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artist collective + gallery in treaty 6 territory, Saskatoon.
Generous support from @drinkle3, @dayspaints, @artplacementsupplies and @saskarts

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@bamsaskatoon Attention Saskatchewan Artists! BAM is accepting project and residency proposals for our 2027 programming year. Send us your project ideas to bamsaskatoon@gmail.com ! Could be any medium, solo/collab/group project, experimental, social activated, installation, performance art, etc! We have studio spaces, meeting places, and gallery spaces available.
Do you have an art practice that we should know about? Send @bamsaskatoon a hello and links or pics. We are looking forward to hearing from you :)

Deadline Oct 20th. Thanks!

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Previews and process of the, too be displayed, Flax creature from Fish Creek
:) here is me with a section of the sculpture!!

The journey of Zac's flax

Artworks this post previews will be on view this Friday, September the 18th at 424 20th st!!!!!
It starts at 5, goes till 9. Come for chats, drinks and cheese, and art of course!!

Several months ago I met a world flax expert at a Saskatchewan Craft Council show named Alvin Ulrich.

Flax is also the name of an unrelated broad flat Grass found in New Zealand. Upon realizing this, I thought engaging in practicing fibre work would be good preparation for the more ambitious, future projects of mine that will exist within the Samoan tradition, such and I'e tōga and chord for hafted adze (or to'i ma'a).

In short, it feels very fulfilling to achieve two goals simultaneously, while producing an artwork.

1)Through my two month process of first learning, then harvesting the whole plant, separating the fibre, selecting only the best long fibres, sectioning, braiding and sculpting with the material, I have grown far more familiar with the feelings of the prairies. I came to know not just the plants appearance, but its smell, taste, sounds and feeling very well. The insects that feed and nest on it. What soil it likes. It brings me to a deeper knowing of the land I live on.

Specifically this crop was grown and picked at Fish Creek, site of Gabriel Dumont's fighting force's victory of the RCMP. This has been of particular interest during the research and making process.

2)Additionally it feels like the beginning of some ancestral connection as I perform activities that would parallel the material arts of my Samoan Aiga. I feel my body changing and adapting to the new kinds of labour and thinking I am subjecting it to. Learning that which is unspoken yet understood.

Thank you for reading and enjoy the captioned slides
-ZAC-:

The wretted flax straw piled at Fish Creek

The 50 lbs of dried straw I purchased

Samples of the fibre uncarded harvested from the straw

The flax nesting a sculpture by local artist at the BAM drinkle mall space

Harvest timelapse 1

Harvest Timelapse 2

All fibre collection first stage

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Sending messages to the future with @yxe_sandart In preparation for @nuitblancheyxe. Thanks so much for being the first participant in this project ❤️ @yxe_sandart has developed her own unique process of sand painting - check out the prairie wildflowers collection, it was our favorite! Gratitude to the welcoming vendors @drinkle3 - It was our pleasure to open up @bamsaskatoon during the sidewalk sale and meet community members.

Be sure to look for our project on September 19th in front of Sulu on 2nd Avenue ✨

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Open Studio Sunday! August 16 from 10am-4pm @bamsaskatoon Check out our progress on our @nuitblancheyxe project and get to know our individual practice through past works. Head to @drinkle3 on Sunday ✨

#yxeartists #collaboration #artistinresidence #nuitblanche

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Are you checking out the Show & Shine in downtown Saskatoon this Sunday? There’s lots of fun stuff happening at the Drinkle - stop by while you’re in the area!

The Pit Stop will make place in the parking lot just north of the Drinkle3 building. 🏎️

The Comfy & Cozy Market will take place in the Drinkle Mall. ☁️

#saskatoon #yxe #yxeevents #saskatooning #saskatoonbusiness

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Folks! You don’t want to miss out on the Drinkle Double Feature!

This Sunday, not only will there be a market in the Drinkle Mall, but also one in the parking lot next to the building!

Both focusing on local businesses, artisans & goods!

Come & see for yourself!

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If you could send a message to your future self, what would you ask? What would you say? Sending a message in a paper airplane is a symbol found throughout @zhaojinglustudio’s work. In our current @nuitblancheyxe project we consider what messages we want to send to and hear from the future. Many thanks to @bamsaskatoon for the space to experiment and grow as artists and collaborators. #yxeart #artistinresidence

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Open House Saturday July 25 1-4 @drinkle3
See works in progress of @cooleypottery @alexahainswort @alison.norlen

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Beautiful things taking place @bamsaskatoon @cooleypottery @alexahainsworth_artist

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paraluman in @bamsaskatoon — I’m grateful to have had such a wonderful time doing a three month residency with Bridges Art Movement.

Vision leads to world building, and that world is valuable because it offers an alternative point of view to our perceived normal. As a kid, I danced in the rain, now whenever it pours — I sit with emails and reports. And the self mythology continues…

Thank you to my collaborators during this period @adelineespanolaart @emmazuckyo @abrahams.portfolio @chikakoillustration @respectfulchild. Thank you @saskarts and @canada.council for supporting this period of research and creation.

#art #video #residency #painting #hydrofeminism

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paraluman — i am a star

this fashion film exploring my childhood dreams and speculations: the self mythology of an icon in the making. This work is led by the creative children within and is the culmination of my time at Bridges Art Movement.

currently imagining with @emmazuckyo — in progress. Excited to see this in its full glory. Short version shown at my reception in @bamsaskatoon.

this film is generously supported by @saskarts @canada.council.

#art #artist #film #fashion #avantgarde

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