Riversdale Art Walk celebrates one of Saskatoon’s most eclectic and creative neighbourhoods, turning 20th Street and the surrounding blocks into a choose-your-own-adventure of art exhibitions, performances and interactive experiences. Artists, independent businesses, studios, and galleries throw open their doors, inviting people to wander, discover and experience Riversdale’s mix of cultures, makers, entrepreneurs and fiercely local energy. Come curious, follow the art, grab something to eat & drink along the way, and experience a neighbourhood where creativity doesn’t stay politely inside the gallery walls.

Don't forget to stop for food and beverages in one of Riversdale's finest, as you tour the community!

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Sponsored By: Tom Maltman

Questions can be addressed to Carrie at [email protected].

MAP

Welcome to Riversdale! Download the Art Walk map, which includes:Anthology Home Collection, Art Bar, Green Goddess Artisan Shop, Prism Coffee, Saskatoon Makerspace, The Little Market Box, Christina’s Art & Soul, Keitha McClocklin Art, Studio on 20th, M.T. Workshop, PAVED Arts, Gather Local Market, sīkwan artist-run centre (formerly AKA), White Buffalo Youth Lodge (in The Two Twenty), and Nefelibata Arts & Crafts.

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The parking lot at 20th Street W and Avenue B will be full of activity! Nuit Blanche will host an info tent, we'll have a sculpture garden where you can make your own sculpture, live performances, an augmented reality installation, projection by Chris Morin, and more!SEE THE PROGRAM FOR DETAILS

Sponsored By: Tom Maltman

Questions can be addressed to Carrie at [email protected].

PROGRAM

6:00pm Nuit Blanche Eve Launch at Gather Local Market

At Avenue B & 20th Street West you'll find:

• Nuit Blanche Information tent

• Traditional Indigenous games with Delano Kennedy (6pm - 8pm)

• "Bubbles and speak" projection by Chris Morin

• Worldcrust interactive sculpture making

• Live performances: see the schedule below

VENUES

Pop Up Art Installation – 221 20th St W
Featuring University of Saskatchewan students for Nuit Blanche Eve, showcasing drawing and augmented reality exhibitions. Find artist information on the Nuit Blanche website! Thanks so much to Round Table Development for making this space available.Anthology Home Collection – 126 20th St W
Anthology is presenting works by artist Linda Chartier and an interactive exhibition by the University of Saskatchewan's Museum of Antiquities.Art Bar – 229 20th St W
DON’T FORGET! is an interactive audio art installation featuring recordings from Saskatoon Story Jam storytellers. The stories range from intrusive thoughts and forgotten roommates to questionable nicknames, things received on trains, and other strange inventories of life. Pick up the receiver and see where it takes you. Time travel not guaranteed.
Followed by the Laugh Harvest Comedy Show at 9pm.Christina's Art & Soul — 213 19th St W
Visit the studio and art school of Christina Thoen, a recent inductee into the Prince Albert Arts Hall of Fame and professional artist for over 30 years. Attendees will be able to contribute their creativity to a painting that will be all about "LIGHT" - a painting that is a night scene - with the lights shining.Gather Local Market — 414 Avenue B S
Visit Gather Local Market, where you'll find amazing local food vendors that you can taste while you peruse works by Kathy Allen, Andrew Keith, Robynn Olson, and John Moffat.KATHY ALLEN: Select mixed media “key” sculptures from Kathy Allen’s 5000 Keys to Infinite Places project including framed keys, a wearable art embellished jean jacket, and some paper Keys to the Remarkable Door (made and sold in support of the Saskatoon Public Library).Green Goddess Artisan Shoppe – 504 20th St W
Stop by and enjoy the talents of 35 local artisans. Artist pieces include crystals, silversmithing, beadwork, ribbon skirts, moccasins and more. The shoppe itself feels like you are walking into a forest. Be welcome.Keitha McClocklin Art – 102-410 Ave C S
Visit Keitha McClocklin’s studio for an interactive exploration of art, money and value. What makes a work of art valuable? Beauty? Emotion? Demand?Concept? Skill? Time? Materials? Story? Who decides what it is worth? Does originality matter? Add your own response to questions about the relationship between art and money and become part of an evolving mixed-media project that will continue through Keitha’s fall events. While you’re there, try your hand at linocut printmaking, and take home a limited-edition print created especially for the event!PAVED Arts – 424 20th St W
"Words of Wisdom/Worlds of Visions" is a selection of videos from the Digital & Integrated Practice classes (USask). Included are works from the Animation & Digital Space class: a so-called “Pen”takistoscope (based on a phenakistoscope), hand-drawn and then digitally animated with a contemporary twist; and “Voice of Reason”, where students had to design, rig, and script a wisdom-spouting character in a motion capture animation software in response to a procedural animation that had been made in 3D animation software.Prism Coffee – 218 20th St W
Prism Coffee is celebrating the Canadian Country Music Awards with a western themed art exhibition featuring Lorna Conquergood, Cassandra Van Buekenhout, Brooke Nelson, and JingLu Zhao. They'll also host an interactive printmaking station where you can make your own prints!M.T. Workshop – 226A Avenue C S
MT Workshop is the showroom, studio and wood shop featuring the lighting, artwork, and ceramics made by Todd Gronsdahl and Megan Macdonald. Todd has shown his work all over Canada and the US, Megan's mid-century influenced ceramics have a robust following in California, NYC and all over the world! On March 20, they are sharing an unseen immersive light installation that will teleport you from their humble bunker on Avenue C!Nefelibata Arts & Crafts – 118 20th St W
Nefelibata is a cozy, thrifty, second-hand arts and crafts store with a focus on community.Saskatoon Makerspace – #130 209 Avenue D S
Saskatoon Makerspace is featuring artwork from six local artists during Riversdale Art Walk as part of Saskatoon PRIDE.sīkwan Artist-Run Centre – 424 20th St WStudio on 20th – 236A 20th Street W
The Studio on 20th is hanging a brand new show in preparation for Art Walk. They have an eclectic mix of art including: landscape, portraiture, abstract and floral. Their little gallery and 10 studio spaces is a hidden gem in the heart of Saskatoon! Come up and meet artists in their studio spaces; see how they work and what they make!The Little Market Box – 332 20th St W
Featuring an installation by artist Michael Brokop entitled Identity through Masks & Imagination. "The creation of art is spiritual, emotional, and empowering. I create through the exploration of various mediums; painting, mask-making, sculpture, and photography. Wearable masks are all "one of a kind" created using paper-mâché as a basic form, then adding a second layer using various material to enhance and create an identity. Come watch my mask-making process and browse my gallery at The Little Market Box!"The Two Twenty & White Buffalo Youth Lodge– 220 20th St W
Enter the Two Twenty coworking space (The Common) where youth from White Buffalo Youth Lodge with host a Rivesdale themed photo booth and art market!

Sponsored By: Tom Maltman

Questions can be addressed to Carrie at [email protected].

PROGRAM

1:00pm - 2:00pm Learn hoop dancing with JAY FOX corner of Ave D and 20th St W (in front of Little Chief Station)2:00pm - 3:00pm Traditional hand drumming and singing with Ambrose Metsikakus3:00pm - 4:00pm Jingle dress dancing with Kimowan AhenakewDavid Fineday from Smudge On will be present from 1pm - 4pm for anyone who wants to smudge and/or learn about this traditional ceremony!

MURALS

As part of the Riversdale Art Walk, we're transforming boarded up buildings into works of art with the creation of new murals. Thanks so much to the City of Saskatoon and SK Lotteries for making this project possible.CHIKAKO OGAWA was chosen from a public art call, and will be creating her work at 318 20th St W.JO VAN YOUNG To celebrate our partnership with Saskatoon Pride, we commissioned a mural from artist Jo Van, who will be creating at the corner of Ave C and 20th St W.BRODY BURNS will paint on the brick wall beside Oxbow Architecture. This mural is in partnership with the unique and fabulous art collective The 525.AZUL GONZÁLEZ and NIC PARADIS will collaborate on a mural at 318 20th St W, in partnership with Riversdale Chinatown. The artists met with a local building owner and heard his stories about growing up in the Chinese community in Riversdale. That connection served as inspiration for their work.Oxbow Architecture is commissioning another mural to be painted during the Art Walk in their new vestibule at the corner of Ave C and 20th Street. You can watch the work of JAMIE MERILEES come to life during the event!The Riversdale Community Association completed a community made mural, led by artist KASEY JOHNSTON. Their mural will be launched at the Riversdale Art Walk and you can find it on the corner of Ave C and 20th Street W!

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MEDIA KIT

Download the press release: June 23 2026 "Riversdale Art Walk transforms boarded up buildings to Works of Art"Media contact: Carrie Catherine, Shift Development 306-241-6297 [email protected]

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