LOCATION: Alleys between 2nd + 3rd Aves S and 20th + 21st Sts E
Concrete Roses
Two women hanging out in the desert by a stream. One is on the phone and the other is on a motor cycle.
Jillian Bogan is a artist from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Alongside her artistic pursuits, she pursued a degree in Biology, demonstrating her multifaceted interests and commitment to both science and art, which often intersected in her work. In 2023, Bogan returned to the University of Saskatchewan, where she obtained her BFA with high honours, solidifying her commitment to her craft and augmenting her artistic skills.
Jillian Bogan’s artwork delves into themes of femininity, emotions, and experimentation. Influenced by artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Helen Frankenthaler, and Miro, her work oscillates between portraiture, figurative art, and abstract expressionism.
Glengarry Building
NURTURING FRAGILITY
Each element – from the intricacy of flowers to the delicate fluttering of butterflies – works together harmoniously to convey a powerful message of appreciation for nature and the importance of caring for our planet. Pictured is a reflection of the interconnectedness and harmony that exists everywhere we look. The scene serves as a poignant reminder that even in challenging times, there is always hope to be found in the enduring beauty and resilience of the living world. The intrinsic patterns in nature are prevalent throughout all elements of the world around us. They can be seen in the way that leaves are arranged in a spiral on a plant, the way that the branches of a tree grow, or the intricate designs found in the wings of a butterfly. By recognizing and appreciating these patterns, we can gain a deeper understanding for the beauty and complexity of the world around us.
Ingrid Van Opstal-Tamez (she/her) is a Mexican-Canadian self taught multi-disciplinary artist and muralist originally from White City, Saskatchewan. This past fall, she became a new resident of Saskatoon. As a child, she was put into watercolor classes and that sparked her interest in the arts. Since then she has worked in many mediums, with a focus on acrylic and watercolor paintings. After working in the BC skiing industry for a decade, she returned home and came back to her art practice full-time during the pandemic. She has participated in numerous events and exhibitions showcasing her work in both provinces. Collaborating with other artists and organizations, she is also passionate about public community-based art and it’s ability through accessibility to reach a wide audience while engaging with members of local communities. Finding inspiration in the simplicity of the natural world, she creates expressive and bold work that celebrate the flora and fauna highlighting local ecosystems while preserving nature’s fleeting moments and dynamic beauty. Ingrid is delighted to find connection with an audience that may be able to relate to her style of vibrant colors and themes, while facilitating a dialogue with the public about pride and ownership in their communities.
Glengarry Building
PRAIRIE PRISME
I wanted to represent the prairies, and the boundless colors that exist. For it would be a waste not to see the whole spectrum of brightness that life has given me. A prism that may reflect into a rainbow was the structure for this piece.
Across every race, gender, age, religion, and identity. We are united under the same skies that are unlimited in their representation. Nature thrives and brimming is the abundance that lies within it. We live alongside it listening for the stories that are whispered by northern winds. Everyone’s path is different some of us are lost yet profoundly, found. Even if the paths we take are distant, we’ll walk this landscape, a magical prairie path. We grow like plants through the nurturing care of our surroundings. All of us are on our journey of change and transformation. It forms us like the twisting vines of the lines ached in the faces of those who have come before us. We carry on their DNA, in bones that groan through mounds of pressure. These sacred walked by merry feet. The blood of generations that have walked the prairies.
Winstons
SPRING THUNDERBIRDS
piyesiw is the Cree word for thunderbird. In the spring we start to call back the thunderbird in order to get the much needed rain that will be needed for all of the new life sprouting at this time of year. This piece showcases the thunderbirds bringing their medicine in order for the colourful spring flowers to bloom; teaching us that rain and thunder is needed before we see growth.
Jade Roberts (nīhithaw – Woodland Cree) is a digital illustrator, painter, and traditional artist. She is a member of Lac La Ronge Indian Band on Treaty 6 Territory currently living in Saskatoon. Jade’s artwork often depicts colourful florals or animals and is influenced by her Cree culture and the land. Many of Jade’s pieces are connected to stories and language as a way of honouring and remembering the teachings that have been passed down.
MyComply
BUSINESS OF THIEVES
Depicting the possibility of containing the intangible, like clouds, the work references states of dreaming. The clouds are a subtle nod to my hometown of Saskatoon, taken from the cities cloud scapes, skies that remain truly unbeatable in their capacity to inspire. The cloth that serves as the background of the work was made by my fathers mother, a grandmother who I never had the chance to meet, but who herself was a lifelong Saskatchewan resident.
Jared Boechler is a contemporary visual artist based out of Saskatoon, Canada.
He works and exhibits internationally, including New York, Asia, and Europe. He has recently been awarded working fellowships at Serlachius Museum, Finland, Sheen Center for Thought + Culture in New York, USA and Art Biotop – an ecologically focused resort in Japan. Boechler was recently recognized at the Governor General History Awards for his work, presided over by the Honourable Governor General of Canada, as well as presenting as the youngest exhibiting artist at NordArt, Germany. Using traditional methods in sharp contemporary context, Boechlers work challenges views of loneliness and isolation with an often subtle execution, resulting in works depicting circumstances that are at once banal and dramatic. Boechler’s most significant exhibition to date paired custom- designed scents alongside the original oil paintings they inspired. The olfactory element attached to this body of work introduced a largely new method of working in the world of contemporary art; a process led by scent influence. His current practice involves the use of traditional, installation, and olfactory art.
MyComply
GOOSE LOOP
An ode to an iconic resident of Saskatoon, the Canada Goose.
Based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Yonina Rollack pays tribute to the earth and its inhabitants, creating playful images that are both drawn from reality and an extension of her own inner world. Yonina holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan with a focus in printmaking.
Taverna
PAPER BOAT #2
“Paper Boat 2” is the second in a series of acrylic paintings that I do on occasionally on my birthday. The painting depicts several objects and figures floating in a galaxy-like sky. A paper boat carries a fox, which looks up toward a girl who until recently disembarked the vessel. The girl wears flowers in her hair, carries a lantern, and floats up with an umbrella towards a creamy glowing moon. Also joining the scene are two spirit foxes, which followed them from the forest in the previous painting.
Audra Balion is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist from Saskatoon. In 2013 she earned a BFA in Studio Art with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan. She studied in both the Fine Art and Drama departments, and works in many art spaces. In the world of fine art, she has studied drawing with traditional and digital mediums, painting in acrylic and watercolour, several forms of sculpture, printmaking, mixed media, comics, performance art, and wearable art. In the world of theatre, she has experience in theatre design areas of props, set, and costumes, acting, writing, directing, dance choreography, stage combat, and the making of and performing with puppets and masks. Audra will often combine her art and theatre backgrounds, in order to create captivating dramatic paintings and comics, and visually stunning theatre pieces. Conceptually, Audra enjoys exploring themes of post modern identity, mythologies, feminism, transformation, and mental health. Overall, she favours genres of fantasy, sci-fi, myth, surrealism, and steampunk. She has also worked as a graphic designer for over seven years, using her knowledge of visual art to inform her designs, to create designs that look good while conveying the correct tone and message.
Audra is keen on Visual Storytelling, often including narrative clues within her artwork. She also spent a decade creating a silent graphic novel called “Flight Nineteen,” which was created with visuals first, developing and driving the narrative. She received a grant from SaskArts toward the completion of Flight Nineteen, and won “Favourite Colourist 2021” from the Sequential Magazine for the fifth chapter.
Taverna
CONFETTI SQUARES AND BARS
Confetti Squares aka Peanut Butter Marshmallow Squares are quintessentially Saskatchewan. These paintings took inspiration from my childhood in rural Saskatchewan and the tradition of serving “dainties” at social events. Whether it be a wedding, funeral, farm auction, or daily 4 o’clock tea, square-shaped desserts baked by grandmothers were an excuse for gathering and conversation, as well as a connection between people, geographies, and time.
This series of sculptural acrylic paintings was originally created in the early months of a global pandemic at a time when we were unable to gather. By sharing an abstracted visual rendition of these delicacies I hoped to capture a spirit of both maternal care and childlike joy, as well as contribute to the nourishment of community in my home city and province.
Aralia Maxwell is a visual artist from Waseca, Saskatchewan/Treaty 6 Territory, currently based in Montréal, Québec/Tiohtià:ke. She received a BA from the University of Saskatchewan in 2015 and an MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in 2019. Following graduation, she has worked as a sessional painting instructor at NSCAD University. Maxwell’s artwork, research, and writing has been featured in numerous galleries, publications, and other platforms across Canada. Her honours include a Governor General Academic Gold Medal, as well as continued support from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Maxwell’s artistic practice draws attention to materiality, process, and aesthetic transformations. Utilizing acrylic paint as a primary ingredient, she works to blend and abstract vocabularies of fine art and consumerism. The intention is to better understand patterns in visual appetite. Playing with conventional expectations, Maxwell considers: How far can an image be pulled toward abstraction, while retaining a degree of representation? Where is the line between “tasteful” and “tasteless?”
Taverna
AFTER ARIES
After Aries is a digital photo-collage that combines my great-grandma’s creative practice with my own art practice. The Star of Bethlehem quilt in this photo was pieced and quilted by my great-grandma in 1920. I layered the quilt image with a photo of Lake Huron, an important place to my grandparents where we gathered as a family. The After Aries series is a means of communicating with loved ones after they are gone. Much like wrapping oneself in a well loved quilt, this artwork is meant to soothe and comfort.
Rachel Broussard is an artist working at the intersection of cultural memory and cultural futures as they work to bridge the gap between their slow-paced family traditions and what it means to be a human living during the accelerated Anthropocene. Broussard’s most recent work After Aries and Faded Love explores grief and healing after losing their maternal grandmother to dementia. This is their most direct photo series, documenting quilted artifacts from their Mennonite family in combination with elements of the natural world surrounding the quilts. Broussard’s work is primarily photo-based and ranges from found photo collage sculptures, Climate Anxiety and Adaptation, to site-specific digital photo installations, Tabbouli Rose Window. Rachel Broussard lives and works in Saskatoon, Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis.
Taverna
WOMENS WORK
With representation of strong indigenous women surrounded by the colors of the four directions, red face for our resilient MMIW and painted orange for thier stolen children. This piece showcases the history of colonialism and the pain the government causes with all indigenous people. In today’s society women are at the at the forefront of non profits, running fundraisers, gather for rallying and claiming back everything that was taken from them for generations. This is for the seven generations behind us and the seven generations ahead.Theres a new road, thanks to womens work.
From Treaty 4, Geanna Dunbar is a Cree-Métis spoken word, visual artist and entrepreneur from Regina, Saskatchewan. She works in mixed media collage, sculpture, acrylic, street art, chalkboard and window painting, and large-scale murals as well as Branding Scarification, Body Piercing, Machine Tattooing, Skin-stitch and hand poked tattooing. With a special interest in sustainable art and interdisciplinary community collaboration, Geanna often sets personal challenges that help her grow and deepen her relationship with her environment and with others. Her most recent work is the 300 Square foot path mural “The Path of Reconciliation” located on Scarth Street Walk Way in Regina, Saskatchewan
O’Shea’s
PINK TREES
Pink Trees is a rendition of a recurring theme within my art. The Birch trees with eyes is inspired by the fact that Birch trees look like they have eyes in their knots. I enjoy creating surrealist interpretations of our world, almost like a dream. For the current piece I wanted to portray the door being a doorway into somewhere else. Creating a path into the trees, like an escape to another world. I think this is particularly interesting subject matter to have in an alleyway in a city, as if nature and this fantasy world are calling you away from the concrete solitude of a cityscape.
Loganne Bihun has had a passion for the visual arts all of her life. Currently focusing on Acrylic paint, digital art, and ink drawings, but she enjoys any type of medium she can get her hands on. A surrealist at heart, she loves to explore dream like subject matter. Living with ADHD she was able to channel her messy mind into her art; making connections and mixing subjects together. Growing up in Saskatchewan’s far north, nature was and continues to be a big part of her life. Often seeping into her art, almost in an attempt to communicate the same wonder she felt as a child playing along the Athabasca landscape. Now residing in Saskatoon, Loganne sells painted dog portraits for people to enjoy with their fuzzy friends.
O’Shea’s
NIGHT VIPER
Night Viper is a love letter to retro science fiction and horror movie posters. This illustration was painted digitally with brushstrokes and textures intended to mimic tactile paint qualities.
Joel Hustak is a fantasy and science fiction illustrator. He specializes in character, creature, and environment illustration for the entertainment industry. Joel enjoys bringing his imagination to life using realistic lighting, texture, and form. The majority of his artwork is created painted digitally with a tablet and Photoshop. He also has a passion for using a variety of traditional mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolour, acrylic, and oil paint.
O’Shea’s
THUNDERBIRD GARDEN
Thunderbird Garden is an expression of heritage, history and future. As a force of nature, the Thunderbird acts as both creator and destroyer. The chaos of raging storms and booming thunder provides Mother Earth with the means to change, create and become new. Old growth can be washed away, allowing new life to spring forth. This gift is powerful and can be reflected by Saskatchewan’s own motto: Land of the Living Skies. Change and growth are important not only for our survival as shepherds of this Earth, but for planet itself. Thunderbird Garden is an attempt at capturing the beauty of new beginnings and how life can carry on even through the darkest storms.
I am James Desjarlais, a 30 year old indigenous artist from Saskatoon. The art I create is drawn from the lessons and teachings that have been passed down to me; from elders and knowledge keepers to the environment itself. Personally, I have felt the intergenerational trauma from Residential Schools and systemic racism, and have grown up in an environment where these challenges were present in the homes of my friends and peers. In these settings, particularly in communities such as Pleasant Hill, I see myself reflected in the people and my artwork is an expression of these life experiences. I have been greatly inspired by my personal history with the Residential School System and the damage systemic racism has caused, and I believe through art and expression we can all begin to heal.
F + B
YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER
Yellow-shafted Flicker – Oil on canvas. Original painting is 18×24 inches. The painting features a flicker on a branch in the fall with some light snowflakes floating down. Reference photograph by Tyler Schwark.
Kathleen Kelly is a tattooist and fine artist in Saskatoon, SK. She enjoys a variety of art media, including graphite, watercolour, gouache, acrylic, oils, digital media, and tattoo. She was a resident artist in the Artists in Place: The Bunkhouse Project in summer of 2023, during which time she worked on oil paintings of native Saskatchewan birds. Her body of upcoming work will focus on the same theme – native Saskatchewan birds in oil and graphite – and will be available to view at Hues Art Supply in April of 2025.
Batemans Jewellers
IA ZHWAY (JOY)
The vibrant colours and intricate details in this piece embody the essence of indigenous culture, depicting a joyful celebration of the changing seasons. The colours dance much like a prairie sunset, bringing to life the beauty of nature’s transitions. You can almost feel the warmth of the sun on your skin and hear the laughter of the people gathered in harmony with the land.The dancer’s movements, like a dance with the prairie itself, harmonize effortlessly with the wildflowers, creating a mesmerizing visual symphony of colour and grace. It serves as a reminder of the interconnectedness between humanity and the natural world, inspiring a sense of gratitude for the gifts that each season brings.
This is my joyful tribute to the sacred connection between the dancer, the land, and the enduring spirit of the prairie.
Madison Rayne Pascal is an emerging Saulteaux Métis artist based in Regina, SK. Working mainly in painting and drawing, her practice examines the emotions surrounding her identity and mixed ancestry. Madison’s poetic and detailed images invite the viewer to share in the intimacy of her experiences, connecting through the immortalization of nostalgic objects and the preservation of treasured memories. She works from her studio in downtown Regina, Sk.
St Tropez Bistro
