Keep your eyes open for: "Doors to Imagination: New Work by the University of Regina's Senior Sculpture Students", a series of engaging and interactive sculptures throughout the Cathedral area during the festival week. 13 emerging artists explore access, culture and travel through such diverse media as: video projection, cut steel, cast and coloured plaster. Coordinated by Sean Whalley; work by Sara Armstrong, Melissa Berthelet, Katherine Boyer, Kim Chau, Shane Crerar, Chris Ebel, Anna Greenwood, Linda Huynh, Jan Johnson, Janet Novak, Frances Taman, Aaron Wandler, & Kelcie De Wildt.

Chris Ebel is a sculpture and drawing student at the U of R. He draws influence from his rural upbringing and his growing family: “My project is a gateway to the Saskatchewan of my grandparents' time. The project will attempt to connect the viewer to the prairies of the 1960s and will highlight the vast changes that have taken place between then and now.”
viewing time: The project will be up from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm on Saturday, May 29th, and will be featured on the corner of Robinson Street and 13th Ave, in front of the Gales Florist chain link fence.

Anna Greenwood, from the small town of Carnduff, Saskatchewan, is entering her fourth and final year of the BFA program at the University of Regina this fall:
“My work will be a whimsical collection of small doors hanging from a tree.”
viewing time: 10:00 am until 5:00 pm on Saturday, May 29th, outside of Dessart Sweets.

Photographs from the Doors Project will be on display at Connaught Library throughout the week of the Arts Festival. These photos record and celebrate all the amazing Art Doors that were created by people living in this community for the Doors Project.

Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre invites you to try a craft with local artists:

• Jewellery with Melody Armstrong
  
  
• Textiles with Chandra Larwood
  
  Chandra Larwood is a local artist who works in fibre, from fleece to the loom. She is an instructor at the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre.
  
  
• Print-making with Rosie Armistead
  
  Rosie Armistead graduated from the University of Regina with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in Printmaking in April 2009. She is an instructor at the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre, and a member of the Flatlands Artists Soc. Inc.
  
  
• Comic Jam Studio (Stitchery room) - come and draw with Allan Dotson, all work will be bound and published for pick-up at the Saturday Street fair.
  
  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, main gallery: “Mushum...! What IS That?” a multi-media installation by Keith Bird, buffalo hide paintings, ceremonial drums.



• Hallway gallery: “Halloweén Apples” May 17 to 31, 2010, photography by Gary Robins
  
  Photographic portraits with attitude, style and a whole lot of colour. documenting thirty years and three generations of Cathedral neighbourhood trick-or-treaters. If you visited Robins’ home (the picture house, as it’s come to be known) on Halloweén night, you would have been invited to act out your costume’s character and have your portrait made. Along with candy and assorted treats, you could also pick up your portrait print from the previous year. Hundreds of local kids, parents and pets have taken part in this legendary neighbourhood event. Have you? Check out Gary's profile here




• Hallway gallery: "By the Light of the Night" paintings by Lucy Cobb



• Hallway gallery: "The Roots of My Soul" sculptural display by Denis Chapados

Artist Talk: At 2:00 pm join Keith Bird for an informal walk and talk in the gallery, discussing his work and the themes of traditional spirituality and how it manifests in contemporary Aboriginal culture.

Cliff Dubois and Strong Thunderbird Man will be showing you how they create their art pieces and you may get a chance to work a piece of your own.

Take part in this annual outdoor tradition and celebrate the Festival week with paint and popsicles. Get inspired by folk art in the branch and help us paint a festive sidewalk. Wear your painting clothes. All are welcome. Pre-registration not required, but the event is weather dependent.

NEW Art Exhibit! Be the first to see hidden treasures from the Dunlop Art Gallery's vault up on the walls of Connaught Branch. Works by artists, including Molly Lenhardt, Ann Harbuz and William McCargar, will be featured. Drop by to meet the Curator of Education and Community Outreach, get a special tour of the art, enter to win prizes and indulge in coffee and treats.

Parents and kids are invited to join local artist Rosie Armistead in exploring a classic folk art technique: making everyday objects into objects of art. Learn how to do simple decorative painting on wooden boxes by using motifs found in the artworks from the Dunlop Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection. Pre-register by calling Connaught Branch at 777-6078.

An exhibition of acrylic and ink paintings featuring impressions, caricatures, of Cathedral character homes.

For centuries now, Christians have beautified their churches with windows made of coloured glass, to illustrate biblical and theological themes, and to celebrate their history. Join us on Thursday, May 27 from 7:00 to 8:30 for a guided tour of the widows of St. Mary's, as we uncover the meanings hidden in the windows and enjoy the unique effect of what happens when light passes through colour. Following the tour, we will have opportunity to produce our own take home samples!

Opening Reception , Visual art exhibition, featuring artists: Melanie Monique Rose, Cara De Gennaro & Ashley Rose.
Live music by The Pile of Bones Brass Band & Rob D.

New works by Brian Gladwell and Anne Brochu-Lambert

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.