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Thursday, March 25, 2021
The Psychology of Creativity: How the Arts Benefit Mental Health
Read Graham Wall's Op-ed as he explores three benefits that artistic activity has for mental health: concentration, self-expression, and socialization.Read the full article here.Graham Wall is a musician, writer, and editor based in Saskatoon. His electronic music project, Silent Music, has been active since 2008. Graham has contributed prose and poetry to Toast Lifestyle Magazine, Indie Vision Music, and in medias res. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (minor in Philosophy) from... Read more »
Friday, January 15, 2021
4 Simple Lessons Artists Can Learn from Software Engineering by Josh Gonzales
The principles outlined in this article can be adopted to fit whatever needs you have. These aren’t all the lessons you can learn from software engineering, but they are a good starting point. What matters is that you figure out ways for you and your art to continue to thrive, even if we are living in the darkest timeline.To read the full article, click here.Josh Gonzales is the Research Director for Trifecta Sound Co. He holds a Master’s in Experimental and Applied Psychology from t... Read more »
Sunday, November 1, 2020
If we are reimagining this world, we can not only reach our readers where they are, but we can reimagine a system where we can offer not just financial support, but mental health support, and where we can afford to pay writers and staff a fair and living wage – allowing these agencies to fund publishers who have the capacity to publish the best Canadian writers of our time.Read the full story here! ... Read more »
Friday, May 15, 2020
Participation in theatre has allowed me to see that my body is capable, that my mind is able to quiet itself, and that people believe in me. We aren’t people just going on stage and saying, “Look at me, I’m disabled!” We are sending a message.Read the full Op-ed here.... Read more »
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Some Thoughts on Reconciliation and Canada 150 by Michel Boutin
I’d like you to look at your feet. What are they touching? Is it earth, maybe wood? Most likely it is some form of laminate, polyester carpeting or concrete. How far do you actually have to go to touch the ground?For Indigenous people land is not seen in the abstract as a commodity for ownership, but as place. Place is occupied. Place is sovereign. Everything is interconnected. Everything. We are all connected to all our relations.There are 70 First Nations in Saskatchewan consisting of fi... Read more »
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
I am often reminded of how fortunate Canadian artists are to labour under our status quo; that is, a national fee schedule that articulates appropriate payment standards. In other national contexts, artists aren’t protected by a framework for best practices. Instead, pay-to-play (where the artist is required to pay for opportunities to exhibit their work) or play-for-free (where the artist receives zero remuneration for exhibiting or presenting) are typical, along with other exploitative m... Read more »
Monday, November 4, 2019
I am a dancer, choreographer, body worker and teacher. I am inspired by the uniqueness of how a single body moves through this world, the literal container for all that an individual has collected and accumulated over time, the physical and mental and emotional dimensions.Over the past 21 years, I have pursued an independent creative, performative and teaching dance practice. I have spent a considerable amount of time working with children through independent community projects across Cana... Read more »
Thursday, March 14, 2019
I moved to Kyoto from Regina to take care of my spiritual and psychological health while broadening my knowledge of Japanese culture and history. As someone who tries to make poems, I also wanted to expand the creative potential of my art. And to some extent it’s easy feel as though I’ve escaped myself: I can just walk up the street and stare into the eyes of the dragon painted on the ceiling of Bishamon-do, a Zen temple founded in 703 A.D., breathe in the incense, and listen to the ... Read more »
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Art is the most valued thing in the world...it is the expression of the highest form of human energy, the creative power nearest to the divine. The power is within - the question is how to reach it.Arthur Wesley DowIt’s the creative power of photographic art that gives us energy. Nellie Schnell, who I photographed, says that when she and her husband moved to St. Walberg, SK., she met people of many different ethnic backgrounds. As she got to know these people Nellie said “I f... Read more »
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Guaranteed Annual Income for Artists and Writers? For All?(Note: the term Artist includes Writer in this article. In most legislation. Writers, though, do not always recognize themselves as Artists. So for you writers out there, you are included. )What if artists could focus on art without worrying about where the next rent cheque or the food bill or the next payment for last month's tour would come from? Without worrying about the final report or the next grant deadline? We'... Read more »