| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$11,500 |
Music-collaboration with professional-musician Kiera Dall'Osto to inspire/complete/infuse fresh music ideas; proceed to workshop album material in Nashville before recording new full-length album. |
Thomson Community School
Jayde Goodon |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$11,500 |
Our project will strive to improve the literacy skills of students by exploring historical Indigenous artwork and incorporating traditional ways of teaching. |
| Battie, Kyath |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$11,500 |
This short film will focus on creating nocturnal collage imagery of Vancouver Island as a supernatural place of privilege and pristine beauty. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$11,504 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting two concerts as part of their 11th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
| La Marre, Rebecca |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$11,600 |
To exhibit ceramic works, and produce a catalogue with a critical essay for presentation at Western Front, Vancouver, in November, 2024. |
| Spark Theatre |
Prince Albert |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$11,667 |
Spark Theatre will rehearse and present the female-driven "The Drowning Girls" (Graham, Tomlinson, Vlaskalic) March 25-27 in Prince Albert, SK at the EA Rawlinson Centre. |
| Cameron, Heather |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$11,770 |
Initial research, community building, and creative development towards a new site-specific contemporary dance project in the Heritage neighbourhood of Regina, SK. |
| Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$11,780 |
To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Nehiyawak(Cree Peoples), on Treaty Six Territory. |
| Begamudre, Ven |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$11,900 |
Load Shedding: A Memoir of Canada is a sequel to my family history book Extended Families: A Memoir of India. |
| W3APONS |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$12,000 |
Our project is a 5 month writing period that will include collaborations with notable songwriters John-Angus MacDonald (The Trews) and Clayton Bellamy (The Road Hammers). |
| Goobie, Beth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$12,000 |
To write a collection, titled lookin' for joy, that combines lyrical, narrative poetry with my experiences with spoken word/poetry slams. |
| Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$12,000 |
A research-based creation term to develop a theatrical installation, influenced by the real life of Peter Tripp. |
| Oh, Julie |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$12,000 |
To produce and present a new installation of objects for a confirmed solo exhibition at the Dunlop Art Gallery opening Fall 2019. |
| Keighley, Ray |
Warman |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$12,000 |
This grant would produce 6 paintings and a wood carving. Dealing with the mystic animal and reconcilliation styles I work on with my art. |
| Tsougrianis, George |
Swift Current |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,000 |
I would like to create a nature documentary that examines the landscape and the wildlife of Grasslands National Park. |
| Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,000 |
Choreograph 35-minutes of original Contemporary choreography and refine an existing 25-minutes, in order to develop a cohesive full-length work intended for in-person presentation. |
| Bracht, Kathryn |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,000 |
ON PAPER is an ethnographic performance presented through theatre and documentary film storytelling techniques, using two women's relationship to paper as a creative prompt. |
| Keighley, Ray |
Warman |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$12,000 |
I will continue in the producing of artwork that explores Truth and Reconciliation and my first nation sensibility , paintings and carvings primarily. |
| Moneo, Cameron |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,000 |
To create the core systems, 3D models, and animation rigs for a Saskatoon-based video game called "Video Store: The Video Game." |
| Legris, Sylvia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,000 |
I will expand the concluding long poem, then complete the final revisions/edits prior to publication of my poetry collection The Principle of Rapid Peering. |
| Vryenhoek, Leslie |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,000 |
I require support to draft a novel, tentatively called Separate and Apart, that follows the journey of a woman whose husband is being held overseas. |
| Keighley, Ray |
Warman |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$12,000 |
My proposal is to continue working in painting, printmaking and drawing. I also will be carving and other sculpturing opportunities. Collaboration with others is important. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$12,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Moccasin, Ryan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$12,000 |
This project is to assist me in writing the first two pilot episodes of a TV series called "First Among Equals". |
| Dill, Khodi |
Vanscoy |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$12,000 |
I am applying for this grant in order to revise and complete a novel, for which I have completed a first draft. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
— |
| Bernbaum, Joel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
To create and share a new verbatim theatre play with music about the Gaza / Israel conflict and impact on people here in Saskatchewan. |
| Aden Bowman Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
Aden Bowman Collegiate invites artist Rebecca La Marre for a mental health and ceramics residency, offering coaching, new firing techniques, and land knowledge integration. |
| Wihak, Mark |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
Project Pedestrian will be a multi-platform exploration of the experiences of walking. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Bigeagle-Kequahtooway, Joely |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$12,320 |
To honour the land and the formations that have existed her for millennia by creating new compasses for future generations. |
| Void Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated |
Asquith |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Chokecherry Studios |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Bridges Art Movement |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Hobsbawn-Smith, Denise |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,600 |
To research and write a first draft of book-length nonfiction about M.F.K. Fisher, Madeleine Kamman, and Anthony Bourdain, pivotal authors in food writing. |
| Nachtigall, Jeff |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,604 |
Research, production and exhibition of a body of work completed in an 8 months period |
Tri-Community Dance Club
Hip Hop Hoop Dance Productions |
La Ronge |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$12,658 |
Tri-Community Dance Club (TCDC) hosts innovative Hip Hop Hoop Dance creators Terrance Littletent and Chancz Perry for a 4-day, youth-oriented, engaging, and enlightening dance workshop. |
| Ledoux, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$12,664 |
To hold a three day Moccasin-making class in Mistawasis reserve. |
| Bridges Art Movement |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$12,810 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Chokecherry Studios |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$12,810 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated |
Asquith |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$12,810 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$12,810 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Johanna & Jayden |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,865 |
A 4-month work term to research and develop a new performance work, as an evolution of 'Live Duet'. |
| Cowessess First Nation |
Cowessess |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$12,957 |
Urban Indigenous Art Workshops: Learn traditional techniques and contemporary expressions in Indigenous art, Revitalizing cultural connection and creative exploration. |
| Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$12,963 |
Support for a 3-month work term, for the continued creation of 'Untitled Peter Tripp Project'. |
| Uzelman, Kara |
Nokomis |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$13,000 |
To support the production and exhibition of new work from October 2, 2019 to October 1, 2020. |
| Rollo, Michael |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$13,000 |
"B I R D" is a 10-minute experimental film that explores a fragile landscape stressed from the effects of human intervention in our world. |
| Lee, Erica Violet |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$13,000 |
"On the Prairies We Will Live Forever": a collection of poems exploring urban prairie Indigenous feminist freedoms. |
| Duvall, Linda |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$13,000 |
I am inviting 4 musicians to each sing to the land in gratitude. Working with material produced during these events, I will create relevant documentation. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$13,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Yan Miller, Mindy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,000 |
A series of six wall mounted smocked and woven cane cowhide works. |
| Rose, Melanie |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$13,000 |
To provide documentation and artist fees for the project, Sisopekinam//"S/he rubs medicine of it", a collection of wearable art by Metis designers. |
| Froese, Robert |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,000 |
research and produce new ceramic work using specialized soda kiln firing methods |
| Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,000 |
I will work on the final three stories for a collection of short fiction titled Shame, doing some of the research and writing in Newfoundland. |
| Gronsdahl, Troy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,000 |
a creative project that investigates and contemplates the ethics and aesthetics of land-based artistic practice. |
| Martin, Monique |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,025 |
I will be travelling to Gothenburg, Sweden to work with Alexandra Hedberg on a printmaking project that will be exhibited in Sweden and Canada. |
Michael A. Riffel High School
Judy Wensel |
Regina |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$13,026 |
To collaborate with artists Judy Wensel and Shaunna Dunn in Riffel High School's Integrated Theatre Program, That's Possible. |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,200 |
Produce and present "Towards Liberation," a group exhibition featuring emerging and established Saskatchewan-based trans women artists at a time when our rights are under attack. |
Maverick School
Theo Houghtaling |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$13,217 |
Artist Theo Houghtaling will work with students on a zine project in three parts: individual perzines, a collaborative group zine, and group community dispatch. |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,230 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Martin, Monique
St. Anne School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$13,309 |
The students will create an installation artwork for Nuit Blanche that uses lighting and plastic containers, and organize a community participation project at the event. |
| Weber, Joanne |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,319 |
To develop the script through exploration of physical movement, sign language, projected visuals, and surtitles to present to an invited audience (workshopped presentation). |
| Mount Royal Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$13,400 |
Establish a student studio art mentorship program with a 2S Indigenous artist fostering agency, identity and cultural celebration via collaborative murals and digital art exhibitions. |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$13,500 |
— |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
La Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$13,500 |
— |
| Mikkola, Elian |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,500 |
For the production and presentation of a time-based media installation for an upcoming solo exhibition |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,560 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Kruger, Samuel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,570 |
To rewrite, remount and produce solo physical theatre show, "Bat Brains or lets explore mental illness with vampires" as part of Live Five's 2023/2024 season. |
| Saltzman, Vera |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,661 |
Rural settler women responding to the beauty and destruction of small remnants of land in SE Saskatchewan to encourage discourse about the land’s intrinsic value. |
| Meneley, Barbara |
Val Marie |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,724 |
To develop, document and disseminate my project "Soil." |
| Frison, Lucas |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$13,802 |
To create an inclusive short film about a young man with Down syndrome pursuing love. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$13,842 |
To write the story of The Battle of Cut Knife Hill accompanied by Chief Poundmaker's speech in English, Cree Syllabics, Roman Orthography, and PISL illustrations. |
Wild Sky Adventure Learning
Laura Hosaluk |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$13,900 |
MĪYO ACIMOWINA ASKIY: (Good Stories Earth) is a workshop exploring old European practices of reinforced earth construction, informed by Indigenous storytelling for children and community. |
| Wensel, Judy |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$14,000 |
To support a research and creation term to develop a new performance work called "The Last Children." |
| Gomez, Felipe |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
To produce and present “Soundtrack for Adventurous Kids” a 45-minute interactive musical experience. |
| Normand, Alexis |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
This project is to write new songs in French and English that explore bilingual identity on the prairies. |
| Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
This project is to remount our queer physical comedy, "Something in the Water", for presentation by the Adelaide Fringe Festival through co-production with Gluttony Theatre. |
| Claxton, Mark |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
A Regina remount of xTasis Screen/Stage's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee, which was presented in Saskatoon in autumn of 2019. |
| Beaucage, Marjorie |
Duck Lake |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
I AM YOUR HOLY FREAKNESS is a multidisciplinary creation of collages, installation, poetry performance, and video based on the Movements of my Life. |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,000 |
Development of a 3D rendered 3-channel audio/visual work called All My Dreams Are Made of Water |
| Tiggelers, Larissa |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,000 |
I am applying for funding to support the costs associated with the production of a new body of work including painting, sculpture and fibre. |
| Red Smarteez Marionettes |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,000 |
To create a script and pre-production for a personal film about disability with a fiction about a former resident of our home. |
| St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$14,000 |
Framing new work for solo exhibitions Art Placement (Jan-Feb. 2023) and VivianeArt/Exposure Photography Festival, Calgary (Feb. 2023). |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Tucker, Peter |
Moose Jaw |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$14,000 |
I AM DISAPPEARING is a large installation-based sculpture using reclaimed wood beams from the historic Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
— |
| Moose Jaw Cultural Centre Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Sinclair, Aaron |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
A multidisciplinary project based on the surreal and abstract experiences an artist has growing up with church, school and a farm in rural Saskatchewan. |
| Erwin, Keisha |
Spiritwood |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
This project is to produce a 10-minute film documenting an Indigenous woman’s experiences while evacuating her traditional territory as a wildfire rages on in Saskatchewan. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Feheregyhazi, Andrei |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,100 |
I'm looking for time to create an animated film that will be presented in the form of an augmented reality picture book. |
| Benning, Heather |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,116 |
To create large scale installation sculpture "Winter Sleep" to exhibit at the 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art at the Remai Modern. |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
Air Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
La Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$14,400 |
To create Walking the Prairies, an augmented reality photographic book combining still nature photographs, videos, and thought-provoking notes to share as a hand-held visual experience |
| Alvarez, Kris |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,410 |
Acknowledgement is a creative response to the impact that my current work of opening up about race has had on me. |
