| Candline, Randi |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$6,500 |
I would like to take time off work to on a fully beaded Men's Grass Dance regalia. |
| Pederson, Krystle |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,500 |
Continuing journey to prepare for recording first solo album with band rehearsal and composition work of five new songs to be recorded in 2021. |
| Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,500 |
To write a book of creative nonfiction reflecting on my departure from the Christian God in whom I was raised to have absolute faith. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$6,500 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
Colette Bourgonje School
Diana Roelens |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$6,486 |
Grade 7 large scale collaborative collage mural project exploring individual and collective experiences depicting how place, history and environment contribute to the formation of community. |
| Elixir Ensemble |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,485 |
Rehearsal and performance of two programs (three concerts) of chamber music in Saskatoon and Rosthern, SK for the Elixir Ensemble 2023-24 season. |
| Johnstone, Hilary |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,439 |
I will spend a week at a remote cabin and make drawings and take photographs, to base my fabric works on. |
Stonhouse, David
Bridges Art Movement |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$6,408 |
Artist David Stonhouse is working with newcomer youth from Open Door Society to learn and create artwork that will lead to an exhibition at BAM |
| Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,402 |
Presenting my one-person show "Mother Calling" in a double bill with Regina singer/actor Shannon Holmes, via RISER Regina's presentation series |
| Popoff, Alexandra |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,398 |
To produce a first draft of a biography of a prominent investigative journalist and daughter of a Ukrainian UN diplomat, Anna Politkovskaya. |
| Janvier, Bobby |
La Loche |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$6,370 |
i would like to build a skiff, sled and a canoe. I would like to build more if i could get the tools. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,350 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Kovach, Jaye |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,295 |
To produce a solo exhibition that examines society’s view of my body and subjectivity as a queer, disabled, butch trans woman. |
| Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,197 |
To create a new series of paintings in my home studio and two residencies in Saskatoon, SK. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,162 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| McFadzean, Credence |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,153 |
To write the first draft of a fiction manuscript exploring the intricate mythology of an invented slasher movie villain or 'supernatural killer.' |
| Agecoutay, Richard |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$6,125 |
I want to produce an independent feature length video documentary on Saskatchewan Pow Wows. |
| Van Rees, Ken |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,091 |
This project is to further my artistic practice in charcoal mark-making in burnt forests in northern Saskatchewan by examining the impacts of weather and time |
| Belanger, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$6,084 |
The funds will assist in the creation and development of new material for Kokum Ernestine and her pet bird Muckatoon (puppet) . |
| Friesen, Marcy |
Carrot River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$6,084 |
I would like to carry out a mentorship that is shaped by ideas of matriarchy and intergenerational relationships. |
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Health Centre |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$6,080 |
To introduce the skill of porcupine quilled birchbark basket making to women and men at the Lloyd Johnson Healing Lodge in Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan. |
| St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,025 |
Production of new work towards solo exhibition at the U of S College Galleries (September 2022) and Art Placement Inc (January 2023). |
| Lynch, Rory |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
Compose pieces designed to strengthen and diversify my band's repertoire, including a series of blues compositions and several stand-alone pieces. |
| Scarrow, Kristine |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
Create a fiction young adult manuscript exploring organ donation and its potential impacts. |
| Fortier, Zoe |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
This grant will help fund the creative production of Latente, a Mexican-Canadian sound art intervention project produced through two artist-residencies. |
| Billings, Terry |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
I plan to develop several years of video documentation of ponds into a form that can be exhibited. |
| Slow Down Molasses |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
To write, arrange and collaborate on a new album's worth of songs for the band Slow Down Molasses. |
| Swamp Fest Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
We are requesting funding to pay artists and administrators fairly for their work at Swamp Fest 2020. |
Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc.
Laura Hosaluk |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
Sock Puppet workshop |
| Berglund, Melanie |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
To write songs for a new album and conceptualize the videos, photos, on-stage patter, images, etc that relate to the music. |
| It's Not a Box Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
To write and design a series of vignettes for an outdoor digital immersive installation about climate grief and justice, to be played live by audiences. |
| Malinsky, Charles |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
Preliminary development of a new narrative series of paintings entitled, "Alisa and the Seven Deadly Sins." |
| Graham, John |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
To produce a short experimental film during a 3-month artist residency at GlogauAIR in Berlin, Germany. |
| Simon-Worobec, Hillary |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
To purchase equipment/materials to for my home pottery studio to enable me more freedom within my craft and become a full-time potter. |
| Straker, Jeffery |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
This project is to compose 8 new songs covering a broad range of themes. Works will be used in performance & recording. |
| Avramenko, James |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
The creation of a new collection of poetry and micro-fiction titled "First Dates with Pro Wrestlers" |
| Farm Fest Terre Ferme Festival Ltd. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
Bilingual music festival held on a working organic farm in southern Saskatchewan, with emphasis on organic agriculture, spirituality, visual arts and high quality music. |
| Lerat, Muskwa |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
I want to write 6-8 songs about my Indigenous experience in Canada, as well as growing up with learning and mental disabilities being ignored. |
| Coronach Old Town Street Festival |
Coronach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
The Old Coronach Street Festival will reinvigorate the rural community through a multi-disciplinary, participatory arts experience which celebrates Coronach's unique cultural identity. |
| Lynch, Taidgh |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Complete edits and order poetry manuscript, Developing Home. Evaluate then submit to publishers. |
| Schindelka, Dara |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
To research, arrange, and create a modern interpretation of traditional folksongs that highlight the historic plight of women with connections to the present. |
| Waskesiu Recreation Association Inc. |
Waskesiu Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
The Lakeside Music Festival is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival. 2022 attendance was 4000+. All performers are from Saskatchewan, and Sunday specifically highlights Indigenous performers. |
| Fayant, Stacey |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
I plan to travel to Halifax with my partner and my daughter, to receive and document my own chin tattoo from Métis artist Amy Malbeuf. |
| Saskatoon Spinners and Weavers Guild |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Three-day textile art festival including an art exhibition showcasing SK-sourced fibres, demonstrations, public collaborative art piece, and opportunity for the public to try fibre-arts techniques. |
| Tic Toc TEN |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Tic Toc TEN is a short performance arts festival (in person and online) featuring ten, brand new, multidisciplinary performances by emerging and established Saskatchewan artists. |
| The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Hosting a series of diverse emerging and established writers and musicians from across Canada. Paying artists to extend their tour to include Saskatchewan's small audiences. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
We're applying for funds to help provide exceptional and diverse programming free for the public to attend at our 32nd annual Cathedral Village Arts Festival. |
| Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
To host the third edition of the Borealis Flamenco Festival consisting of performances by local artists, introductory workshops and Flamenco dance master classes. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Kitchen Fest: A series of 8 inter-ractive evening concerts over two weeks presenting Saskatchewan musicians collaborating with professional musicians from across Canada and the World. |
| Regina Pride Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
A celebration of Regina’s gender and sexually diverse communities with a series of artistic, cultural, and social events intended to educate and entertain our audience. |
| Coughlan, Conor |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
This grant would enable me to take a temporary leave from work and turn my primary focus towards songwriting and recording. |
| Graham, John |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
Post-production work on the art film STILL HERE and submissions to film festivals worldwide in 2024 & 2025. |
| Legris, Sylvia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
I will work on developing the first draft of "Wake/Subwake," a new poetry collection. |
| Crowe, Lisa |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
Funding to assist in the creation of a beaded mens regalia including vest, side drops, arm cuffs, headband, hair ties, neck tie, leggings and moccasins. |
| Saskatoon Spinners and Weavers Guild |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Parenteau, Donny |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,989 |
1st month to write and create songs
2nd month demo songs for my next album I plan to release in 2022. |
| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,935 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions is creating professional work for theatre artists and will present 'Hand to God' by Robert Askins in Live Five's 2022/2023 season. |
| Willett, Edward |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,809 |
To write a creative nonfiction book ruminating on the writing of science fiction and fantasy, drawn from experience and interviews with more than 100 authors. |
| Kumar, Madhu |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,800 |
An adaptation of both new and existing paintings with the use of Augmented Reality and Audio content to create immersive storytelling and deepen audience experience. |
| Actor Director |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,800 |
In preparation for a debut album, we will workshop and develop existing demos and lyrics, and collaborate and rehearse with local musicians to provide orchestration. |
| Saskatchewan Jewish Arts Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,800 |
To fund the creation & production of a series of Saskatchewan Jewish Arts Festival "pop up" events, leading up to our next full festival (2025) |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$5,775 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,751 |
To create/present, a multi-disciplinary performance 'Following the Medicine', (Live accompanied with AV technology), of the story of Peyote's arrival into Saskatchewan in the 1930's. |
Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society
Curtis Peeteetuce |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$5,751 |
“Stories About Us” is a storytelling program that invites young people to build friendships, explore identity, and develop their artistic voice. |
| Bogan, Jillian |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,716 |
This grant is to finish a collection for exhibiting as well as do research travel with Alison Norlen, my mentor in the CARFAC mentorship program. |
| Janvier-Dugan, Diane |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$5,715 |
Make 30 wall quilts representing calls 1 to 17 (Child Welfare, Education & Language and Culture) of the 94 Calls to Action. |
| Moker Wernikowski, Connie |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,714 |
To rehearse and present Full Tilt Two, a performance of my recent choreography, at Regina's Artesian on Treaty 4 Land, April 27-29, 2023. |
Reimer, Joel Dash
Centennial Collegiate EAL Program |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$5,700 |
We will engage a classroom of EAL students with the art of writing & performing spoken word poetry, culminating in chapbook creation and a performance. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,700 |
The Mid-Winter Blues Festival features both MainStage and free live blues music events featuring diverse local, national and international performers throughout Regina. |
| Smith, James |
Muskoday |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$5,680 |
Illustrating stories from Elders. Focusing on stories from Legends and Residential experiences. I have researched stories from the 1980s. |
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$5,672 |
To introduce the skill of porcupine quill zig zag stitching on felt, to youth in school, on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. |
| Elixir Ensemble |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,600 |
For the 2022 Winter/Spring season, Elixir proposes the rehearsal, production and presentation of two concert programs of Trios for violin, cello and piano. |
| Andino Suns |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,600 |
Goal: Develop a psychedelic cumbia album by refining draft musical / lyrical concepts, merging traditional cumbia rhythms with innovative experimental sounds. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$5,575 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of an annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Reimer, Joel Dash |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,571 |
I want to create a poetry manuscript of about 80 pages based around a variety of approaches to the idea of 'nothing'. |
| Erickson, Craig |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,515 |
New body of paintings based on a series of camping research trips across Saskatchewan and Alberta in 2021 |
| Harder, Kendra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,500 |
Along with my librettist collaborator, orchestrating and editing my two chamber operas for future performances in Saskatchewan. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,500 |
Elevating the production value and visual impact of Ponteix’s live performances via tour-ready custom projections and coordinating stage lighting. |
| Dale, Danielle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,500 |
An exploration of food in the post-Anthropocene through sculpture and photography. |
| Minnema, Conner |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,500 |
Compose and complete 5 original instrumentals to promote online |
| Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,500 |
To develop, write, and storyboard my debut feature-length bilingual screenplay. |
| Holowachuk, Dorianna |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,500 |
Developing an artistic vision and repertoire list, and supplementing skills in preparation to direct a newly-formed independent choir. |
| Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,497 |
A multidisciplinary project that explores and promotes community engagement through visual arts combined with dance, performance and choreography in downtown area Saskatoon. |
| Dene High School |
La Loche |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$5,492 |
Educational expedition. This project is to support and gain Indigenous knowledge through teachings and experiences. Participants will be exposed to all facades of Indigenous led projects and businesses that will encourage our Youth in taking pride of their heritage and identity as indigenous peoples. |
| Straker, Jeffery |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,400 |
This project is to compose 8 new songs covering a range of themes. Works will be used in performance & recording. |
| McDougall, Bradley |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,336 |
Presentation of my one man show Night Sweats, a personal story of coming out during the AIDS crisis and parallels with Covid. |
| Bennett, Andrew |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,250 |
To write new experimental-electronic works from March 1st until June 30th, 2021. |
| Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$5,250 |
Create a full length album of original songs rooted in truth and reconciliation, while touching on PTSD and showcase internationally at Folk Alliance International. |
| The Sketchy Bandits |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,205 |
The Sketchy Bandits will spend five days creating a series of sketch comedy skits intended for theatrical production using devised theatre and traditional writing techniques. |
| Fournier, Lauren |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,188 |
Incredible, Instant Adoring Father is a single-channel video that uses performance for camera and humour to "heal" the world's daddy issues in an apocalyptic time. |
Gauvin, Vanessa
Camp Shagabec Committee |
Swift Current |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$5,144 |
In partnership with Camp Shagabec, this project creates a dedicated youth music program, serving the Cypress Hills and area |
| Clinton Ackerman Music |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$5,103 |
Students will practice mindfulness and independence in creative music practices, creating wind chimes while exploring different acoustic environments in Regina. |
| Gowan, Darren |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$5,092 |
Through interviews and research I plan to garner stories and legends from elders in the area and be interpreted in sculptural expressions in bronze& ceramics. |
| Goodon, Jayde |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$5,092 |
Create a collection that I can showcase in an art exhibition. These new pieces would include large cardboard sculptures and mixed media canvas paintings. |
| Powell, Marie |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,070 |
I will spend five months focused on my writing to complete a clean submission draft of my newest medieval fantasy novel, Chronicles of Meirionnydd: Excalibur. |
| Bonetto, Estelle |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,060 |
Faire « parler » les corps et les âmes à travers le prisme d'un miroir photographique et tenter de capturer leur essence, leurs mots et leurs images. |
| Friesen, Marcy |
Carrot River |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$5,050 |
I plan to create new beaded face and body work. I will preserve the work through photography, printing, framing and epoxying the original bead work. |
| SK Theatre Design Festival |
Vonda |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$5,038 |
An annual theatre festival to provide opportunities for theatre designers to create, connect, and learn, featuring performances for the public in Saskatoon and Regina. |
| McKnight, Spencer |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,010 |
This grant will be to take significant time to develop and create the song recital "In Dreams". |
| Bernbaum, Joel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
To apprentice with Forklift Danceworks' Artistic Director Alison Orr on her new community engaged production of Givens Swims - the culmination of a 3-year residency. |
