| Bulas, Patrick |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,800 |
As part of our ongoing collaboration, Jordan Schwab and I are planning to do a short, one week residency at SNAP Gallery in Edmonton, AB. |
| Prairie Saxophone Initiative |
North Battleford |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,818 |
To hold the Canadian premiere of Joseph Lai's new work for 2 saxophones and piano entitled 3 M's of a Union. |
| Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,887 |
Presenting performances of self-created vocal works, plus voice/electronics improvised music, in Washington State, USA |
| Martineau, Andrea |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,988 |
To participate in the Surrey International Writers Conference (virtual), the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Annual Conference & AGM (in-person), and writing residencies/retreats. |
| Checkley, Shauna |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,000 |
My project is a collection of short stories. These are adult level, literary fiction. My collection is an examination of personal decline and redemption. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$3,000 |
A new manuscript of poetry celebrating the joys, challenges and blessings of single parenthood |
| Power, Kevin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,000 |
A professional development project to work with Mr. Aaron Low (Toronto), Canada's renowned vocal coach for professional singers. Registration confirmed. |
| Dawson, Michael |
Estevan |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,000 |
To write and arrange songs for a new album and conceptualize accompanying videos, design, visuals, and photos related to the release and live performance. |
| McCrea, Debbie |
Mankota |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$3,000 |
To increase my body of work which is of paper Mache sculptures of cattle, horses and bison in order to approach a gallery. |
| Harder, Kristel |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,000 |
Through private lessons, self-study, journaling and regimented practice, I will retrain my voice to better serve my work as an actor, singer and voice teacher. |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
Professional development in dance creation. Exploring Indigenous storytelling as choreographic research. |
| Bundon, Johanna |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
To research and create a dance piece, within a body of solo work, through Fall 2023. |
| Trapp, Amanda |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
I'll be travelling to NYC to take classes to deepen/refresh my acting and dance practice, ensuring I am working to the best and safest extent. |
| Kamyabi, Marzia |
Pilot Butte |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
The Horrors of Nine to Five: workplace violence impacts over 70% of Canadians. Dedicated to the victims of workplace violence who took their own lives. |
| Carter, Nathan |
Loon Lake |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
A free music concert showcasing music, fashion and visual art created by myself and other artists identifying as BPOC. |
| Mendez, Edward |
Warman |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,000 |
I will obtain my Intermediate Actor/Combatant Certification through Fight Director's Canada at The 2024 National Stage Combat Certification Conference in Saskatoon, SK |
| Moker Wernikowski, Connie |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$3,050 |
Creation of a contemporary dance duet to be accompanied by original poetry and music. |
| Ternier-Daniels, Betty |
Cochin |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,052 |
I propose to complete the first draft of A Clear-Cut Case and to finish a second draft. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,054 |
A cross-discipline collaboration in scored improvisation using integrated dance to express themes of radical empowerment in the face of environmental disaster, performed at Persephone Theatre. |
| Prairie Roots Ensemble |
Lloydminster |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,103 |
We plan to produce three collaborative-focused concerts this year that include different members of the various unique art and music scenes in Saskatoon. |
| Hoggarth, Opal |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,163 |
Peyote Ugly is a show that combines live music with alternative drag in Regina and Saskatoon. |
| Wagner, Bernadette |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,169 |
To substantially revise and rewrite the mixed-genre manuscript, Unclear Future: Situating Uranium. |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,175 |
This project is to produce a live performance for touring and shows |
| Das, Mohana |
Regina |
Dance |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$3,200 |
The Nirvana Dance Creations team is selected to perform at the biggest festival of Toronto "North American Bengali Conference" (NABC). |
| Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,280 |
To support Xiao Han's multidisciplinary creation on a sound-based performance which reflects the relationship between human, migration, and the environment with the Saskachewan landscape. |
| Sharpe, Wendy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,283 |
This proposal is to support the production of new work based on travel through Saskatchewan along a stretch of highway called Ghost Town Trail |
| Logan, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,311 |
Dedicate significant time to working on the completion of my first independently developed release while solidifying my artistic identity through the exploration of sound. |
| Tiggelers, Larissa |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,315 |
I am applying for funding to support the costs associated with attending an artist residency hosted by the University of Lethbridge in Blairmore, Alberta. |
| Bundon, Johanna |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,316 |
Three-week solo research period to consider the Feldenkrais Method ® in relationship to solo contemporary dance practice and ongoing movement training and teaching. |
| Pelletier, Sharon |
Regina |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$3,319 |
A camcorder for video recording of the performance and for editing of the footage in addition to using the equipment for future performances. |
| Vogt, Joshua |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$3,329 |
Laptop will allow me to work remotely on set during video shoots. This will increase productivity and work with newer versions of various software programs. |
| Anderson, Darryl |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$3,330 |
A Bose F1 speaker & sub system allows me to travel easier with a more compact speaker but It also helps me sound more professional. |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,367 |
To support the creation of a new contemporary dance solo choreographed by Adam Barruch and danced by Tessa Rae Kuz. |
| LaRiviere, David |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,400 |
Deliver paper at 12th annual Deleuze & Guattari Studies academic camp and conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, and apply research to collaborative project. |
| Lavallee, Zachary |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$3,400 |
Capture the images of Indigenous people experiencing poverty to display their enduring attitude despite living in a society that marginalizes Indigenous people. |
| Balion, Audra |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,410 |
Creation of final two chapters of "Flight Nineteen," a silent (wordless) sci-if/fantasy graphic novel exploring biological and technological transformation. |
| Peart, Greta |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,415 |
I will create a story-based, hand drawn web game that explores the inevitably of change, the elusiveness of time, and material existence. |
| Floen, Dawn Lawrence |
Bruno |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$3,440 |
In my practice as a jewellery artist, a pulse ARC welder would allow me to solder precious metals quickly, saving time/energy and requiring less ventilation. |
| Stooshinoff, Alexander |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,443 |
To complete the writing of my third LP, "Cold House," which features finger-style guitar and voice with an emphasis on performance. |
| Nourse, Sheila |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,450 |
I am applying for support to bring this project to a conclusion. It will be installed in the Elsie Scherie Art Gallery in February, 2023. |
| Erickson, Shannon |
Yorkton |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$3,464 |
Purchase of Nikon D850 will increase the resolution to 45MP and allow me to incorporate media elements into my body of work |
| Lavoy, Landon |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,473 |
The Year Long Ukrainian Dance Immersion Program allows dancers to spend a year in Ukraine training and performing with five unique, professional Ukrainian Dance ensembles. |
| Schwab, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,486 |
Attend the late winter residency to research the relationship of scale, isolation and space in a geographically contrasting location to the prairies. |
| McKnight, Spencer |
SASKATOON |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,500 |
To provide two months of living expenses to be able to develop a recital for touring in Saskatchewan for summer of 2020. |
| Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$3,500 |
This grant is for the creation of four ten minute plays. I plan to take these pieces and pitch them to companies for further development. |
| O'Bertos, Taegan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$3,500 |
A new laptop geared towards graphic design and editing because my practice is becoming more about editing and designing projections. |
| Dinsmore, Rowen |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,500 |
A collection of self-portrait paintings titled "The Only Friend I Need" with the intent to be shown as a solo exhibition within art gallery spaces. |
| Conlon, Emily |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,500 |
Forming relationships to the body through visual language by creating large-scale drawing installations that mimic experiences navigating through natural spaces and the act of walking. |
| Solheim, Krista |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,500 |
With this Professional Development grant I will attend and complete The Franklin Method 6-month Level 4 long-form training program (June – November 2024). |
| Chan, Marvin |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,500 |
This grant will be used to support singer-songwriter Merv xx Gotti in his recently accepted artist residency in Woodstock, NY. |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,500 |
Write research-based lyrics via workshops and mentorships and compose melodies inspired by nature via the Ableton music software. |
| Bryans, Amber |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$3,516 |
Time and materials to produce works that explore pattern & repetition in linocut printmaking. |
| Straker, Jeffery |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,600 |
This project is to compose 10 new songs covering a range of themes. Works will be used in performance & upcoming recording. |
| Hagel, Mandie |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,611 |
I will be continuing the work of my poetry manuscript that examines how my relationships we affected throughout or by the pandemic. |
| Weber, Joanne |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,617 |
The project is the development of a script by Joanne Weber about the Deaf settlers who immigrated to Qu'Appelle Valley in the early 1900's. |
| Wong, Wing Tak Nova |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,640 |
Presenting Historically Informed Performance of early and late Italian, French and German violin-harpsichord music, and Baroque dance step workshop, to the Saskatoon community. |
| Martin, Monique |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,661 |
I am installing and exhibiting a large installation based printmaking piece and attending the International Printmaking Biennial in Duoro, Portugal, which is an invitational event |
| Sefton, Ben |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,707 |
I have recorded 4 songs that need to be mixed and mastered and 2 more songs that are ready to be recorded, mixed and mastered. |
| Hagel, Mandie |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,750 |
Writing and creating a poetry collection about all we've lost during the pandemic and the lasting effects of it. |
| All-Terrain Theatre |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,769 |
For All-Terrain Theatre I will produce and direct my play, Lyudmila Times Three: A Play for Peace, for Tic Toc Ten Festival . |
| Parovsky, Karley |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,770 |
I will be travelling to Brevard, North Carolina to participate in the auditioned Blue Ridge Fiddle Camp led by Cassey Dreisen and Darol Anger. |
| Meldrum, Jeff |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$3,800 |
To assist in production of a touring exhibition exploring my project Art For Animals which introduces sculpture to the forest and wildlife of Northern Saskatchewan. |
| Regina Highland Festival Association Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$3,815 |
This project will support Celtic music performance at the SHGCF, featuring local professional musicians and world-renowned musician Fred Morrison from Scotland. |
| Friday, Kristi |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,931 |
Kristi Friday and Nathan Coppens are working together to create a Video by combining Kristi's illustrations and written prose and Nathan's composed music with narration. |
| Mendez, Edward |
Warman |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$3,950 |
I will obtain my Advanced Actor Combatant Certification through Fight Director's Canada at The 2025 National Stage Combat Certification Conference in Saskatoon, SK |
| Thorn, Elly |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,000 |
Allan Gilliland will arrange 4 of Elly Thorns original Christmas songs so that she can perform them with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra Christmas 2019. |
| Straker, Jeffery |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,000 |
This project will see me compose music and lyrics for 10 new songs, between May 1 and June 30 2019 |
| Abrupt Dystopia |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,000 |
Abrupt Dystopia, a band formed during the Girls Rock Regina’s inaugural Adult Camp in March 2019, will be writing and recording their first album. |
| Pettigrew, Laura |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,000 |
This project is to write two new works for: Low Brass, premiere Portugal August 2020; Flute duet with piano, premiere Canada USA 2020/21 |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,000 |
In the time of COVID-19, what is a performing/recording artist to do? Learn and practice. I'll use the grant for lessons and paid rehearsal time. |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,000 |
This grant would be to facilitate the development of Tallus Scott's proficiency at drumming, drum tuning, and electronically capturing the sound of the drums. |
| Pettigrew, Laura |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,000 |
Write two new works for Low Brass ensembles which will be premiered at 11th ed. Gravissmo International Low Brass Festival August 23-27 2021, Alcobaça, Portugal |
| Baudemont, David |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Plaines aquarelles is a collection of water color paintings and poetic aphorism in reaction to confinement in the western plain. |
| Dynamic Video Imaging Corporation |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Across the Hill is a short narrative film surrounding the life of an elderly woman as she struggles to live alone in a barren landscape. |
| Mehlsen, Erik |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Erik Mehlsen is the principle songwriter for Sharp 5 Records; is seeking opportunity to write the music for the 2022-2023 production cycle. |
| Hardy, Greg |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
I have a solo exhibition of drawings on paper and canvas. I would like funding assistance to produce a catalogue from Lac la Ronge |
| Holland, Matthew |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
To create a film using archival photographs of the Regina tornado of 1912. |
| Pacquette, John |
Black Lake |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Following the Denesuline ancestral skills teachings, creating traditional drums from barren ground caribou hide I have tanned and birch trees I have harvested. |
| Ba, Flany |
Regina |
Dance |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Purchase of camera equipment to record dance rehearsals and performance to assist with professional critique and support online projects. |
| Dieter, Mark |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
I'm applying to re-develop a First Nations stage adaptation of Anthony Burgess' cult classic novel "A Clockwork Orange" for script submission purposes in 2022. |
| Conlon, Emily |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$4,000 |
Purchase an 999 Model Two Etching Press for my studio in support of my independent practice. |
| W3APONS |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,000 |
Songwriting period, collaborating remotely with Award Winning Songwriters. |
| Gares, Jessica |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
'The Rehearsal' is a devised play to be independently produced and presented as part of the RISER Project's inaugural season in their Regina expansion. |
| Francoeur, Paige |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
This grant money would be used to pay myself and a dramaturge to complete a new draft of my play. |
| Polischuk, Katelyn |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
Funding production of The Josephine Knot by Meg Braem as a part of Live Five's 2023/2024 season. |
| Murawsky, Graham |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
To write a new Factor Chandelier solo record in Saskatchewan focused sonically on expanding my prairie sound and taking it to the next level. |
| Hill, Milo |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
Uplift LGBTQIA+ voices and showcase the wealth of local talent in 12 all-ages drag shows at the Saskatoon Fringe Festival |
| Murray, Aryn |
saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
Collaborative creation of material for a concept album, "Speakeasy". Expansion of original works, increasing live repertoire. |
| Shahabadi, Mahboubeh |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
Art gallery portraying traditional Persian mosaic patterns and design. Providing a unique opportunity to explore the ancient history of Iran through an artistic lens. |
| Umeh, Charles |
Regina |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
I want to develop a screenplay of my cultural feature film title Dirty Hands. |
| Pasqua, Anthony |
saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
I will research, develop, write and select 6-8 tracks for my album highlighting the modern day struggles and powerful resiliency of First Nations people. |
| Hosaluk, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
New work develops my ceramic practice and brings innovation to sculptural work scheduled for exhibition July 4th, 2024 at the Mann Gallery, in Saskatchewan. |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
To travel from Regina, Saskatchewan, to St. Paul, Minnesota to learn about mechanical operation and maintenance of the pedal steel guitar. |
| Johnson, Benjamin |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
I intend to create a short story collection centered around queer experience using camp and fabulist modes. |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
To Engage in the CARFAC Sask Art Writing Mentorship with Nic Wilson to develop Trans Feminist Self Help Zine: Volume 1 (November 2024-May 2025). |
| Straker, Jeffery |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
Relocate to the Saskatchewan family farm where I grew up to compose 8-10 songs inspired by place. Songs will be used in performance & recording. |
| Buenavente, Joviel |
Regina |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
I'm asking for funding to cover costs related to my upcoming window gallery exhibition at Neutral Ground in Dececember 2024 to January 2025. |
| Maggrah, Julianna |
Prince Albert |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,000 |
Writing a script for feature documentary on the Indigenous view of autism. Grant money would be to pay me for my time writing. |
| Vas, Eva |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,000 |
To develop a short drama film script about a young dressmaker who explores traditional craft through the lens of filmmaking and wardrobe design. |
| Truszkowski, Robert |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,000 |
The Large Letter Project: To produce large-format, digitally-generated, CNC-cut, wooden "movable type" letters in order to hand-print text on long rolls of Kozuke paper. |
