Events & Resources
The Axis of Access
Helping artists and arts organizations begin building accessible practices.
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We are proud to announce the completion, in collaboration with Saskatchewan Arts Alliance, of The Axis of Access — a living, plain-language document that offers a welcoming entry point for learning about accessibility in Saskatchewan’s arts sector from a disability cultural perspective, with clear, actionable principles to help artists and arts organizations begin building accessible practices.
Culture Days
Voice with Traci Foster
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This intimately accessible workshop will support a deeper understanding of how breath and voice function and how this can contribute to well-being and self regulation. This will be the first of three evening sessions over the course of the Saskatchewan Culture Days window, each taught by a different artist with expertise in developing and using one's voice and using the voice to self advocate and creatively express. It will be facilitated by Traci Foster.
Culture Days
​BE HEARD: Somatics, Voice and Self Advocacy with Traci Foster
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Listen to Dis' founder Traci Foster will lead an intimately inclusion-focused workshop rooted in a creative and physical approach to voice. Traci is Canada's first certified Fitzmaurice Voicework™ instructor who explores her work through somatic art with a focus on where awareness, intuition, and action intersect. She has taught in Saskatchewan, Toronto, Vancouver, and Los Angeles.
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Participants will be led through a series of physical exercises (likened to yoga), using breath and voice as a first impulse, to learn how to feel safe and nurtured while expressing. This work will help develop your body and voice to vibrantly express and communicate with ease and pleasure in everyday life, in self-advocacy, and as a creative being. There will be a focus on, and discussions of, mindful approaches to maintaining embodied presence throughout the workshop. All work is trauma informed and is situationally adapted so everyone feels safe and welcome. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration is required. For any specific access needs or accommodations, please contact info@listentodis.com.
Culture Days
Listen to Dis' Voice with Kristel Harder
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This Listen to Dis’ Voice workshop will focus on exploring different ways of freeing your voice through body, breath, and singing exercises. We will look at things such as yawning, sighing, and other non-verbal sound expressions that explore how they influence freeing one's voice while helping to develop confidence in self expression.
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This will be the second of three evening sessions over the course of the Saskatchewan Culture Days window, each taught by a different artist with expertise in developing and using one's voice and using the voice to self advocate and creatively express. It will be facilitated by Kristel Harder.
Culture Days
Listen to Dis' Voice with Shannon Holmes
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This workshop will explore and inspire curiosity and creativity. Through playful vocal exploration, participants will have the opportunity to challenge any perceived limitations they may have around their voice and discover ways to open up their expressive capabilities - all in a welcoming and supportive environment. Reveal the potent power and possibilities of your voice!
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This will be the third of three sessions over the course of the Saskatchewan Culture Days window, each taught by a different artist with expertise in developing and using one's voice and using the voice to self advocate and creatively express. It will be facilitated by Shannon Holmes.
"I feel like I am free. I have found my voice. For the first time in my life I feel seen and
heard. I am part of the community now thanks to LTD’.”
Barry Lasko, Member