Finding City

Finding City was a non-profit arts organization that built relationships between artists and the larger Saskatoon community through collaborative projects focused on the experience of contemporary urban living. Through our projects we formed numerous projects - with galleries, conservation agencies, social justice organizations, and many others. Finding City’s main period of activity occurred in 2015 through residencies with four Vancouver-based creatives as part of The Conversation Series.

The Conversation Series

The Conversation Series was a program of collaborative projects and discussions with visiting artists and writers, co-hosted by Finding City and Void. By allowing us to see through the eyes of those unfamiliar with our city, the project looked to unsettle our existing perceptions of Saskatoon, creating opportunities for new discussions on how we interact with the city and each other while providing an inclusive space through participatory art projects and roundtable discussions.

The Conversation Series involved four Vancouver-based creatives: writer Darren Fleet and artists prOphecy sun, Monique Motut-Firth, and Jay White. Building from their current practices, their projects explored Saskatoon's environment and ecologies, ranging from our visual ecology - how we represent ourselves through print communications including posters and brochures - to the hidden ecologies of urban wildlife.

As each of the visiting creatives brought practices uncommon in Saskatoon, in addition to public events they made time available to work and meet with local artists and writers. These meetings will involved alternative forms of education and knowledge-sharing — from storytelling to experiential learning — to support and strengthen Saskatoon's creative community.