Indigenous Perspectives: Bridging Traditions & Contemporary Art
Art$ Funding
DATE: Friday, June 5, 2026
TIME: 2:30 - 4:30 PM
LOCATION: 2420 Elphinstone Street, in the Neil Balkwill Building
Experience Indigenous Perspectives, sponsored by Casino Regina, as we explore Art$ Funding—a painfully funny exhibition revealing the realities of artists' lives beyond the canvas. Artists Christopher Campbell Gardiner, Glen Johnson, Milton Lim, and Patrick Blenkarn shed light on the overlooked challenges of securing grant funding. Far from "free money," their work playfully and poignantly exposes the struggles, disappointments, and hard work behind every artwork, exhibition and organization. Validate your inner artist at Johnson’s Artistic Licence Bureau, compete for creative grants in Lim and Blenkarn’s culturecapital card game, and get an ironic chuckle from Campbell Gardiner’s works that encase painful reminders of failure and rejection as a way of letting go of anger, embarrassment, and disappointment.
Enjoy a free exhibition tour, an open discussion, and a hands-on activity led by Christopher Campbell Gardiner, whose art has long transformed pain and shame into healing. Contribute your thoughts to a collaborative artwork and experience the soothing, restorative process of repetitive stitching or obscuring objects beneath multiple layers of paint in a supportive, social setting. Snacks and guidance from an elder are provided. Join us Friday, June 5, 2:30 - 4:30 PM at the Art Gallery of Regina, 2420 Elphinstone St. All are welcome—no experience needed, just curiosity!
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Fall Masterclass: Beyond the View with Sue Contini
DATES: Friday October 16 - Sunday October 18, 2026
TIME: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM daily, with a 1 hour lunch break
COST: AGR Members Ticket: $425, Non-Members: $475
LOCATION: Eastview Community Centre, 615 6th Avenue, Regina
Explore inventive Techniques in Acrylic Landscape Painting with Sue Contini!
Step into the landscape with curiosity, where exploration and discovery are at the heart of the process!
This energetic workshop will give us the opportunity to infuse our landscape paintings with expressive and personal techniques and move your work from representation toward interpretation! While going into depth in methods we can use to achieve intriguing surfaces and glowing light, we’ll also explore negative space painting, subtle textures, glazes and the breadth of a limited palette. This acrylic (with a titch of mixed media for added spice!) experience invites you to explore the landscape with fresh eyes and a fearless brush.
Through demos, guided exercises and plenty of personal support, Sue will show you how to simplify what you see and turn it into lively expressive painting that is imbued with you.
You’ll learn how to build stronger compositions, use colour to create depth and mood, and handle acrylics with greater ease and confidence. The focus is on exploration, not perfection - helping you move beyond recreating a scene to truly interpreting it.
This workshop is perfect for painters of all levels who want to refresh their approach, take creative risks, and discover new ways of interpreting the landscape in acrylic.
You’ll explore:
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Simplifying and designing strong landscape compositions
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Using colour to create depth, light and emotion
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Expressive, confident acrylic techniques
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Moving from observation to expression
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COVID-19 & other CONTAGIONS
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The Art Gallery of Regina encourages workshop participants to wear a medical mask indoors, especially since social distancing may not be possible in a workshop setting.
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Disposable masks and hand sanitizer are available on site for your convenience
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If you are sick, please send your regrets to: info@artgalleryofregina.ca
WORKSHOP REFUND POLICY
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Due to the administrative work involved in processing refunds, the AGR charges a $15 processing fee on all refunds.
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Requests for refunds must be made in writing and received by email (to info@artgalleryofregina.ca) or physical letter (to Art Gallery of Regina, 2420 Elphinstone Street, PO Box 1790, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 3C8).
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Requests for refunds of regular workshop fees must be received at least 15 days before the workshop start date.
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In exceptional circumstances, such as illness, or family emergency, workshop fees will be refunded after the cancellation date has passed and the administrative fee will be waived.
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PLEASE NOTE: Our Annual Fall Workshop represents a significant investment, and spots are in high demand. Because of this we have implemented the following refund schedule:
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Refunds requested 6 months in advance of the start date are eligible for a full refund
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Refunds requested 3 months in advance will receive a 50% refund
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There will be no refund for cancellations made 30 days or less before the start date
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