| Bennett, Andrew |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,250 |
To write new experimental-electronic works from March 1st until June 30th, 2021. |
| Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$5,250 |
Create a full length album of original songs rooted in truth and reconciliation, while touching on PTSD and showcase internationally at Folk Alliance International. |
| McDougall, Bradley |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,336 |
Presentation of my one man show Night Sweats, a personal story of coming out during the AIDS crisis and parallels with Covid. |
| Nelson, Josiah |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,353 |
To edit my collection of fabulist short stories, which explores relationships, solitude, and the artist's life. |
| Straker, Jeffery |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,400 |
This project is to compose 8 new songs covering a range of themes. Works will be used in performance & recording. |
| Dene High School |
La Loche |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$5,492 |
Educational expedition. This project is to support and gain Indigenous knowledge through teachings and experiences. Participants will be exposed to all facades of Indigenous led projects and businesses that will encourage our Youth in taking pride of their heritage and identity as indigenous peoples. |
| Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,497 |
A multidisciplinary project that explores and promotes community engagement through visual arts combined with dance, performance and choreography in downtown area Saskatoon. |
| Lafond, Mika |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$5,500 |
The creation of 5 children's books in nêhiyaw syllabics. The books will highlight Treaty 6 Territory Land, Language, Story, and Emotional Wellbeing. |
| Slow Down Molasses |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,500 |
To write a new suite of songs for Slow Down Molasses, as well as creating supporting video and visual art for the project. |
| Minnema, Conner |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,500 |
Compose and complete 5 original instrumentals to promote online |
| Soulodre, Lévi |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,500 |
A complete songwriting session for a full-length, English / French-language 'Ageless Forest 2' organic / electronic music album, in mentorship collaboration with Producer Factor Chandelier. |
| Holowachuk, Dorianna |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,500 |
Developing an artistic vision and repertoire list, and supplementing skills in preparation to direct a newly-formed independent choir. |
| Dale, Danielle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,500 |
An exploration of food in the post-Anthropocene through sculpture and photography. |
| Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,500 |
To develop, write, and storyboard my debut feature-length bilingual screenplay. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,500 |
Elevating the production value and visual impact of Ponteix’s live performances via tour-ready custom projections and coordinating stage lighting. |
| Harder, Kendra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,500 |
Along with my librettist collaborator, orchestrating and editing my two chamber operas for future performances in Saskatchewan. |
| Okihcihtaw, Marc |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$5,500 |
"Scout & The Red Empire: Voices Unite" digitally preserves traditional hand drum songs of Indigenous communities, celebrating Turtle Island's rich cultural heritage. |
| Conly, Bonnie |
Grasswood |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,500 |
Honouring women’s resolve: an installation featuring Baba Yaga’s Hut and at least ten large photographs depicting the hut in Saskatchewan locations settled by Ukrainian immigrants. |
| Erickson, Craig |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,515 |
New body of paintings based on a series of camping research trips across Saskatchewan and Alberta in 2021 |
| Reimer, Joel Dash |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,571 |
I want to create a poetry manuscript of about 80 pages based around a variety of approaches to the idea of 'nothing'. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$5,575 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of an annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Andino Suns |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,600 |
Goal: Develop a psychedelic cumbia album by refining draft musical / lyrical concepts, merging traditional cumbia rhythms with innovative experimental sounds. |
| Elixir Ensemble |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,600 |
For the 2022 Winter/Spring season, Elixir proposes the rehearsal, production and presentation of two concert programs of Trios for violin, cello and piano. |
Brilliant Star Montessori School
Kevin Pee-ace |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$5,644 |
Create a collaborative outdoor Indigenous mural painting in schoolyard based on traditional First Nations knowledge while incorporating our school based ideas of learning. |
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$5,672 |
To introduce the skill of porcupine quill zig zag stitching on felt, to youth in school, on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. |
| Smith, James |
Muskoday |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$5,680 |
Illustrating stories from Elders. Focusing on stories from Legends and Residential experiences. I have researched stories from the 1980s. |
Reimer, Joel Dash
Centennial Collegiate EAL Program |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$5,700 |
We will engage a classroom of EAL students with the art of writing & performing spoken word poetry, culminating in chapbook creation and a performance. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,700 |
The Mid-Winter Blues Festival features both MainStage and free live blues music events featuring diverse local, national and international performers throughout Regina. |
| Moker Wernikowski, Connie |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,714 |
To rehearse and present Full Tilt Two, a performance of my recent choreography, at Regina's Artesian on Treaty 4 Land, April 27-29, 2023. |
| Janvier-Dugan, Diane |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$5,715 |
Make 30 wall quilts representing calls 1 to 17 (Child Welfare, Education & Language and Culture) of the 94 Calls to Action. |
| Bogan, Jillian |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,716 |
This grant is to finish a collection for exhibiting as well as do research travel with Alison Norlen, my mentor in the CARFAC mentorship program. |
| Black Professionals and Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$5,725 |
Our festival is a multidisciplinary festival celebrating Black culture in Saskatchewan through music, fashion, and educational initiatives, fostering intercultural understanding and community engagement. |
| Wiebe Works Creative Productions Inc. |
Langham |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$5,725 |
Art in The Garden Festival: An annual celebration of Saskatchewan art and music, featuring local performers, artisans, and interactive experiences, fostering community and creative expression. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,751 |
To create/present, a multi-disciplinary performance 'Following the Medicine', (Live accompanied with AV technology), of the story of Peyote's arrival into Saskatchewan in the 1930's. |
Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society
Curtis Peeteetuce |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$5,751 |
“Stories About Us” is a storytelling program that invites young people to build friendships, explore identity, and develop their artistic voice. |
| McFadzean, Credence |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,769 |
To continue drafting a manuscript of connected stories inspired by American slasher films from the seventies, eighties, and onward. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$5,775 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Saskatchewan Jewish Arts Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,800 |
To fund the creation & production of a series of Saskatchewan Jewish Arts Festival "pop up" events, leading up to our next full festival (2025) |
| Actor Director |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,800 |
In preparation for a debut album, we will workshop and develop existing demos and lyrics, and collaborate and rehearse with local musicians to provide orchestration. |
| Welbourne, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,800 |
The composition and recording of Ukrainian choral arrangements, musical theatre pieces, country songs, as well as Ukrainian-influenced contemporary songs. |
| Kumar, Madhu |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,800 |
An adaptation of both new and existing paintings with the use of Augmented Reality and Audio content to create immersive storytelling and deepen audience experience. |
| Willett, Edward |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,809 |
To write a creative nonfiction book ruminating on the writing of science fiction and fantasy, drawn from experience and interviews with more than 100 authors. |
Prairie Sky School
Miriam Körner |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$5,872 |
This project is for students to collaboratively write, illustrate, and photograph two multi-media stories, inspired by the works of author/illustrator Miriam Korner. |
| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,935 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions is creating professional work for theatre artists and will present 'Hand to God' by Robert Askins in Live Five's 2022/2023 season. |
| Parenteau, Donny |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,989 |
1st month to write and create songs
2nd month demo songs for my next album I plan to release in 2022. |
| Slow Down Molasses |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
To write, arrange and collaborate on a new album's worth of songs for the band Slow Down Molasses. |
| Lynch, Rory |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
Compose pieces designed to strengthen and diversify my band's repertoire, including a series of blues compositions and several stand-alone pieces. |
| Saskatoon Spinners and Weavers Guild |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Baird, Gavin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
This grant is to help fund the post-production of the horror short film, KLEE. |
| Graham, John |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
To produce a short experimental film during a 3-month artist residency at GlogauAIR in Berlin, Germany. |
| Swamp Fest Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
We are requesting funding to pay artists and administrators fairly for their work at Swamp Fest 2020. |
| Coughlan, Conor |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
This grant would enable me to take a temporary leave from work and turn my primary focus towards songwriting and recording. |
| Legris, Sylvia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
I will work on developing the first draft of "Wake/Subwake," a new poetry collection. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Kitchen Fest: A series of 8 inter-ractive evening concerts over two weeks presenting Saskatchewan musicians collaborating with professional musicians from across Canada and the World. |
| Saskatoon Spinners and Weavers Guild |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Three-day textile art festival including an art exhibition showcasing SK-sourced fibres, demonstrations, public collaborative art piece, and opportunity for the public to try fibre-arts techniques. |
| Hope, Lauren |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
This project seeks to research and record traditional Metis songs as a means to preserve them for future generations. |
| Van Opstal-Tamez, Ingrid |
Kipling |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,000 |
This proposal is to support research, drafting, and creation of new work combining both traditional paper mâché and paintings for future exhibitions and professional development. |
| Weber, Hailey |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
I am seeking funding to create work for a successful exhibition at the Frances Morrison Library Gallery. |
| Fenrich, Miguel |
Battleford |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,000 |
To continue work on a contemperary coming-of-age novel '273 Days' with the intention of finishing a first draft to be committed to further development. |
| Graham, John |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
Post-production work on the art film STILL HERE and submissions to film festivals worldwide in 2024 & 2025. |
Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc.
Laura Hosaluk |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
Sock Puppet workshop |
| Smith, James |
Muskoday |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
I want to compose, sketch, paint with the use of storyboarding the history of the Cree in our area. This will involve exploring and research. |
| Tic Toc TEN |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Tic Toc TEN is a short performance arts festival (in person and online) featuring ten, brand new, multidisciplinary performances by emerging and established Saskatchewan artists. |
| Farm Fest Terre Ferme Festival Ltd. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
Bilingual music festival held on a working organic farm in southern Saskatchewan, with emphasis on organic agriculture, spirituality, visual arts and high quality music. |
| Lerat, Muskwa |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
I want to write 6-8 songs about my Indigenous experience in Canada, as well as growing up with learning and mental disabilities being ignored. |
| It's Not a Box Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
To write and design a series of vignettes for an outdoor digital immersive installation about climate grief and justice, to be played live by audiences. |
| Avramenko, James |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
The creation of a new collection of poetry and micro-fiction titled "First Dates with Pro Wrestlers" |
| The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Hosting a series of diverse emerging and established writers and musicians from across Canada. Paying artists to extend their tour to include Saskatchewan's small audiences. |
| Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
I'm seeking funding to complete a short story collection entitled Naked in a Graveyard. |
| Scarrow, Kristine |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
Create a fiction young adult manuscript exploring organ donation and its potential impacts. |
| Saskatoon Spinners and Weavers Guild |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Savage, Candace |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,000 |
'Buffalo Is Our Relative' is a nonfiction book that honours the return of buffalo to Indigenous lands by amplifying the voices of young Indigenous adults. |
| Straker, Jeffery |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
This project is to compose 8 new songs covering a broad range of themes. Works will be used in performance & recording. |
| Lynch, Taidgh |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Complete edits and order poetry manuscript, Developing Home. Evaluate then submit to publishers. |
| Simon-Worobec, Hillary |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
To purchase equipment/materials to for my home pottery studio to enable me more freedom within my craft and become a full-time potter. |
| Coronach Old Town Street Festival |
Coronach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
The Old Coronach Street Festival will reinvigorate the rural community through a multi-disciplinary, participatory arts experience which celebrates Coronach's unique cultural identity. |
| Fayant, Stacey |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
I plan to travel to Halifax with my partner and my daughter, to receive and document my own chin tattoo from Métis artist Amy Malbeuf. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
We're applying for funds to help provide exceptional and diverse programming free for the public to attend at our 32nd annual Cathedral Village Arts Festival. |
| Berglund, Melanie |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
To write songs for a new album and conceptualize the videos, photos, on-stage patter, images, etc that relate to the music. |
| Billings, Terry |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
I plan to develop several years of video documentation of ponds into a form that can be exhibited. |
| Schindelka, Dara |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
To research, arrange, and create a modern interpretation of traditional folksongs that highlight the historic plight of women with connections to the present. |
| Waskesiu Recreation Association Inc. |
Waskesiu Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
The Lakeside Music Festival is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival. 2022 attendance was 4000+. All performers are from Saskatchewan, and Sunday specifically highlights Indigenous performers. |
| Malinsky, Charles |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
Preliminary development of a new narrative series of paintings entitled, "Alisa and the Seven Deadly Sins." |
| Regina Pride Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
A celebration of Regina’s gender and sexually diverse communities with a series of artistic, cultural, and social events intended to educate and entertain our audience. |
| Fortier, Zoe |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
This grant will help fund the creative production of Latente, a Mexican-Canadian sound art intervention project produced through two artist-residencies. |
| Crowe, Lisa |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
Funding to assist in the creation of a beaded mens regalia including vest, side drops, arm cuffs, headband, hair ties, neck tie, leggings and moccasins. |
| Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
To host the third edition of the Borealis Flamenco Festival consisting of performances by local artists, introductory workshops and Flamenco dance master classes. |
| St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,025 |
Production of new work towards solo exhibition at the U of S College Galleries (September 2022) and Art Placement Inc (January 2023). |
| derdie |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,050 |
This workshop introduces ceramic-making techniques and interactive art concepts, culminating in a collaborative miniature golf course installation to explore play and creativity in Winnipeg. |
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Health Centre |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$6,080 |
To introduce the skill of porcupine quilled birchbark basket making to women and men at the Lloyd Johnson Healing Lodge in Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan. |
| Friesen, Marcy |
Carrot River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$6,084 |
I would like to carry out a mentorship that is shaped by ideas of matriarchy and intergenerational relationships. |
| Belanger, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$6,084 |
The funds will assist in the creation and development of new material for Kokum Ernestine and her pet bird Muckatoon (puppet) . |
| Van Rees, Ken |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,091 |
This project is to further my artistic practice in charcoal mark-making in burnt forests in northern Saskatchewan by examining the impacts of weather and time |
| Agecoutay, Richard |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$6,125 |
I want to produce an independent feature length video documentary on Saskatchewan Pow Wows. |
| McFadzean, Credence |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,153 |
To write the first draft of a fiction manuscript exploring the intricate mythology of an invented slasher movie villain or 'supernatural killer.' |
Ecole River Heights School
Kevin Pee-ace |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$6,160 |
We aim to create an exploratory experience guided by Kevin Pee-ace for our student to express interpretations and perceptions of land and the treaty relationship. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,162 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,197 |
To create a new series of paintings in my home studio and two residencies in Saskatoon, SK. |
| Kovach, Jaye |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,295 |
To produce a solo exhibition that examines society’s view of my body and subjectivity as a queer, disabled, butch trans woman. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,350 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
