Weekly Operations PAUSED Aug 30 - Nov 1, 2026

Hi Reusers,

Thanks for showing up for us this month! We appreciate all your loving support in the shop and online. It has renewed our belief in what we do as an organization and how we impact communities across Regina.

While we are still actively looking at rental properties, we need more time at the organizational level to ensure that any new version of RASE will be sustainable both financially and operationally.

This is a pause NOT a closure, because we have every intention to continue offering Regina amazing deals on secondhand art supplies. Items will be in storage temporarily, but throughout this period of pause, we will still be active as an organization.

Our board of directors will be meeting regularly to figure out what sustainability looks like and what spaces in this city would best align with this new chapter. We appreciate your patience and support as we figure this out.

Thanks to the Leader-Post and Florence Hwang for helping us out during this transition period by writing an article about our move. You can read the article here: https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan-news/reginas-art-supply-exchange-searching-for-new-home/

To help us out during this period, here is what you can do:

Invite us to community events! We'd love to be creating community in new ways while we are without a storefront.

Buy a membership! It is $20/year and is a small monetary boost for us while allowing you to get more involved with our organization: https://artsupplyexchange.square.site/s/shop

Sponsor us! If you own a business that also believes everyone deserves to be creative without barriers, get in touch with us. Even if you cannot offer us a new space, a variety of in kind donations would be immensely appreciated during our move. From cans of paint to freshen up a wall or whatever else your business is able to support, let's figure out what we can do together.

Stay tuned in! Updates will be posted on our social media and website as information is finalized.

Thanks again for your support. We hope to see you at our last shop day at 1761 Wallace Street on Saturday, August 29 from 10:30am-2:00pm. Help us say goodbye to our old home, get some ridiculously good deals on art supplies, and make sure you keep getting creative.

Thanks,

Erika Folnović

Founder & Executive Director