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2008 MGP Grant Guidelines and Application Forms	Posted: July 3, 2008
To access guidelines and application forms for 2008 Museum Grant Program (MGP), click on the following: Grant Guidelines Applicant Profile Stream I Application Form Stream II Application Form Stream III Application Form
Annual Report	Posted: June 5, 2008
To view the 2007 Annual Report, click here
OSAC presents On Hallowed Ground	Posted: March 6, 2008
On Hallowed Ground Dennis Bruce, Diana Chabros, Chuck Crate, David Dreher, Lloyd Dubois, Don Hall, Iris Hauser, McGregor Hone, Edit Z. Ivan, Brian James, Ernest Lindner, Arthur McKay, Brenda Pelkey, Russell Yuristy, Debbie Wozniak-Bonk From the Saskatchewan Arts Board Permanent Collection Touring through the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC) Curated by Aaron Clarke Drawn from the Saskatchewan Arts Board Permanent Collection, On Hallowed Ground is a show that addresses notions of spirituality within the works of Saskatchewan artists. In a variety of media, the exhibition looks into what evokes the mystical approach in artmaking. Curator Aaron Clarke explains, "These are not the works of religions or churches, but rather of the resting place of the studio, where artists work in solitude." The works present "an invisible source of inspiration made visible. For as numerous of reasons as styles, this exhibition celebrates diversity of the individual", and the diversity of sources of spiritual inspiration. Clarke goes on to say, "From the blank and void page, these artists express some form of spiritual desire to make common what they alone perceive. Should we each today embrace ...notions of something greater, we would likely stand in appreciation of more things sacred to all who share this place, this ground." Touring throughout Saskatchewan from February 2008 through to October 2009 to the following communities: Shaunavon, Regina Beach, Kipling, Fort Qu’Appelle, Bengough, North Battleford, La Ronge, Prince Albert, Watrous, Canora, Rosthern, Assiniboia, Weyburn, Estevan and Melfort.                                                                                 Touring through the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils Saskatchewan…Arts on the Move Program, with funding from Saskatchewan Lotteries, the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the Department of Canadian Heritage   For more information please visit our website at www.osac.sk.ca
Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter	Posted: January 14, 2008
Dear Subscriber - thank you for subscribing to The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter in 2007. If you need assistance to renew for 2008, please let me know. I am attaching a PDF copy of the last published issue in 2008. Please help us spread the word about the Newsletter by forwarding this copy to others interested in copyright -- librarians, educators, authors, publishers, lawyers, Web people, and others! To ensure the Newsletter continues to meet your interests, please let me know if there are any specific topics you would like addressed in 2008. Also, please forward me your questions for the Questions & Answers section on page 12 of each Newsletter. Any feedback -- positive or negative - about the Newsletter is always appreciated. Please consider one of the online copyright and licensing courses I teach. Information is at: www.acteva.com/go/copyright . Best for the new year! Lesley Ellen Harris lesley@copyrightlaws.com
SAB Changes to Artist in Residence Program	Posted: January 9, 2008
Saskatchewan Arts Board - Changes to Artist in Residence Program Change is in the AIR: Deadline/Program Changes to the Artist in Residence Grant Program A new year brings exciting changes for the Artist in Residence Grant program (AIR). The program is being redesigned to build on past successes, expand diversity and ensure accessibility for both artists and the people of Saskatchewan. The new AIR program has two phases: the Development Phase and the Residency or Residency Renewal Phase. Development Phase: A community organization applies to the Saskatchewan Arts Board for a $5,000 grant to partner with a Saskatchewan artist for up to three months to research and develop a residency program. First-time applications are only eligible for a Development Phase Grant. Development Phase Deadline: Mon., February 4, 2008 Residency/Residency Renewal Phase: The Residency Grant of $35,000 is awarded to organizations that have already undertaken the Development Phase. Residencies are 10-12 months and organizations may apply for renewal of up to an additional 12 months. Residency/Residency Renewal Phase Deadline: Mon., June 2, 2008 Applications and Information More changes to the program will be announced in the coming months - we'll keep you posted! The Artist in Residence Grant program is a partnership between the Saskatchewan Arts Board and SaskCulture, with funding from the Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund for Sport, Culture and Recreation.
CCI Preserving Aboriginal Heritage post-symposium	Posted: January 9, 2008
The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) was privileged to host Symposium 2007 Preserving Aboriginal Heritage: Technical and Traditional Approaches in Ottawa on September 24 - 28, 2007. Learn more about the events and outcomes of the symposium in our Post-Symposium Message . L'Institut canadien de conservation (ICC) a eu l'honneur d'organiser Symposium 2007 Preserving Aboriginal Heritage : approches techniques et traditionnelles à Ottawa, du 24 au 28 septembre 2007. Pour en savoir plus sur les manifestations et les résultats du symposium, lire notre Message post symposium .
Digitization Grant Program - Provincial Library	Posted: January 8, 2008
Provincial Library is pleased to announce that on the recommendation of the Multitype Library Board, the Digitization Pilot Project Grant Program will be continued for the 2008/09 fiscal year, contingent upon appropriation by the Legislature. Provincial Library invites eligible institutions to apply for this grant via the attached Expression of Interest form. Details are explained in the attached Project Description document. Please see the attached documents for details. Program Description Expression of Interest   Best regards, Elgin Bunston Multitype Library Coordinator Provincial Library, Ministry of Education 8 - 1945 Hamilton Street Regina SK S4P 2C8 digitization-l@lib.sk.ca   Phone: 306-787-2355
SK Digital Alliance Launches Website	Posted: December 12, 2007
Saskatchewan Digital Alliance launches its website The Saskatchewan Digital Alliance (SDA) is pleased to announce the launch of their new website www.saskdigital.ca . This website is intended to make it easier for libraries, archives, museums and other institutions in Saskatchewan to find relevant information related to digitization. We are also launching a blog to provide updates on digitization activities in the province and to initiate a dialogue among people interested in digitization. A feed from the blog will appear on the website. Features on the site include: Information about digitization training and workshops; An archive of training materials and resources from past workshops (i.e. the SDA's workshop at the 2007 SLA conference); Information about Alouette Canada, including updates on the SDA's involvement with Alouette Canada; Information about and updates on the Provincial Library's digitization grant program; News and updates about digitization projects, workshops and developments; Listing and description of Saskatchewan digitization projects created as part of the 2005 Digitization Inventory Project; Information about joining the SDA listserv; The Saskatchewan Digital Alliance (SDA) is a cross-sector, co-operative body that was initiated by the Multitype Library Board to promote and facilitate the development of digital collections in Saskatchewan. The SDA advises the Multitype Library Board on issues related to its strategic direction that aims to "expand access to content, including digitized information; broaden Multitype partnerships; and, build capacity of the partners." Elgin Bunston ebunston@library.gov.sk.ca Multitype Library Coordinator Provincial Library, Ministry of Education 8 - 1945 Hamilton Street Regina SK S4P 2C8 Phone: 306-787-2355
Sign up for Creative City News	Posted: November 14, 2007
Creative City News   This free monthly e-bulletin provides news and information on current events and activities in communities across Canada and abroad.
Museums and Sustainable Communities	Posted: November 13, 2007
To those interested in how museums can position themselves to be catalysts of cultural change and contribute to the sustainability of their communities. In Canada, the Working Group on Museums and Sustainable Communities has been developing resources and delivering workshops to museum organizations on this topic for the past 7 years. There is now a website that provides information on the Working Group and access to its most recent 'Resource Document' (as a downloadable pdf file). For access to the Working Group's website, go to www.geocities.com/wgmsc There are additional resources on culture and sustainability available through my own website, listed below. The website for material related to the Working Group on Museums and Sustainable Communities has a daily limit for data transfer. It seems that there are a lot of people interested in the website and the daily limit for today has already been reached - which was also the case yesterday. My suggestion is to make a note to log on later in the week. Sorry for the hassle, but we don't have money for web-hosting, which is why we are using a free geocities hosting site. If you send me an email, I will send you the main 'reference document' for the Working Group. email - douglas_worts@rogers.com personal website: www.geocities.com/dcworts/ Cheers! Douglas Worts Culture and Sustainability Specialist LEAD Fellow (Leadership for Environment And Development) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MGP 2008/09 Grant Results - Stream One	Posted: June 27, 2007
Museum Grant Program – 2007/2008 Grant Run Application Date 2007/Cheques Issued 2008/ Museum Fiscal Year 2008-2009     TOTAL FUNDING AWARDED: $475,000       STREAM 1 ** Final ** INSTITUTION ** Grant **     Avonlea & District Museum $1,830 Birch Hills Historical Society $1,758   Borden & District Historical Museum   $1,302 Climax Community Museum $ 1,725 Coronach District Museum $ 1,404 Craik Oral History Museum $ 1,150 Cudworth Heritage Museum $ 1,652 Dysart & District Museum $ 1,775 Esterhazy Community Museum $ 2,310 F.T. Hill Museum $ 1,350 Foam Lake Museum $ 1,082 Ft. Pelly Livingstone Museum $ 1,542 Frenchman Butte Museum $ 2,243 Glaslyn & District Museum $ 2,052 Goodsoil Historical Museum $ 2,014 Great Sandhills Museum $ 2,682 Grenfell Museum $ 2,072 Gull Lake Museum $ 1,782 Indian Head Museum Society $ 2,675 Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre $ 1,487 Kaposvar Historical Society $ 2,766 Kipling & District Museum $ 2,256 Kronau Heritage Society $ 2,919 Kyle & District Museum $ 1,494 Langham & District Museum $ 1,518 Lashburn Centennial Museum $ 2,409 Lumsden Centennial Museum $ 2,817 McCord & District Museum $ 575 Meadow Lake & District Museum $ 1,662 Moosomin Regional Museum $ 1,854 Mortlach Museum $ 1,050 Naicam Museum $ 1,734 Nipawin & District Forestry Museum $ 1,150 Northern Gateway Museum $ 2,670 Notukeu Heritage Museum $ 2,070 Prince Albert Historical Museum $ 3,480 Punnichy & District Museum $ 1,854 Reynold Rapp Museum $ 1,600 Rose Valley Museum $ 2,103 Seager Wheeler Historic Farm $ 3,327 Souris Valley Museum $ 1,902 Spy Hill Museum (Wolverine Hobby) $ 1,398 Stoughton & District Museum $ 2.010 Strasbourg & District Museum $ 1,806 Vintage Power Machines $ 2,430   Wakaw Heritage Museum   $ 1,190   Waskesiu Heritage Museum   $ 1,878 Watson & District Museum $ 2,460 Willow Bunch Museum $ 2,766 Wolseley & District Museum $ 410 2008 MGP Jury, Stream 1: Flo Miller - Motherwell Homestead NHS Keith Knox - Regina Plains Museum Delores Cutler - Rusty Relics Museum Audrey Euteneir - Kronau Bethlehem Heritage Museum
MGP Grant Results - Stream Two	Posted: June 27, 2007
STREAM 2 ** Final ** INSTITUTION ** Grant **     Abernethy Nature Heritage Museum $ 5,320 Al Mazur Memorial Heritage Park $ 7,840 Allie Griffin Art Gallery $ 6,590 Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre $ 6,840 Assiniboia & District Museum $ 5,658 Broadview Historical Museum $ 4,228 Clayton McLain Memorial Museum $ 8,216 Gravelbourg & District Museum $ 3,681 Harris Museum $ 8,500 Herbert CPR Train Station Museum $ 6,965 Hudson Bay Museum $ 3,456 Kindersley & District Plains Museum $ 1,080 Lanigan & District Museum $ 3,796 Luseland & District Museum $ 1,850 Melville Heritage Museum $ 4,480 Morse Museum & Cultural Centre $ 8,500 Mossbank & District Museum $ 3,610 Musee Ukrainia Museum $ 5,090 Nokomis District Museum $ 3,465 Poundmaker Cree Nation Hist. Museum $ 2,001 Prairie West Historical Society $ 5,031 Prairie Wind & Silver Sage $ 3,796 Rocanville & District Museum $ 3,416 Rosetown & District Museum $ 8,028 Royal Canadian Legion $ 2,367 Rusty Relics Museum $ 8,500 Sask. Railway Museum $ 3,240 Sask. River Valley Museum $ 3,119 Signal Hills Art Centre $ 6,510 Soo Line Historical Museum $ 7,465 Southwest Sask. Oldtimer's Museum $ 8,404 Sturgis Station House Museum $ 4,215 T. Rex Discovery Centre $ 7,670 Ukrainian Museum of Canada $1,818 Unity & District Museum $ 3.099 Wadena & District Museum $ 3,221 Wawota & District Museum $ 3,273 Weyburn Area & Heritage Village $ 5,465 Wilkie & District Museum $ 4,770 Wood Mountain Ranch/Rodeo Museum $ 7,840 Total Museums Funded - 2008 MGP Jury Stream 2 - 2008 Cathy Paproski - Al Mazur Memorial HeritagePark Jacquie Mallory - Soo Line Museum Heather Gibson - T. Rex Centre Chad Debert - RMP Historical Collections Unit   $
MGP Grant Results - 2008/09 Stream Three	Posted: June 27, 2007
STREAM 3 **Final** INSTITUTION **Grant**     Allen Sapp Gallery $ 23,508 Duck Lake Regional Interpretive Centre $ 17,935 GordonSnelgrove Gallery $ 13,905 Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre $ 25,000 Humboldt & District Museum & Art Gallery $ 25,000 Melfort & District Museum $ 14,308 Moose Jaw Museum & Gallery $ 18,741 Museum of Antiquities $ 11,487 Regina Plains Museum $ 9,115 Swift Current Museum $ 19,547 Total Museums Funded - $ 2008 MGP Jury - Stream 3 Celine Perillat - duck Lake Regional Interpretive Centre Ingrid Cazakoff - Grand Coteau Heritage & cultural Centre Jennifer Hoesgen - Humboldt & District Museum & Gallery Gary Young - Gordon Snelgrove Gallery
e-Services on CCI website	Posted: April 20, 2007
CCI is very pleased to announce the launch of e-Services on the CCI Web site. e-Services offers clients a new and modern way to communicate and transact with CCI. Also, Canadian clients now have free access to all of the CCI Notes online. www.cci-icc.gc.ca/main_e.aspx
New Education Program Available Online!	Posted: January 17, 2007
The Learning Coalition (Alberta Museums Assoc., Museums Assoc. of Saskatchewan, Manitoba Museums Assoc., Ontario Museum Assoc. and Federation of Nova Scotian Heritage) is pleased to announce that two new Learning Modules developed by the Coalition for the Canadian Heritage Information Network's Community Memories Program are now accessible in CHIN's Knowledge Exchange www.chin.gc.ca Click on Knowledge Exchange, then "online courses: - then scroll to "Digitization and Content Development"). The two Learning Modules are Storyline Development for Exhibitions and An Introduction to Project Management. Please view the pdf for further instructions on how to take advantage of these user-friendly programs for all museum staff and volunteers free of charge.
Street Map of where our office is	Posted: September 13, 2006
Download a pdf of the Museums Association of Saskatchewan office! MAS Office Directions As one member says: "I'd be lost without it!"
The Cultural Human Resources Council Online Tools	Posted: November 17, 2005
CHRC shines a light on Cultural Management The Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) continues its work on cultural management with the release of a Competency Chart and Profile for Cultural Managers. Developed by experts in the field, these valuable tools will help managers, aspiring managers and educators to better understand and recognize the important leadership and managerial skills that cultural managers bring to their complex and demanding jobs. The chart and profile can be found on the CHRC website at www.culturalhrc.ca/competencies/default-e.asp The Council is also releasing the on-line interactive version of Careers in Cultural Management, which can be found on its web site at www.culturalhrc.ca/careersinculture/default-e.asp This is the first in a series of seven Careers in Culture online interactive books designed to interest young people in careers in the cultural sector. Other research and resources in the area of cultural management can be found on CHRC’s web site, including a series of nine HR Tools for cultural organizations, a Board/Management Toolkit to help maintain the delicate balance between Boards and CEOs in cultural organizations; and a Compensation survey of arts administrators. In addition, CHRC has put a focus on management positions in the Youth Career Focus programme it administers on behalf of HRSDC and DCH. CHRC will continue its focus in the area of cultural management with a study on succession in cultural organizations, and tools to assist in succession planning. The Council also plans to develop tools for mentorship to assist emerging managers to move into management positions under the guidance of senior management mentors.
Looking Reality in the Eye	Posted: June 21, 2005
The articles in this book are outstanding examples of socially responsible museum work, based on the premise that museums, galleries and science centres must move beyond education and entertainment to embrace socially relevant missions. Being a socially responsible museum means addressing issues of relevance to one’s community, as well as identifiying issues and challenges where a museum’s expertise can make a positive difference. This book presents nine rich and diverse case studies of successful civic engagement which are both practical and engaging. LOOKING REALITY IN THE EYE provides new directions for assisting museums in achieving long-term sustainability within their communities, while at the same time providing a rich source of ideas on how this can be achieved. Robert R. Janes has a PhD in archaeology from the University of Calgary and is the former President and CEO of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship. Dr. Janes was the keynote speaker at the 2004 MAS Conference in Kamsack. Gerald T. Conaty has a PhD in archaeology from Simon Fraser University. He is the Senior Curator of Ethnology at Glenbow Museum and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Calgary. Looking Reality in the Eye can be purchased online from the Museums Association of Saskatchewan under publications.
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