The seventh annual “Weyburn Culture Day Celebration” will be hosted on Friday, September 30, Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2. Venues include the Signal Hill Arts Centre, Weyburn City Centre Mall, Weyburn Public Library, Captain’s Hall and the Soo Line Historical Museum.
Culture Days is a local, provincial and national celebration of culture that aims to increase the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of all Canadians in Cultural activities in their communities. It includes all areas of culture: arts, heritage, multicultural, ethnocultural, First Nations, Métis cultures and creative industries.
As part of the Weyburn Culture Day celebration, there will be special workshops at the Signal Hill Arts Centre on Friday, September 30.
The “Exploring Language and Identity Through Painting” workshop will be held from 5 pm to 6:30 p.m. This workshop is instructed by Audrey Dreaver, who is a painter, independent curator, museum and fine art consultant and advisor, art and art history instructor. She is nehiyiwak (Plains Cree) and her family comes from the Mistawasis and Ahtahkakoop Cree Nations. She received her undergraduate degrees from the Institute of American Indian Arts, graduating with Highest Honors.
The second workshop is taught by Weyburn Arts Council Curator and artist Regan Lanning is entitled: “Collaborative Mural”. It will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Participants will help create a giant collaborative mural using the photograph of a local photographer, Todd White. The finished piece will be displayed for one year at the Signal Hill Arts Centre.
There is no charge to participate in these workshops. Space is limited, so interested participants should register with Alice Neufeld at the Signal Hill Arts Centre. All the supplies and instruction are free of charge.
Also at the Signal Hill Arts Centre, there will be art work for sale from the Hill Top Painters and various Weyburn artists from the “Diverse Endeavors” art exhibit.
Art will be on display and available for sale on the second floor of the Signal Hill Arts Centre on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, October 2 from 1 to 4 p.m.
There will be a public reception at the Signal Hill on Sunday, October 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. where refreshments will be served. Artists with work on display include: Deanna Pierce-Colbow, Leena Honig, Cindy Butler, Lois and Roland Olson, Bonnie Kaip, Dorothy Whitell, Erna Murray, Jo Ann Fahlman, Eileen Johnson, Denise Bakken, Shelley Van De Sype, and Carol Reeve.
During Culture Days, the Soo Line Historical Museum will offer free admission on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1 from 1 to 5 p.m. on both days.
Also, the Weyburn Arts Council will have their second annual Pop Up Gallery, hosted at the Weyburn City Mall on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. All artwork will be available for sale during the Pop Up Gallery.
Another venue for the Culture Days weekend will be at the Weyburn Public Library. The library, in conjunction with the International Women of Weyburn will host a “Culture Fair on Saturday, October 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. There will be displays from around the world as well as food sampling, activities for children and cultural displays.
Finally, the “Magic of Karpaty Zabava” will be hosted by the Weyburn and District Ukraine Canadian Culture Club at the Captain’s Hall on Saturday, October 1. The show will be held in the Weyburn Credit Union Ukraine Pavilion at Captain’s Hall.
Doors open at 6 p.m. with entertainment beginning at 6:30 p.m. There is a Zabava dance from 8 p.m. to midnight. Entertainment includes: Nadia Babchouk; violinist, Bogdan Dobovyy; and entertainer and host dance group: Kolos, an Regina Ukrainian Ensemble.
This Culture Days Celebration is sponsored by Sask. Culture, Sask. Lotteries and the City of Weyburn, in conjunction with the Weyburn Arts Council, Weyburn Credit Union, and the Southeast Connection for Sport, Culture and Recreation.
