ARTSPACE will provide exhibition spaces and performance venues for artists to showcase their works. Retail spaces will include coffee shops, restaurants, gift shops and art supply stores.
ARTSPACE will provide administrative homes and meeting spaces for cultural organizations. New synergies will develop between creative industries to stimulate exploration, collaboration and growth.
Saskatoon is one of a few Canadian cities of its size that does not have a dedicated space to ensure long-term affordable space for artists.
From Quidi Vidi, in St John'sNewfoundland and Labrador, to the Community Arts Centre in Vernon BC, artists are able to come together to work, create and collaborate. These facilities go beyond security for the artists. They are support for the industry that add billions of dollars into the Canadian Economy each year. In Saskatchewan the creation of cultural products generated $756 million of impact in 2010 alone, much of which was produced in basements, garages and unsafe working environments.
ARTSPACE is exploring a number of development opportunities within Saskatoon. The focus had been on the former city bus barns, located in Caswell Hill however it has become apparent that the location is best determined by the analysis of the needs of the artists and community partners. Factors such as size, accessibility, cost and availability/timing will be taken into account and then the appropriate location will be determined. The results of the survey currently being circulated will give us the information that we need to move forward on this exciting project.
Kathleen Crowther
Siobhan Morgan
Susan Pattison
Emma Williams
Betty Gibbon
M. Craig Campbell
Sandra Panko
Anthony Bidulka
Dave Denny
Terri Lemke
Sandra Grismer
Dwight Percy
Douglas B. Richardson, Q.C
Patricia Roe
Brian Turnquist
Ken Wilkinson
Jane Harington
Dean Bartsch, Station Studios
Edwards School of Business, U of S
Kari Fox, The Commercial Group
Glen Grismer, BSC, MA, PPS Professional Planner
Carmen Milenkovic, Executive Director, Saskatchewan Craft Council
Charles Olfert, aodbt Architecture
Tourism Saskatoon
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