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An online auction has been launched to help support a community-based arts centre.
The Creative City Centre (CCC) non-profit is auctioning off painted snowboards through its Art on Board project to raise funds for its capital campaign, which has a target of $1 million.
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Marian Donnelly was standing at Creative City’s future home at 1819 Cornwall St when she made the announcement. The centre was previously situated at 1843 Hamilton Street for nearly 15 years.
Donnelly said it was essential for Regina to have a space to support artists, from established ones, to those just starting their career.
“It’s really important that we have a place in the city where where art can happen,” Donnelly said.
Once renovated, the building will have an art gallery on the main floor, a performance venue, an artist-in residence studio and a classroom space.
Donnelly added that there would also be a recording studio, as well as a space for shooting photos and videos.
A total of 21 snowboards are on sale — all painted during the 2025 Frost Winter Festival in January.
Bruno Hernani is one of the contributing artists and said he was excited to see the space’s grand opening.
“This is just a way to build community and a community of artists and getting the residents involved as well, too,” he said. “So everyone is engaged in this type of arts project.”
Artist Cristian Barreno has been involved with Creative City Centre for more than a decade. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Cristian Barreno, who also painted several snowboards, said he was happy to be involved with CCC.
“It’s very exciting because it opens up the opportunity to have a better space. The other space was really nice, but this one is a little bit bigger,” Barreno said.
“There’s a lot of talent in the city, a lot of brilliant minds that make the place come alive. So we are very grateful for that.”
The new space, which Donnelly says was a former day spa, is 5,000 square feet per floor and has an elevator for accessibility.
The auction ends on April 10, a date by which Donnelly expects CCC to have its charitable status approved.
Twenty-one snowboards are on sale for the Art on Board auction. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
“We are turning over every rock to find funding programs,” she said. “We have done so many grant applications to different grant programs, we’ve (got $100,000) from the city. We’ve asked the province to match that.”
Donnelly said artistic spaces are crucial to the success of any city’s downtown and it has partnered with the Regina Downtown Business Improvement District.
She also said the space can be a tool for reconciliation and decolonization.
“We think that art is an excellent bridge between cultures. It’s a way for us to understand what we have in common,” Donnelly said.
“We all dance, we all sing, we all make music like let’s share that and celebrate that and learn about each other’s culture through art.”
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