Art displays interpreting the festival themes have been created by University of Regina Senior Sculpture students Kyle Duckerin, Anna Greenwood, Frans Lotz, Tricia Pfliger, Frances Taman, and Tammy Ward. Warmest thanks for project assistance go to Professor Sean W. Whalley, and to our community hosts - we appreciate your support! Sculptures range from woven willow forms to hats inspired by art history.

Hats On by Kyle Duckerin See the sculpture: Wed-Fri: on 13th ave between Golden Willow Natural Fibre & Seed Sustainable Style. (North side of street, between Garnet & Cameron) and on Saturday May 28th in Funville, Holy Rosary Park
A hat is often part of a uniform, and a job requirement. Created from laminated spruce wood, Hats On is an abstract sculpture embodying a refusal to comply with roles placed on an individual. -Sculptor Kyle Duckerin has been a resident of Regina for 21 years and is nearing completion of a Bachelors in Fine Arts and Psychology. His work touches on the peculiarities of human behaviour, the body, and human nature.

Secret Hats by Anna Greenwood See the sculptures: Saturday May 28th hidden along 13th avenue, and in Holy Rosary park, sitting on benches or at the bases of trees.
What is kept under your hat? Your head of course, but inside of that - secrets, memories, dreams. And what if they remained there? When out and about on May 28, you may find such a hat, or a few, with a secret world inside. -Artist Anna Greenwood is a recent graduate from the University of Regina, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Her work invokes wonder, and playfully invites speculative narratives. Anna is originally from Carnduff, SK. This is her second year exhibiting with the festival.

Garbage Growth Rings by Frans Lotz See the sculpture: 13th ave. and Retallack Street, all week long
This sculpture is a reaction against the vast amounts of garbage that we discard daily, much of which ends up irresponsibly strewn around our city's public spaces. The work explores the possibilities of garbage as a sculptural medium. Classification of different types of garbage, everything from common litter and commercial waste to fully usable furniture, takes place in the form of tree growth rings. By compiling different kinds of garbage into the shape of tree rings, reference is made to the taxonomy, harvest, and industrial processing of nature to feed our daily needs. -Frans Lotz's sculptural exploits create meaning through on juxtaposing seemingly absurd pairings of ideas or materials: trees and clothing, tea and blood, nipples and teeth. For "Garbage Growth Rings" the sculptor examines the relationship between trees and garbage, the natural and the wasteful.


Changes by Tricia Pfliger. See the sculpture: Tuesday May 24-Thursday May 26 Outdoors at RPL Connaught Branch Library (part of the Bio-Dynamic Sculptures project. Reception, 7pm Tuesday)
This 10 foot tall "tornado" is woven in an intuitive style from willows gathered on the artist's acreage. While a tornado can literally blow your hat off-it also represents the changes that one goes through in life, as one learns and grows. Weaving references craft and women's history; it is also an additive process, which reflects personal growth. -Tricia Pfliger is an artist in the Regina area. Using organic material gathered from her acreage, she creates large architectural forms through weaving, a process historically associated with craft and women's work. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Regina.

Hats for Sculptures! by Frances Taman. See the sculptures: Festival week, 13th avenue.
Have you spotted any hats in unusual places this May? Take a good look at our local sculptures on 13th avenue. Artist Frances Taman is placing hats to change the way our sculptures look, inviting us to think about the role of sculpture in public landscape. -Frances Taman is a Regina based artist, entering fourth year of a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Her work is informed by travels and adventures, human relationships and nature. This is her second year exhibiting with the festival.

Little Blue Box II by Tammy Ward. See the sculpture: Traditions Handcraft Gallery 2714-13th Ave
Hats. Seemingly innocuous, they can be easily overlooked. Nevertheless, they can identify careers, cultures, and even social status. All of these hats are from well-known paintings, but when taken out of context, are they still recognizable and what do they communicate? What assumptions do we hold about the people who wore them and the lives they lived? - Tammy Ward is a Regina-based artist and arts educator who works primarily with recycled materials. The Little Blue Box series is her first foray into the world of miniature art.

Mural Walls by Josh Goff and the 11 Hooks Collective, located on Brandies & Cathedral Bakery (west alley) & Elphinstone Confectionery (West side). Every year Josh Goff and the artists in the 11 Hooks Collective, paint walls in the Village in time for the May long week-end and the arts festival. This tradition began in 2002 with the mural on Brandies Confectionery, and has become an informal mentorship, as younger artists are attracted to join. Goff heads up the group; the subject matter is brainstormed together. Beginning with a sketch which each artist adds to, the composition gradually resolves into a cohesive idea. From prime coat to finish the actual painting takes place over several days. Paint materials are paid for by donation from Brandies, the CVAF, local business, and by individual supporters.

Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre invites you to meet local artists and try a hands-on craft technique. All ages/some safety restrictions.

• Comic Jam Studio - with Allan Dotson, Drop in and draw; we'll add your work to a special commemorative comic book published for pick-up Saturday at Streetfair.
  
  Alan Dotson is a local artist who works in drawing, gaming and cartooning.

Exhibitions at the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre/Art Gallery of Regina:

• Art Gallery of Regina, main gallery: "Chamber" multi-media installation by Susan Shantz



• Hallway gallery: "Imaginary Landscapes" paintings by Sharon Eisbrenner




• Hallway gallery: "Hats Off" 20th anniversary CVAF historical display



• Hallway gallery: Jewellery display by Laurie Walton

Artists Kat Binns, Amy Lorencz and Kristen Smith re-enact famous paintings, presented by the Dunlop Art Gallery

An interactive sculpture by Hilary Knutson. Adult sized fort made up of handcrafted, double-scaled components: four chairs, three couch cushions, and an afghan designed to make adults feel like kids again. Come build and talk forts with the artist. Images at: http://hilaryknutson.com/visual-art/remembering-youth/ (use arrows to click through the sequence of photos to see full fort effect)

Michael Parker was born and raised in Edmonton AB and studied a Diploma in Youth & Community Work in Australia. During that time, he was introduced and trained by a good friend in Living Statue performance. Since then he has performed at community events, corporate events, and as a street busker in places like Australia, China, and around Western Canada. Michael currently lives and works in Regina, where you may have seen him busking at the Regina Farmers Market or down Scarth St. walkway over the past couple years.

What do you get when you mix a fungus with a seahorse or a bacterium with a hippopotamus? View the astonishing results of artist Tamara Rusnak's workshop series where participants designed, developed and constructed mixed-media sculptures, exploring life forms in all possible hybridizations. Students from the University of Regina, Artists and community residents from Connaught Branch Library worked with recyclable materials to minimize impact on the environment. How many bio-dynamic sculptures can you identify hiding in and around the library?

Artist Blair Fornwald confronts a lifelong phobia of caterpillars by becoming one! Encased in a synthetic fur tube marked with the patterns of a "cankerworm" caterpillar, the artist makes a laborious journey, undulating, writhing, restricted in movement and sight. By becoming the "worm", she empathizes with the often reviled cankerworm, sharing its vulnerability. Presented by the Dunlop Art Gallery.

Come and view the amazing artwork by children aged 3-5, at the Regina Early Learning Centre. Through art, children are encouraged to express, explore, and imagine a world of endless possibility. Background music by friends of the Centre.

Ernest Klinger: "Within / Without". Regina-based artist Ernest Klinger creates non-objective paintings that resonate poetically. Works included from the White Painting Series and Portal Series emphasize the materiality and nuances of his materials.

Patrick Close: "necessary fictions". Eloquent B&W photography presented with fictional situational text. Close is a Regina-based artist, poet and photographer who has been exhibiting his work since the mid-70s; his works are included in many prominent exhibitions and collections.

Turned and Intarsia Wood Art by Dale Lowe (www.flatlanderintarsia.com)

Work by artists Kate Fisher, Kelsi Jordan Kerestesh, and friends accompanied by live music.

-The Amazing Twisted History of the Funomena Mobile Museum of the Weird and Strange. Exhibits, photos, comics and films tell the story of Canada’s most famous odditorium on wheels. Created in 1998 by Artist Gerri Ann Siwek, the mobile museum featured13 funky exhibits, a souvenir shop and tour guide. It traveled to festivals and exhibitions throughout North America, featured in television documentaries and print publications.

-Gypsy Mermaid Caravan, the latest art car creation by Artist/Performer, Michelle Kaiser aka Gypsy Mermaid was once a postal truck. Now this rolling work of art, a tribute to everything mermaid, is a performance stage covered in paintings and mosaics, and features a mechanical fortune teller. Gypsy Mermaid will also perform her latest recordings on the Gypsy Mermaid Caravan stage in front of the Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre.

Group exhibit of artwork by local artists, including Donna Kriekle, Wilf Perreault, David Thauberger, Jefferson Little and more.

Work by artists Kate Fisher, Kelsi Jordan Kerestesh, and friends accompanied by live music.

Comic Jam Artists, pick up your copy of this year’s book from Alan Dotson at the CVAF table in front of the Cathedral Village Neighbourhood Centre.