For the few of us obsessed with found photography, we often dream about treasure troves containing a variety of snapshots in various photographic formats, from Polaroids to prints to sundry forms of photographic negatives. These photographic objects are often obtained at flea markets, yard sales, thrift shops, estate sales, and in the trash. Vernacular photographs are anonymous snapshots of everyday life. As such, they were not intended to be artistic, and are often not technically proficient, yet these are some of the reasons this form of photography continues to capture the imagination. Although there might only be one gem in a collection of abandoned photos, that one photograph is often more compelling than the moments captured by those who consider themselves professional or artistic photographers. These vernacular gems reposition the amateur as an artist, and reveal the inherent democratized nature of photography. Internet Vernacular is a collection of digitally-born vernacular photography obtained while rummaging through the online photographic collections of users who haven’t posted in years.

Conspiracies in Isolation is a PAVED-commissioned artist book. This short artist book will be available online (with a limited number of physical copies available in-person), and is compiled from a series of thoughts and ideas related to Q—n. The book was developed under lockdown and contains personal reflections, observations, snapshots, and a few images found on the Internet while attempting to decipher the secrets behind the secrets.

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Publication Addendum

Clint Enns is a writer and visual artist living in Montreal, Quebec. His most recent project Internet Vernacular explores digitally-born vernacular photography. // clintenns.tumblr.com

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Due to the content of this work, we are hesitant to state the name of the conspiracy group that the artist is critiquing in their publication, “Conspiracies in Isolation”. After we shared a Facebook event with the above text, our PAVED Arts Facebook page and all Admin’s personal accounts, were disabled immediately, without warning or reason given. All appeals to reinstate, so far, have been denied.  The only conclusion that we could come to, was that stating the organization’s name on Facebook, seems to have contravened their Community Standards policy, resulting in a permanent ban.

For media inquiries, please contact communications@pavedarts.ca or artistic@pavedarts.ca.

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CREATE! COLLABORATE! PRODUCE! RECORD!
Create your own instrumental beats! Write music and poetry!

PAVED Arts is proud to announce Mic Drop, a drop-in collaborative and creative recording arts program for youth. Through this program participants can create music & poetry at Chokecherry Studios and record it in our PAVED Arts audio suite.

STEP 1⃣: Join us at Chokecherry Studios every Monday night for structured creative sessions. This is where you’ll prepare and practice! Food will be provided at Chokecherry for each Monday night session. NOTE: While Covid numbers are high, please tune in via our weekly zoom link here: https://zoom.us/j/99174926676 / Meeting ID: 991 7492 6676

STEP 2⃣: Record and mix your work at the PAVED Arts Audio Suite with Lenore and Sean K on deck to mentor and help in the studio!

Thank you to Sask Lotteries and The City of Saskatoon for their generous support in making this program possible.

Shoutout to Jade Creelman and Charli Brechin for creating the program logo and graphics.

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Creating Basic Animations in Photoshop will walk participants through the steps to animate a two-dimensional figure using the puppet warp tool and the timeline window in Photoshop. Participants will learn how to isolate a figure from a neutral background, how to use a layers to create frame animation and how to set pins on the puppet mesh to create realistic movements. There will be time in class for participants to workshop their animations, with the opportunity to virtually share their results with other participants at the end of the session.

Technology requirements: Participants will need access to a computer with Adobe Photoshop and should come prepared to the workshop with a photograph of an object or figure to animate. The object or figure should be
photographed against a neutral background (such as a white wall).

Please download and install Adobe Photoshop prior to the workshop. If you are uncertain about your technology please get in touch prior to the workshop.

Sarah Fuller is a Canadian artist who works across the mediums of photography, video and installation. She holds a MFA from the University of Ottawa and a BFA in Photography from Emily Carr University. 

Sarah has been an artist in residence at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Laughing Waters in Nillumbick Shire, Australia, the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Yukon, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Italy, and the Association of Visual Artists (SIM) in Reykjavik, Iceland. 

Recent exhibitions include Terra Incogknita  at PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts, Winnipeg, Refugio at the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery and And perhaps in me someone very old still hears the living sound of wood at the Ottawa Art Gallery. 

Sarah’s work is in public and private collections including the Canada Council for the Arts Art Bank (Ottawa), the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (Edmonton), the Walter Phillips Gallery (Banff), the Indie Photobook Library (Washington) and Global Affairs Canada (Ottawa).

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

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With so few people in our spaces during our closure, we saw an opportunity to safely invite an artist into the space and create two permanent murals for our membership to enjoy.

Thank you, Jo and thank you to SK Lotteries and the City of Saskatoon for their generous support in making our Artist in Residence Mural Project possible.

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Jo Van Lambalgen is a queer, interdisciplinary artist in Saskatoon, SK, with a focus on large scale geometric and abstract murals and artwork. Their background in the trades informs their work, transforming ordinary spaces with paint, simple building materials and ingenuity. Jo believes in the power of colour, and how it can transform any space into something amazing. Jo is co-owner of Alt Haus in Saskatoon, a colourful home décor, furniture and lifestyle store, which they run with their partner Miranda Young. Jo and Miranda also work together on residential and commercial interior design projects, with an emphasis on “happy design.” @althausmurals and @althausyxe

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Tuesday, November 17th, 7pm on Zoom
FREE, open to all youth aged 15-30
Presented in partnership with Taking It Global.

If you are between the ages of 15-30 in Saskatoon, and you have an idea about how you can contribute positively to your community, this workshop is for you!

Rising Youth Community Service Grants empowers young people to imagine ideas that can support their local community and helps put those ideas into action through grants of $250, $750, or $1500.

Join PAVED Arts Technical Director, Lenore Maier, online for a free 60-minute ZOOM workshop that covers the basics of the new #risingyouth Community Service Grants for Youth. It’s your opportunity to ask questions and get tips on how to prepare and execute your own project as a #RisingYouth in Saskatoon. The #RisingYouth Community Service Grant is designed for youth ages 15-30, who are passionate about making a positive impact in their community, and who could benefit from receiving financial and mentor support to carry out these ideas.

Lenore will go over applicant eligibility, project eligibility with examples of successful past projects. We’ll go through the simple application and reporting process, as well as discuss and develop any ideas that attendees might already have.

Some examples of eligible projects are:

• A creative artistic project
• An anti-racist, climate justice, or other educational event
• An initiative in response to Covid-19
• Purchase and distribution of food hampers or electronic devices to those in need
• Outdoor education course
• YOUR Idea!

For more information about #RisingYouth, visit: https://www.pavedarts.ca/…/risingyouth-community…/

Kayla Rosteski-Merasty is of Cree and Métis ancestry. She is from Pinehouse Lake, a village located in northern Saskatchewan but currently resides on Treaty 6 territory in Saskatoon. Kayla holds a degree in education through the Indian Teacher Education Program at the University of Saskatchewan. When she completed her degree she took a position with TakingITGlobal within the Connected North program. Through this work she has made relationality a core facet as she is a loving mother of two children. Kayla has been asked to lead various projects and speak on numerous panels that address both support in post secondary and also support in daily life as a young Indigenous woman. She has now taken a position within #RisingYouth team to ensure youth have an opportunity to create positive change within our national community!

Thank you to TakingITGlobal, the Government of Canada, and Canada Service Corps for generously supporting this project!

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This workshop is FREE for everyone to attend. You do not need to be a member.

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

No experience necessary! Participants will need a personal computer (laptop, tablet, and desktop are all fine, and access to the internet.

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ISO-lation is a photo exhibition that presents multiple perspectives from individuals in our community and how they have coped with the global pandemic lockdown in 2020.  What begins as a demonstration of how photography became a creative outlet for many to express their response to the pandemic then becomes an invitation into the exhibition to understand how this creative medium also helped them make sense of what was happening during this extraordinary and unexpected experience. The photographs showcase what our world looked and felt like and what people did to keep themselves occupied in the middle of quarantine. It provides insight into the ways in which everyday people continued on with their lives despite the fragile stability of their world. In its many forms, art has become more important than ever in the midst of the pandemic. With so much uncertainty, there exists a frenzied response for people to reveal their realities as they see them and understand them. The photographs in this exhibition speak to their journey. 
– Chantelle Matkowski, ISO-lation Community Juror and Photographer

Artists include: Ian Andvaag, Simeon Taylor, Will Kaufhold, Nicole Hills, Michael Barber, Peter Stinson, Gillie Chartier, Laura Lee Giesbrecht, Zack MacGregor, Kaitlin Wong, Devin Hyde, Cindy M. Thomson, Kyle Zurevinski, David Stonhouse, Bhupender Singh, Chantelle Matkowski, Emilie Neudorf, Quin Martin, Mateusz Lewczuk, Paul Chavady, Kira Stillwell, Kate Wright, Janice Weber, and Ben Bona

Community Jury: Chantelle Matkowski (Artist), Gabriela Garcia-Luna (Artist), and Darby Sutherland (Photographer/Tourism Saskatoon)

Image: Ian Andvaag, Visiting Grandma, 2020

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ISO-Lation Time Capsule is a collaborative photography project that invited everyone, young and old, in our community to submit photos of their time in isolation, as we protect our community from Covid-19. The intent of this project is to create a lasting photography exhibit of the unprecedented times in which we are living. In partnership with Tourism Saskatoon, the chosen photos will act as an archived time-capsule, and act as a reminder that even in times of crisis, art has a place. All photo submissions should be high-res, square format (or you’re okay with us cropping the photo) for posting!

Every month, we posted our favourites on Instagram and Facebook. After the final monthly call, all submissions were juried by a community of peers, and all photographers chosen for the final exhibition receive an honorarium, via contactless payment. 

Part of our #PAVEDArtsAtHome programming.

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Podcasting for Beginners will lead participants through the nuts and bolts of creating a podcast- developing a con cept, recording yourself, recording interviews in person and over skype, basic audio editing and sharing your pod cast online. We will focus on recording audio on phones and computers and editing using free software. Participants  are welcome to use any additional technology (microphones, zoom recorders) that they have access to. 

Technology requirements: Participants will need to have a way to record audio files (a smartphone/tablet or laptop)  and will need to have access to a computer or tablet that they can use to edit their audio. This workshop will cover  basic audio editing using audacity (free download: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/) Please download and  install audacity prior to the workshop. If you are uncertain about your technology please get in touch prior to the  workshop. 

To register for this free workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca 

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Pamela Hart is a musician, audio engineer and community organizer. She first began singing as a young child in  church, then spent her teens and early twenties performing in multiple rock bands, noise bands and folk projects in  Otepoti, Aotearoa’s (Dunedin, NZ) infamous art-punk scene. In 2008 Pamela moved to Montreal to study at the  School of Recording Arts Canada, and then worked as a touring audio engineer with Canadian projects Think About  Life, Moonface, You Say Party and Mozarts Sister (Cecile believe) travelling across Europe, Scandinavia, The UK and  North America. She regularly performed as a vocalist and guitarist making a record with her band Ledges, Blast and  later joined Mozart’s Sister as a Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. In 2014 Pamela founded Montreal’s The Forever  Chorus, an all voices choir with hundreds of members participating during its five year run. Pamela now works with  the National Equitable Library Service creating accessible audiobooks, as well as with her own audio production  company, Tender Audio. She now lives on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’Kmaq, Mi’kmaki / Nova Sco tia. 

Lou Sheppard is an interdisciplinary artist working in audio, performance and installation based practice. They have  exhibited in Canada and internationally, including in Paved’s 2019 residency and exhibition Lines of Flight. Sheppard  received the Emerging Atlantic Artist Award in 2017, and has twice been longlisted for the Sobey Art Award (2018,  2020) receiving an international residency award in 2018. Sheppard’s artistic research reflects their background in  critical theory and social activism. They are interested in languages, both as systems of notation and communica tion, as well as systems that structure and enact power. By looking to authoritative texts like taxonomies, environ mental data, diagnostic criteria, and government policy, their work attempts to make these systems and structures  of power legible. Using processes of metaphor, translation, semiotic shift, and close reading, their work is evidenced  through written, graphic and visual scores. The performance of these scores often leads them to collaborate with  communities and with other artists, including musicians, visual artists and performing artists. Sheppard lives on the  ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’Kmaq, Mi’kmaki / Nova Scotia. 

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Members & Non-Members: FREE

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PAVED Arts and Tourism Saskatoon are proud to launch ISO-Lation Time Capsule, our latest PAVED Arts at Home initiative!

ISO-Lation is a collaborative photography project that invites everyone, young and old, in our community to submit photos of their time in Isolation as we protect our community from Covid-19. The intent of this project is to create a lasting photography exhibit of the unprecedented times in which we are living. In partnership with Tourism Saskatoon, the chosen photos will act as an archived time-capsule, and act as a reminder that even in times of crisis, art has a place. All photo submissions should be high-res, square format (or you’re okay with us cropping the photo) for posting!

Every month, we’ll post our favourites on Instagram and Facebook. After the final monthly call, all submissions will be juried by a community of peers, and all photographers chosen for the final exhibition (Date TBA) will receive an honorarium (amount TBA), via contactless payment. 

Submit up to 3 photos per month, free for everyone, no experience necessary!
This call for submissions is open to all Saskatoon & area residents keen on photography, regardless of their level of experience.

> Submit up to 3 photos per applicant. Images will be posted monthly, and considered by a jury for a presentation online, and once it is safe to do so, in a physical exhibition at PAVED Arts.

> PAVED Arts will also be displaying prints of the selected photos in the PAVED Arts Production Centre. Artists will receive an archival print of their photo, as well as have the opportunity to celebrate the exhibition launch at a reception at PAVED Arts (date TBA).

> Responses to the “ISO-Lation Time Capsule ” may be symbolic, figurative, literal, animal or mineral, just so long as the expression of ISO-Lation is in the suggested format.

> Space is limited and artist fees will be designated for applicants who are selected for printing and exhibition.

> All winning submissions will be featured on @PAVEDArts Instagram at a scaled-down resolution (1080 x 1080 px). We can also include animated gifs (1080 x 1080 px) or video (1920 x x1080 px) exclusive to the Instagram feed (not for exhibition). An Instagram size guide can be found here: later.com/blog/instagram-image-size“

For questions: Email Ania at production@pavedarts.ca

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SUBMISSION INFO:
Send your Submissions: Email a MAXIMUM of 3 .tiff or .jpeg photos per entrant to: production@pavedarts.ca
Image Resolution: 300 pixels per inch
Image Size: 18×18 inches
Image Type: .tiff or .jpeg file format, RGB.
Image Title: Please include your full name and an image title for EACH photo.
Safe Area: Please ensure that your image has room for ‘bleed’.
Social Media: Please include your Instagram/Twitter handles, if you would like your work to be tagged in posts.

Guidelines:
> There is no fee to submit and each successful photographer will receive an artist fee.

> All submissions must follow current social distancing guidelines as made public by the Government of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan health Authority.

> Photographs with “watermarks” or signatures will not be accepted, however, the photographer’s name and title information will appear wherever the photo is displayed.

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ISO-Lation Time Capsule is a continuation of PAVED Arts (Photography, Audio, Video, Electronic, and Digital) programming that highlights the talents of local artists through outreach and exhibitions. Located in the heart of Riversdale, PAVED Arts has been facilitating independent media artists for over a decade. 

PAVED Arts At Home programming is our virtual response to the current events, as a way to stay connected and bring our community closer together. Keep an eye out for more PAVED Arts At Home events, and calls for submissions, online workshops, screenings, and more!

Presented in partnership with Tourism Saskatoon.

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Laura Gildner is an intermedia artist whose research examines the boundaries of performativity and how we negotiate our performative selves in relation to those around us.  The majority of her practice is focused on the creation of live and often participatory event-based productions that are later translated into video installations, photographs, and archives of the makeshift communities that develop as a result of their creation.

Tell Me What You Know I Want To Hear originated from one such happening, and depicts a pile of bodies cloaked in sequinned blankets, uniformly costumed, and partially concealed.  Borrowing from the aesthetic pageantry of advertising yet devoid of any Photoshopped corrective measure, the legs at first appear almost mannequin-esque until further observation reveals imperfect signifiers of humanity.  Confronting the absurdity of performance while meditating on the poetics of desire, Tell Me attempts to investigate how social choreography might inform the reality of our shared experience.

Artist Bio:
Laura Gildner lives and works on the unceded lands of the Lekwungen peoples (Victoria, BC).  Most recently Gildner has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Polygon, and at VIVO where her work Informer was a selected exhibition for this year’s Capture Photography Festival.  Gildner is a graduate of the University of Victoria and is the 2020 recipient of the Lind Prize in Photography, Film, and Video Art.  

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The One Take Super 8 Event is back, and screening live on your devices!

Shot on Super 8, the films in these events have never been seen before, not even by the filmmakers! Edited in-camera, the works are shown as they were shot. No Cuts! No Splices!

Making for a true premiere, the One Take Super 8 Event supports independent filmmaking and provides an exciting opportunity for audiences to watch locally made films on the big screen. Past films have gone on to screen internationally and win awards across the globe.

Started in Regina in 2000, The One Take Super 8 Event has spread across North America generating over 1000 new films.

The One Take Super 8 Event is generously supported by SK Arts, PAVED Arts, and the Roxy Theatre.

Artists include:

Shawn Cuthand
Dex Riley
Dana Durell
Kaley Evans
Simon Garez
Laura Lee Giesbrecht
John Harper
Ancient Greens
Curtis Kerr
Adam Logan
Lenore M Maier
James Miller
Marcel Petit
Alex Rogalski
Ania Slusarczyk
Peter Nicholas Stinson
Toria Summerfield
Manuela Valle
Kevin Wesaquate

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A PAVED Arts At Home – Online Distance Workshop:
Rising Youth Workshop w/ Lenore Maier
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

Join PAVED Arts Technical Director, Lenore Maier, online for a free 60-minute ZOOM workshop that covers the basics of the new #RisingYouth Community Service Grants. It’s your opportunity get tips on how to prepare and execute your own project as a #RisingYouth in Saskatoon. The #RisingYouth Community Service Grant is designed for youth ages 15-30, who are passionate about making a positive impact in their community.

Lenore will go over applicant eligibility, project eligibility with examples of successful past projects. We’ll go through the simple application and reporting process, as well as discuss and develop any ideas that attendees might already have.

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A PAVED Arts At Home – Online Distance Workshop:
SK Arts Grant Programs w/ Alex Rogalski
Tuesday, June 16th, 2020

Join SK Arts program consultant, Alex Rogalski, for a 60 minute online workshop. Alex will help participants become familiar with SK Arts grants (including the monthly Micro-grant program) as well as provide an overview of the online grant system. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions and get tips on how to prepare applications.

Alex Rogalski has been a program consultant with SK Arts since 2017. He works directly with applicants in the Independent Artists, Micro-grant, SaskFestivals, and Professional Arts Organization Programs. Previously, he was the Executive Director of PAVED Arts. Alex continues to be active as a film curator and super 8 filmmaker.

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A closer look at our new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, how to use it, and what’s included in its kit!

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Subscribe to Pip’s Production Corner to stay up to date on all of PAVED Art’s new gear purchases, gear tutorials, and unboxing videos!

Find out more about the PAVED Art’s Production Centre and how you can get involved here: pavedarts.ca/production

Please keep an eye out for REELS on WHEELS, our new mobile gear rental program, coming soon to your doorstep in Saskatoon!

Special thank you to KNAR for providing music. Listen to more KNAR here: soundcloud.com/knar

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In our very first episode of Pip’s Production Corner, we unbox our brand new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, which will be added to the PAVED Art’s gear library!

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Subscribe to Pip’s Production Corner to stay up to date on all of PAVED Art’s new gear purchases, gear tutorials, and unboxing videos!

Find out more about the PAVED Art’s Production Centre and how you can get involved here: pavedarts.ca/production

Please keep an eye out for REELS on WHEELS, our new mobile gear rental program, coming soon to your doorstep in Saskatoon!

Special thank you to KNAR for providing music. Listen to more KNAR here: soundcloud.com/knar

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As a partner, our staff are committed to providing mentor support and guidance to all youth in Saskatchewan who would like to learn more and become the next #RisingYouth in our community.

What is #RisingYouth?
#RisingYouth is a program led by TakingITGlobal to help youth build Canada and develop life skills by giving back to their communities. Created for youth by youth, we are building a program to increase involvement through community service. The program is currently funded to offer grants through March 2021. Our program is funded by the Government of Canada under the Canada Service Corps initiative.

In other words, #RisingYouth is an opportunity for youth aged 15-30 to receive financial and mentor support to carry out their own ideas for community development. If you have an idea about how you can contribute positively to your community, this grant is for you!

Some examples of eligible projects are:

1. An anti-racist, climate justice, or other educational event
2. An initiative in response to Covid-19
3. Purchase and distribution of food hampers or electronic devices to those in need
4. Outdoor education course
5. A creative artistic project
6. YOUR Idea!

If you, or someone you know, is interested in providing a service to your community, please get in touch with us at PAVED Arts and we would be happy to help see your initiative come to life through mentorship and financial support.

For more information, visit the website here: https://risingyouth.ca/ , or contact Lenore Maier at PAVED Arts at technical@pavedarts.ca

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Based on research of Chinese-Canadian settler histories, and visual storytelling, Wang has created a panoramic digital work, Ports of Entry. This panorama is comprised of numerous smaller vignettes, tied together with references to the promised land of Gold Mountain.^[1] 

These narrative frames are based on waterways, rail, resources, art, and development.  Each frame is a pastiche of chinoiserie by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, Lyons 1728–1808), whose Rococo artwork was filled with fantastical flora and creatures, with projections of Orientalist narratives popularized with European consumers.  

Ports of Entry illustrates sociopolitical narratives around the Chinese diaspora and the hyphenated identity of Chinese-Canadians. The hyphen is a tenuous site that immigrants occupy, a line that shifts and moves with the tide, a marker that is both a limit and an opening.

This work looks at the speculative nature of migration; the patterns found in the histories of labour, movement and settling. These patterns are evidence of who has privilege, and who does not. Shorelines represent a limit that is constantly in flux, evolving and shifting in response to industry and development.   

This installation is part of a national billboard exchange between Hamilton Artists Inc., AKA Artist-run and PAVED Arts in Saskatoon. The three-way collaboration also included billboard projects by artists Catherine Blackburn at Hamilton Artists Inc from June 2019 to May 2020 and Janet Wang at AKA/Paved in July through August 2020.

^[1] Early migration from China to British Columbia was centred around the Gold Rush – the workers referred to Canadian, American and Australian colonies as “Gum San,” or Gold Mountain. Ministry of International Trade. “Gold Mountain.” Province of British Columbia, Province of British Columbia, 24 Nov. 2016,
www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/multiculturalism-anti-racism/chinese-legacybc/history/gold-mountain.

Image: Ports of Entry (Detail), Janet Wang

Janet Wang is a visual artist working within a traditional painting practice, integrated with sculptural installation practices and digital media. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia and her Master of Arts in Studio Practice from the University of Leeds in England. Her work explores the construction of identity through the appropriation and disruption of social patterns and familiar gestures. The artist borrows heavily from the canons and traditions of history, both the artistic and the quotidian, in order to use the familiar as a meeting point with the viewer. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and is represented through the Art Rental and Sales, operated by the Vancouver Art Gallery.  She has been awarded residencies from the Arts Council of England, ArtStarts, the Burnaby Arts Council, and received awards from the Vancouver Foundation and the BC Arts Council.

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Hamilton Artist Inc.(The Inc.) is a not-for-profit, artist-run centre that empowers artists of all career levels to take risks with their contemporary visual arts practices and present their work in a critical context.

AKA Artist-run is a non-profit artist-run centre, run by a board of Saskatoon-based artists and cultural workers. Funded by the federal, provincial, and municipal governments, AKA pays fees to artists to support the research, creation, and exhibition of visual art work. A centre for emergent practices for artists at any stage of their careers, AKA provides space and support for critical, safe, and open exchange and is committed to creating space for experimentation, artist-led research, and self-determined direction. AKA aims to build connections between artists, local communities, and national and international audiences, posing questions without knowing the answers.

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NO CUTS! NO SPLICES!
The One Take Super 8 Event is back!

Registration is now open for Saskatoon’s 2020 ‘One Take Super 8’ Event!
Screening details TBA.Reserve your spot by submitting your completed entry form (below) and pay the entry fee before July 24th – don’t delay because there are only 25 spots available for this program and they are assigned on a first-come first-served basis.

Register to participate and reserve your film cartridge here: https://forms.gle/a3DtXDnofoFQ9MM79

One Take Super 8 (OTS8) Entry Fee:
$40 – B&W / $50 – Colour

Fee includes (a) cartridge of B&W or colour super 8 film, (b) processing services, and (c) guaranteed exhibition of $80. You can provide your own cartridge of film for this project (NO NEGATIVES) for a $25 processing fee.

OTS8 Key Dates:
July 1st – July 24th: Registration window
July 1st – August 10th: Shoot your film between these dates
August 10th: Exposed film submission deadline
TBA: Screening date and time

Thank you to SK Arts and The Roxy Theatre for their generous support of this event.

For questions, email onetakesuper8@gmail.com

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Need help planning your One Take Super 8 film? Join us for this Super 8 Workshop, with local PAVED Arts staff and Super 8 hobbyists Lenore Maier, Ania Slusarczyk, and Travis Cole. Together, they will offer technical & creative advice, share examples of some of their favourite Super 8 films, and provide essential tips on how to best organize your single cartridge shoot to make your final product look as good as possible.

Free workshop, no experience necessary.

Participants are encouraged to use their own cameras if they have them. Our facilitators will do their best to provide online instructions to ensure they’re in proper working order. Cameras will also be available to borrow from PAVED Arts, free of charge to all OTS8 participants.

The night of the workshop is also a perfect time to purchase your Colour or Black and White cartridge before they’re gone!

To register for the workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca
Reserve your film cartridge here: https://forms.gle/a3DtXDnofoFQ9MM79

One Take Super 8 (OTS8) Entry Fee: $40 – B&W / $50 – Colour
Fee includes (a) cartridge of B&W or colour super 8 film, (b) processing services, and (c) guaranteed exhibition of $80. You can provide your own cartridge of film for this project (NO NEGATIVES) for a $25 processing fee.

OTS8 Key Dates:
July 1st – July 24th: Registration window
July 1st – August 10th: Shoot your film between these dates
August 10th: Exposed film submission deadline
TBA: Screening date and time

Questions about anything related to the OTS8 event? Contact onetakesuper8@gmail.com.

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A PAVED Arts At Home – Online Distance Workshop:

Introduction to AfterEffects: How to make a Found Footage Music Video w/ Stephanie Kuse
Tuesday, June 9th, 2020

In this introductory workshop video, artist Stephanie Kuse will cover the basics of Adobe AfterEffects with the goal of providing attendees with the foundation to create a found footage music video.

Topics that will be addressed will include:
-Opening a new project and setting up a composition
-Importing and organizing source files
-Navigating the workspace
-Using adjustment, shape, solid, text and content aware fill
layers
-Tips to help develop an efficient workflow
-Blend modes
-Creating masks
-Keyframes and basic animation
-How to create a seamless loop
-Time remapping and time-stretching
-Exporting a finished video
-And more!

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PAVED Arts is proud to announce our new Reels on Wheels program to our Membership*!

What is Reels on Wheels, you ask? It’s our way of bringing PAVED Arts to you! Our new Reels on Wheels service-to-your-door will include the following:
– Mobile Gear Rental
– Film delivery from the PAVED Arts Film Shop
– Digital Printing and Delivery

*Reels on Wheels is available to all PAVED Arts members in good standing*

If you would like to rent some gear, purchase film, make a print order, or if you have questions, please email Ania at production@pavedarts.ca

More info below:

Gear Rental
– All creative projects must comply with Provincial and National Public Health Guidelines.
– First time rentals not permitted.
– All rental payments can be made in advance via Paypal, over the phone via credit card, or in person with cash (exact payment only), if no other payment methods are possible.
– All deliveries and pickups will be on Fridays between 12-6 pm.
– All rentals must start and end on a Friday (1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks).
– All rentals will be approved at the discretion of Production Centre staff.

PAVED Arts Film Shop
– All payments can be made in advance via Paypal, over the phone via credit card, or in person with cash (exact payment only), if no other payment methods are possible.
– Limit of 3 of the same item per person.
– Delivery charge of $5 if not accompanied with a gear rental, or if total order under $15.
– No refunds or exchanges.
– Please drop your used canisters in the PAVED mailslot so we can reuse them

Current stock in the Shop:
– 120mm B&W Ilford HP5+ ISO 400 – $10/roll
– 120mm B&W Kodak T-Max ISO 100 – $10/roll
– 35mm B&W Kentmere  ISO 400 (24 exposures) – $5/roll
– 35mm B&W Ilford HP5+  ISO 400 (24 exposures) – $5/roll
– 35mm Colour Kodak Cinefilm ISO 50 (12 exposures) – $3/roll
– 35mm Colour Fuji Cinefilm ISO 250 (12 exposures) – $3/roll
– Super 8 Kodak Ektachrome Colour Reversal 7294/100D – $50 (cartridge only, no processing)
– Super 8 Black & White reversal Tri-X 200D/160T – $40 (cartridge only, no processing)

Digital Printing and Delivery
– Let us print images for you on our 44” Epson Surecolor P9000!
– All payments can be made in advance via Paypal, over the phone via credit card, or in person with cash (exact payment only), if no other payment methods are possible.
– Submit your images, plus paper and dimension specifics via Dropbox to production@pavedarts.ca and have them delivered to your door with one week.
– All regular printing rates apply
– Delivery charge of $5 (if not accompanied by gear rental or film purchase).

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Zoom  ID: 955 1487 6010
Open to youth ages 13-25

Registration is FREE

Break out of isolation with rap, freestyle and spoken word! Join us every Monday for beats, bars, free eats and dope vibes. Capacity of 10 youth per session.

Want free food sent to your door? Register here in advance or drop in via the zoom ID: 955 1487 6010

PAVED Arts is thrilled to present Cypher Connect, in partnership with Chokecherry Studios! Our newest program aims to keep youth connected and creative through hip hop, freestyle and spoken word. Cypher Connect will take place every Monday through Zoom meet-ups. Hosted by ZHE the Free (aka Zoe Slusar), Cypher Connect will also feature different Artist Mentors every week, who’ll work with youth to level up their skills in rap, freestyle, poetry and spoken word performance.

Cypher Connect will focus on the elements of rap including writing bars, developing freestyle skills, use of poetic devices, performance and delivery, cadence and tapping into “the flow”. Every Monday we’ll circle up, Zoom style, to share in learning about the various elements involved in producing your own creative piece.

It’s free, easy to access, and comes with FREE FOOD, where we’ll feature a local restaurant each week, and have a nutritious meal delivered to your door! All you need to do is register online and sign in to the Monday sessions, and PAVED Arts will hook you up with dinner and some inside knowledge. Cypher Connect is a place for you to showcase your art and experience Cypher*, while developing skills to enhance your artistic talent.

*Cypher involves a group coming together to share in freestyle creative expression and aims to bring youth together in artistic community. These meet-ups allow youth to learn from community role models & mentors, showcase their art, share what they’ve been working on, while developing skills to enhance their rap and poetry abilities.

The values of Cypher Connect align with the values of hip hop: respect, unity, creative expression, showing up authentically, artistic and personal growth.

Thank you to Community Initiatives Fund for their generous support in making this program possible. Cypher Connect is part of our new PAVED Arts At Home programming.

Please note that we have a capacity of 10 youth per session.

Join the Facebook Event!

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A PAVED Arts At Home – Online Distance Workshop:
Pixel Art w/ Evan Todd-McCoyTuesday, May 5th, at 7pmFREE to everyone in the community

This beginner workshop is an introduction to the basic fundamentals of pixel art: shape, color, and texture, using the free online sprite editor, Piskel (www.piskelapp.com). It will also cover helpful topics such as options for software (including many free options), scaling and sizing art for various applications, and some of the principles of using pixel art for game design. Participants will leave the workshop having created at least one animated character and will have a fundamental understanding of the specific elements that make pixel art a distinct medium in the digital arts. No experience necessary! Participants will need a personal computer (laptop, tablet, and desktop are all fine) and access to the internet. To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca ~ About Evan Todd-McCoy:Evan is a local educator and self-taught craftsperson based in Saskatoon. He is passionate about learning, having accomplished three undergraduate degrees in Philosophy, English, and Education from the University of Saskatchewan. He became interested in the roles of digital art, makers’ spaces, and technological processes in education while working as a research assistant for the College of Education’s Education, Technology, and Design department. He is currently a substitute teacher with the Saskatoon Public School Division. He has experience leading workshops in prop-making and cosplay, including a workshop at the College of Ed’s makerspace which included educators, administrators, and students. His portfolio includes a commission from videogame developer/publisher Chucklefish, based in the UK. He continues to explore prop-making, Lego diorama, pixel art, and game development.

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