Contemplative Arts Festival of Saskatoon
Schedule
Printed schedule handouts will be available when you arrive at the Festival. The handout includes locations for all events.
Download the Full Schedule as a pdf file.
Events are free, unless stated otherwise. The nominal workshop fees are to help us monitor registration numbers, and cover material costs.
DROP-IN ACTIVITIES (Free)
FRIDAY and SATURDAY MAY 24 - 25th
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
SUNDAY May 26th
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Exhibition: Prairie Sculptors Association
Labyrinth Walk
Music for quiet contemplation
Origami
Meditation Room
Play with Clay
Tipi time
Zentangle Drawing
THURSDAY MAY 23, 2024 - Evening
6:30 pm Doors open (Sculpture exhibit)
7:00 – 9:00 pm Opening Celebration: Readings by Kent Allen, actor. Dance performance by KSAMB Dance Company. Music by Lorne Deighton, guitar, Paddy Tutty, folk singer, Brett Graham, vibraphone. Opening of the Prairie Sculptors Association exhibit, with Paul Constable. Reception at 8:45 pm. Admission is free.
FRIDAY MAY 24, 2024 - All Day
10:00 – 10:30 am Sacred Smudge Ceremony with Lyndon J Linklater - outdoors
10:30 am – 5:00 pm Free drop-in activities (see above)
10:30 – 3:00 pm The Grosvenor Artists at work - free drop-in
10:30 am - 12:00 Neurographic Art workshop with Phyllis Baker
11:00 am – 12:00pm T’ai Chi Chih class with Donna Aldous
12:30 - 3:00 pm JOY! workshop with Shelly Manley-Tannis
12:30 - 3:30 pm Writing workshop with Belinda Betker
1:30 – 2:30 pm Storytelling with Lyndon J Linklater
3:30 - 4:30 pm Eco-spirituality with Shawn Sanford Beck
3:30 – 4:30 pm Slow Tea with Nobuko Iwai
3:30 – 5:00 pm Neurographic Art workshop with Phyllis Baker
3:30 - 4:30 pm Storytelling with Lyndon J Linklater
4:00 - 5:00 pm T’ai Chi Chih class with Donna Aldous
5:00 – 6:30 pm CHURCH CLOSED
6:30 pm Doors open. Labyrinth walk available.
7:00 – 9:00 pm Joyful Singing workshop with Coco Love Alcorn
SATURDAY May 25th, 2024 - All Day
10:00 am – 5:00 pm Free drop-in activities (see above)
10:00 am – 1:00 pm Acrylic Painting workshop with Doris Hasell
10:00 am – 1:00 pm Contemplative Cooking with dee Hobsbawn-Smith
10:00 am - 12:30 pm Cards of Encouragement workshop with Shelly Manley-Tannis
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Presentation: Making Dolls for children with Elder Maria Linklater
11:00 am – 12:00pm T’ai Chi Chih class with Donna Aldous
1:00 – 2:45 pm Mixed Media Sculpture with Zoltan Markan
1:00 – 3:00 pm Songwriting Workshop with Coco Love Alcorn
1:30 – 3:00 pm Photography Workshop with Glenn Kurmey
2:00 – 4:00 pm Birchbark Basket Making workshop with Lyndon J Linklater
2:00 – 3:00 pm Slow Tea with Nobuko Iwai
3:15 - 5:00 pm Wire Sculpture workshop with Lee Fuller
3:30 – 4:30 pm T’ai Chi Chih with Donna Aldous
4:00 – 5:00 pm Discussion Panel 1 - Connecting with the Land
5:00 – 6:30 pm CHURCH CLOSED
6:30 - 7:00 pm Doors open. Harp music with Chris Lindgren.
7:00 – 8:30 pm Free Flow Performance: Coco Love Alcorn, dee Hobsbawn-Smith, Lyndon J Linklater, Ken Neitz, Belinda Betker, Chris Lindgren.
8:30 – 9:30 pm Reception
SUNDAY MAY 26th, 2024 - All Day
9:30 – 10:00 am Labyrinth, Sculpture exhibit
10:00 – 11:15 am Church service, with special music by Coco Love Alcorn. Tipi time for children.
11:15 – 11:45 am Coffee
1:00 – 5:00 pm Free drop-in activities (see above)
1:30 - 2:30 pm Discussion Panel 2 - Embodying the Spiritual
1:00 - 5:00 pm Lanyard Beading Workshop with Marisa Merasty-Buffalo
2:00 - 4:00 pm Birchbark Basket Making workshop with Lyndon J Linklater
2:30 - 4:30 pm Creative Living: A Conversation workshop with Brenda Baker
2:30 - 5:00 pm Contemplative T-shirt Workshop with Rhonda Gallant-Morari
3:00 - 4:00 pm Runes, Roots and Reconciliation - Shawn Sanford Beck and Darcy Blahut
4:00 - 5:00 pm Slow Tea with Nobuko Iwai
5:00 - 5:30 pm Sacred Smudge Ceremony with Lyndon J Linklater
5:30 – 6:45 pm CHURCH CLOSED
6:45 pm Doors open
7:30 - 9:30 pm Coco Love Alcorn in Concert