He would be one of the most successful Saskatchewan artists of his time.
Author of the article: Andrea Hill • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Publishing date: Apr 04, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 2 minute read • Saskatoon artist Darrell Bell died on April 2, 2021. Provided photo.
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Saskatoon artist Darrell Bell is being remembered as a kind and generous man who helped mentor the province’s next generation of artists.
Bell, 61, died on April 2 nearly a week after collapsing from a brain clot.
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New Remai exhibition emphasizes healing and reconciliation The new Remai Modern exhibition, An apology, a pill, a ritual, a resistance, features the work of more than 20 artists.
Author of the article: Matt Olson
Publishing date: Apr 01, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read • Remai Modern s new exhibition, An apology, a pill, a ritual, a resistance. Photo by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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The Remai Modern’s newest exhibition features art from throughout Canada and around the world, responding to ideas of pain and healing a prescient topic during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 restrictions have been extended to April 12 and Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab has advised people against travelling outside their communities over Easter. Here are a few things do close to home during our second Easter marred by COVID-19.
1. Host a virtual gathering
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Under public health orders, private indoor gatherings are limited to a maximum of 10 people and those people should be from no more than two additional households. Just because getting 10 people together is allowed doesn’t mean you should the Saskatchewan government is imploring people to limit interactions by hosting virtual gatherings using platforms like Zoom or Facetime and to only have in-person gatherings with people from the same household.
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The lifeblood of arts and culture is public engagement, so when the pandemic first struck last March, says Marnie Gladwell, the effect was immediate.
“We did two surveys one of artists and cultural workers, the other of arts organizations and found that they’d been hit hard and were reeling,” says Gladwell, who is the executive director of Saskatchewan Arts Alliance (SAA). “And I’m not sure it’s improved a whole bunch since then in what they’ve been able to do.”
Not surprisingly, artists and arts organizations rallied, shifting programming online and staging innovative outdoor performances that complied with physical distancing guidelines. Improvisation and adapting under difficult circumstances are, after all, arts sector trademarks.
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