V.I.B.E. Arts Camp

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WEEK 1: July 21 – July 25, 2025

WEEK 2: July 28 – August 1, 2025


Hours: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Lunch Included
The Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange 2431 8th Ave
Aged 6 – 12


ABOUT THE CAMP: At V.I.B.E. camp, we will explore the arts in all forms – not just visual and performance arts, but also martial arts, culinary arts, and life skills, all rooted in creativity. This camp is all about helping kids build confidence, learn essential life skills, and discover the joy of creative expression. Whether we’re whipping up something tasty in the kitchen, honing basic skills, or creating masterpieces, we look forward to inspiring the next generation of young learners and artists!


ABOUT THE DIRECTORS: Hi, we are Dallas and Darian and we are so excited to be running this year’s V.I.B.E. Summer Kids Art Camp! With each of us having teaching experience, we’re passionate about helping kids grow through creativity, exploration, and hands-on learning.


We both bring unique skills and experiences to camp. Dallas has been teaching for six years in Regina, and also coaches martial arts, promoting a balanced approach to physical, mental, and creative development. Darian also has six years of teaching experience, including two years abroad in London, UK. We both have a passion for play-based learning and exploration, as well as the arts. We know our love for the arts will help create an engaging and fun environment for kids.


We can’t wait to see you at camp!

Please ensure that you have filled out the registration form on our website so that we have all of your details!
https://www.vibeartscamp.ca/TheExchangeLive.ca


Congratulations Zandra Kaszas!

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Congratulations to our very own Zandra Kaszas for being the recipient of the 2024 WCMA Heritage Award!

“We are thrilled to present the 2024 WCMA Heritage Award to acclaimed concert presenter, Zandra Kaszas .

⁠⁠Zandra Kaszas is an independent concert promoter, venue manager, and fierce champion of live and local music. She has had a long, storied career that has evolved organically from producing the celebrated television program e-clips which ran for 10 years and featured interviews with the likes of Metallica, Michael Buble, Slayer, and Glen Campbell to founding Zandra Productions and bringing countless internationally renowned metal bands to Saskatchewan including Behemoth, Mayhem, Kreator, and Nevermore. She also manages The Exchange, one of the longest running all-ages venues in Canada. “

A celebration of the art of Roger Ing

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A celebration of the art of Roger Ing

October 19 – November 10, 2023
Extended through Christmas.


The Club – 2431 8th Ave

Opening reception – Thursday, October 19th from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Video screening of Roger Ing’s Utopia documentary at 7:30 pm

Bring your own Roger Ing art for show and tell.


Roger Ing was born in a small village outside of Guangzhou, China in 1933. He immigrated to Canada in 1950, first working in his father’s restaurant in Regina. Later, he and his wife, Mei, opened the New Utopia Cafe where Ing did the majority of his artwork.

In his formative years, Ing learned the traditional bamboo brush painting style of art, which influenced much of his work. In Canada, he immersed himself in painting and studying with Ken Lochhead, one of the Regina Five artists, who introduced him to Abstract Expressionism. Ing developed his own style referring to it as “Rogerism” or “Roger Style.” Studio, gallery, restaurant: the New Utopia Cafe was one and the same for Ing for 23 years. When he wasn’t out front serving customers, he was in the back creating new Rogerisms of his favourite subjects: tigers, dancers, sunflowers, birds, nudes, Frankensteins, or Mona Lisas. When his restaurant was closed because of health code issues in the summer of 1993, he continued to work at home.

Over the years Ing had many exhibitions, including as a contributor of a Saskatchewan Arts Board show at the MacKenzie Gallery in 1962, as well as having solo exhibitions at The Bridge Gallery in 1993, Regina’s Albert Library in 1988 and 1989, plus several in the Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange Society Club Gallery in 1988, 1992, and 1996. In 1998 Ing had his first solo exhibition in a major gallery at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, in conjunction with a screening of a documentary Roger Ing’s Utopia about him and his work.

He became a culture-hero to many in Regina’s artistic communities and is remembered for his eclectic collection and unique style. Roger Ing died in Regina in 2008.

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About the Exchange

Proof of vaccination is no longer required.

Masks are encouraged.

The Exchange is wheelchair accessible and offers 2 non-gender/wheelchair-accessible washrooms.

The Exchange is an all-ages venue that supports the Safer Spaces Initiative. We do not tolerate any form of harassment, abusive and/or discriminative behaviour. Such behaviour is grounds for immediate removal from the event/venue. If you are experiencing any harassment please ask to speak to a manager.

The Exchange – Community Feedback Survey.

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The Exchange – Community Feedback Survey. The Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange (SCE) is a community based arts organization that aims to deliver artistic programs to the people of Saskatchewan. The SCE owns and operates The Exchange in Regina and delivers community based arts programming across Saskatchewan. 


The Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange believes that everyone has the right to feel safe and included when accessing our programming and venue. We are committed to providing each patron, guest, artist and employee a welcoming experience regardless of gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religious beliefs, physical disability, mental disability, marital and/or family status and source of income. To ensure we are living into this, the SCE Board of Directors is currently seeking feedback from the community we serve to help inform the development of a Safer Spaces & Inclusion Policy. Please take a few minutes to fill in the survey below and let us know how we are currently doing, what gaps there might be and what we should focus on to ensure a safe and inclusive space for the community we serve. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctFiEWsqbLxJzcMOcnRE5MqEvSscq-vp0he6uk_f6NWqwbaA/viewform

SEEKING ARTISTS FOR FALL WORKSHOP TOUR 2023

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For more than 40 years, the Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange Society has been pivotal within the Saskatchewan Arts scene for providing meaningful artist engagement for remote and under-served communities.

That tradition continues.

SCES is currently seeking artists to go on the road for the much anticipated Artist Workshop Tour in the Fall of 2023.

SCES is seeking a visual artist, dancer, storyteller, theatre artist and a musician. Each will travel together as a cohesive Artist Troupe visiting several schools in, mostly rural and northern Saskatchewan, for a six-week period between mid-September to the end of October.

Artists need a current criminal records check and to be available for travel and overnight stays, also, experience in working with students in a classroom setting is essential.

Interested? Find out more by emailing for details – carol@culturalexchange.ca by April 30th.

Preference will be given to artists who reside in Saskatchewan.

Emerging Talent Showcase for Regina area rap/hip hop artists.

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On Cue Performance Hub, in partnership with SaskMusic, is organizing an evening of music and dance at The Exchange on January 14.

In keeping with On Cue Performance Hub’s mandate to create space on Regina stages for emerging and underserved artists, this call is directed to musicians who have had limited professional opportunities for public performance and showcasing their work.

Submissions from bands involving artists who self-identify as Indigenous, Black, visible minorities, newcomers, Deaf or disabled (visible or invisible disabilities), women, non-binary, age or gender diverse are encouraged.

This will be a fundraising event for Regina General Hospital’s mental health unit (1D). Artists selected will be compensated for their performance.

Submission Deadline: Midnight December 5, 2022Learn more: https://airtable.com/shr5EKaYlN1KT31c7

Huge Congratulations to Past Arts Program Artist Catherine Blackburn!

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Catherine Blackburn makes the Sobey Art Award longlist!!! Fingers crossed!
 SOBEY ART AWARDS LONG LIST
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The artists gain valuable exposure to leading art professionals in Canada and abroad, as their portfolios are reviewed and judged by the jury, chaired by National Gallery of Canada’s Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Josée Drouin-Brisebois. The 2019 jury is composed of Peter Dykhuis, Director/Curator, Dalhousie Art Gallery, for the Atlantic Provinces; Jo-Ann Kane, Curator, National Bank Collection, for the Quebec region; Swapnaa Tamhane, Independent Curator, Artist, and Writer, for the Ontario region; Lindsey Sharman, Curator, Art Gallery of Alberta, for the Prairies and the North region; Nigel Prince, Executive Director, Contemporary Art Gallery, for the West Coast and Yukon; and international juror, Henriette Bretton-Meyer, Curator, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark.

“I am so proud of the 2019 Sobey Art Award jury for its work on a compelling and provocative longlist of Canadian artists,” said Drouin-Brisebois. “This year’s list is certain to stimulate curiosity and debate. Through its international residency program, exhibition of the finalists, and its cash prizes, the Sobey Art Award has an invigorating impact on the artists recognized by the jury for their innovation and creativity. The National Gallery is looking forward to partnering with the Art Gallery of Alberta to bring an inspiring exhibition for our first time to this part of the country.”

The five shortlisted artists will be announced June 12 and the international residencies recipients will be revealed on September 18. The Sobey Art Award finalists’ exhibition will be on view from October 5, 2019 to January 5, 2020 at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton. The grand prize winner of the 2019 Sobey Art Award will be announced at a gala held at the Art Gallery of Alberta on November 15, 2019. The Fogo Island Arts residency winner will be announced in the weeks following the gala.