Recipient Community Discipline Program Year Amount Description
Matyushenko, Valentyna Grandora Dance Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $10,000 Create choreography project about Easter in Pysanka and showcase it. Awake Tradition through the dance vision.
Wensel, Misty Regina Dance Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $10,000 To refine existing segments of dance creation, “Trails” into a full length, open-air production featuring Saskatchewan artists from multiple disciplines. To be presented Summer 2021.
Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc.
Jason Surkan
Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2020-2021 $10,000 This project engages youth to create an installation that explores how the rhythms and patterns of Métis tectonics can be translated through contemporary architectural design.
Art Gallery of Swift Current
Shon Profit
Swift Current Visual Artists in Communities 2020-2021 $10,000 Provide and document for research a professional artist-led weekly art class for Wolf Willow Health Centre LTC to implement into a sustainable program during lockdowns.
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.
Normand, Alexis
Ecole Notre-Dame-des-Vertus
Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $10,000 This project is to carry out a rock camp with students who will learn and perform songs in French about Zénon Park.
YWCA Regina
Joely Bigeagle-Kequahtooway
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2020-2021 $10,000 Brain tanned buffalo hide will used to create art work that will commemorate MMIWG2S+ families loved ones.
Doyle, Eliza Mary
Girls Rock Camp Saskatoon
Asquith Music Artists in Communities 2020-2021 $10,000 Providing continued opportunity for female empowerment by building local capacity through strengthening, mentoring and expanding the Girls Rock Saskatoon program to under-served/remote communities in Saskatchewan.
W3APONS Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $10,000 4 month creative period to write new songs and choreograph a new stage show.
Metcalfe, Shayne Waldheim Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $10,000 Creation of monologues through an experimental writing and performance process. Scripts will be created from documentary style interviews of actors then used for video monologues.
Conservatory of Performing Arts
Paul Dechene
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2021-2022 $10,000 "Out of the Darke" seeks to respond to untold oral stories and unwritten histories of performing arts venue, Darke Hall, through literary and multimedia works.
Okemaysim, Aren Regina Music Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2021-2022 $10,000 The recording and engineering of 14 original songs for my debut solo music project, “Okimaw”.
La Marre, Rebecca
North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre Inc.
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.
Cathedral Area Community Association Regina Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon Saskatoon Media Arts SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. La Ronge Literary SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. Saskatoon Music SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Regina International Open Theatre Society Regina Theatre SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra Saskatoon Music SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Short Cuts Festival Inc. Saskatoon Theatre SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
The Vertigo Series Regina Literary SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
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.
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Harelkin Bishop
Saskatoon Literary Artists in Schools 2021-2022 $10,000 This project is to help students to find out about their culture and record this information in writing. The final product is a printed book.
Cameron, Steph Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $10,000 Creation, development and demonstration recordings of songs for album, Blood Moon. Expansion of live performance repertoire.
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.
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop
Saskatoon Literary Artists in Schools 2021-2022 $10,000 Students will be part of a creative community as they experience researching, writing and illustrating to create a book as the final project.
Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. Regina Literary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2022-2023 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
YWCA Regina
Lloyd Dubois
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2021-2022 $10,000 To provide art-making workshops and co-create a kinship mural that explore Indigenous experiences under colonialism for YWCA residents, staff and public.
Reimer, Joel Dash
Chokecherry Studios
Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2021-2022 $10,000 This 12 week project will provide young male participants with hip hop skills as a form of expression for a tandem project on healthy masculinity.
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.
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).
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.
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop
Saskatoon Literary Artists in Schools 2022-2023 $10,000 Students will be part of a creative community as they create primary books in Cree/English to help themselves and other students learn Cree.
Martin-Arcand, Logan Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2022-2023 $10,000 We, a team of a 2SLGBTQ+ artists, will be presenting Logan Martin-Arcand's play The Gay Card, as a part of the 2022/23 Live Five Season.
Walliser, Carson Regina Theatre Independent Artists Program 2022-2023 $10,000 Application for funds to support myself and my devising partners as we develop "Annette is a Bimbo!" for RISER Regina 2023
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.
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.
Conservatory of Performing Arts
Karley Parovsky
Regina Music Artists in Communities 2022-2023 $10,000 The Intercultural String Exchange provides professional development for violinists/fiddlers and performance/workshop opportunities for the general public showcasing the violin's multicultural usage.
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
Saskatchewan Band Association
Paul Suchan
Regina Music Artists in Communities 2022-2023 $10,000 Engage developing youth composers, through collaboration with a professional composer, in the creation of a 4-piece band composition celebrating the Saskatchewan Band Association’s 40th anniversary.
Bird, Lianne Balcarres Share and Connect 2022-2023 $10,000 Singers from Peepeekisis FN joined with Saskatchewan Gymnaestada to perform at Amsterdam World Gymaestrada Festival to promote Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action.
Smith, James Muskoday Share and Connect 2022-2023 $10,000 Ask younger indigenous people what they think about Art. Show them how to develop these ideas ranging from educational, spiritual experiences, hardships, beauty nature, aspirations.
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.
Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc.
Skyler Anderson
Regina Theatre Artists in Communities 2022-2023 $10,000 To develop traditional stories into stage performances with puppets.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop
Saskatoon Literary Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $10,000 The artist will work with classroom teachers to produce small books in Cree and English, modeling from familiar stories, helping students learn their Cree language.
Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. Saskatoon Literary SaskFestivals 2023-2024 $10,000 For general operating and program support.
Petit, Marcel Saskatoon Share and Connect 2023-2024 $10,000 To create a first draft of the documentary film Queer Seniors by editing twelve existing interviews of queer Indigenous Elders and settler senior citizens.
Afenfia, Michael Saskatoon Literary Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $10,000 The "Head of the Baptist" is a collection of short stories and poetry exploring Nigerian-Canadian identity and relationships within the context of Canadian multiculturalism.
Holy Family School
Kevin Pee-ace
North Battleford Visual Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $10,000 Our students will work with Kevin Peeace to create a legacy piece (painting) in the hall of our school to represent our students and community.
Bundon Pfeifer Henderson Regina Theatre Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $10,000 Funds for bundonpfeiferhenderson to develop audio, projection, and installation concepts for the new play 'Tommy & Pere', by Arthur Milner.
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.
Normand, Alexis
École Père Mercure
Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $10,000 This project is to carry out choral and rock band projects with students who will write and perform songs in French about Père André Mercure.
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.
Common Weal Community Arts Inc.
Michèle Mackasey
Saskatoon Visual Artists in Communities 2023-2024 $10,000 A community engaged art project focused on rejuvenation of Indigenous languages with artist Michèle Mackasey, Patuanak community, Saskatoon partners, and regional Elders.
Darke Hall Society Inc. Regina Multidisciplinary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2024-2025 $10,000
On Cue Performance Hub Regina Multidisciplinary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2024-2025 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Indigenous Poets Society Saskatoon Share and Connect 2023-2024 $10,000 Publish a Zine of indigenous writing, artwork in early 2024 of 50 pages. Create digitally and send to printers at SK and ON branches distribution.
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.
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Falynn Baptiste
Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2023-2024 $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.
Reimer, Joel Dash
Pleasant Hill Community Association
Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2023-2024 $10,000 Dash Reimer will partner with different communities in Pleasant Hill to create an artistic response to the question of what safety looks like in community.
Woytiuk, Jamie
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission - Shayil Home
Buena Vista Media Arts Artists in Communities 2023-2024 $10,000 This project will support Shayil Home residents to create personal Photographic Storytelling projects. The projects will be featured in a community exhibition.
Wilson, Nic Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $10,000 Over the next year, I would like to pursue three projects that will focus on new material processes and collaboration.
Bernbaum, Joel
Oskayak High School
Saskatoon Theatre Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $10,000 To study the play Reasonable Doubt with ​​Oskāyak High School students, work with them to create an artistic response, and share this response with public
Negraeff, Laura Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $10,000 I will produce & direct Sarah Ruhl’s play about relationships, women’s health, & sexuality, titled “In the Next Room” at Persephone’s Backstage in Saskatoon
Agecoutay, Richard Regina Media Arts Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2024-2025 $10,000 The following grant proposal is for the research phase of a Video Documentary focused on the people who attend and participate in Saskatchewan Powwows.
Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. Saskatoon Literary SaskFestivals 2024-2025 $10,000 For general operating and program support.
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.
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.
Larsen, Mitchell Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $10,000 I am applying to fund an extended creation/development phase of a queer, research-inspired production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.
Campus Regina Public
Joely Bigeagle-Kequahtooway
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $10,000 The collaborative art piece created from a buffalo hide will be displayed in the cultural classroom and will reflect students learning and connection with land.
Evan Hardy Collegiate
Samuel Kruger
Saskatoon Theatre Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $10,000 An original theatre production about relevant issues in the lives of teens utilizing innovative theatrical performance and technology techniques with the guidance of Sam Kruger.
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.
KSAMB Dance Company Saskatoon Dance Independent Artists Program 2019-2020 $9,955 Perfecting the technique of live amplification of dancers’ heartbeats and integrating the technique into a work in progress performance.
Badger, Joanne
Mistawasis Nehiyawak
Sturgeon Lake Visual Artists in Communities 2023-2024 $9,916 To provide workshops as a series of porcupine quillwork artistry and preservation of a centuries old Indigenous decor.
The Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC)
Kris Alvarez
Regina Theatre Artists in Communities 2019-2020 $9,900 To work with Saskatchewan artists to provide young leaders with creative and supportive spaces to engage with ideas related to social justice and global citizenship.
The Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC)
Melanie Rose
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2021-2022 $9,900 To work with Saskatchewan artists to provide young leaders with creative and supportive spaces to engage with ideas related to social justice and global citizenship.
Schneider, Zoë Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $9,900 This proposal seeks funding to support the creation of a solo exhibition of sculpture, video, and installation at Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA in September-October 2024.
Pewapsconias, Janelle Paynton Share and Connect 2023-2024 $9,900 For youth descendants of Indian Residential School to capture survivance stories through family tree art, spoken word, and storytelling for Orange Shirt Day 2023.
Horowitz, Risa Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2022-2023 $9,872 To prepare for and attend an artist retreat in Longyearbyen, and a residency circumnavigating the Svalbard Archipelago, undertaking a series of documented performance art actions.
Petit, Marcel Saskatoon Media Arts Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2022-2023 $9,863 Jean’s War is about the turmoil of a youth who has suffered abuse. His world is a metaphor for the inner workings of his psyche.
Ferraton, Dominique Gravelbourg Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $9,827 To complete first drafts of a 5-part audio piece exploring our relationship with water in Southwestern Saskatchewan.
Eden Care Communities Foundation Inc.
Misty Wensel
Regina Dance Artists in Communities 2019-2020 $9,781 Collaborating with FadaDance Troupe our project will integrate the use of dance and movement to improve the overall well-being of our staff, artists and communities.
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School
Sturgeon Lake Visual Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $9,769 To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Grade 7 to 12 at the Sturgeon Lake Central School, Sturgeon Lake Reserve, Saskatchewan.
McGuinty, Mooky Regina Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $9,747 Creation time to script write and production plan 13 episodes of a preschooler and neurodivergent student, screen based educational program
Bellefleur, Stephanie
Qu'Appelle Valley Friedship Centre Inc
Willow Bunch Visual Artists in Communities 2024-2025 $9,700 Friendship Centre inclusive contemporary indoor mural, facilitating mentorship related to themes of; Nature, Mental Health and Community Civic Pride.
F.W. Johnson Collegiate
Holly Yuzicapi
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $9,547 After multiple land-based explorations, students will prepare materials to use for traditional art forms to create four panels which examine connections between land and reconciliation.
Kennedy, Marsha Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $9,514 My proposal requests funding to produce and frame 15 works for a traveling retrospective exhibition and to support experimentation and further production of new works.
Han, Xiao
Riversdale Business Improvement District
Saskatoon Visual Artists in Communities 2021-2022 $9,508 Xiao Han works with Asian and non-Asian artists to create and install artwork in Riversdale's Asian restaurants to address racism toward Saskatoon Asian community.
Olsen, Farideh Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $9,500 This project is to write 60 songs, the best 10 will be recorded and performed by Farideh.
Ferguson, Anastasia Regina Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2022-2023 $9,493 Shoot and hand-develop a 5-minute film, using 16 and Super 8 film. Title: The Garden of Curiousities, Chapter 2: From the Dying of the Day
Bates, Steve Saskatoon Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $9,400 To create an environmentally sensitive listening station and exhibition site from my home. Artworks will be exhibited from the same site and streamed online.
Blom, Monique Waldheim Multidisciplinary Independent Artists Program 2022-2023 $9,350 To construct a sod house for my performance "Ethics of the Dust" for Remai Modern Sustained Artist Project.
Turtleford Transition School
Bonny Macnab
Turtleford Visual Artists in Schools 2021-2022 $9,303 We will investigate how people can gain a deeper understanding of their own and others' communities through practical applied arts and quilting.
Nepjuk, Elizabeth Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $9,275 I will be researching and developing, and then presenting my death-centred production TEA. CAKE. DEATH. at the 2023 Saskatoon Fringe.
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Photo Credit: Artist Evie Ruddy partnered with UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity on a photography project featuring trans and non-binary people. Photo by Charity Marsh.