| Allard, Mark |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
"Into Oblivion" (working title) is a graphic novel about the heroic deeds of a handful of Chinese-Canadians in the face of war and pejudice |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| The Coterie |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
Funds to produce Measure For Measure with Live Five in March, 2023. |
City of Prince Albert
Jesse Campbell |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
The second phase of the Prince Albert AiC project that develops the model of supporting artists to build long-term arts programming, relational projects, and residencies. |
Kitchen Party Music, Inc.
Mitchell Dureault |
Forget |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
KLKP Kids Camp: engage children in an inclusive, accessible and supervised 5-day Music and Art camp utilizing Saskatchewan musicians and knowledge keepers. |
| Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
To create the March chapter for Agatha's Almanac, an ongoing 16 mm documentary film and experiment with eco-processing and rayograms. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Peart, Greta |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
To create an empathy-focused videogame called “Mitch” that explores finding personal growth and groundedness amidst new and unfamiliar experiences. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
Finding courage, embracing Indigenous culture, my new novel. JOE is a vampire but the real killer is alcohol. Mythology and folklore are dominant. |
| Tootoosis, Lyndon |
Battleford |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
Working on major pieces for upcoming shows in 24/25 in various venues in sk/can utilizing the stories, guidance and blessings of my Elders |
| Belanger, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
The funds requested are to assist in creating and writing new material for my character "Ernestine and her pet bird Muckatoon" |
| Vincent, Angus |
Yorkton |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
Complete a script/play in a musical format, along with music, with story lines of life and love on a reserve and urban setting. |
| Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
Create a full production music video for the song "White Man's World" The song describes the 1885 Fort Battleford Hangings of eight cree warriors |
| Longman, Mary |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
Passage Home: Public Bronze Sculpture and Custom Healing Park.
Fund request to complete work: Phase 2: 3D printing and casting in bronze |
| Ouellette, Dianne |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
To create a 10-12 minute short film that explores similar Métis and Oneida family histories through
storytelling, as I learn to bead. |
| Duffy, Tarralik Adina |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
This project is an extension of my soft sculpture series about Inuit food that will be presented at a solo exhibition at Remai Modern. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Ledoux, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
We will have a Women's Wellness Weekend at Wanuskewin Heritage Park for Adult Indigenous Women aged 30 and up. |
| Margoshes, Dave |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
To write, revise and polish new short stories with an eye to a new collection during an 18-month period starting in January 205. |
| Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
To complete footage for a documentary film on local Queer Seniors by interviewing queer non-Indigenous senior citizens & Two-Spirit Indigenous Elders on the Prairies |
Harmony Arts Program
JanLaree Denbigh |
Moose Jaw |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
Harmony Arts Program will produce a musical theatre production for adults and children to enhance community reducing any financial barrier to participation. |
Paivand-Iranian Canadian Society for Cultural Dialogue Inc
Yasaman Tarighatmanesh |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
International Women's Day 2025:
Power of women for peace and collective liberation; through the eyes of women impacted by the cruelty and horror of war |
Michael A. Riffel High School
Shaunna Dunn |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
Exploring theatre techniques to empower neurodiverse and neurotypical students, this project uses design and visual storytelling to reflect emotions, relationships, and foster empathetic collaboration. |
Kitchen Party Music, Inc.
Mitchell Dureault |
Forget |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
KLKP Kids Camp: Provide an barrier-free opportunity for children from all walks of life to explore their creativity in collaboration with Saskatchewan musicians and artists. |
Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Glenn Sutter |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
In the fall of 2025, Songs for Nature aims to offer its first-ever adult camp in Grasslands National Park, with a showcase concert in Regina. |
| Sparrow, Don |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,008 |
I intend to write, illustrate and publish an original 64-page comic book memoir, titled “Does Your Mother Know?” |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$15,011 |
A series of Plains Indian Sign Language workshops to actively teach, reanimate Cree language learning using PISL. Live and Virtually. |
| Coppens, Nathan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,120 |
To write and workshop a two-person play about adult ADHD that will be produced in the 2022-23 season with On Cue Performance Hub. |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,150 |
Producing an exhibition, artist's book, and texts as an artist and 2021-2022 writer-in-residence at Gallery 44 in Toronto. |
| Cameron, Steph |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$15,300 |
This application supports 6 months of song-writing, engaging my artistic process, demoing songs for my 4th studio album and expanding my live original repertoire. |
| Wahl, Nathen |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,300 |
I plan to compete an 88 page graphic novel featuring Joe Zombie and the “Danse Macabre or Dance of Death in the current pandemic environment. |
City of Prince Albert
Jesse Campbell |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$15,300 |
Through peer support, curatorial guidance, and professional development, we continually develop artists' capacities to
build long-term community arts programming & projects for marginalized or underserved groups. |
| Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,380 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Paivand-Iranian Canadian Society for Cultural Dialogue Inc
Yasaman Tarighatmanesh |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$15,400 |
Collaborative art work focusing on Middle Eastern women, using art to express impacts of ongoing Iranian women's movements on their own fight for women's rights. |
| Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$15,500 |
To create a triple screen film installation for a confirmed solo exhibition at the Remai Modern opening April 5, 2019 |
| Alvarez, Kris |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,500 |
Acknowledgement is a creative response to the impact that my current work of opening up about race has had on me. |
| Rose, Melanie |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$15,500 |
To build upon the theme of ‘The Flower People’ and create 13 new 2D and wearable art pieces for an exhibition at Godfrey Dean Gallery. |
| Bear's Song Collective |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$15,500 |
To provide intergenerational teachings about birch, spruce and porcupines and using their natural resources to create birch bark baskets and documenting the entire process. |
| Colette Bourgonje School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$15,600 |
A multi-media residency exploring the intersection of science and art-offering students an opportunity to observe and participate in the artistic process of documenting findings. |
Dr. Brass School
Terrance Littletent |
Yorkton |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$15,643 |
Establish a Pow Wow group within our school to foster a sense of belonging and community for all students. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$15,650 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,650 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Brophey, Erin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$15,800 |
Two concerts of selected works by under-performed composers. Titled "Finding Our Place", each concert will explore the inspiration behind each composition. |
| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,898 |
Music collaboration with professional musician Kiera Dall'Osto to inspire/complete/infuse fresh music ideas; proceed to workshop album material in Nashville before recording follow-up full-length album. |
| St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,975 |
Production of new work towards the AGA/Remai 2020 Biennial and La Presence des Femmes at CAVA Edmonton. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Nolan, Yvette |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$16,000 |
To produce The Art of War, an original play by Yvette Nolan at the Refinery in September 2020. |
| Bradford, Michael |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$16,000 |
This project is to complete a middle-grade novel called Bonewalkers, the third book in the Nightside series, published by Orca Books Publishers. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Tootoosis, Lyndon |
Battleford |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$16,000 |
Create 6 large sculpture.
Sharing Our beliefs and customs pertaining to mourning and loss.
These I share with the blessings of my Elders and community |
| McArthur, Robert |
Carlyle |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$16,000 |
I want to build on my existing work; the creation of Nakoda lullabies, and the creation of a recording, a book, and a presentation series. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Grummett, S.E. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
To create a new Theatre for Young Audiences show exploring gender diversity for presentation in Calgary and Saskatoon planned for May 2023. |
| The Dim Coast |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
To create a custom digital instrument that ‘performs’ a group sound installation, online audio stream and audiobook inspired by Moose Jaw writer, Vivian Darroch-Lozowski. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
Creation of a one-person show directed by John Turner with music by Sheldon Corbett that coalesces music and neo-bouffon from October 2021-March 2022. |
| Buttered Ghost Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
We are seeking funding to pay the engaged artists of an all original horror comedy anthology radio play series that is presented as a podcast. |
| Moore, Tim |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$16,000 |
To complete the body of work "Erasure is Futile" for a scheduled group exhibition and future solo exhibition potential. |
| Ackerman, Clinton |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
Composition of an art song using the poetry of "The Lost Words." Written for voice, piano, and electronics. Connecting the poetry to environments across Saskatchewan. |
| Nachtigall, Jeff |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
The production and exhibition of a body of work for the Museum of Temporary Art, an evolving pop-up with locations throughout Regina and rural Saskatchewan. |
| Bert Fox Community High School |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
In collaboration with the Artist, we will build solid relationships with several Indigenous female students whom have expressed interest in reconnecting to their culture. |
| Knight, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$16,080 |
We want to continue our series of satirical news monologues and comedy skits centered around an indigenous comedy perspective, and develop into an episodic series. |
| Baerwaldt, Wayne |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,116 |
To conduct original research, develop curatorial premises, write critical essays and deliver art exhibitions in Saskatchewan and abroad |
| Rowley, Mari-Lou |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,200 |
This grant will allow me to complete, revise and polish my manuscript Palingenesis, a poetic memoir of trauma, survival, revival and ultimately, redemption. |
| Erwin, Keisha |
Spiritwood |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$16,300 |
This project is to produce a short 10-minute film about a disconnected Sixties Scooped father and his reconnecting half-Black daughter returning home to La Ronge. |
| Knight, Lindsay |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$16,336 |
To plan, present, mentor and perform "The TMRWS" Indigenous Women in Hip Hop Festival in Treaty Six Territory on July 12, 2024. |
| LaRiviere, David |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,448 |
Production of new large-scale artwork for the 2020 Biennale of Contemporary art, opening September 26th at the Alberta Gallery of Art (confirmed). |
| Hill, Gerald |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,500 |
I’ll complete the first draft of a book of poems called The Table. |
| C. Lysias Designs |
Rosthern |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$16,500 |
Passion for Fashion Project, "Project Iskotew" raises awareness on the residual effects of residential schools, while promoting culture, and healing through fashion. |
| Wensel, Judy |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,543 |
Collaborative exploration and development phase of new interdisciplinary work with visual artist Shaunna Dunn. |
| Kazan, Lina |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,585 |
To create a Flamenco screen dance film with original music and choreographies to be presented at the Victoria Flamenco festival and other digital platforms. |
| Weber, Joanne |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,714 |
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. |
| Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$16,834 |
To continue teaching the art of porcupine quillwork at an intermediate level on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. |
| Payne, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,859 |
Creation of a body of electronic light-based work, consisting of light box compositions and projection installation, for public exhibition across Canada |
| Lowry, Nancy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,918 |
Create large scale paintings which push my perceived physical limits while highlighting the important intergenerational role of non-male artists from the Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops. |
| Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$17,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Winston Knoll Collegiate |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$17,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Thurmeier, Tim |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$17,000 |
To produce a 45-60 minute documentary called The Great Train Reverie, which follows four Saskatchewan musicians who toured Eastern Canada by train. |
| Burnt Thicket Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$17,000 |
Develop the script and music of the musical Breathe by Sienna Holden and produce the world premiere in Saskatoon |
| Fidelak, Terri |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$17,000 |
Creation of new, large scale, sculptural installation, with exploration of performative elements, occurring from November 2020 to October 2021. |
| Wensel, Judy |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$17,000 |
To support the pre-production, rehearsal and presentation of a new performance work called The Last Children. |
| Garcia-Luna, Gabriela |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$17,000 |
To create multimedia studies and works for a confirmed solo exhibition at the MJM&AG, exploring concepts of human and natural environment resilience and adaptation. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$17,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. |
Swift Current |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$17,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Garcia-Luna, Gabriela |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
New body of work and research in relation to my feminine Mexican ancestry, based on photographic documentation of Mexican and Saskatchewan flora. |
| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions is creating professional work for theatre artists and will present 'Spring Awakening' by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, February 23-March 2. |
| Oblong and Oboe |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
The final stage of development and world premiere of Oblong and Oboe Stir the Pot as part of Live Five’s 20th Season in Saskatoon. |
| Al-Harthi, Rania |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
Funds from this grant will be used to support an upcoming collaborative project at PAVED Arts. |
Riversdale Community Association
Jasmyn Albert |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
The Riversdale Community Association seeks to hire three Ribbon-Skirt Designers to teach our residents how to sew their own, and showcase those skirts around Riversdale. |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
The project connects community through stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward. |
| Eskowich, Graydon |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$17,000 |
Proposal for the production of the independant short film 'Headstones,' a 15-20 minute dark comedy/drama to be filmed in Saskatchewan in the Summer of 2025. |
John Diefenbaker Public School
Leah Dorion |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$17,000 |
Create a mural for John Diefenbaker School honouring Victor Thunderchild & legacy artwork on vinyl prints for school windows to showcase artwork throughout the schhol. |
| Froese, Ellen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$17,077 |
Ellen Froese will be presenting her brand new album via residency and touring from November 2022 - March 2023. |
| Goodwyn, Amber |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$17,110 |
We are seeking funding for the collaborative production of an episodic experimental feminist science fiction musical called Porous (working title). |
OUTSaskatoon Inc.
Marjorie Beaucage |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$17,125 |
OUTSaskatoon will create a two spirit drum group through drum making and singing in Saskatoon through a 10 week project called Healing Through The Drum. |
| Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. |
Swift Current |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,430 |
For general operating and programming support. |
