Art Talks New episode every Tuesday!
Art Talks is a spotlight series highlighting Saskatchewan visual artists. We explore the processes, workspaces and inspirations of some of Saskatchewan’s best emerging or mid-career visual artists in these short mini-docs.
New episode every Tuesday!
Featuring:
Mackenzy Vida, Valerie Wiebe, Kara Perpelitz, Joviel Buenavente, Sharron Schoenfeld, Mandie Hagel, Laureen Marchand,
Melody Armstrong, Marea Olafson, Sasha Miller & Shawn Fulton

Melody Armstrong
Episode 8- May 31, 2022
Melody Armstrong is an internationally recognized contemporary jewellery artist.Creating with a variety of metals, enamels and stones, Armstrong’s Industrial-Organic aesthetic combines abstraction with a truth to materials that reflects both her attention to detail and quality of workmanship.

https://creativecitycentre.ca/info/melody-armstrong/

The Creative City Centre was incorporated in 2008 by our founder, Marian Donnelly. She had leased an empty space in Regina’s downtown and had a vision to convert it into a community-based arts centre. It took months to get the financing in place and the original design plans approved. In 2009, mechanical, electrical and plumbing was installed. In 2010, Marian and a small team of volunteers spent hundreds, if not thousands, of hours removing old wallpaper, refinishing floors, installing sinks and toilets, tearing down walls and building new ones. By early 2011, tenants started to move in. On May 8, 2011, the Creative City Centre was officially opened with a media event and performance.

Since then, we have presented between 150-200 events every year, including music concerts, visual art exhibitions, spoken word and poetry slams, comedy nights, life drawing sessions, film screenings and just about any kind of workshop or community event you could imagine.
The funding support we received over the years was always appreciated, but never quite enough. We’ve managed to get by with part-time programming staff, but always relied on the volunteer time, passion and energy of our founder. Marian has been the bookkeeper, grant writer, HR manager, janitor, bartender, sound technician and tenant manager among many other roles.
In 2019, Marian submitted a grant application to the Canada Council for the Arts, proposing to develop a new training program for artists, teaching them how to use social media. The week before the pandemic lockdown started in March 2020, we found out that grant application had been approved. As we were closing our normal operations for the lockdown, we started putting in place what is now our SMMART program (Social Media Marketing for Artists).
We also got busy writing more funding applications and were able to secure support to convert our Hague Gallery from a performance and exhibition space to a production studio. As we continue to navigate through COVID-19 restrictions, we are focused on producing digital content. We hope you enjoy our podcasts, artist spotlights and video series, and that you’ll like, post and share on social media channels.
We are proud to support Saskatchewan talent in every medium!
https://creativecitycentre.ca/

The SK Arts Permanent Collection is now up in the lobby of Mosaic Tower at Hill Centre III at the corner of
12th Avenue and Hamilton in Regina.
The space is accessible to the public Monday to Friday 8 to 4pm.

SK Arts Permanent Collection
Shortly after SK Arts was created in 1948, we began collecting the art and crafts of Saskatchewan visual artists into a Permanent Collection. You will find everything from paintings, drawings, textiles, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, prints, photographs and sculpture in the collection. The wide variety of styles and media demonstrates the amazing talent of Saskatchewan artists. This collection currently includes more than 3000 works of 750 artists and continues to grow. Its goal is to represent the contemporary art practices of artists within the province for the purpose of public access.

We are one of the only collections in the province to collect jewelry. These display cases contain 19 pieces from eight artists spanning more than 50 years. The earliest pieces date from the 1970s, while our most recently acquired necklaces were created by 19-year-old Cherelle Williams in 2022.

Quantic Cluster Long Block Earrings
Sterling silver, bronze, 3mm champagne cubic zirconia.
Melody Armstrong
$249.75 (includes GST & PST)

Quantic Cluster Block Necklace
Sterling silver, bronze, 6mm cubic zirconia, 5mm champagne cubic zirconia. 20" oxidized 2.1mm rolo chain.
Melody Armstrong
$271.95  (includes GST & PST)

The Craft Council of BC presents year 9 of The Earring Show, an annual fundraiser, juried exhibition and sales opportunity for makers to showcase wearable art in a whole host of mediums. 
Starting as a local, one-day fundraiser event, The Earring Show has grown each year, first accepting artists throughout North America and now accepting artists from around the world since 2021. The show has now adapted to the current world situation, transitioning to a virtual setting. In 2022, The Earring Show will be a hybrid event, displaying earring submissions both at the CCBC Gallery in Vancouver and online. An opening event will be hosted virtually on May 5, 2022, where winners will be announced.

• Opening: May 5, 2022
• On view at the CCBC Gallery: May 5 – 19, 2022
• On view and for sale online: May 5 – June 30, 2022

Join us for a live event hosted by CBC’s North x Northwest Sheryl MacKay and CCBC ED Raine McKay and celebrate wearable art while enjoying an evening full of craft, style and cocktails!
Mark your calendars – The Earring Show tickets are on sale now!
get your tickets here!

SELECTED ARTISTS

Melody Armstrong's ever-changing interplay of colors and textures in her jewellery designs creates dynamic contrasts, “evoking a vividness of exquisite dimensions“ which is rich, alluring and of the utmost elegance.