R.A.P (Rhythm & Poetry) is a one of a kind hip hop performance, including live freestyle bars and written rhymes from several talented emcees (ZHE the Free, Happy Jamaly, Big Tones, RUGA.PIE & Rowan Mansell) accompanied by a DJ and breaking features. Unique to each audience, this performance will showcase the energy of a live Cypher and engage the crowd in creative collaboration through the elements of hip hop.

This collection of woodcut prints by Jeni Ly and Jacob Semko celebrates the colourful nuances of the sky and ground seen from a Saskatchewan perspective. Using modern technology to complement traditional printmaking methods, artist duo Jeni Ly and Jacob Semko strive to capture the feeling of familiarity, calmness, and the heavenly ethereal shapes of the prairie sky we have all experienced while travelling on our province’s flat highways.

Ag-West Bio is Saskatchewan’s bioscience industry association and bioeconomy catalyst. We invest in agrifood and bioscience innovation -- and this will be our fifth year of presenting Beautiful Science at Nuit Blanche as part of our celebration of Global Biotech Week.

Saskatoon Open Door Society is a non-profit organization serving refugees and newcomers to Saskatoon. Through creative art projects, we bring together people of different backgrounds and from all walks of life to build more diverse, inclusive, and peaceful communities.

Two Bees Productions formed in 2023 in Saskatoon. Led by Danova Dickson and Judith Schulz, Two Bees passionately makes excellent theatre that makes people feel and think. They’re now working towards their second production, Yaga, by Kat Sandler, exploring themes of mystery and feminine power through stories of Baba Yaga.

Rebecca La Marre is a queer, Canadian artist who stages experiments to research how words impact bodies. She uses clay and text to give form to questions, like what it means to be a person in the world and how ideological structures, language, and ritual shape experience.

Barbara Reimer is a Canadian artist working in photo, installation, and sometimes sculpture and markmaking.

Analog Hermit is the architect of what he calls, "The Video Monster". Using this "Video Monster", the Analog Hermit creates video jams: a nostalgic, late-night channel surfing experience that pulls old footage from his VHS collection. Playing back 16 live feeds from VCRs, cameras, and retro computers, everything runs through analog tv switchers to keep that analog warmth. Along with glitch effects and scrambled transitions, you'e going to think you woke up from a fever dream watching satellite tv in the 90s. So, get ready to scrape the mental mucus from your brain.

Jean-Sébastien Gauthier is a Saskatchewan-based artist working in sculpture, new media, and collaborative practices. Grounded in personal history and place, his work explores memory, technology, and shared authorship. He engages with materials, processes, and people to question how meaning is made through art, conversation, and care.

HYPERART is an artist collective led by Franco-Manitoban artist and producer Rayannah and media artist Stephanie Kuse. Since its inception in 2022, HYPERART has worked to curate, produce and present multidisciplinary performances, installations and residencies. Their annual HYPERART event, a micro-festival taking place during Nuit Blanche Winnipeg, brings together music, visual art, digital art, drag, and movement in the heart of Saint-Boniface.

Qiming Sezava Sun is a Canadian visual artist and a practicing witch based in Saskatoon on Treaty 6 territory. Working cross-disciplinarily through painting, drawing, sculpture, land art installation, performance art, and jewelry crafting, Sun’s work draws inspiration from nature, animalistic paganism, and queer symbolism. Sun’s practices explore the intrinsic connection between the human body and Mother Nature, navigate the enigmatic and often misunderstood traditions of occult origins, and create theatrical compositions to visually narrate those forgotten mythos of dark intrigues. Sun received his Master of Fine Art and High Honours Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Saskatchewan.

Jane Reväe McWhirter is a multidisciplinary artist from Treaty 6 territory. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts from Concordia University in Montréal. Jane uses art as an outlet, exploring various mediums while channelling emotion into her work. Her work explores themes of healing, vulnerability, connection, playfulness, and growth.

Naaz Sedaghatkerdar is an interdisciplinary artist , pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Saskatchewan. Her work explores themes of identity, belonging, displacement, dislocation and the immigrant experience, drawing on her personal journey from Iran to Canada. Through visual art, performance, and storytelling, Naaz weaves together a tapestry of her experience.

Cat C. Haines describes herself as "an academic/artist/activist weirdo", and a filmmaker on Treaty 4 territory in Regina. Haines was the 2024 City of Regina Neil Balkwill Artist in Residence, where she produced All We Have, an experimental Super 8 documentary exploring trans people’s connection to place. In the summer of 2024, Haines curated TOWARDS LIBERATION at Bridges Art Movement in Saskatoon, featuring trans women artists across Saskatchewan. Haines received an Master of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies from the University of Regina in 2021, and in 2022 published Trans Feminist Self Help Zine: Volume 0 with Gravitron.

Kelsey Philipchuk is a hobbyist and emerging artist. Her work explores various mediums, but mostly textile and quilted art. She works as a registered nurse. She is a settler person from Treaty 4, now living in Treaty 6 territory.

Jillian Bogan is an artist based on Treaty 6 territory in Saskatoon. Her work explores the intersection of painting, textiles and sculpture, using materials to create layered compositions that reflect personal narratives and the tension between the seen and unseen. Through techniques like pleating, soak staining, and string art, she experiments with form and textiles.