, marijosée, to the community.

North Battleford musician Cole Knutson received an Indigenous Pathways Initiative grant to represent Canada in an international youth wind orchestra.

An Independent Artists grant helps Saskatoon tenor Spencer McKnight explore his emotional connection with classical music.

School children and other visitors to the 2015 Canadian Western Agribition participated in a hands-on art project led by felting artist Heike Fink.

Zondra Roy’s new chapbook, homecoming, is published by JackPine Press and supported by a Saskatchewan Arts Board Indigenous Pathways Initiative grant.

The next time you’re in downtown Regina, swing by the corner of 12th Avenue and Hamilton Street to see a textile exhibition from the Saskatchewan Arts Board’s Permanent Collection.

Marc Courtemanche’s Trompe l’oeil is a chair crafted not out of wood or metal or even ceramic, but acrylic paint.