Artist Groups: Community Development for Artists

By Marnie Badham for CARFAC SASK © November 2000
A need has been identified for informal discussion and support groups for visual artists. Communities of artists exist at many levels... they may be geographical, social, studio, media, task related or have many other focuses. The need for artist salons is regarded as critically important to the development and continued growth Artists in all areas of the province (rural and urban) and at all levels of development. These groups would provide support and interaction at a basic human level. For most of human history, people have done this, banded together in small social units. One person’s ideas can develop and inspire another’s and another’s. The original idea, with the group’s input, can become a very large and elaborate mechanism for community development.

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