TRAVELLING MENTORSHIP
Are you a rural artist looking for feedback in your studio? Do you want to discuss your art with a professional who understands the challenges and rewards of working in rural Saskatchewan?
CARFAC SASK’s Travelling Mentorship Program, funded by SK Arts, is designed to support the practices of artists working outside of major centres in Saskatchewan, offering critical engagement, peer-networking, and professional development. Participating artists can expect to present, discuss, and gain sustained feedback on their work and their personal artistic goals through two in-person studio/home-studio visits with the Travelling Mentor supported by ongoing remote one-on-one mentorship and group meetings.
CARFAC SASK is thrilled to announce artist Linda Duvall as CARFAC SASK’s 2025-2026 Travelling Mentor from September 1, 2025-June 30, 2026! The Travelling Mentor program welcomes Sask-based artist participants at any stage of their career, working in any medium, living on rural routes, hamlets, villages, towns, and cities other than Regina and Saskatoon to apply for this 10-month mentorship opportunity.
Application deadline is August 8, 2025.
LINDA DUVALL lives on Treaty 6 territory in Saskatchewan, Canada. Her work exists at the intersection of collaboration, performance and conversation. Duvall has completed art degrees at OCAD University, University of Michigan and Transart Institute. She has had exhibitions in Guatemala, Ireland, Barcelona, Slovenia, Berlin, Caen and across Canada. www.lindaduvall.com
CARFAC SASK aims to offer this program on a bi-annual basis, pending funding. Thank you to the internationally recognized Saskatchewan artists who have taken on the role of Travelling Mentor thus far!
2025-2026 Travelling Mentor: Linda Duvall
2023-2024 Travelling Mentor: Rob Froese
2020-2021 Travelling Mentor: Clint Neufeld
2018-2019 Travelling Mentor: Heather Benning
Linda Duvall, Drawing Time, as part of A Hole in the Ground, a site-specific serial collaboration for 10 artists, curated by Sheila McMath, artistic director of Inter Arts Matrix, inspired by Linda Duvall’s In the Hole (2017), Sandhills Park, Kitchener, Ontario, 2023: https://lindaduvall.com/drawing-time/
For more information about Travelling Mentor opportunities or questions about your application, email programs.sask@carfac.ca or follow us on Instagram and/or Facebook. The Travelling Mentor Program is made possible by SK Arts’ Artists in Communities fund, and supported by CARFAC SASK’s core funder: SaskCulture/ Sask Lotteries.