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Lindsay Arnold is a multidisciplinary, Canadian-American artist living, working and creating in North Portal, Saskatchewan. Over the span of her 20 year career, Lindsay has used painting, drawing, filmmaking, and songwriting to share stories from a female vantage point. Her work, which includes artist books, paintings, videos and songs, has been exhibited and performed throughout Canada and beyond.
Lindsay is a vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. She is member of the Saskatchewan folk groups, Hook & Nail and Last Birds. Hook & Nail was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award in 2020 for their debut album Ghosts of Taylorton. Last Birds released their first EP in April 2021. The duo received Saskatchewan Music Award and Sask Country Music Award nominations in 2021. Lindsay recently received a SK Arts grant in support of her most current songwriting project for Last Birds.
Lindsay has exhibited her drawings and paintings in group and solo exhibitions throughout Canada and the US. Her work is in the SKArts permanent collection and private collections around the world.
Lindsay’s film work includes making music videos as well as stop motion films. Her most recent stop motion project, The Messenger, was part of augmented reality exhibition hosted by the Art Gallery of Regina.
C.V.
EDUCATION
1997 Cinema, Television, Stage & Radio, Southern Alberta Institute of Tech., Calgary, AB
2018 Arts Entrepreneurship and Business Development Course, Sask Arts Board
MUSIC
Experience
2019-present Lyricist, Composer, Vocals, Guitar: Last Birds, Folk/Americana duo
2018-present Lyricist, Vocals, Guitar: Hook & Nail, Folk trio
Recordings
2021 BG Vocals: Jeff D. Michel, Song: Never Had a Chance, Release Date: Sept 24, 2021
2021 Author/Composer/Guitar/Vocals: Last Birds EP, Release date: April 16, 2021
2021 Guitar/Vocals: Winter Showcase: Live Performance Video, Sask Music, Jan 2021
2021 Author/Composer/Guitar/Vocals: Wedding Day, Single release: Jan 22, 2021
2020 Guitar/Vocals, Creative City Centre SMMART program, Live Performance Video, Nov 20
2020 Co-Writer/Guitar/Vocals: Worry About It, Single release: Oct 16, 2020
2020 Vocals/Guitar: Sasktel Max Local on Demand: Acoustic Saskatchewan Series: Air date Sept 2020
2019 Co-Writer: Paymaster’s Gold; music for Sasktel campaign Plan to be Different
2018 Lyrics/Vocals: Hook & Nail; Ghosts of Taylorton; 9 song EP released Sept 28
Performances (selected)
2021
Come Together, El Mocambo, Toronto, ON, Nov 15
Turvey Centre, (with JJ Voss) Regina SK, Oct 8
Estevan Legion, Aug 28
Orpheum Theatre (with Jack Semple), Estevan SK, Aug 26
Bow Valley Jamboree, Oxbow, SK Aug 7
Folk Unlocked Artist Showcase, Folk Alliance International, Feb 23
Breakout West Spotlight Showcase, Folk Alliance International, Folk Unlocked Feb 22
Live and Local Wednesdays with JJ Voss, Livestream concert Jan 20
Saskatchewan Music Awards, Jan 23
2020
SaskTel Max: Acoustic Saskatchewan series concert
FACTOR and SaskMusic’s International Women’s Day Concert, Artesian, Regina, SK
Telemiracle 44, Regina, SK
Open House Livestream Series, presented by SaskMusic, CBC Sask & Creative Sask
Live From the Anexx, Livestream Matinee Oct 18
The Happy Nun, Forget SK
United Way Telethon, Estevan, SK
2019
Whiskers and Wine, Estevan, SK
Creative City Centre, Regina, SK
The Happy Nun, Forget, SK
Big Day at the Farm, Rosthern, SK
Gateway Festival, Bengough, SK
Rafferty Rumble, Estevan, SK
Awards and Grants
2021 Nominee, Alternative Country Album of the Year, Saskatchewan Country Music Awards
Nominee, Group of the Year, Saskatchewan Country Music Awards
Nominee, Roots/Folk Artist of the Year, Saskatchewan Music Awards
Independent Artist Grant, SK Arts
2020 Nominee, New/Emerging Artist of the Year, Hook & Nail, Canadian Folk Music Awards
2018 Ghosts of Taylorton: Ranked #4 in the Sask Music’s Best Sask Albums of 2018 List
Charts
Last Birds
Last Birds EP #1 Kansas Public Radio's Current Folk Releases July 28/21
Last Birds EP , #19 Roots Music Report Folk Albums Chart July, 2021
Last Birds EP, #9 Roots Music Report Canadian Albums July 2021
Last Birds EP #13Roots Music Report Contemporary Folk Chart
Last Birds EP #20 CJAM 99.1FM Windsor Top 30 Chart
Hook & Nail
Ghosts of Taylorton #2 CFBX-FM (Kamloops, BC) Folk/Roots/Blues Chart, Feb 5, 2019
Ghosts of Taylorton #8 CFBX-FM (Kamloops, BC) Top 30 Jan 29, 2019
Ghosts of Taylorton #13 CFBX-FM (Kamloops, BC) Top 30 Feb 5, 2019
Ghosts of Taylorton #3 on the CFRU-FM (Guelph, ON) Folk/Roots/Blues Chart May 14, 2019)
VIDEO
Worry About It, 2020, 4:05, music video, co-director, editor
Deby Arnold: The Sewist, 2020, 23:23, documentary, Director, Videographer, Editor
Screenings:
2020 Estevan & Weyburn Culture Days
The Messenger, 2020, 1:26, stop motion digital video
Screenings:
2020 Moving Pictures, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK
Oh Well:Lockdown Version, 2020, 3:54, original music video, Last Birds, Director, Videographer, Editor
Screenings:
2020 Protest Songs, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON
Ride, 2019, 4:34, original music video; Hook & Nail, Director, Videographer & Editor
Table Dance, 2017, 3:12, stop motion digital video
Screenings:
2018 Tedium, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK
2018 Tedium, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2018 Sled Island Music & Arts Festival, Calgary, AB
2017 21st International Video Festival VIDEOMEDEJA, Novi Sad, Serbia
2017 WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Winnipeg, MB
2017 Quickening, Experimental Animations by Mothers, Chicago, IL
2017 Shorts!, PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital art, Winnipeg, MB
VISUAL ARTS
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Tedium, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK
2018 Tedium, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2017 Tedium, Taube Museum of Art, Minot, ND
2017 Tedium, STM Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2016 Heirlooms, Hollow Earth Gallery, AlsoAsWellToo Artist Book Library, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Rooted: The Daphne Dilemma, curated by Griffith Aaron Baker
The Mann Art Gallery, Prince Albert, SK
2014 Through the Looking Glass, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, SK
2012 Garden Immaculate, toured by the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Council’s Arts on the Move Program to 15 Saskatchewan venues
2010 Rooted, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, SK
2005 Weeds, Melville Community Works, Melville, SK
Group Exhibitions
2020 Moving Pictures, Curated by Sandie Moore, Art Gallery of Regina
2019 Uncommon Thread, Curated by The Jealous Curator, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2017 Broken Hearts, curated by Elke McGuire, Art Gym, Denver, CO
2016 Works on Paper, MAWA Members Showcase, Winnipeg, MB
2016 Hearth, curated by Jenny Western, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, SK
2014 Working Moms, curated by Jeff Nye, Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre,
Regina Beach, SK
2011 Mind the gap!, by Amanda Cachia & Jeff Nye, Dunlop Art Gallery, Ottawa Art Gallery
2009 Mind the gap!, by Amanda Cachia & Jeff Nye, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2007 Connections of Spirit, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, SK
2004 The Uncanny Landscape, toured by the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Council’s Arts on the Move Program to 15 Saskatchewan venues
2004 Visions: As We See It, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum, Estevan, SK
Public Art
2010 Visions of Roche Percee, Vision Art Guild collaboration, Village of Roche Percee
2006 Visions of North Portal, Visions Art Guild collaboration, North Portal Community Centre
2005 Grandview, Community Art Project, permanent installation North Portal Community Centre
Publications and Media
2018 Tedium, Holly Fay, Essay by Jenny Western, Exh.cat. Regina, SK: Art Gallery of Regina
2017 Danielle Krysa, Lindsay Arnold: what’s the why, Art For Your Ear, podcast audio, October 20,2017, http://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/2017/10/20/whats-the-why/
2017 Crochet Concupiscence. (2017 Jul 2), Enjoy! Pretty Little Video of Doilies Dancing from Artist Lindsay Arnold, http://www.crochetconcupiscence.com/2017/07/enjoy-pretty-little-video-of-doilies-dancing/
2016 The Jealous Curator. (2016 Dec 15), Lindsay Arnold http://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/2016/12/15/lindsay-arnold-2/
2016 Eat Your Arts and Vegetables, (2016) CKUW 95.9FM Winnipeg, 26 May
2016 The Jealous Curator. (2016 Mar 14), Lindsay Arnold http://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/2016/03/14/lindsay-arnold/
2015 October’s Best Vine (Bloom), AkimboTV’s #6SECGLORY Competition
2012 Garden Immaculate, By Lauren Fournier, OSAC, Regina, SK
2009 Mind the gap!, By Amanda Cachia, Exh. cat. Regina, SK: Dunlop Art Gallery
Collections
2019 Wearing, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2015 Best Kept Under Wraps, Up to Her Standards, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2010 The Stifled, The Hypocrite, The Wielder, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum
2006 Weeds, Meyers Norris Penny LLP
2005 NWMP Map Project, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum
Grants
2018 Market Travel Grant, Creative Saskatchewan
2015 Individual Artist Project Grant: Saskatchewan Arts Board
Professional Experience
2016-17 Visual Arts Committee Member, Estevan Arts Council
2016-17 Board Member, CARFAC Saskatchewan
2015-16 Advisory Committee Member, Artist in Residence Program, Estevan Arts Council
2015 Participant, CARFAC Mentor in Residence Program, Mentor Adrian Stimson
2008-15 Art Instructor, Estevan Arts Council, Weyburn Arts Council
2009-10 Bookbinding & Wheat Paste Mentorship with Martha Cole, Disley, SK
2006-08 Gallery Educator, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum
2005-06 CARFAC SK Mentorship with Mentor Holly Fay, Regina, SK
2005-19 Organizer, Visions Art Guild Annual Artist Retreat, North Portal, SK