| The Salt Shaker Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$12,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$11,922 |
Continuation of the Sower photographic project from a first-person perspective, using sustainable analog photography as a medium. |
| Begamudre, Ven |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$11,900 |
Load Shedding: A Memoir of Canada is a sequel to my family history book Extended Families: A Memoir of India. |
| Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$11,780 |
To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Nehiyawak(Cree Peoples), on Treaty Six Territory. |
| Cameron, Heather |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$11,770 |
Initial research, community building, and creative development towards a new site-specific contemporary dance project in the Heritage neighbourhood of Regina, SK. |
| Spark Theatre |
Prince Albert |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$11,667 |
Spark Theatre will rehearse and present the female-driven "The Drowning Girls" (Graham, Tomlinson, Vlaskalic) March 25-27 in Prince Albert, SK at the EA Rawlinson Centre. |
| La Marre, Rebecca |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$11,600 |
To exhibit ceramic works, and produce a catalogue with a critical essay for presentation at Western Front, Vancouver, in November, 2024. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$11,504 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting two concerts as part of their 11th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$11,500 |
Music-collaboration with professional-musician Kiera Dall'Osto to inspire/complete/infuse fresh music ideas; proceed to workshop album material in Nashville before recording new full-length album. |
| Battie, Kyath |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$11,500 |
This short film will focus on creating nocturnal collage imagery of Vancouver Island as a supernatural place of privilege and pristine beauty. |
Thomson Community School
Jayde Goodon |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$11,500 |
Our project will strive to improve the literacy skills of students by exploring historical Indigenous artwork and incorporating traditional ways of teaching. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$11,360 |
I am an established and award-winning author and poet in Canada. The project I wish to produce is a new collection of short stories. |
Prairie Sky School
Terrance Littletent |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$11,297 |
This project is to create a spring dance festival, inspired by three guest dancers, hoop dance, wind, and kites. |
| Neufeld, Clint |
Osler |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$11,200 |
making ceramic soldiers, reminiscent of Royal Doulton figurines creating scenarios using memories from when I was a soldier. |
| Solheim, Krista |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$11,077 |
This application seeks funding to support the commission of a new 20 minute Contemporary dance solo by Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras. |
| Rose, Melanie |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$11,000 |
Research, develop and create new work for future production for upcoming exhibitions & workshops in 2025 |
| City of Humboldt Cultural Services |
Humboldt |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$11,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$11,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$11,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$11,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$11,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$11,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Macdonald, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$11,000 |
To conduct an in-person workshop, hold public staged readings, and engage in subsequent rewrites of my play MERCY between January and March , 2022. |
| City of Humboldt Cultural Services |
Humboldt |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$11,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$11,000 |
Choreograph and perform the folk ballet of the play by Lesia Ukrainka "The Forest Song". |
| Battie, Kyath |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$11,000 |
"Sight Unseen" is the first cinematic research project of a newly formed collaboration, small victories, exploring Regina's urban spaces from an "outsider" perspective. |
| Ricketts, Kathryn |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,925 |
This support is for the first design stage of the interdisciplinary production of The Chairs. This entails the set, sound and media design team. |
| Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,816 |
Support for a 3-month work term, to cover artist fees for the premiere production of 'Untitled Peter Tripp Project'. |
| Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,800 |
Prepare final elements (music licenses), Travel to present new feature film in for World Premiere (Copenhagen) and NorthAmerican Premiere (Toronto), followed by local confirmed events. |
| Coppens, Nathan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,800 |
To help cover costs associated with producing I Have No Idea with Live Five in March, 2024. |
| L'Hirondelle, Cheryl |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,800 |
restoring/reversioning and creating emulators of my net.art projects for upcoming survey exhibition |
| Hosaluk, Michael |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,650 |
Take time to create new work that is completely unfamiliar to previous processes in my artistic career in remote unfamiliar locations and studio. |
Cameron, Ian
St. Augustine Community School |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,585 |
An integrated music education program comprised of in-class, regular school-hour sessions featuring creative components, cultural perspectives, and cross-curricular outcomes. |
| Wensel, Misty |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,534 |
To evolve the contemporary dance solo, Trails, with an ensemble of dancers. Taking a personal narrative and allowing it to grow into its next translation |
| Gronsdahl, Todd |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,500 |
A new chapter for my "Saskatchewan Maritime Museum" project. Here I humorously re-examine The Emma Lake Workshop Series considering legacy, hubris, the SK historical project. |
| Murray, Audie |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$10,500 |
The continuation of a project using beadwork to depict the sky in rural and urban spaces. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,450 |
Creation of Ponteix’s new live performance incorporating new written material to support the new album "le canadien errant" to be released autumn of 2024 |
| Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,423 |
To complete the Walking the Prairies manuscript, an innovative AR fusion of nature photographs, videos, and thought-provoking notes to share as a hand-held visual experience. |
| Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,405 |
Create, choreograph and present the first act of the play by famous Ukrainian writer, Lesya Ukrainka "Forest Song." |
| Akakpo, Senyo |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,400 |
This grant is to fund creating and exploration of urban dance technique and movement to be developed for a later stage show. |
| Rose, Karen |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,307 |
Collaborating with three composers to create the music/soundtrack for three of my choreographic solos. |
| Aitken, Neil |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,270 |
I am working on a full-length poetry collection that merges astrophysics, immigration, family history, and geography in its exploration of grief and memory. |
| Anderson, Darryl |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$10,262 |
I will be working with award winning Bart Mckay Studio to write 2 new songs and with Skull Creek Studios to write 3 new songs. |
| Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,250 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Gronsdahl, Todd |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,246 |
I am building and photographing "historical" scenes to exhibit with my Saskatchewan Maritime Museum installations at upcoming solo exhibitions in Swift Current and Edmonton. |
33 Central School
Brianna LaPlante |
Fillmore |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$10,225 |
Instruction in visual art for K-12 students from an Indigenous Artist with Elder support culminating in installation of Indigenous art (mural) at 33 Central School |
| Meneley, Barbara |
Val Marie |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,131 |
To create series of large drawings based on my research on Treaty 4 soil. |
| Hale, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,040 |
Time for creative exploration, investigation, experimentation, risk taking, discovery, dialogue and critique, development and creation of new artworks and works in progress. |
| Cuthand, Shawn |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$10,031 |
To produce a comedy web series "That Deadly Cousin," which uses super 8/digital film which focuses on urban Indigenous kinship bonds. |
Hale, Laura
Wild about Saskatoon NatureCity Festival |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Free, drop-in, community-engaged, environmental art project using locally found plants to explore material potential and create sculptural artworks and to create space for community dialogue. |
Goretzky, Barbara
Town of Lumsden |
Lumsden |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
To start the first stage of a large mural at the museum, depicting the settlement of the area, beginning with Indigenous people to the present. |
La Marre, Rebecca
The Ability Hub YXE |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Artist Rebecca La Marre proposes to both collaborate with and provide targeted services to clients at the North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre. |
Pacquette, John
Churchill Community High |
Black Lake |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Traditional skills knowledge keeper John Pacquette. Dene drum teachings workshops. Drum making, Dene singing, traditional dancing along with hand games. Denesuline Language support. |
Ecole Elsie Mironuck Community School
Tara Semple |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Tara Semple (musician, Sound Bath practitioner) will create Sound Bath experiences for elementary students/teachers using cross curricular/cultural outcomes selected with Rosa Haynes (Arts Ed. Specialist). |
| Normand, Alexis |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Create a concert that recounts my francophone identity-building journey via my new musical repertoire, scored field recordings and storytelling. |
| Darke Hall Society Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
— |
| The Women's Company |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Funds for the production of "Annette is a Bimbo" as part of RISER Regina 2023 presented by On Cue and Why Not Theatre. |
| Haynes, Sierra |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Workshop the first act of the new musical Crazy Girl The Musical in advance of Pacific Theatre’s New Roots Festival Showcase in Vancouver, BC. |
Woytiuk, Jamie
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission - Shayil Home |
Buena Vista |
Media Arts |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
This project will support Shayil Home residents to create personal Photographic Storytelling projects. The projects will be featured in a community exhibition. |
| Ferraton, Dominique |
Gravelbourg |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
To complete and release a 5-part audio piece exploring our relationship with water in Southwestern Saskatchewan. |
Prairie Sculptors' Association
Manitou Beach Recreation Board |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Prairie Sculptors' Assoc. (PSA) and Manitou Beach Recreation Board will host a sculpture symposium including public art workshops and a community art project. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Falynn Baptiste |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
This will be an opportunity for the Nehiyew staff and students to learn Nehiyew songs and poems with Falynn Baptiste and TKK for six weeks. |
| Regina International Open Theatre Society |
Regina |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Chief Gabriel Cote Education Complex
Treaty 4 Education Alliance |
Kamsack |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Grade 4 – 8 students will complete traditional art projects surrounding the theme of identity and sense of self with Dakota artist Holly Yuzicapi. |
Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home
Barbara Goretzky |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
To test the feasibility of an arts-based program in the home with the hope of turning it into an artist in community residency |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
La Marre, Rebecca
North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Artist Rebecca La Marre proposes to both collaborate with and provide artistic programming to clients at the North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre. |
Prince Albert Chuckwagon and Chariot Association
Colten Mike |
Weldon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Running for a Cause, celebrating community talents, with dance, musicians, and artistry |
| Kimbley, LJ |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Focusing on writing new music reflective on the personal experience of a two-spirit person in Saskatchewan. |
| Prairie Spirit Connection |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
The teepees will be centralized for teaching, ceremony, song, providing connection to heritage, for families, children, youth, and foster parents to experience culture connections. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Centre Francophone BDS
Alexis Normand |
Bellevue |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
To start a youth choir who will perform three songs in French for “Les rendez-vous de la francophonie” and host Café Culture gatherings in Bellevue/St.Louis/Domrémy. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
To devise, rehearse and perform "Homebuddies" an absurdist interactive outdoor performance exploring housing insecurity and biopolitics, in Saskatoon, in preparation for the Prague Quadrennial. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To create an artistic book- 60 word lexicon of Plains Indian Sign Language in black and white photos, accompanied by the Cree word or phrase. |
| Feuring, Jared |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
We are creating a short film 5-7 minutes in length for festival entry and distribution. |
| Short Cuts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
La Marre, Rebecca
The Ability Hub YXE |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Rebecca La Marre proposes to collaborate with and provide targeted services to clients at the North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre and Out Saskatoon Pride Home. |
| Whirligig Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Whirligig Theatre seeks to produce Jean Genet's queer classic, The Maid's, at Divas Nightclub in downtown Saskatoon. |
Selkirk, Jesse
Bedford Road Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
The continuation of a project for participants to learn the foundations of songwriting, using the artform as a tool to
explore wellbeing and identity. |
Bulyea Elementary School
Shaunna Dunn |
Bulyea |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Shaunna Dunn will come to Bulyea Elementary School to work with Grades K-6 students on a collaborative multidisciplinary installation project to present to the community. |
| Murray, Audie |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
Creation of new work that continues my studio exploration into generative refusal through process and material. |
| Gebremichael, Elsa |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
To write and co-produce songs that incorporate traditional Ethiopian elements combined pop / rock elements with producer XSDTRK for my debut Wild Black album. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Dunlop Art Gallery
Logan MacDonald |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Logan MacDonald will explore the Deaf experience with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. The collaborative artwork will be exhibited at Dunlop Art Gallery. |
Johnston, Christine
King George Community School |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Teaching youth composition/music production with a midi keyboard. We will write lyrics to the songs created, and perform a selection or two every June. |
Selkirk, Jesse
Bedford Road Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
A project for participants to learn the foundational elements of songwriting and use the artform as a tool for exploring their wellbeing and their identity. |
| Eastend Historical Museum & Cultural Centre |
Eastend |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Art as Healing workshops with people dealing with isolation facilitated by Artists in the Eastend SK area will be held September 1'18 to Feb.28'20 |
| Mistik Studios |
Leoville |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
Developing a mystical, Indigenous-inspired cooking/sim game that integrates cultural practices, storytelling, and Indigenous art, providing a platform for Indigenous perspectives in interactive media. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
Dotson, Allan
Ecole Wascana Plains Elementary School |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
A Grade 4 class will build a modular model community which will depict the use of natural resources in Saskatchewan. |
Saskatoon Industry Education Council
Muveddet Al-Katib |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Through art, newcomer youth will to express and share their culture while learning about the similarities and differences in other cultures in their new community. |
| Kardash, S.J. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
I'm about to release a self-funded debut solo album, and this grant would enable me to continue writing more music for the next release. |
| George Heese, Tracey |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
The project will have three components; an artist residency, a 3 session workshop circles and exhibition of final pieces. For the personal residency, I will focus on on the creation of a Treaty 4 Dress that reflects on my ancestors who were signatories of the Treaty 4 document. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Anderson, Skyler |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To lead, mentor, and direct a group of young and emerging indigenous artists from Treaty 4 through a devised performance at the Treaty 4 Grounds. |
Queen Mary Public School
Earl McKay |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
The grade 5/6, and 7 teachers and students will work alongside artist Earl Mckay to create posters that encompass the 7 Grandfather/nehiyew wiyasiwēwina teachings. |
| Cuthand, Shawn |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
I would like to take a script I have developed and edit/format it to make into a PSA comic book about addictions. |
