| École Père Mercure |
North Battleford |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Invite Alexis Normand to conduct consultations with our staff and students in order to plan a music-based project we will carry out together in 2024. |
| Griffin, Lauren |
Dundurn |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I would use this grant to attend a three day intensive on mask and physical theatre through the Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry. |
| Ledoux, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to purchase Embroidery Embrilliance applications to create and develop embroidery to sew onto clothing, mossbags, shirts, skirts or quilts. |
| Vida, Mackenzy |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
During spring 2025, participants will come together to paint and beautify the community garden boxes, a vital resource for those facing food insecurity. |
| Devine-Tajgardan, Negar |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
After a short international residency I would like to attend a month-long residency in Saskatoon to reflect my observation, elaborate my creation and share it. |
| Ritter-Magot, Nathaniel |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
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| Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Meet with casting and artistic directors at Stratford. See theatre at Stratford, Shaw and Drayton. Pitch my new play to prospective theatres. |
| Dale, Danielle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I have been accepted to the Biophilia Research Residency at Ayatana Artists' Research Program, where I will learn about biology and wildlife. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I will perform my children's story BUTTERFLY ON THE WIND at the Telling Tales Festival in Burlington. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Request of funds to go towards the purchase of 2 flight cases capable of protecting musical equipment while travelling internationally to play at professional performances. |
| E.D. Feehan Catholic High School |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Developing an indigenous drumming and singing group of indigenous youth leading to a community event and performance. |
| Goretzky, Barbara |
Lumsden |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To experiment with wood and metal in creating a time-sensitive, small-scaled, permanent wall piece in collaboration with young adults, who experience intellectual disabilities. |
| Bradley, Bevin |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Through three workshops students will learn to communicate, and to develop abstract thought through their art, and be invited to talk about their art one-on-one. |
| Prairie Valley School Division #208 |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
The aim is to introduce First Nation singing to students (gr. 6-12) utilizing local resources and proven champion singers. |
| Bent, Alexander |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
6M is a hip-hop duo consisting of Enjay and Alex Bent. This proposal acts to fund the mixing and mastering costs for their debut album. |
| Junop, Shane |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Nuit Blanche YXE 2021 video installation “Watch or Bolt” has been accepted and requires this grant for video projector rentals to complete the artistic vision. |
| Zong, Megan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To develop Production Dramaturgy resources (including web articles, videos and Afterplay facilitators) that engage audiences beyond the stage during Yin Yang Theatre's production of Unmasked. |
| Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery |
Moose Jaw |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Through consultation and research, MJM&AG will source an Indigenous Curator-in-Residence for a residency project and determine a new vision for our Indigenous exhibits and collections. |
| Pantel, Rowan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Funds to enrol in online puppetry course. Continue my training in the art form with a Master Puppeteer. |
| Anderson, Bruce |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Funding for the costs of shipping and packing paintings for exhibition at the Chapel Gallery, North Battleford, September 17 - November 17, 2022 |
| Ricketts, Kathryn |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
This workshop with master Richard Armstrong will undoubtedly provide me with the tools and feedback to develop more competencies in my performance work in dance/theatre. |
| Van Opstal-Tamez, Ingrid |
Windthorst |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Paint a mural at a local music festival to expand my skills in public art and meet the needs of visual arts in small communities. |
| La Marre, Rebecca |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I am invited by Peripheral Review, a national Canadian contemporary art journal, to interview Vancouver artist and co-founder of Western Front artist-run centre, Glen Lewis. |
| Bates-Hardy, Courtney |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To read from my second book, Anatomical Venus, in Vancouver, BC for the Real Vancouver Writers' Series and make connections with the writing community there. |
| Budgell-Eaglespeaker, Forrest Scott |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
The North Sound has been booked to open for Stephen Fearing in Penticton on May 23rd and Vancouver May 25th. |
| Welbourne, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
This project is for Jordan to participate the Ukrainian Art Song Project "Summer Institute", a week-long classical singing performance and artistic development intensive in Toronto. |
| Mookerjee, Abhiroop |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Compete as an invited guest participant at the Calgary Hip-Hop and Street Dance Festival, while also attending street dance workshops led by pioneers of hip-hop. |
| Townsend, Annabel |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I am seeking funding to travel to Toronto to launch my book at various bookstores in the city. |
| Rosenwald, Betsy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attend the Moulin à Nef artist residency in Auvillar, France from September 8 to October 9, 2025. |
| Ramsay, Jessica |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I hope to go to Germany for a Mentorship and specialized training on the violin from September 9 to December 16, 2019. |
| Barreno, Cristian |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I want to frame 3 original paintings and 2 prints on canvas for a 3-year touring exhibition presented by OSAC. |
| Saltzman, Vera |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Solo exhibition of photographic portrait series O Human Child in Ottawa, Ontario November 1, 2019 to January 4th, 2020. |
| Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna |
Saltcoats |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I have been invited to have a private exhibition at Godfrey Dean Art Gallery in the fall of 2020. I need 20 works of art. |
| Glenn, Allyson |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Attend three-month NARS Foundation International Residency, in New York City, NY, USA |
| Richter, Jessica |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
"Preparing for the Day" is a documented performance and printmaking project exploring loss and ritual. |
| Macza, Jason |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
sculptural addition to my painting series “Dogs dreaming of rabbits and Rabbits Dreaming of Dogs”
Life size rabbits carved from standard Spruce. |
| Shurniak Gallery Inc. |
Assiniboia |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To consult and imagine with our diverse public to develop new plans for creative programming by the Shurniak Art Gallery and its partners |
| Haynes, Sierra |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Travel to rural Caledonia, Ontario to research the history and landscape of Peggy Douglas who I will portray on stage in spring 2022. |
| Saskatoon Open Door Society |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To hold an exploratory one-day virtual art workshop for 30 newly arrived refugees from Afghanistan. |
| My Humanitas Family Services |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
This Fall Program 2022 aims to help children develop creative dance skills, character development and improve social interactions through dance training and movement activities. |
| Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
A workshop and staged reading of my play 18 Jews Order Chinese food with 6 actors, a director, dramaturge and videographer. |
| Schuld, Marsha |
Rush Lake |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Travel to locations in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan for archive research and to photograph/ interview female farmers preparatory to creating a new body of textile work. |
| Johnstone, Hilary |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Solo show booked at SCC, need to frame art, go 3 times to bring , collect art , and teach a workshop after the opening. |
| Walliser, Carson |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I want to purchase travel (flights and buses), and pay for accommodation and the workshop fees to attend this Drag/Clown workshop in Ontario. |
| Little Opera on the Prairie |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
LOOP presents a public vocal masterclass led by acclaimed Saskatoon clinicians, offering participants professional development through enhanced vocal performance and presentation. |
| Calf Child-Dubois, Acahkos |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Collaborated on application called Buffalo Futurism that was selected for imagineNATIVE; need funding for travel/accommodations |
| Akintade-Oluwagbeye, Oluwaseun Peace |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Dedicating time for the upcoming production of The Newcomer while receiving mentorship to develop technical, leadership, and storytelling skills as an emerging director in Saskatchewan. |
| Budgell-Eaglespeaker, Forrest Scott |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Showcase and panelist speaker at Breakout West 2025 in Winnipeg |
| Dene High School |
La Loche |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Dene High School in La Loche will establish a relationship with local and internationally recognized guitar and vocalist Damien Cheecham. |
| École Monseigneur de Laval - Pavillon secondaire des Quatre Vents |
Regina |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
A group of students (grade 7 to 12) aiming to produce an entire play in French, from acting to sound and light effects. |
| Pshebylo, Mila |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
“Twisted” will be a fantastical wire sculptural landscape inspired by The Crooked Bush, installed at the Gallery at Frances Morrison Library August 4th- September 4th. |
| Yorkton Regional High School |
Yorkton |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To initiate a pilot ceramic program at the YRHS with SK Artist- Marea Olafson collaborating with art teacher Jana Martinuk supporting the Art Curriculum. |
| Bérubé, Annie |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Mentorship with Laura St-Pierre |
| Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Framing a series of oil pastel and pencil drawings for future exhibitions. |
| Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Requesting material support for a BAM's September Artist in Residency project, which combines art creation and research based on Chinese community history in Saskatoon. |
| Dinsmore Composite School |
Dinsmore |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Rural students in Grades 9-12 will develop an understanding of reconciliation and the importance of relationship-building by working with an Indigenous/Metis artist. |
| Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To receive feedback and finish edits on my debut novel, Everything is Fine Here, under the guidance of accomplished novelist Marina Endicott. |
| Stock, Shayna |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Exploring the use of movement to animate poetry about queer lineage. Mini apprenticeship with dancer, theatre artist and play enthusiast to help my poems move. |
| Global Gathering Place |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
The project is painting classes with newcomers. The completed works will be on display at the Bridges Art Movement Gallery for two months. |
| Wozny Siemens, Gladys |
Rush Lake |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Build crates to transport my relief sculptures to a confirmed exhibition at the Art Gallery of Swift Current, January 14-March21, 2023. |
| Carrier, Sarah |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
The purchase of a film camera to take photographs that will be used in my short-form documentary. |
| Pewapsconias, Janelle |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To host and perform at "Restorying Justice", a reserve-based spoken word and storytelling showcase on the topic of restorative justice, women, and cultural intervention. |
| Richardson, Jordie |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Seeking funding for compensation for assistant fight directing services with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan. |
| Fehr, Alex |
Nipawin |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To create and shoot a dance film, to be presented throughout Saskatchewan and Canada at large. |
| Bohn, Brooke |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To create art to prepare for the IA grant while experimenting new techniques & ideas to understand myself as an artist. |
| Lowry, Nancy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Prototype new tools to assist me in painting new large scale work, phase 1 of 4 supporting my first solo exhibition in August 2023. |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Consultations with performing arts presenters in Regina, toward future mentorship and residency opportunities. |
| William Mason School |
Nipawin |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Find and work with artist(s) and partners who help navigate the creative process for a project reflective of community involving all students. |
| Rosenwald, Betsy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To attend and create new work at an artist residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, Virginia. |
| Norlen, Alison |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
My proposal includes a residency at Arquetopia, Puebla Mexico where I will observe, gather, document and explore this cultural unique UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
| Dubois, Emily |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I want to receive professional instruction in order to make myself a better performer and a better teacher on the fiddle! |
| Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To perform at a showcase sponsored by Merilainen Music Inc. at Folk Alliance International 2025, and also attend the conference. |
| Krawchuk, Steph |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I am traveling to New York in April to participate in an exhibition that I am a part of at 57w57arts. |
| McCullam-Arnal, Caitlin |
Eastend |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Funding to cover tuition for:
Sage Hill Writing
Emerging Writers Workshop
Writing For Your Life:
Crafting with Courage, Imagination, and Care |
| Evans, George |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
to bring jazz pianist Nancy Walker to Saskatoon for a coaching and joint performance opportunity. |
| Dishaw, Jessie |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Further my development of the business side of the art while working towards an Emerging Artist grant for a solo exhibit advocating woman's mental health. |
| Nelson, Marilyn |
Griffin |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I am seeking assistance to attend a workshop to further my goal of creating meaningful art that explores social equity and justice. |
| Francis, Jaron |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To do a comprehensive rewrite of my award-winning script Like Parting Water, in preparation for its second production, which will tour from November/21 through January/22. |
| Morgan, Zac |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Create a virtual musical production of A Killer Party: A Murder Mystery Musical and present the live production on our streaming platform on April 3rd. |
| Robson, Frances |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I will create joyful spring portraits of my neighbours amid blossoming trees. I will use my large format 8"x10" film camera for superb quality. |
| Peart, Greta |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I will create a short, story-based videogame called Margo that explores the inevitably of change, and the elusivity of time and material existence. |
| Gares, Jessica |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Two people are stuck in an elevator, just them and their misconceptions. This site-specific play explores modern relationships between Indigenous and settler youth in Saskatchewan. |
| Morgun, Jessica |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Seeking support for short-term artist residency at Art Placement Gallery through Biofeedback Collective's "Community Project" to explore collaboration with artist Zhao Jinglu. |
| Romero, Alejandro |
Battleford |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will be creating on site a mixed media installation using wood, clay and other materials |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To engage with Regina’s cultural community organizations and cemetery caretaker, initiate relationships, and share stories and experiences of grief, the supernatural, and non-human beings. |
| Carlton Trail College - Four Winds Learning Centre |
Punnichy |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Carlton Trail College wants to work with an Indigenous Cultural Artist to learn about the buffalo and it's significant role in the First Nation worldview. |
| Meneley, Barbara |
Val Marie |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to present my artistic project "Soil" at the Prairie Art Network Institute in Calgary - Moh'kins'tsis, June 25-27, 2025. |
| Kakakaway, Torrie |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Poundmaker Cree Nation for a PISL workshop that will directly inform a new theatrical work told entirely through Indigenous and Deaf visual languages. |
| Hale, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To accept an invitation to travel to and participate in a unique career development opportunity, an environmental art focused residency in Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Beau Nectar Collective |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Creative residency with renowned mentor Christian Bordarier |
| Mitchell, Terri-Lynn |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Duo Estelle is asking for $1000 to support the costs surrounding our three city Saskatchewan tour including transportation fees for guitarist Emily Shaw from Ottawa. |
| Ells, Chrystene |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Creation of concept art/previsualization for planned 'mytho-feminist' film 'Tor Woman' including a photoshoot with a costumed model, and sketches and paintings based on these photos. |
| Ulrich, Maureen |
Lampman |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I have written a series of poems about COVID-19 which I would like to have professionally critiqued/edited. Paula-Jane Remlinger has agreed to do this. |
| City of Prince Albert |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
This development project would determine the interest and readiness for Artist in Residence projects in Prince Albert for the next 1-3 years. |
| Piggott-Suchan, Naomi |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Commission a composition during the final stages of the current Covid-19 pandemic. To be performed in concert with compositions from other great historical pandemics. |
| Baerwaldt, Wayne |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To enable me to install artwork by Richard Boulet and participate in the public program for the exhibition "La ragione c’entra poco (reason has little to do with it)" at Thetis Foundation, Venice, Italy, Sept. 12-22. |
| Learning Disabilities Association of Saskatchewan - Prince Albert Branch |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Local Artist Cheryl Ring and Elder Liz Settee will conduct 2 workshops exploring a variety of art mediums such as clay and zen doodling. |
| Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Collaborating with Jessica Morgun, this will assist with living expenses as I’m in artist residency at the Art Placement Gallery through the Biofeedback Collectives project. |
| Miller, Jacqueline |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Italy, attend 2 week plein air workshop gaining valuable skill set in plain air painting, exploring the elements of art from life. |
| Skeard, Edith |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
This project explores passive and active audience collaboration and playfulness through through technology, installation, and a durational, responsive, sound performance. |
