Arts for Change Conference
Arts for Change Conference
April 4-5, 2025
A Recreating Community Together Initiative – FREE and open to the public; registration required.
The Arts for Change Conference invites Saskatchewan’s arts community to explore its role in addressing systemic racism and inequities while fostering meaningful diversity and equity. Through conversation, performance, and action-oriented sessions, this gathering will spark ideas and strategies for real social and policy change.
April 4 | Online via Zoom
A day of artist interventions, discussion panels, and small group conversations to examine barriers within the arts sector and highlight successful equity-driven models. Key topics include:
- Funders Panel: Addressing systemic change in grantmaking
- Arts Organization Leaders Panel: Strategies for fostering diversity and equity in arts institutions
- Artist Interventions: Showcasing work that reflects lived experiences and creative responses to inequities
April 5| In-Person | Luther College, University of Regina (wheelchair-accessible)
An interactive day focused on hands-on activities and collective planning. Attendees will co-create calls to action aimed at:
- Government and public policy
- Funders and grantmaking bodies
- Arts organizations of various disciplines and sizes
- Individual artists and arts workers
This day will also feature artist-led reflections, breakout sessions, and a closing social to build relationships and momentum for ongoing change.
Why Attend?
The Arts for Change Conference is an opportunity to listen, reflect, and collaborate on shaping a more equitable arts sector in Saskatchewan. Whether you are an artist, arts worker, funder, policymaker, or community member, your voice is essential in driving meaningful transformation.
This event is part of the Recreating Community Together initiative, which has been working since 2022 to create dialogue and action around cultural understanding and anti-racism in Saskatchewan.
For more information, contact the Saskatchewan Arts Alliance: info@saskartsalliance.ca
