The Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University (GLI at CGU), the Alberta Museums Association, and the University of Alberta Museums, are thrilled to announce a unique opportunity for museum professionals.

GLI at CGU’s Museum Leaders: The Next Generation program is being offered for the first time in Canada (NextGen: Canada) and will take place at the University of Alberta, Edmonton in November 2010.
 
NextGen: Canada will provide exceptional emerging and mid-career professionals in Canadian museums with the opportunity to explore their leadership abilities and immerse themselves in the knowledge, skills and wisdom to become even more effective leaders.  A multifaceted learning and career development experience, GLI at CGU’s world-renowned learning structure provides a creative and meaningful forum for thoughtful, dynamic encounters with people who share a passion for museums.  Examining trends and challenges of the museum sector in Canada, the professional faculty will provide NextGen: Canada participants with the right perspective to successfully lead museums in the twenty-first century.
 
This is the first time an opportunity of this calibre is being offered in Canada, and it is an investment in the future success and growth of the museum sector. Building capacity within institutions of varying size and scope, the legacy of NextGen: Canada will be seen for years to come.

For more information please click the link: www.museums.ab.ca.
 
NextGen: Canada Partners:
Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University: www.cgu.edu/gli
Alberta Museums Association: www.museums.ab.ca
University of Alberta Museums: www.museums.ualberta.ca

Artists: Powering the Creative Economy
November 2 & 3 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, the conference will offer you the opportunity to hear from respected speakers from the arts and culture community, debate and discuss important policy developments affecting artists within the creative economy, and network with other individuals who share your interest in the sector in this period of major changes.

On November 1, the CCA will host a gala dinner at the National Arts Centre to celebrate the organization’s 65th anniversary. During the gala, we will also present the annual CCA Awards, recognizing individuals who have made significant contributions to the cultural life of all Canadians. Join us as we commemorate the CCA’s noted accomplishments and contributions to Canada’s arts and culture community.

Spaces are limited.
For more information, please visit www.ccarts.ca

Saskatchewan Roughriders: The Team the Fans Built
Now until December 31, 2010
A synopsis of the past 100 years of the Riders.

For more information please visit the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame's website:
http://www.sshfm.com/exhibits.html or call 306-780-9232.

Now until September 19, 2010
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway

Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway, features a comprehensive body of work representing 20 artists who travelled west, courtesy of William Cornelius Van Horne and the CPR. They were seeking to incorporate the western landscape image within the expression of an emerging national identity based on images of the land.

For more information please visit: http://www.mendel.ca

The Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC) has announced the applications approved under the auspices of the 17th call for proposals of the VMC Investment Program.

A total of nine projects from four Canadian provinces were approved by the Editorial Board.

In British Columbia, the Royal British Columbia Museum Corporation was granted funding for the project Invasive Species: Biodiversity at Risk.
The New Brunswick Museum received aid for Rock Stars of New Brunswick.
In Ontario, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame won approval of its project Greatest Canadian Sports Moments.

The VMC Investment Program is also supporting the efforts of six Quebec museums to create online content: the Droulers-Tsiionhiakwatha Archaeological Site Interpretation Center for its project The St. Laurence Iroquoians , the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent for All Aboard for Rivière-du-Loup, the Musée du Fjord for Fantastic Sea Monsters, the Huron-Wendat Museum for Bartering Ideas, the Musée québécois de culture populaire for Dawn of a New Era – Quebec’s Quiet Revolution and the Pointe-à-Callière museum for The Great Peace of Montreal.

Institutions are invited to begin developing projects for the next call for proposals in October 2010.

Mark your calendars to attend the October 29 & 30, 2010 Gathering that will be held in Saskatoon. For more information, go to http://www.saskculture.sk.ca.

For information on the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery upcoming fall schedule of classes please click here.

Exhibitions:

PRIVATE GEORGE PRICE - Commemorated in the HERITAGE GALLERY
Many people may not know that the last Man killed in WWI was from Moose Jaw, SK. George Price lived in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan when he enlisted in 1917. He served with "A" Company of the 28^th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. On November 11, 1918, Price was part of an advance to take the small village of Havré, Belgium. After crossing a canal near the town of Ville-sur-Haine under German machine gun fire, Private Price and his patrol moved toward a row of houses intent on pursuing the machine gunner who had harassed their crossing of the canal. The patrol had entered the house they had thought the shooting had come from, but found the Germans had exited through the back door as they entered the front. They then went into the house next door and again found it empty. Private George Price was fatally shot by a German sniper as he stepped out of a house into the street, at 10:50 a.m., November 11, 1918, and he died just 2 minutes before the armistice cease-fire that ended the war went into effect at 11:00 a.m.

A pamphlet with more information about Private Price, along with a photograph of his grave in Belgium has been placed in the Heritage Gallery to commemorate Remembrance Day, November 11, 2010. 

A Kind of Abandon
September 9 - October 31
Opening reception: September 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Chance Operations
November 18 - January 2
Opening reception November 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Special Events:

CHAIR-ITY AUCTION
October 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Chairs that have been painted or created by local artists and groups are auctioned off to raise operational funding for both the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery and Hunger in Moose Jaw.

ART GUILD RECEPTION
December 9 at 7:30 p.m.

NOON HOUR SLIDES:
Slide presentations are held on Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Performing Arts Theatre, at the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, admission is $2. Starting Wednesday October 6 - December 1.
Please see the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery Newsletter for the variety of presentations they will show.

Maskull Lasserre
Volume
Now - September 30th, 2010

Maskull Lasserre’s drawings and sculptures explore the unexpected potential of the everyday and its associated structures of authority, class, and value.  Elements of nostalgia, allegory, humour, and the macabre are incorporated into works that induce strangeness in the familiar, and provoke uncertainty in the expected.
 
Curated by: Griffith Aaron Baker
 
118 - 4th St
Estevan SK  S4A 0T4
[p] (306) 634-7644 | [f] (306) 634-2940 | [e] eagm@sasktel.net |
[w] www.eagm.ca
Hours of Operation:
Tuesdays - Fridays 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Saturdays; 1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.

Gallery Shop Featured Artist: Heike Fink

The MacKenzie Gallery Shop will showcase new work by fibre artist Heike Fink from August 28 to September 26, 2010.
Meet the artist on August 28 from 2 - 4 p.m. Enjoy coffee and treats generously provided by Koko Patisserie, while exploring Heikie's creations.

Don't forget, Gallery Members receive a 20% discount on MacKenzie publications and a 10% discount on all merchandise at any time!

Save the Date
MacKenzie Art Gallery Gala Art Auction
Friday, October 22 at 6:30 p.m.
 
Outbid other art lovers and add to your collection while supporting art education for youth and families. This year’s must-attend, guaranteed sold-out Gala Art Auction will feature cocktails, gourmet food and live entertainment inspired by French Cinema.

Individual Tickets $100  |  Gallery Member Tickets $90
 
To reserve your tickets, please call 584-4295

For more information on the MacKenzie please visit: http://www.mackenzieartgallery.ca/ 

Regina's only civic museum has been steadfast in preserving Regina's history starting from its humble beginnings as a Pile-O-Bones along Wascana Creek.

This year the Regina Plains Musuem is celebrating its 50th Anniversary on September 30 with a walk down memory lane.

Enjoy an evening twisting and shouting in the 60's themed celebration!

Date: Thursday, September 30th
Location: Queensbury Centre, Salon A, 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

• Retro food stations
• Cool cocktails
• Twistin' Tunes from decades past
• Prize raffle
  
•  Silent Auction featuring collectables from Regina's past

Tickets are $50/each & available at the Regina Plains Museum; a tax receipt will be issued for a portion of the ticket cost.
Regina Plains Museum
1835 Scarth St. 2nd Floor
Regina SK  S4P 2G9
306-780-9435
Fax: (306) 565-2979
www.reginaplainsmuseum.com
rp.museum@sasktel.net

The United Way is pleased to announce three training opportunities:

• 2010 Workshops for Measuring Program Outcomes,
  
  Sept. 29, Oct. 15 & Nov. 18
  
  

All sessions will be held at the United Way of Regina, 1440 Scarth Street.
 
To register or for more information, please contact Priya Singh, Administrative Assistant, Community Impact & Investments, United Way of Regina, Tel: (306) 751-4750 ext 744, Fax:(306) 522-7199
E-mail: psingh@unitedwayregina.ca
Website: www.unitedwayregina.ca

The City of North Battleford is pleased to invite representatives from your municipality and/or organization to attend the 8th Annual Western Municipalities Aboriginal Gathering. The gathering will be held in the beautiful City of North Battleford, Saskatchewan from September 27th to the 29th.

For more information please view:
The 8th Annual Western Municipalities Aboriginal Gathering.

Gathering Agenda

Gathering Registration Form

The Assiniboia & District Museum is hosting an Antiques Appraisal Day on September 25, 2010 starting at 10:00 a.m. with appraiser Vern Reese. 

For more information please call the Assiniboia & District Museum: 306-642-5353.

Culture Days – September 24-26, 2010

Deadline for appearing in the Print Activity Guide listings that will go out to communities throughout Saskatchewan is September 3rd.  Even if you are not ready to publish your listing, you can still register.

To register an activity with SaskCulture please call Diane Ell at 780-9453 or email: diane.ell@saskculture.sk.ca or see the bottom of SaskCulture's homepage: http://www.saskculture.sk.ca/

The buzz around Culture Days in Saskatchewan is starting to build.  If you or your cultural group has already identified ways to provide free, interactive cultural experiences during the third week in September, please let SaskCulture know. They are looking for stories that they can share with others to showcase the opportunity. 

Culture Days is a collaborative, pan-Canadian initiative that aims to increase the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement by all Canadians in cultural activities in their communities. Culture Days includes all areas of culture: arts, heritage, multicultural, ethno-cultural, First Nations and Métis cultures and creative industries.

During three days each September, participating cultural groups are encouraged to provide opportunities for the public to learn more about their particular cultural activity. Cultural groups and/or individual cultural workers/artists, who want to attract new audiences or engage more participation, can open their doors for a few hours or more to provide free, interactive cultural experiences or demonstrations that are open to the public, as part of this nationally promoted Culture Days initiative. Groups can register their events on the national database, which is expected to open this March.

Sign up to receive regular updates from the national Culture Days initiative at: www.culturedays.ca.

You can also access Culture Days information at this link: Culture Days Saskatchewan.

Grand Opening and Much More Munsch Parade:
September 18, 2010 at 11 a.m.

Come and celebrate the grand opening of the Much More Munsch Exhibit. Everyone is invited to come in costume - as your favorite Munsch character perhaps - and parade around Market Mall. Admission to the Children’s Discovery Museum will be free to anyone in costume, or with a donation of a non-perishable food item to the Saskatoon Food Bank. Click here to sign up for the Much More Munsch Parade and you will be entered to win a birthday party at the Museum!

'Much More Munsch' encourages children to explore Robert Munsch’s creative process in a hands-on way, while discovering their own creative abilities.

For information on this traveling exhibit please see this MUCH MORE MUNSCH document.

For more information please visit: http://www.museumforkids.sk.ca/

Langham Museum is hosting an Antique Appraisal Show on September 18, 2010, 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. They will be featuring Vern Reese the renowned Antique Appraiser and Saskatchewan’s “Go to Guy” on all things Antiques and Collectibles. 

Cost of items for appraisals is Verbal $10 each or three for $20, Written $15.  Items are unlimited. If you wish to have larger items appraised, please bring pictures and bring only a part of the item if possible eg. a chair from the dining room suite, or a drawer from a dresser.  Large collections of coins and stamps will not be eligible because of time restraint to appraise them.

Please consider advance registering to ensure a time for your appraisal. 
For more information call:
Elizabeth White
Publicity Director
Langham Museum
(306) 283-4286. 

Langham Museum will be open for tours and refreshments will be available.

Hunter of the Prairie Sea Exhibit on tour from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum to the Moose Jaw Western Development Museum.
This exhibit will be at the Moose Jaw Western Development from August 26 - December 2010

A replica of a Tylosaurus (TIE-low-SORE-us) fossil found on the shore of Lake Diefenbaker. Nicknamed 'Omācīw,' which means hunter in Cree, this creature is more than 9.75 metres (32 feet) long.
http://www.wdm.ca/mj.html#hunter

Hold on to your horses, hold on to your tickets ‘cause the Musical Ride has been rescheduled for Saturday, September 4 with performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at "Depot" Division.

Enjoy the sights and sounds of the world-famous Musical Ride and thank you for supporting Habitat for Humanity's Mountie House. Together we are making a difference!

Current ticket holders are encouraged to hold on to their tickets.
Tickets for the 2 p.m. show on July 4 will be honoured at the Saturday, September 4, 2 p.m. show.
Tickets for the 7 p.m. shows on July 4 and 5 will be honoured at the Saturday, September 4, 7 p.m. show.

Ticket purchase:

Limited tickets are still available and can be purchased at Affinity Credit Union branches, the Habitat for Humanity Restore and the RCMP Heritage Centre. Tickets are $10 for adults and free for children 12 and under. All proceeds go to Mountie House.

Purchase Tickets Online at Habitat Regina.

 If you require additional information, or have questions, please email Mountie House. 

Colourful Luggage Productions Inc, PotashCorp Fireworks Festival Saskatoon, and SaskEnergy are thrilled to announce that the documentary film The Last Steamship: The Search for the SS City of Medicine Hat will celebrate its world premiere on September 3, 2010, to be hosted at the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Immediately following the screening, PotashCorp Fireworks Festival will present a choreographed fireworks display at River Landing, on the Traffic Bridge – the very location where the SS City of Medicine Hat crashed and sank!

Please visit www.laststeamship.com for more information and a preview of the film!

The Dunlop Art Gallery & the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum are pleased to present Rider Pride - Celebration in the Park; in support of our Saskatchewan Roughriders Centennial Exhibitions:

Green is the Colour: The Art of Rider Pride
Dunlop Art Gallery - 2311 - 12th Ave, between 12th Ave & Victoria Ave
September 4 - November 14, 2010

Saskatchewan Roughriders: The Team the Fans Built
Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum - 2205 Victoria Ave
Now until December 31, 2010

The Ultimate Rider Fan of the Century Contest!
To view contest details click here.