Digital Art Projects from the MacKenzie Art Gallery

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This note was created as part of interConnect, a collaborative inquiry into digital transformation. Learn more in the box at the end of the text.

The MacKenzie Art Gallery has led a number of digital art projects supporting digital art literacy and development. This includes Landscapes of Digital Art, the result of two years of digital programming from the Gallery that was initially designed to expand digital art literacy across Saskatchewan. Funded by the Canada Council for the Art’s Digital Strategy Fund, the project has evolved from in-person digital arts workshops to online programs, and now exists as a digital publication of dozens of resources and artist-led conversations. Over a two-year period, the Gallery’s Digital Consultants, Cat Bluemke and Jonathan Carroll, experimented with a variety of online programming forms including virtual screenings, workshops, artist discussions, and digital artist-in-resident initiatives. This included the Ender Gallery and DAiR: v1 Video Games by Artists digital art residencies. As a result, these programs highlighted dozens of contemporary digital artists, scholars, and curators—presenting their ideas to a Saskatchewan audience within a global context.

The Gallery is currently developing its Digital Exhibitions Toolkit and Art Installation Launcher (DETAIL) project with support from the CCA’s Digital Strategy Fund. DETAIL will be available to the public in late 2024. 

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• This note was nurtured by the discussions that took place during interConnect workshops, particularly those of co-learning group 1.1. 
• Note contributed by Cat Bluemke.
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The interConnect initiative was led by the Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA). The views expressed in this note are those of the author(s) and not official IMAA recommendations.

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*interConnect était une initiative bilingue. Cependant, en raison de la quantité de contenu créé au cours du projet, et compte tenu des contraintes budgétaires et de la capacité de l'équipe, toutes les notes n'ont pas été traduites.