September 28-30 is Culture Days in Yorkton.
Culture Days is a collaborative, Canada-wide volunteer movement to raise awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities.
"Culture Days embraces a core vision that every individual - regardless of age, location or experience - has the right to access and participate actively in the arts and culture," spoke randy Goulden, Executive Director of the Yorkton Film Festival to Yorkton City council members Monday evening as she announced this year the festival will partner with the Yorkton Arts Council and the Godfrey Dean to bring a host of events to the city in celebration of Culture Days.
On Friday, September 28 students at Dr. Brass School will be busy at work decorating the entrance sidewalk to the Godfrey Dean with colorful chalk art.
First Nations Feast. September 28 from 11 a.m until 2 p.m. at the Yorkton Friendship Center on Dominion Avenue.
Friday, 7-11 p.m. @ the Yorkton Frienship Centre. Culture Days Round Dance: A Round Dance with MC Sanford Strongarm, Stickman Trevor Ewack, Giveaways, 50/50 draws, Raffles. Cash canteen on site and night lunch to be provided. Everyone Welcome!
Friday, 1-4 p.m. @ City Centre Park. First Nation & Métis Cultural Teachings - Reconnecting Aboriginal traditions to urban youth, medicine and drum teachings, Métis History, Pow-wow dance demonstrations, First Nation's Crafts, Language education.
On Sunday the Godfrey Dean Gallery will feature "Visual Arts in Living Color" - a special exhibition slated from noon until 5 p.m. commemorating and celebrating the year of anniversaries. The Saskatchewan Arts Board participated in the opening 31 years ago of the Godfrey Dean Cultural Centre with an exhibition. To celebrate the anniversary, the gallery is once again hosting the special exhibition.
Sunday, 1-5 p.m. at the Godfrey Dean: Surfing Hidden Treasures Exhibition. Opening reception for our Surfing Hidden Treasure exhibition featuring art treasures borrowed from the Saskatchewan Arts Board collection. Live music and guided tours, light refreshments, balloons for the kids. Presented in partnership with the Yorkton Festival of Cultures, the afternoon is also a preview event to showcase the upcoming festival with performances, cultural demonstrations and cuisine.
Also on Sunday - from 3-4:15 p.m., the Yorkton Film Festival will be hosting a special screening of "To Make a Farm." The film won three awards, including Best of Festival and the Ruth Shaw Best of Saskatchewan honors at the Golden Sheaf Awards held last May in Yorkton.
Celebrating Saskatchewan at Yorkton WDM, noon to 5 p.m. Plans are in the works to focus this year's event on the many new immigrants who have made our area of the province their new home. We look forward to learning about and sharing their customs and traditions.
