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Our office is rather stuffy 🤧🤧

If you have been needing to retrieve artwork from VASU, know that we are more than happy to return your work to you! Please swing by during office ours, or reach out to us through our email.

The office is not built to be a collections, and we can’t properly store artwork in here for the long term. Many artworks have been left with us for over the years, and to give us some more air, we have decided to dispose these pieces after April 24th, 2027. So, if you’ve been needing to get your piece from us, now is the time!!

The exhibition will be at the Ground + 1st floor on all the walls and plinths that we can use within the Murray Library. They can display multiple mediums and are willing to help out with the setup and takedown alongside our amazing volunteers.

We are still in discussion about having silence in the gallery like we have always done. But for us to be able to have SILENCE! we need submissions!!

So, we will be extending the deadline to November 1st, as the auction will still be online for the sake of ease to receive and send payments out, and so that the team and I have enough time to input artwork into our website.

The reception at Louis’ will also have artwork for sale that you can ONLY bid and win in person (which could be yours!), to still give the vibe of what SILENCE! has been for 29 years.

Andrea Haughian Andrea Haughian is a self taught Métis artist who creates and sells art through her website: ahart.ca

Based in Southwest Saskatchewan, she paints beautiful works of art - such as the ones in this post! Show her some love over at Andrea Haughian 💗

Mural news article link: https://swiftcurrentonline.com/articles/mtis-artists-mural-brings-beauty-and-awareness-to-the-southwest

Chokecherry Studios Chokecherry Studios is a youth-founded, Indigenous-led non-profit in Saskatoon that provides space, support, and mentorship of young people in the inner city. Through art, culture, and community organizing, they empower youth to share their stories, grow their skills, and create change.

They have run silent auctions, youth programming including tipi teachings, powwow dance class, jewelery making, regalia making, wellness circles, and more!

Check out Chokecherry Studios to learn more, or to check out upcoming events!

It’s September 30th - Canada’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation - The University of Saskatchewan’s Campus sits on Treaty 6 Territory and Homeland of the Métis. VASU is one of the many clubs on this campus who are lucky enough to use and share this land. Thank you to the Métis, Cree, Dakota, Saulteaux, Assiniboine / Nakota, Lakota, and Dene people who make our living, learning, and supporting art here possible.

Please take this day to connect with and learn from your local Indigenous communities and peers.

Resources from USask:

Educational Resources:
https://indigenous.usask.ca/resources/resources.php

Indigenous Student Experience Day:
https://indigenous.usask.ca/indigenous-initiatives/indigenous-student-experience-day.php

Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Center:
https://students.usask.ca/indigenous/gorbsc.php

✨Hey Everyone!

As the new term begins and people come to learn about VASU existence, some people may have questions on who we are and what exactly we do?

To those queries we are glad to say we are hosting our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday, October 5th,2026 in the Arts building in room 101 🤩

This will be a great opportunity for you to meet our executive team in person, ask any questions you may have, on the fence about purchasing a membership or to just learn about what we do and what our goals are for the school year!

Everyone is welcomed to come, members and non-members alike!

SILENCE! Submissions..are now OPEN!

Are you a student artist (and a VASU member) looking to showcase your artwork? SILENCE! is now accepting submissions for this year’s exhibition!

Whether you’re a painter, photographer, sculptor, printmaker, multimedia artist. We want your artwork!

Submissions close October 17th at 11:59 PM.

Link will be in our caard!

SILENCE! needs YOU! 🫵🏻

We’re looking for volunteers to help make this year’s exhibition happen. 📺 (Note: you must be a VASU member in order to sign up)

Everything from event setup and takedown to gallery support, promotion, and more! VASU Members can also get up to 80% cut on when their artwork is sold during the auction if you submit work!

Link to Sign up will be in our caard!

Last year was a HOWL of a time 🐺
Let’s re-vamp and do it again!

VASU wants your hauntingly ghoul (as in cool) submissions for our Vamp sale. Vamp is VASU’s initiative to revitalize the 292 space, with sales going back to us and the artists who participate.

Deadline to submit artwork is October 22nd!
Check the link found in our bio 🧛
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Ps: reception will be another costume party. More info on that in the next full moon (as in soon) 🌕

SILENCE! has a whole new face. This year, SILENCE! will be done online, with some of the artwork that’s for sale will be showcased in Murray Library main and 1st floor, as well as the 292 Gallery during the week of Nov 16th-20th. Reception will follow at Louis’ on the last day of the auction.

Information regarding volunteer hours, submissions, and more will be sent out via email and posted here on our Instagram.

Link to the website will be on our caard soon!