Broadview -
Broadview School was awarded funding from the Saskatchewan Arts Board at the recent grant deadline. The school received an $8,000 TreatySmarts grant to do an outdoor art installation in the Qu'Appelle Valley, in which students will create and showcase symbolic art pieces from a stance they have taken on the prairie they are a part of, and join in a ritual: a dedication to the future, a Treaty.
The TreatySmarts initiative is part of ArtsSmarts Saskatchewan, which offers arts and education grants to schools, artists and community partnerships for innovative projects in any art form that bring K-12 students and professional artists together. This program is offered through a partnership among the Saskatchewan Arts Board, Saskatchewan Ministry of Education and SaskCulture.
At the fall 2009 grant deadlines, the Saskatchewan Arts Board awarded 140 grants to individuals and organizations, totalling more than $1.15 million. Grants support a variety of initiatives, including funding organizations that provide ongoing programs in the arts, the creative work of professional artists, community art projects and the engagement of professional artists to work in schools with students and teachers.
The Arts Board's mission is to cultivate an environment in which the arts thrive for the benefit of everyone in Saskatchewan. It serves the people of the province through programs and activities designed to build a strong and vibrant arts sector.
