The Canadian Association of Science Centres (CASC)

Annual Conference

June 12-14 2008

London, Ontario

Delegates and Exhibitors, Register today!

Early Bird Deadline May 12, 2008

For program and registration information, visit www.casc2008accs.ca

Canada's community of science centres invites you to our most important annual event. The CASC 2008 Conference will be hosted by the London Regional Children's Museum June 12 - 14 in London, Ontario - just a short 2 hour train ride southwest from Toronto. As professionals who believe in the power of learning through play, we know how important engaging, fun, hands-on, interactive experiences are for children and for grown-ups. The 2008 conference theme is Learn to Play! Play to Learn!, taking a light-hearted approach to the serious issue of creating a truly innovative society in Canada. Friday's Keynote speaker is Silken Laumann - Olympic Medalist and Author of Child's Play. We invite you to share experiences and learn techniques about engaging audiences through play, to have your own fun exploring emerging issues and opportunities, and to celebrate all that is exciting, inspiring and successful about science centres in Canada and around the world today.

Concurrent Sessions :

• Playing with Scientists
• A Week to Remember : Week-long Immersion Programs for School Groups
• Iron Science Collaborative Meeting
• It's International Year of the Potato - What do you have planned?
• Getting the Virtual Word Out
• Playing with Multiple Partners
• Playing & Learning Together in an Intergenerational Project on an Urban Farm
• See: Hear:Do : Let's Look at some old exhibits with New Eyes
• Using live animals in public presentations - more than just pretty faces!
• Get fired...up about hiring
• Café Scientifique : Do we even need physical buildings in the age of new technology?
• Building a Winning Team
• Parents who Play : Engaging Families in Science Education
• Early Birds Get All the Traffic! Effective Ways to Increase Your Visibility
• Science centres and science Fairs - what is our role?
• New Media RIG Workshop - International Polar Year
• Playing for Keeps : How to Get Those Visitors Coming Back
• Failure IS an Option
• Science Communication Research - What are we learning? (poster session)
• After Effects
• A Scientific Cocktail Party
• Bringing the Outside In : Environmental Education and the Science Centre
• CRYSTAL Atlantique : Research into Informal Science Education

Plus! Pre-conference tour to the world-class Biotron research facility, The Demonstration Showcase, Welcome Reception, Café Scientifique, Trade Show and the Awards Gala Dinner! Three days of social and networking events!

Visit: www.casc2008accs.ca for all your delegate, exhibitor and sponsorship information, and register today!

For Immediate Release: March 13, 2008

School Art 2008 opens March 14 and continues until June 1, 2008

School Art is the annual exhibition of student art organized and presented by the Mendel Art Gallery, with the cooperation of the Saskatoon Public School Division and the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division.

The opening reception is on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 2pm.
For over 30 years School Art has presented artworks by elementary and secondary students from Saskatoon's schools. The Mendel Art Gallery organizes this annual exhibition of paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures to acknowledge excellence in artmaking by Saskatoon's young people. The Mendel professionally presents the work-selected by jury-of approximately 200 students. We are proud to support schools in their efforts to validate and recognize artmaking as a serious and worthwhile endeavor.

The selection committee is composed of representatives from the Saskatoon Public School Division, Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division, and a Mendel curator/art educator. This year's jurors were Kathy Bradshaw from Centennial Collegiate, Wendy Siemens from St. Joseph High School, and Laura Kinzel, the Mendel's Gallery Programmer. They choose at least two works from each school, with schools larger than 350 in population represented by three works. In addition, a limited number of art pieces were included on a merit basis.

School Art 2008 is sponsored by Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc.

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This program of free activities for families is already in full swing, with Children's Art Adventures every Sunday from 2-4pm. Upcoming special events include a Student Art Month Workshop on May 4 and an artist talk with School Art artists on May 11.

About the Mendel Art Gallery
Overlooking the South Saskatchewan River, the Mendel Art Gallery is Saskatoon's premier destination for contemporary and historical art. The Mendel's permanent collection includes over five thousand local, regional, and national works of art. In addition to exploring exhibitions and associated pubic programs, visitors can browse the Gallery Shop, spend time in the Civic Conservatory, or relax with friends over tasty treats in Museo Café.

The Mendel's mandate is to operate and maintain in the City of Saskatoon a public museum for the collection, exhibition, preservation and interpretation of works of art and for the development of public understanding and appreciation of art. With over 150,000 visitors in 2007, the Mendel has one of the highest per-capita attendance rates in Canada.

The Mendel is open from 9am to 9pm daily except for Christmas Day. Admission is free. For more information on Mendel programs and events, call (306) 975-7610 or visit our website at www.mendel.ca .

The Mendel Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges the operating funding support of the City of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, and SaskLotteries.

For further information, please contact:

Ed Pas
Communications Coordinator
Mendel Art Gallery

epas@mendel.ca
tel: 306.975.2242
fax: 306.975.7698

www.mendel.ca

PO Box 569
950 Spadina Crescent East
Saskatoon, SK
S7K 3L6

Mardi Gras : Carnivale

The Art Gallery of Prince Albert is changing it's theme! This years annual Spring fundraiser is: Mardi Gras: Carnivale. Mardi Gras: Carnivale will be held in the Ches Leach Lounge at the Art Hauser Center on April 5th from 8:00 p.m. until midnight. The event features a Masquerade Ball, live entertainment, hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar, provided by the Prince Albert Raiders. Tickets are $50.00 per person, sold only in advance at the Art Gallery of Prince Albert.

Art Auction

The Art Gallery of Prince Albert is hosting an art auction in conjunction with Myron Smaltz on May 10th here at the Gallery. All proceeds will be divided between the Gallery, Myron Smaltz and the artists involved, as a fundraiser for the Art Gallery of Prince Albert. Further details to follow.

EXHIBITIONS 2008 – 2009 

• April - May (Main Gallery) - Wood Turning by Michael Hosaluk-Sponsored by Lakeland Ford
• April - May (Fringe Gallery) - Wood Work by the P.A. Woodworkers & Wood Turners Guild
• June - July (Main Gallery) - Andree Martinson: A retrospective
• June - July (Fringe Gallery) - Paintings by Stephanie Krawchuk
• July - August (Fringe Gallery) - Augustus Kenderdine from the Mendel Art Gallery
• September - October (Fringe Gallery) - Photography by Northern Image Photographers
• October - November (Main Gallery) - Permanent Collection Show
• November - December (Fringe Gallery) - Expressions V by the P.A.H.A. Seniors
• December, 2008 - January, 2009 (Main Gallery) - Saskatchewan Flame: a Group Show of Pottery fired in Charley Farrero's Anagama Kiln in Meacham

The Art Gallery of Prince Albert Phone: (306) 763-7080
142 12th St. W. Fax: (306) 763-7838
Prince Albert, SK S6V 3B5

Email: agpa@sasktel.net

April 3 to June 8

Landscape Stories includes the work of three Canadian artists - Erick Edson, from Sackville, NB, Lyndal Osborne from Edmonton, and Rod Strickland from Windsor, ON.

This exhibition presents contemporary interpretations of landscape art by examining how we see the world, how we make the world, and how we use the world.