Support Eastend Arts Council & Wallace Stegner House
E-Transfers are accepted to artscouncileastend@gmail.com
Your contribution directly supports Wallace Stegner House - our renowned artist residency that welcomes new creators from around the world each month. It also helps us deliver arts programming at Eastend School, offer local arts initiatives, and host cultural activities throughout the year. Your generosity keeps these programs thriving and helps us grow for the future.
Charitable receipts for eligible donations are available upon request through the email listed above.
Each month we are proud to present a public event where the current resident of Wallace Stegner House can give our community a glimpse into their creative process and inspiration. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for details about these monthly events. We hope you will join us to hear from these inspiring individuals.
Under the Roof
An Historic Writers/Artists Residency
Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and leading environmentalist. In 1989 his boyhood home in Eastend, Saskatchewan, was restored by Eastend Arts Council as a residence for visiting artists and writers. Since then, it has hosted more than 250 writers from around the world.
Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) was a prolific writer of novels, short stories, and works of nonfiction. Stegner lived most of his life in the United States, but the genesis of his inspiration as a writer can be traced to southwest Saskatchewan. Read more.
Eastend Arts Council
Eastend Arts Council is a volunteer-run, registered not for profit that owns and operates the Wallace Stegner House. The Eastend Arts Council enriches the community through supporting writers, artists, culture and heritage. Read more.
Eastend Arts Council gratefully acknowledges that we live and work on Treaty Four Territory and the Homeland of the Metis. We recognize the historical and systemic barriers encountered by many people in our society and welcome the inclusion of diverse voices. Wallace Stegner House stands on Treaty 4 territory and the homeland of the Metis Nation.
We acknowledge this land as the traditional territory of the Nehiyaw (Cree), Nakoda, Saulteaux, Kainai (Blood), Siksika (Blackfoot) and Lakota, among other nations. As Eastend Arts Council members, we honour and respect the Treaties, acknowledge the harms and mistakes of past and present, and dedicate ourselves to moving forward in a spirit of reconciliation and respect. As members of the Eastend Arts Council, we honour and respect the Treaties, acknowledge the harms and mistakes of past and present, and dedicate ourselves to moving forward in a spirit of reconciliation and respect.