| Benjamin, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,179 |
Collaborate with Toronto composer Sodhivine and Saskatoon Cree songwriter Falynn Baptiste. Create new music that will be adapted for my upcoming CQ Concert performances. |
| Willems, Alexander |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,249 |
Creation grant to write, storyboard, and develop a short film exploring how sobriety impacts social dynamics. |
| Mathieu, Véronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,250 |
Research manuscripts, archival materials, and new violin works written by women composers in Frankfurt and Munich (Germany) in August 2025. |
| Lapointe, Ky |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,264 |
The aim of this project is to create French and bilingual spoken word centered around my Fransaskois experience with language and community. |
| Harris, Carla |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,290 |
Conduct a workshop for a multimedia script, consulting with a dramaturg, disabled artists, musicians, and actors hired to experience the script aloud. |
| Hui, Catherine |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$4,340 |
Purchase the software that professional set designers use Vectorworks software to create 3D rendering of set designs. |
| Earle, Shawn |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,350 |
I will perform the Don Byron Clarinet Concerto with the SUNY Geneseo Wind Ensemble, then study clarinet repair with master clarinet repair technician Wojtek Komsta |
| Zafaremili, Elham |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,383 |
I aim to combine Persian calliography and painting. |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,393 |
Learning 3D rendering software and exploring unconventional projection surfaces to enhance technical quality and conceptual aspects of abstract video art practice. |
| Benjamin, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,400 |
Attending Colombian and South American private music master classes by drum instructor Juan David Castano at the Berklee Satellite campus EMMAT in Bogota, Colombia. |
| Peet, John |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,412 |
This grant is to cover materials, firings and studio costs, enabling me to development a new body of work for a solo exhibition. |
| Rewuski, Lindsey |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,440 |
Support in presentation and transportation of works for first solo exhibition in March 2025 in Yorkton, SK. |
| Harder, Kristel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,466 |
To gain the professional skills necessary to develop "EmotionLoss", a comedic cabaret exploring mental health, through two workshops and a mentorship program. |
| Okemaysim, Aren |
Regina |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$4,470 |
This grant is to cover subsistence & living expenses while writing new music for my OKIMAW ᐅᑭᒪᐤ music project. |
| Gares, Jessica |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,474 |
I am seeking funds to complete post production work on my short film "Fuck" I shot this past summer, which I wrote, directed, and produced. |
| Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,480 |
To assist with the costs of childcare for my three children while I create a new body of paintings for exhibition. |
| Bellegarde, Bradley |
Regina |
Music |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$4,487 |
To write 6 songs, all stories with Indigenous relevance for an EP with the working title, "Rediculous Stories". |
| Standing, Cyrus |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$4,488 |
Developing my art form of story telling and tell the stories of Dakota history, Kinship, language and my community in Saskatchewan |
| Baird, Gavin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,500 |
8th Street Menace is an online series about protagonist Mitchell “Menace” Dubois, a failed welder and aspiring Métis musician who moonlights as an auto-parts thief. |
| Hansen, Yolanda |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
A mentorship with an established Saskatchewan poet to learn more about the craft of poetry and work on a full-length collection. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
Dramaturgy, rewrites, & remounting 'Identity Crisis' for a 2024 tour to the Winnipeg & Edmonton Fringe Festivals with John Turner, Karen Hines, Kenn McLeod. |
| Tienkamp, Christine |
St. Louis |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$4,500 |
To support a Metis Womens Artists evening with an exhibit following, completing and adding new 'li rooz di no piyii' pieces to the exhibit. |
| Pickrell, Jonathon |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
Funding to support a dramaturgy cycle and two day workshop for my play "66 No Exit Lane" to prepare it for production. |
| Olsen, Farideh |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,500 |
To write a 60-90min show about motherhood that integrates music and comedy. |
| Lavallee, Terri |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$4,500 |
I would like to create a stylized bridal gown embellished with Nehiyaw bead work, along with beaded accessories and matching mens cufflinks and tie clip. |
| Kovach, Jaye |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
Complete post-production for The Lovers 2, a short film exploring my trans-for-trans and butch-femme relationship with Cat C. Haines through kink and the everyday. |
| Klassen, Hilary |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
Professional development in the form of mentorship for creative nonfiction book manuscript about a Saskatchewan land conflict, subsequent reconciliation and shared continuing quest for justice. |
| Kim, Hyon Suk |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,500 |
My project explores clarinet repertoire in my home country, Japan, through research, deepening my artistic practice and sharing unique musical insights with Saskatchewan’s arts community. |
| McKenzie, Tiess |
Estevan |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,500 |
To produce a five-track cycle of experimental, soundscape-based, electronic music. Working title: "Walking Music." |
| Cuthand, Shawn |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$4,500 |
We want to continue our series of satirical news monologues centred around an Indigenous Comedy perspective and expand into comedy skits. |
| Lobb, Greg |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,500 |
A mosaic visual piece utilizing scraps and off cuts from sign production focusing on reclamation, conservation and salvage. |
| Littlechief, Teagan |
Carylyle |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
We need grant funding to attend the OSAC Showcase, aiming to secure bookings for the 2025-2026 season and expand our performance opportunities. |
| Regina Highland Festival Association Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$4,500 |
This project celebrates Celtic music and dance performances at the Saskatchewan Highland Gathering and Celtic Festival (SHGCF), featuring local professionals. |
| Brenna, Beverley |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,500 |
--A YA novel following eighteen-year-old Kay as she navigates FASD and grade twelve in a new school, discovering her bio mom, and a twin brother. |
| Berglund, Blake |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,520 |
I will return home to the family farm to write new material influenced by family dynamic, rural culture and personal themes. |
| Fourstar, Gabrielle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$4,536 |
I intend to paint an art series of 100 abstract acrylic blob paintings on 18"X 24" canvases. Remaining paintings with vegan paint. |
| Manitou Beach Literary Festival |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
Multi genre contemporary literary festival celebrating excellence in local, provincial, national and international literature through presentation of book launches, author readings, workshops, panels and performance. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
JazzFest Regina 2023 celebrates its 15th. annual festival kicking off summer and our festival event season. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
The Mid-Winter Blues Festival features mainstage and free live blues music events featuring a mix of diverse local, national, and international performers. |
| Semko, Jacob |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,555 |
Expanding traditional fine-art wood block printmaking by developing methods with novel tools and techniques |
| Aurich, Romina |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$4,557 |
The project is to make professionally led circus training more accessible to people and to share our passion and discipline with the people around us. |
| McKenzie, Tiess |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,570 |
To present three musical events in Saskatoon: An outdoor, interactive soundwalk, a concert of string and piano music, and a concert of electro-acoustic trombone music. |
| Brochu Lambert, Anne |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,577 |
To create a multimedia triptych installation that integrates a motion activated soundscape, celebrating the close relationships and creative voices of four generations of Francophone women. |
Reimer, Joel Dash
E. D. Feehan Catholic High School |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$4,580 |
We will engage a group of 10th grade newcomer students in an exploration of spoken word poetry through the themes of identity & balance |
| Spilchen, Danielle |
Warman |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,583 |
Our collective will produce and present George F. Walker's Zastrozzi as part of Live Five's 2024-2025 season in November/December of 2024. |
| Zdunich, Emily |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,600 |
To create and research a new body of work exploring the human condition for the purpose of exhibitions and professional development. |
| Lynch, Rory |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,644 |
A period of time dedicated to practice and research, with the goal of developing specific technical skills and expanding aesthetic horizons. |
| Truszkowski, Robert |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,660 |
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. |
| Weber, Angel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,670 |
To study tsumami-zaiku, the Japanese craft of folding silk squares into complex flora and fauna arrangements, and become a certified tsumami-zaiku teacher. |
| Johnson, Ashley |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,700 |
To develop a peer led somatic learning space to support the transition back to in person dancing with Ashley Johnson and Johanna Bundon. |
| Dubois, Emily |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,700 |
I would like funding to workshop my compositions into arrangements with talented peers on guitar, fiddle, and
cello in preparation for recording my first EP! |
| Mendez, Edward |
Warman |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,716 |
I will write a verbatim play based on interviews with first generation and Indigenous Canadians exploring loss of culture and the concept of "Being Canadian" |
| Meneley, Barbara |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,751 |
This proposal is to support travel costs related to the creation and development of my project "White Land / Treaty For?" |
| Hanwell, Drew |
Regina |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$4,768 |
My band would be able to take more gigs if we could start bringing our production equipment with us in the cargo trailer. |
| Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,780 |
Direct and finish a narrative short film about beekeeping and the ecological issues effecting bees. |
| Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. |
Manitou Beach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$4,800 |
The 2022 Manitou Music Fest will deliver a quality festival, including an eclectic selection of professional musicians, songwriters, dancers, artisans, and performers. |
| Gobeil, Beth |
Prince Albert |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,800 |
Requesting funds to work on my poetry manuscript tentatively titled Of Rooms and Memory. I will revise 30 poems and write 25 new poems. |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,821 |
Three day artist residency in Quebec to workshop, develop and rehearse live visual set before departing on German tour in November and December. |
| Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Inc. |
Yorkton |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$4,825 |
Upgrade and replace aging and soon to be obsolete computer and technology infrastructure. Manage change and succession for a new Director & Curator position. |
| Muyu Sisakuna |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$4,848 |
To acquire traditional dresses made by Indigenous artisans from Ecuador, and take a Kichwa dance workshop and produce a small documentary of this learning opportunity. |
| Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,862 |
Short film based on the book by J.M. Bergman, about a teenage girl who is kidnapped, illustrating the plight of missing and murdered Indigenous women. |
| Baerwaldt, Wayne |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,884 |
To complete my research and writing to realize a collaborative artist book project with Richard Boulet |
| Bellefleur, Stephanie |
Willow Bunch |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,885 |
Power Haus is a literary art book which explores; passion for community engagement and the introspective effects of colour therapy through the public art lens. |
| Fornwald & Wilson |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,900 |
We are working as a duo to produce an installation of 50 flags and wallpaper for the Alberta Biennial at the Remai Modern in Saskatoon. |
| Megan Kent and Sara Kreuger |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,905 |
Megan Kent and Sara Kreuger want to further their study of Egyptian dance with master instructors at the Ya Salam Canada workshop in May 2020. |
| Bulas, Patrick |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,936 |
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. |
| Krips, Spencer |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,989 |
Immersive 360-degree music performance, pairing improvised music with recorded natural sounds. Custom visualizers will be created to respond to the music and projected during performance. |
| Saskatoon Igbo Cultural Association (SICA) Women Dance Group |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$4,992 |
SICA Women Dance Group seeks funding to perform at the AfroTribes Festival's "Rhythms of the Diaspora" in Regina, to showcase our vibrant Igbo culture. |
| Weber, Angel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,996 |
I've been invited to the first special event workshop and exhibition held by the international association for my art form - the International Tsumami-Zaiku Association. |
| Coflin, Caitlin |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,997 |
I will be travelling to Toronto to study Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals with Janet Kaylo and other certified instructors. |
| Eve, Sophia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
To complete a literary fiction manuscript, ALL THIS TO SAY. Themes include socioeconomic and racial identities in motherhood, art vs artist, and ethics vs desire. |
| Holophon Audio Arts |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
To host the second annual Wavefield sound art festival running from September 26th to September 27th, 2025. |
| Baudemont, David |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
From Jan 1 to Aug.31, 2026, write and revise the second half of Surtout ne pas bouger, a 140 page-long work of poetry-fiction |
| Burke, Kelley Jo |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
To spend three months completing a working draft of a play, "Rigby" to be workshopped with Listen To 'Dis Community Arts Organization in spring/summer 2023. |
| Akintade-Oluwagbeye, Oluwaseun Peace |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
This grant supports the development and presentation of Ori Ara Emi, an Afro-centric exhibition and workshop blending Poet Laureate, Peace Akintade’s, visual and auditory poetry. |
| Knutson, Cole |
North Battleford |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
The study and performance of lieder and opera in Europe and the prairies ie. lessons with professional coach, and concerts in the prairies. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
The purpose of this project is to perform technological upgrades to improve our ability to deliver programming and content online via video and live streaming. |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Purchase of a custom built computer for 3D rendering that will advance technical complexity of artist's work. |
| Kyler, Gabrielle |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
to record and release my first EP. All songs will be original compositions by myself and my team. to record a live studio presentation |
| Garneau, David |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
To create forty metaphoric still life paintings in which mundane objects are arranged and titled so they evoke complex themes and ideas. |
| AKA Gallery Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Re-envision AKA's organizational framework, working with diverse consultants and colleagues challenge institutional assumptions and biases in order to better support artists, communities, and staff. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Dramaturgy of 'Identity Crisis' with physical theatre / bouffon icons Deanna Fleysher and Karen Hines from July 14 2023 - August 16 2023. |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Study advanced drum techniques & mentorship career paths for a 5 day period, Jan.2-6, 2024, with renowned drum educator Dave Elitch in Los Angeles. |
| Nafisa, Fatima |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Phase 1 of an ASL Poetry multimedia project aimed at expressing the Deaf BIPOC experience. |
| Klassen, Vanessa |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
This is a 2-part project for which I will create new typeset editions of four selected clarinet works by Canadian composers, then record each one. |
| Yoageeswaran, Luxmi |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
Lux Productions empowers South Asian youth through dance, fostering cultural pride and creative expression. Funding supports inclusive programs, performances, and mentorship in underserved communities. |
| Hernani Merino, Bruno |
Regina |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To support the completion of 20 paintings for a solo gallery exhibition, showcasing the painting style I have been developing for the last 10 years |
| Robinson, Kemesha |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Vocal coaching under the mentorship of Sonia Reid in Jazz & Blue |
| Common Weal Community Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Hire a consultant to provide training on the ethics of online programming and support artists with strategies on how to engage community through virtual platforms. |
| McDougall, Bradley |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Rehearse and tour my re-written one man show “Night Sweats” to Regina & Saskatoon Fringe Festivals and Flin Flon & North Battleford. |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Developing technical quality and scope of abstract digital video art utilizing natural textures. |
| Neutral Ground Inc. |
Regina |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Address the barriers to equity at Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre through an in-depth anti-racism training program lead by Future Ancestors Inc. |
| Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
I will revise and polish the manuscript for a novel about three generations of a Saskatchewan farm family. |
| Gronsdahl, Todd |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
This project is to bring curator and gallery director, Dominique Toutant to Saskatoon to visit artist studios and to present a talk. |
| Mwela, Nyasha |
Regina |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Create and compose 4 songs. |
| Bernbaum, Joel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
To apprentice with Forklift Danceworks' Artistic Director Alison Orr on her new community engaged production of Givens Swims - the culmination of a 3-year residency. |
| Burnt Thicket Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Script development & world premiere production of My Own Personal Jesus? by Tim Bratton |
| Caudillo, Kiela |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
A multidisciplinary Spanglish show: Visuals and Sounds of a Latino American settler in Canada.
An colourful exhibit of art, Paper-Mache sculptures and a musical performance. |
| On the Boards Staging Company, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Diversifying our program delivery by incorporating live streaming into the production model of independent performing artists. |
| Battie, Kyath |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
To research the creation of multiple fictional landscapes by unifying 16mm colour film imagery and digital editing techniques. |
