We enrich our community through supporting writers, artists, culture and heritage.
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Residency Program
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 300 residents from around the world.
The residence is owned and operated by Eastend Arts Council, a registered charity and volunteer-powered organization.
Photo by Todd Korol, former artist in residence.
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Our Current Resident
In February 2026 we welcome Charlotte Mendel, writer, to Wallace Stegner House.
She is the author of Turn Us Again (Roseway/Fernwood, 2013), which won the H.R. Percy Novel Prize, the Beacon Award for Social Justice, and the Atlantic Book Award in the Margaret and John Savage First Book category. Her second novel, A Hero (Inanna Publications, 2015) was shortlisted for the 2016 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing and was a Finalist in the 2016 International Book Awards in the General Fiction category. Charlotte’s first YA novel, “Reversing Time” was published by Guernica Editions in 2021 and her latest, a literary fiction book entitled “A Hostage”, was published by Inanna in 2023.
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Under the Roof
Please join us for our monthly, not-to-be-missed (and free!) event where the current resident of Wallace Stegner House gives our community a glimpse into their creative process and inspiration.
Photo by Trea Jensen, local artist.
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Events
Throughout the year we host live music, the annual Big Flat Folk Fest, lectures, open mike sessions and other arts and culture programs.
“Homesickness is a great teacher. It taught me, during an endless rainy fall, that I came from the arid lands, and like where I came from.” Wallace Stegner
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Support Us
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 through the year. Your generosity keeps these program thriving and helps us grow for the future.
As a registered charity, we issue charitable donation tax receipts.
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Big Flat Folk Fest
Eastend’s completely-homegrown, volunteer-powered, non-profit annual festival. Celebrating outstanding songwriting in western, folk, Americana/Canadiana, and bluegrass, set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Frenchman River Valley.
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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.
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Local Artists
The beauty of this corner of southwest Saskatchewan calls to artists and many have answered. Painters, musicians, potters, poets, writers, photographers and other creative people have made their home in Eastend.
It’s an exciting and friendly community to be part of, with more inspiration arriving each month with our Stegner House resident.
Photo by local artist Trea Jensen
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.