PROGRAMMING

We invite you to learn more about Common Weal’s recent and ongoing programming.

Digital Monuments: Buffalo Futurism

Launched in June 2024, Digital Monuments: Buffalo Futurism is an augmented reality (AR) that can be accessed via a free app while visiting the ceremonial Buffalo effigy in Regent Park on Treaty 4 Territory in Regina. Experience an Indigenous futuristic park where Tatanga (Buffalo) has returned to the land and roam freely.

Herb Bassett Project

Since 2022, Prince Albert writer Beth Gobeil has been bringing programming to the Herb Bassett Day Home, housed in Prince Albert’s Victoria Hospital. During the day, seniors and others with debilitating conditions gather to take part in social activities designed to stimulate creative engagement.

Northern Languages Program

For several years, we have partnered with visual artist Michèle Mackasey and local Elders to bring artistic and cultural programming to Northern Saskatchewan communities. The Northern Languages Program aims to help the youth retain their original languages and find a way to make them relevant and usable in their daily lives.

Prince Albert Artists in Communities Mentorship Program

In 2023, Common Weal continues to partner in a municipal undertaking by the City of Prince Albert in the creation of a comprehensive Artist in Communities Mentorship Program. The program was developed to meet the need for more community-engaged art programming, as reflected in research and consultation by local curator Jesse Campbell.

Why the Caged Bird Sings—Immersive Engagements (Dunlop)

In 2023, we brought interdisciplinary artist Cheryl L’Hirondelle’s Why the Caged Bird Sings—Immersive Engagements exhibition to the Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina. The exhibition incorporates images and sounds of Indigenous territories and current realities of incarceration conveyed through technologies familiar to contemporary viewers.