Fasunhan Ibukun

Southern Artistic Director @Common Weal Community Arts

Regina, SK, CA

Common Weal is the only professional arts organization in Saskatchewan committed to socially-engaged practice. The importance of this cannot be understated. We are dedicated to a high standard of artistic merit, in part, so that this practice may be promoted as a legitimate contemporary art form judged by criteria that does not prioritize an object or traditional presentation. As participatory art practitioners, we value the process. The processes of socially-engaged collaboration, including exploration and expression of voice and identity, are as significant (or more significant) as a finished product or presentation. The artists we work with understand the mutual benefit of workshop and residency activity. They are able to contemplate differing perspectives and explore new areas of interest, while expanding their bodies of work and developing their capacity to connect with the public. We believe strongly in the capacity of artists to build authentic relationships with project participants, the impacts of which tend to have a ripple effect for years to come.

University of Lagos

Master's Degree, Design/Management

University of Regina

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Media and Artistic Research