New public art installation - For As Long As The Grass Grows
The City and the Riversdale Business Improvement District are pleased to announce that a new sculpture entitled “For As Long As The Grass Grows” will be installed in late September on 20th Street West at Avenue B South. The new sculpture will contribute to the City’s growing public art collection and will serve to reinforce and enrich the emerging culture in the Riversdale area.
The public is invited to learn more about the sculpture and to meet Tony Stallard and Joseph Naytowhow at an Artists’ Talk on Saturday, August 20, 2:00 pm at Persephone Theatre, with additional artists performing following the talk.
According to artists Tony Stallard and Joseph Naytowhow, this new stainless steel, bronze and granite sculpture “serves as a reminder of the past but also invites individuals to look forward and to appreciate the natural gifts that surround us like the sun, the grass, and the rivers”.
To learn more about the City’s Public Art Program and/or to browse the collection, visit saskatoon.ca/publicart.
Artist biographies
Stallard Sculptures’ are an International concern combining their significant experience in public art management, fabrication, installation, and creative knowledge for major large scale site-specific sculptures. His works are site-specific sculptures, involving design systems that respond to the properties he discovers when researching and developing concepts for each commission. He has a full working experience of 35 years creating public artworks. Through these projects have conducted research and development within architectural and engineering practices, and engaged in design collaborations with urban planners and councils in the United Kingdom, Europe, and for several years abroad in Canada and the U.S.
Joseph Naytowhow is an award-winning Plains/Woodland Nehiyaw (Cree) Interdisciplinary artist from the Sturgeon Lake First Nation Band in Saskatchewan. His generosity and compassion for sharing cultural knowledge makes him a much sought-after speaker, performer, facilitator, and outdoor educator for adults and children alike locally, regionally and internationally. A long-time resident of Saskatoon, he has been playing music and telling stories, both tall and short, for over 35 years. In addition to his busy schedule of performances, festivals, workshops, and residencies, he has served as a cultural advisor to various institutions such as the Indian Teacher Education Program in Saskatoon, and multiple universities across turtle island. Joseph holds a Bachelor of Education degree from the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (ITEP). He is pleased to share his creative life experience, coyote trickster tendencies, and cultural knowledge when invited to do so.