| pîkiskwêw, she speaks |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
“Pîkiskwêw, she speaks,” a captivating performance night celebrating Indigenous women and feminine voices on October 5 at Saskatoon’s Art Bar. |
| Indigenous Poets Society |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Sending the Indigenous Poets Society team to participate/compete in the CFSW 2019 for flights and accommodation and food support at event. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
This project aims to uplift and reinvigorates the stagnant Saskatchewan artist community under COVID lockdown through a virtual exhibition about creativity and enthusiasm. |
| Diakuw, Mike |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Research, write, build, and workshop an artist/audience collaborative shadow puppetry show about social behaviour with with groups of children and parents. |
| THE 525 ART POP-UPS INC. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Our pop-up art exhibition on November 25th and the pre-exhibit artists’ workshop aim to develop early-career artists who have little to no prior exhibiting experience. |
| The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts |
North Battleford |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
On Dekk- Pesented by Battlefords Untapped is a partnership between the Dekker Centre and Battlefords Untapped Podcast to celebrate artists in the Battlefords and area |
| One Take Super 8 Regina |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
The One Take Super 8 event is an annual film festival dedicated to super 8 filmmaking for the local community to create analog films. |
| The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
The funding with this grant would go towards attending the Canadian Arts Presenting Association Conference 2019, in Ottawa, Ontario. |
| Dancing Sky Theatre Inc. |
Meacham |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Dancing Sky Theatre is implementing environmentally sustainable practices at all levels of our organization. We is hoping to purchase refurbished Ipads from TechSoup Canada. |
| Tweidt, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Seeking funding to explore directing as a mentee during the production of Two Bees The Anger of Ernest and Ernestine. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
A dance, music, and spoken-word performance on nature and capitalism, workshopped in an inner-city theatre residency, combining live music, mixed ability ensemble improvisation, and outreach. |
| It's Not a Box Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To co-produce, co-direct, and co-design a production of Overhear as a performance and an installation in Taiwan with producing partner Performosa Theatre. |
| Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. |
Swift Current |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Host four performances of "Leave it to Weavers" by Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre |
| Asapace, Laten |
Raymore |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
A project to share and preserve First Nations culture through dance, beadwork, and singing, fostering community healing, learning, and cultural pride. |
| Gwepa |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Gwepa dance team hosts professional salseros Yasbek Cervantes and Rocio Reyes (Mexico) for 2 days and 1 half day of intensive professional development workshops |
| Bridges Art Movement |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
To provide financial support for BAM as we develop our Artist Residency program |
| La Ronge Arts Council Corp. |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To engage local indigenous artist DLanghorne to give artist talks and painting sessions to school groups and others while OSAC exhibit 'Common Truths' is here. |
| Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Sage Hill is applying for funding to undertake a 3-Phase Strategy Project to respond to new circumstances that have emerged for the organization. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
BIPOC Ballads is a 6 speaker series. Funding would provide cost of venue, feature poets, equipment, ASL Interpreters and prizes for poets and slam winners. |
| Chinese Dance Club of Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Professional dance instructor Zhaojia Wu instructs Korean K-pop dance routines. They will be presented on January 22, 2023 at the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon. |
| Baraniecki, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
I am applying to create a series of paintings that explore the intersections between contemporary Surrealist painting and three-dimensional collage. |
| Sbot N Wo |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Voice/Electronics duo Sbot N Wo has been invited to perform at Sappyfest, a nationally recognized arts and music festival in Sackville, NB |
| Kybalion Movement |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
To request a micro-grant for alleviating expenses for a unique opportunity to present a Canadian Breaking artist at the international street dance festival “Hip-Fest 2019”. |
| The Feather |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
The Feather is looking to get funding for artist fees to do a Christmas project and live stream which involves mentorship within the collective. |
| Lenko, Timothy |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To write a collection of musical theatre songs adapting the George MacDonald novel 'The Princess and the Goblin' and contract a composing consultant for coaching. |
| Brass, Philip |
Balcarres |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Pipe Stone carving youth mentorship opportunity at Community and School Chief Payepot, First Nation. |
| In The Headlights |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Present 15 minutes of the play at the Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta Showcase (Oct. 24 - 26th) in Fort Saskatchewan, AB. |
| Janvier, Bobby |
La Loche |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Would like to construct paddles with traditional artwork designs using carving and hand painting designs. |
| Sheri & Heather Benning |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
A mini-documentary foregrounding the shift to intensive agriculture in rural SK, including poetry from Sheri's forthcoming book, Field Requiem. |
| J.M. Curtain Razors Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Support for 4 Saskatchewan artists (including 2 yet-to-be-funded by SKArts Independent Artists) to create short films arising from Trespassers Waltz, for consideration at S.P.A.N.E. (Screenings of Performance Art in the Natural Environment). |
| Jackson-Reynolds, Chloe |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
— |
| Deaf Crows Collective |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To provide accessibility to future Deaf Crows Collective theatre productions for deaf, hard of hearing, and Deaf patrons through the use of surtitling equipment. |
| Art Gallery of Swift Current |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Install a dynamic pilot mural project along the Chinook Parkway to enhance public art, community well-being, and grow the gallery's presence in the community. |
| Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
We are looking for support to undertake a reading / book launch tour in support of our fall release of books. |
| Dump Babes |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Perform 5 shows in Western Canada to promote our new album 'Known Liar', 4 of them as tour support for Miesha and the Spanks. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Nuit Blanche Regina will curate a visual art show and augmented reality experience for display at Saskatchewan Fashion Week 2019's after parties. |
| Future Artistic Minds |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
FAM youth will present a professional art exhibition and full-length album release about their experiences during Covid-19 at BAM for the month of May. |
| Ay, Caramba! Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
To attend COYUNTURA, a National Latinx Theatre Gathering to connect and network with Latinx artists across Canada |
| Cupid's Heart |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To support the release and planned 15-show Eastern Canada tour around the latest single "Pick Me Up" from Cupid's Heart. |
| La Ronge Arts Council Corp. |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
The La Ronge Arts Council seeks to create an Art Gallery at the Alex Robertson Public Library to show local and OSAC artwork publicly. |
| Artesian Performing Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
This is an application to secure partial matching funds for a City of Regina Grant to help upgrade our aging lighting equipment. |
| Prairie Saxophone Initiative |
North Battleford |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
To perform a concert in the Greater Vancouver Area and develop connections with their artistic community. |
| Wecker, Sabine |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Re-Orientation Space after Grad School |
| Live Five Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To co-produce and co-facilitate an unconference to foster new relationships among Saskatchewan theatre artists and audiences in the service of growing an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and anti-oppressive theatre culture. |
| Fern, Lucy |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
I would like to create 10 new pieces art work to showcase my work at the art galleries in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. |
| Lafferty, Richard |
Prince Albert |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
This project is to do modern Metis story telling through photography and voice. This creative multimedia work will be shared Via multi media platforms |
| Harder, Kendra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Collating and expanding my research on composers from underrepresented demographics in order to create an online hub amplifying the voices of historical and living composers |
| Morning Owl, Raistlin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Raistlin Morning Owl will create an Indigenous-themed rap album, incorporating community workshops and performances, focused on empowering youth through music and storytelling. |
| Dynamic Video Imaging Corporation |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Facilitate the travel and professional development of Dynamic Video Imaging through attending the 50th 'Toronto International Film Festival' for the premiere of our film 'KLEE'. |
| Sutherland, Dallas |
Rosthern |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Short horror film that will be filming in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and surrounding areas. filming will take place in July 2022. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
"Rebellious Space" uses colourful luminous adhesive tape to connect the corners and details of downtown buildings. |
| FadaDance Troupe Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
FadaDance Troupe will animate the Beaver Flat 50 event by performing outdoor site specific original contemporary dance accompanied with stunning visuals to a national audience. |
| Lerat, Muskwa |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To purchase a Dracast X-Series 1000 Lighting Kit to enable me to control lighting on location shoots and better edit my film projects. |
| Myriad Entertainment |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Myriad Entertainment is seeking grant financing to assist in the creation of our Saskatchewan-made short film, "Hunting Trip", from the production through post-production phases. |
| Ziwa, Thandiwe |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Income for living expenses while working full time on music |
| Shurniak Gallery Inc. |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Shurniak Gallery will host Tracey-Mae Chambers to create installations of premade crochet, woven, knit pieces made with yarn to encourage dialogue regarding reconciliation and decolonization. |
| Emma Artists Group |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To create an artistic installation on the south side of Ness Creek, as a 10th Anniversary reprisal of a project started in 2010. |
| Aurora Voce |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Aurora Voce choral commission for their "North" performance in collaboration with composer Carmen Braden from the Northwest Territories. |
| Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre |
Maple Creek |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
"Field Portraits" by 4 artists presents photographic portraits of rural models from the region to celebrate the SW Art Fest during September in Maple Creek. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
We are creating artworks (sculptures, videos, performance art) which accumulate into a collaborative performance piece during our month-long artist residency at Banff Center. |
| Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
LTD' will be touring to rural communities to perform Bits & Pieces of Dis’ & Dat for high school students, cultural leaders, and community members. |
| Hamon-Fafard, Julien |
Lumsden |
Visual |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
— |
| Radius Communications Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Replacing CJTR's aging transmitter/FM exciter, a critical component in our broadcast infrastructure. |
| Pocha, Michael |
Lloydminster |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Children's book 'Junior Paranormal Investigators' about the Dene legend of the Skinwalker. Set within Cold Lake First Nation where many Dene legends are explored. |
| JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Funds to attend the Fisher Library (Toronto) small and fine press fair on September 10. |
| Dene High School |
La Loche |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
In consultation with our Sask Arts partner, Dene High Arts program will establish a relationship with a SK potter capable of First Nation pottery instruction. |
| Rock My Gypsy Soul Music Festival |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Our Music festival is a not for profit event, held over 1 day, in downtown Prince Albert. |
| Art Gallery of Regina Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
On-demand screenings of video works by Saskatchewan artists accessed through a free augmented reality smartphone app paired with AR-enabled posters at public locations throughout Regina. |
| Grimelda |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Grimelda will be touring through Southern Ontario & Quebec to re-establish awareness prior to performing at NXNE in Toronto. |
| Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery |
Moose Jaw |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
This project features contemporary dance in response to Leesa Streifler's exhibition to bridge dance and visual arts while promoting community building and engagement. |
| The Women's Company |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Publish 'Annette is a Bimbo!' for release at McNally Robinson in Saskatoon on October 11—National Coming Out Day. |
| The Local Group |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Funding to help cover costs of a unique writing/recording opportunity |
| Ewenin, Ron |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Production and sale of 100, 2023 native art calendars to be sold across Saskatchewan. |
| Deaf Crows Collective |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Send four Deaf actors, our Deaf Artistic Director, and the film’s Assistant Director to the Fable Deaf world premiere at Yorkton Film Festival. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Thistledown Press's Acquisitions Editor and Editorial Director, Elizabeth Philips, has been invited to attend the Indigenous Editors' Circle as a non-Indigenous participant in May, 2025. |
| Half Breed Creations |
Maple Creek |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
To establish a collective to apply for funding in January 2026 for an arts and culture day at Nekaneet First Nation during Culture Days 2026. |
| Moose Jaw Cultural Centre Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Commissioning a mural for the new Wakamow Aboriginal Community Association permanent space in the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre and engaging an elder to bless it. |
| Bates, Steve |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To use a custom weather station to gather data from the Sun (solar radiation) to make a small body of sound and visual art works. |
| Ba, Flany |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Intensive Afro-latin dance training program for teachers and performers focusing on styles and techniques difficult to encounter in North America (but widely available in Europe). |
| Kehler, Danielle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
To visually articulate the importance of "for as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow" in context of the Treaties |
| Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc. |
Big River |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Country at the Creek is a first time applicant. We are a grass roots non profit organization that is 8 years old. |
| Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery |
Moose Jaw |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
MJM&AG is proposing a pilot project for a short-term artist residency to increase community engagement and provide public access to an artist's creative process. |
| Bridge Theatre Collective |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To contract 15 theatre artists to be a part of a readthrough workshop of a new edit of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare. |
| Wanuskewin Heritage Park |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Offering a free, drop-in art collaboration in with Metis artists Holly Tennant and Leah Dorion to connect with the Prince Albert Indigenous community through art. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
1 Registration for the IMZ Academy for Digital Capture of Orchestral Music |
| FadaDance Troupe Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
This project is to engage in a week long residency at Good Woman Dance in Edmonton, Alberta where we will begin to develop Slow Burn. |
| Oblong and Oboe |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
In May, 2020 we will continue the development of our clown piece, presenting and filming it in front of an audience after COVID-19 has passed. |
| Ay, Caramba! Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Rehearsal process for a brand new play called the Newcomer |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
KSAMB dance company hosts teacher Katarina Eriksson and two invited dance improvisers for a workshop and performance to grow Contact improvisation skills and improvisation community. |
| Deiter, Christine |
Balcarres |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
I would like to plan for a youth/Elder Saulteaux Tipi camp. This camp would be about Saulteaux language, culture and games. |
| Dynamic Video Imaging Corporation |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
This project is meant to facilitate the travel and professional development of Dynamic Video Imaging Corporation for the "Eastern Oregon Film Festival". |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
A small-scale virtual Ness Creek Music Festival, with activities and entertainment presented for Ness Creekers to participate in or simply enjoy. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Kyuubi Culture's production fee to participate in the project "Meeting for Teas: On the Road to Decolonization" at the Shurniak Art Gallery, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. |
| Live Five Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
To increase our capacity and solidify our future goals through the creation of an organizational strategic plan with guidance from an external facilitator |
| Stonechild, Jacob |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
I am currently looking for funding to continue my art projects not only to share but to teach those who might be interested thank you |
| Garcia-Luna, Gabriela |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Research of analogue methods and techniques of print making, mark making and paper treatment to incorporate into my works Rivers. |
| Gil & Wil |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Support our debut release of professionally-produced music by organizing and executing shows in key communities within Saskatchewan. |
| Bonneau, Devon |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
A Devised Theatre Creation project, engaging six Saskatchewan artists, exploring creative/innovative uses of movement, sound, and theatrical technology; and integrating them with traditional performance methods. |
| Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre Inc. |
Regina Beach |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
To be able to pay fair musician fees to the performers at the LMLCC's first ever outdoor Music Festival on July 2, 2022. |
| Chinese Dance Club of Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
One of a kind and traditional Chinese drum dance, illustrating dancers using drums as their stages, a combination of classical dance and Han dynasty poetry. |
