| Pooyak, Roberto |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
15-17 Track Reggae & Hip Hop album following two previously released albums. |
| Tienkamp, Christine |
St. Louis |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Produce Metis beadwork pieces |
| Belarmino, Jimuel |
Weyburn |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
I will explore themes (acculturation, social class, identity) that will inform my work to create body of work for my first solo exhibition in 2023. |
| Janvier, Bobby |
La Loche |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
To build an separate studio/workshop so I can safely continue my art projects like woodworking outside. |
| Hosaluk, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
'The Circle and the Dot' is a mixed-media Installation influenced by folklore and Saskatchewan architecture. New work is scheduled for exhibition for 2024. |
| Portman, Gordon |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
The creation of a collection of prose materials exploring the various experiences of mature / aging / elder gay men. |
| Alharthi, Rania |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
The play "Checkpoint" vividly explores resilience, displacement anguish, and family strength, deeply probing the essence of homeland and the profound connections that define it. |
| Johnson, Omar |
Regina |
Music |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
This project will produce an album. Utilizing a 4 part method. I.e Locale sampling, sound sculpting, sound generation, sound pallet programming, plus composition. |
| Vincent, Angus |
Yorkton |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Take time off work to complete my play. I've completed the songs and am looking to finish my script to begin work-shopping and marketing it. |
| Poitras-Jarrett, Phyllis |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
To paint 6-40"x36" paintings: sturgeon, elk, polar bear, salmon, bee, and orca to add to my Spirit Animal series which is close to completion. |
| Deiter, Christine |
Balcarres |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
To learn how to construct a tipi with tranferable indigenous teachings, documenting as a teaching aid with powerpoint. |
| Bird-Wilson, Lisa |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To attend three writing residency/retreat locations as I research, write, edit, and revise my book-length memoir, Magpie Dreams. |
| Knight, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
I plan to write a rock musical exploring the theme of the integration of indigenous men in a colonial society |
| Kovach, Jaye |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
Showcase and archive trans joy and futurity through the development of a series of photographs and large oil paintings featuring trans subjects throughout Saskatchewan. |
| Baird, Gavin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
I am applying for funding to continue to development and write a new independent feature-length screenplay titled "Uranium Boy." |
| Yuzicapi, Holly |
Fort Qu’Appelle |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
I would like to do traditional quillwork on a buffalo robe. Quillwork is the oldest art form from the land we live on. |
| Francis, Cate |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Support for the research and creation of large format screenprint based works examining cultural conceptions of nature as decoration in the face of climate change. |
| Baptiste, Falynn |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Requesting funding/sponsorship to complete a second contemporary Cree language music album. Album will contain a mix of gospel and original music. |
| Laird, Tonia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,500 |
Continuation of planning and writing of high fantasy novel series with themes of decolonization, kinship, and intergenerational trauma and healing. |
| Bennett, Andrew |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,500 |
To create 8 new ambient tracks using only my voice. |
| Jarrett, Alexandra |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
I will be conceptualizing 50 poems dedicated to the land and nehiyaw language. I will be incorporating political, matriarchal and MMIW elements. |
| Rose, Melanie |
regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To create and develop new work with the intent of exhibition. Research of new techniques and materials. |
| Bigeagle-Kequahtooway, Joely |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To purchase a long arm quilting machine to assist me in designing and creating my starblankets. |
| Bessai-Saul, William |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
Satirical soap opera based on 'Bird People' comic strip. 19th Century all-girls orphanage. Puppets. |
| McIntyre, Nelda |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Making Starblankets and also to teach younger people to carry on the tradition and knowledge |
| Houle, Jade |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
As a Nehiyaw man, suicide is ever-present among friends & family in my life. With my music, I hope to inspire listeners to choose life. |
| Standing, Lois |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To research and develop Dakota women's geometric beaded designed dresses and produce a dress with the influence of past designs. |
| Cuthand, Shawn |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
I want to complete a first draft of a screenplay and script for stage about interracial dating in Saskatchewan in the post Gerald Stanley era. |
| Bohn, Brooke |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
My project is to create many works to place in public shows and spaces to help solidify myself as an emerging artist. |
| Lorer, Danica |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,500 |
To continue work on a short story collection "Out Loud, Softly" with the intention of finishing and finding a publisher. |
| Goodwyn, Amber |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Support for the creation of a new cycle of songs for my experimental pop music project, Natural Sympathies. |
| Rewuski, Lindsey |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
I will develop an immersive installation and photo series for a confirmed online exhibition, as well as future exhibitions. |
| Ratt, Molly |
Air Ronge |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
My project will consist of painting 8 landscapes of various areas of the Lac La Ronge and surrounding area landscapes. |
| EmDance |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$7,550 |
Bridging the Gap is a street dance festival that is focused on building connections between street dance communities across the prairie provinces and within Saskatchewan. |
| Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,600 |
Create and develop Contemporary dance choreography intended for use in a full-length show set in Saskatoon and film final material for future development. |
École St. Paul
Colin Richet |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$7,613 |
Students will write and record a song. |
| Never Never Shakespeare |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,666 |
To fund a theatrical production of Twelfth Night through the lens of Queer culture, for presentation in Saskatoon, in January of 2025. |
| North Battleford International Street Performer Festival Association Inc. |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$7,700 |
— |
Mabrouk, Rawda
École Forest Grove School |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$7,700 |
Empowering transformation and confidence through the realm of contemporary dance. |
Westmount Community School
Felipe Gomez |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$7,700 |
Students will learn the music concepts of the ukulele taught by Felipe Gomez. In the end, students will participate perform in a ukulele rock orchestra. |
| Epp, Carole |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,771 |
This grant covers the creation of a new body of politically themed functional ceramics and includes a one month residency at the Archie Bray Foundation. |
| Elixir Ensemble |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,814 |
To present a series of three concerts in Saskatoon, featuring the Elixir Ensemble and guests. |
Humboldt Public School
Monika Kinner |
Humboldt |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$7,820 |
We propose that Monika Kinner, Fibre Artist, guide Humboldt Public School students to create a colourful fabric mural on 15 fence panels surrounding the school. |
| Lesiuk, Dana |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,832 |
An animated 'fairy tale' symbolizing Ukrainian history, with vivid live-action rhythmic 'dream' sequences expressing the art of its diaspora juxtaposed with that of its homeland. |
| Metcalfe, Shayne |
Waldheim |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,832 |
Complete post-production on my feature film. |
| Turtleford Community School |
Turtleford |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$7,850 |
Bonny Macnab will work with students from k-12 on art inspired by land based learning. She will also mentor select students. |
Chief Whitecap School
Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$7,899 |
Students will be part of a creative community as they experience researching, writing and illustrating to create a book on our school virtues. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$7,899 |
Students will observe and learn about the importance and impact of recording their knowledge in writing, by working closely with an author. |
| Wagner, Bernadette |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,914 |
To further develop, inform, and strengthen the hybrid manuscript, Unclear Future, with land-based information and experience. |
| Marion Graham Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$7,940 |
Marion M. Graham will host the spoken word poet/hip hop artist Dash Reimer for a 1 month arts residency. |
| Ay, Caramba! Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,960 |
World premiere of The Newcomer by Yulissa Campos as part of the Live Five 2024-2025 season. |
| Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. |
Manitou Beach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$7,995 |
The 2020 Manitou Music Fest will deliver a quality festival, including an eclectic selection of professional musicians, songwriters, dancers, artisans, and performers. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
This project an Indigenous Performance Festival which is multi cultural in practice and presentation. This festival includes local and international presenters. |
| The Salt Shaker Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
This application is seeking funding for the Salt Shaker Festival, a 3-day multi-media arts festival set in Manitou Beach on July 11th-13th, 2025. |
| Hambrock, Meredith |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
To continue working on my short story collection. |
| Latendresse, Jacqueline |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
To create new contemporary choreographic work set to music from the operas Cosi Fan Tute and Marriage of Figaro inspired by Mozart's marriage. |
| Anderson, Skyler |
Regina |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
To support the writing and presentation of a performance based on a difficult time of my life where I was saved by ceremony. |
| Olsen, Farideh |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To write 40 songs about motherhood for the musical component of a one woman show that integrates music, comedy and storytelling. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
We will administrate a 4 day youth poetry festival in Saskatoon at The Remai Modern through showcases, workshops and community building events. |
| Kardash, S.J. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
Between November - April we will be writing new songs for future release under Reignwolf. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
JazzFest Regina 2020 is an accessible, citywide music festival in parks, bars and venues featuring local, emerging, and national artists many events are free. |
| Davis, Lindsay |
North Portal |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
To write, arrange and rehearse 8-10 original songs for Last Birds’ live performances and future full-length album. |
| Dog Patch Music Festival Inc. |
Loon Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
Dog Patch Music Festival is requesting funds to assist in paying our musicians. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting three concerts as part of their 14th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
| Dowling, Katherine |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To independently produce and present “The Elegy Project”—an intimate solo piano performance on expressions of grief and loss—at three historical Saskatchewan venues in May 2023. |
| Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc. |
Big River |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Country at the Creek Music Festival is an annual outdoor Music event held just outside of the community of Big River |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
To gain financial support for Saskatoon's free literary arts festival, The Word On The Street. |
| Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. |
Manitou Beach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
The 2021 Manitou Music Fest will deliver a quality festival, including an eclectic selection of professional musicians, songwriters, dancers, artisans, and performers. |
| Unheard Sound Collective |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To present the 11th edition of Sounds Like: An Audio Festival with the theme "Duality" in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 12-13 and October 13-14, 2023. |
| Central Urban Metis Federation Inc |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
7th annual CUMFI Metis Cultural Days are days of celebrating Metis Music, Dance, Theatre, Art, Culture, and Language. |
| Biggar Old Time Music Festival Committee |
Biggar |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
A three-day professional music festival celebrating and revitalizing the cultural, historic, and artistic nature of Old Time Music and Dance in rural Saskatchewan. |
| Outlook & District Heritage Museum |
outlook |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
Our festival takes place outside, we want to create a safe place for our performers and community members to come together. |
| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
Music collaboration with musician/producer Nich Davies to inspire/complete/infuse fresh musical genres/ideas, proceed to workshop/collaborate album material with my band before recording follow-up full-length album |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
Nuit Blanche Regina is a free, accessible, night-time festival showcasing public art installations and engaging audiences in Regina's Warehouse District on Saturday, August 28, 2021. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Complete the first draft, then revise and rewrite into a second draft my young adult horror novel FULL MOON CHRISTMAS. |
| Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
I plan to finish writing a novel-in-stories entitled Penny Fictions which is presently one-sixth complete. |
| The Salt Shaker Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
This application is seeking funding for the Salt Shaker Festival, a 3-day multi-media arts festival set in Manitou Beach on July 12th-14th, 2024. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
The Poundmaker Performance Festival-International Indigenous Performance and Plenary, is a 4 day event on the Poundmaker Cree Nation that presents Indigenous Performance and Culture. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
SAWCI will host Word Splash, an evening of Indigenous literature with emerging and established Indigenous writers live in Saskatoon, virtually Canada-Wide in a hybrid event. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Strata Festival of New Music is a 3 day festival featuring newly composed music by beginner, emerging and established Canadian and Saskatchewan composers. |
| Knight, Lancelot |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
I would like to take time to write music reflecting the current state of things from addiction to mental health and everyday life. |
| Black Professionals and Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
A multicultural, multidisciplinary festival that celebrates Black culture from within the Black Diaspora (African-Canadian, Afro-Latino, African, Caribbean etc.) community in Saskatchewan. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
18th Cinergie Festival, International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon |
| Dog Patch Music Festival Inc. |
Loon Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Dog Patch Music Festival is requiring funds to assist in paying musicians. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
We are seeking support for the 34th edition of our Cathedral Village Art Festival to be held in Cathedral at the end of May. |
| Moore, Tim |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
I will continue to create a body of work "Erasure is Futile" to be exhibited at the 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art at the Remai Modern. |
| Sarasa Performance Laboratory Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Poundmaker Performance Festival is an intercultural and Indigenous Performance Festival within a Laboratory setting. The Festival takes place in an Indigenous community and structures. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
The 26th Mid-Winter Blues Festival will combine free and ticketed events over 7 nights, featuring national and international performers, as well as 80% local artists. |
| Coronach Old Town Street Festival |
Coronach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
The Coronach Old Town Street Festival will reinvigorate the rural community through a multi-disciplinary, participatory arts experience which celebrates Coronach's unique cultural identity. |
Old Coronach Street Festival
Stephanie Bellefleur |
Coronach |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
Local professional Artist, Stephanie Bellefleur will engage and collaborate with community members to create a large scale mural on Coronach's historic Centre Street. |
| Regina Pride Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
A celebration of Regina’s gender and sexually diverse communities through a presentation of artistic, cultural, and social events meant to educate, entertain, and enlighten audiences. |
| Fight or Flight Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
The Unforgettables has been selected for Live Five Independent Theatre’s upcoming season. This grant will help us pay our artists a living wage. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
The Strata Festival of New Music is a 3 day festival featuring newly composed music by beginner, emerging and established Canadian and Saskatchewan composers. |
| Neufeld, Travis |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
To support the writing and completion of a Saskatchewan-set feature film screenplay called Wildfire. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
We are seeking support for the 33rd annual 'Cathedral Village Arts Festival'. A free six day celebration of the creative spirit showcasing local grassroots talent. |
| Hambrock, Meredith |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
To write a second draft of my literary horror novel about climate change. |
| Ritornello Chamber Music Festival |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
Fresh. Homegrown. Inspired. Original. Ritornello is building on years of success and looking towards the future. 3 great concerts exploring chamber music in Saskatoon's core. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
The Poundmaker Indigenous Performance Festival is a global festival of theatre that takes place on the Poundmaker Cree Nation. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
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. |
| Cline, Heather |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
I am creating a multi-media exhibition, viewing the landscape through a conservation lens, walking the land with people affiliated with the Nature Conservancy of Canada. |
