Recipient Community Discipline Program Year Amount Description
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop
Saskatoon Literary Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $10,000 The artist will work with classroom teachers to produce small books in Cree and English, modeling from familiar stories, helping students learn their Cree language.
Bigeagle-Kequahtooway, Joely Regina Multidisciplinary Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2025-2026 $10,000 To interview 13+ matriarchs to ask questions about the important matriarchs in their life. Lessons learned and future visions/hope for future and their legacies.
Fidelak, Terri
Christ the King School
Regina Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $10,000 Creation of a large, temporary sculptural installation using locally-sourced clay to engage students in learning about connection to land and sustainability through the creative process.
W3APONS Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $10,000 This project is to fund a writing period for Saskatoon-based band and writing collaborators, W3APONS.
Cameron, Steph Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $10,000 Creation, development and demonstration recordings of songs for album, Blood Moon. Expansion of live performance repertoire.
Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. Regina Literary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2022-2023 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Bundon Pfeifer Henderson Regina Theatre Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $10,000 Funds for bundonpfeiferhenderson to develop audio, projection, and installation concepts for the new play 'Tommy & Pere', by Arthur Milner.
asokan Project Camps
Alexandra Nordstrom
Battleford Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2019-2020 $10,000 This project provides youth of Poundmaker and Little Pine First Nation with five days of creative programming that use land as pedagogy for art practice.
Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. Saskatoon Music SaskFestivals 2020-2021 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Matyushenko, Valentyna Grandora Dance Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $10,000 Create choreography project about Easter in Pysanka and showcase it. Awake Tradition through the dance vision.
Art Gallery of Swift Current
Shon Profit
Swift Current Visual Artists in Communities 2020-2021 $10,000 Provide and document for research a professional artist-led weekly art class for Wolf Willow Health Centre LTC to implement into a sustainable program during lockdowns.
Metcalfe, Shayne Waldheim Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $10,000 Creation of monologues through an experimental writing and performance process. Scripts will be created from documentary style interviews of actors then used for video monologues.
Reimer, Joel Dash
Pleasant Hill Community Association
Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2024-2025 $10,000 Dash Reimer will partner with different communities in Pleasant Hill to create an artistic response to the question of what safety looks like in community.
Rosie & the Riveters Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2019-2020 $10,000 This project is to write 60 new songs, the best 12 of which will be recorded on Rosie & the Riveters’ next album.
Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. La Ronge Literary SaskFestivals 2019-2020 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Regina Folk Festival Inc.
Megan Nash
Regina Music Artists in Communities 2019-2020 $10,000 All Our Relations choir, led by local musicians, will rewrite songs that shaped the labour movement and the RFF, culminating in a 50th anniversary performance.
Favel, Floyd Paynton Literary Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2019-2020 $10,000 This project is to write down and publish, accompanied by visual images, the story of Broken Knife Lookout on Poundmaker Cree Nation.
Anderson, Charles Regina Literary Independent Artists Program 2019-2020 $10,000 I would like to complete a collection of quirky, humorous literary essays entitled The Boy in the Window.
Bishop James Mahoney High School
Cate Francis
Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $10,000 Project grant to work with Health Science Academy students to create collaborative murals at BJM as well as a scientifically focused public art campaign.
Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. Saskatoon Music SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Saskatoon Experimental Music Ensemble Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $10,000 To present a series of concerts, premiering newly composed and improvised works.
Knight, Lindsay Saskatoon Share and Connect 2025-2026 $10,000 Two streaming online musical performances similar to NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts with Indigenous artists from Saskatchewan.
Cathedral Area Community Association Regina Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2020-2021 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Okemaysim, Aren Regina Music Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2021-2022 $10,000 The recording and engineering of 14 original songs for my debut solo music project, “Okimaw”.
Short Cuts Festival Inc. Saskatoon Theatre SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Ecole Dundonald School Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $10,000 Our Grade 4 students will engage in a series of land based explorations with Leah Dorion to explore and represent understandings of our inquiry question.
Campus Regina Public
Joely Bigeagle-Kequahtooway
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $10,000 The collaborative art piece created from a buffalo hide will be displayed in the cultural classroom and will reflect students learning and connection with land.
Körner, Miriam Air Ronge Literary Independent Artists Program 2019-2020 $10,000 This project is to complete a first draft of the novel ‘Burnt’ , including travelling to the places the protagonist encounters in her journey.
Mackasey, Michèle
William Mason School
Snowden Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $10,000 William Mason School students will engage with artist Michèle Mackasey, Elders, Cultural Advisors and other knowledgeable community members in a land-based art-making project.
Balfour Collegiate - Balfour Arts Collective
Tessa Kuz
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $10,000 “Who Am I?” is designed to impact young people as they investigate, represent, express and embrace empowered self-identity through the arts.
Negraeff, Laura Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $10,000 I will produce & direct Sarah Ruhl’s play about relationships, women’s health, & sexuality, titled “In the Next Room” at Persephone’s Backstage in Saskatoon
Mathieu, Veronique
Saskatoon Public Library
Saskatoon Music Artists in Communities 2020-2021 $10,000 Present six free interactive and educational concerts involving different musical traditions at Frances Morrison Public Library (Saskatoon) and in North Battleford .
The Vertigo Series Regina Literary SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Conservatory of Performing Arts
Karley Parovsky
Regina Music Artists in Communities 2022-2023 $10,000 The Intercultural String Exchange provides professional development for violinists/fiddlers and performance/workshop opportunities for the general public showcasing the violin's multicultural usage.
On Cue Performance Hub Regina Multidisciplinary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2024-2025 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Agecoutay, Richard Regina Media Arts Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2024-2025 $10,000 The following grant proposal is for the research phase of a Video Documentary focused on the people who attend and participate in Saskatchewan Powwows.
Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc. Big River Music SaskFestivals 2025-2026 $10,000 For general operating and program support.
Creative City Centre Inc.
Karlie King
Regina Visual Artists in Communities 2019-2020 $10,000 Karlie King will work with retirement communities downtown to facilitate knitting groups focused on the yarn-bombing of pre-determined locations downtown leading up to Nuit Blanche.
Cathedral Area Community Association Regina Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Petit, Marcel Saskatoon Share and Connect 2023-2024 $10,000 To create a first draft of the documentary film Queer Seniors by editing twelve existing interviews of queer Indigenous Elders and settler senior citizens.
Wilson, Nic Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $10,000 Over the next year, I would like to pursue three projects that will focus on new material processes and collaboration.
Bernbaum, Joel
Oskayak High School
Saskatoon Theatre Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $10,000 To study the play Reasonable Doubt with ​​Oskāyak High School students, work with them to create an artistic response, and share this response with public
Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon Saskatoon Media Arts SaskFestivals 2019-2020 $10,000
Herriot, Trevor Regina Literary Independent Artists Program 2019-2020 $10,000 to prepare a final draft of the novel I am writing to submit to my editor at HarperCollins.
Evan Hardy Collegiate
Samuel Kruger
Saskatoon Theatre Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $10,000 An original theatre production about relevant issues in the lives of teens utilizing innovative theatrical performance and technology techniques with the guidance of Sam Kruger.
Girls Rock Camp Saskatoon
Eliza Mary Doyle
Saskatoon Music Artists in Communities 2019-2020 $10,000 Providing opportunities for female empowerment through Cultural Arts Mentorship Programming by building capacity and expanding the Girls Rock Saskatoon program to under-served/remote communities in Saskatchewan.
Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon Saskatoon Media Arts SaskFestivals 2020-2021 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Phillips, Geoff
Southwestern Saskatchewan Oldtimers' Museum Inc.
Maple Creek Visual Artists in Communities 2020-2021 $10,000 The next generation of Agribusiness will benefit from learning how technology is impacting their trade through targeted art workshops inspired by local ranching history.
Normand, Alexis
École Père Mercure
Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $10,000 This project is to carry out choral and rock band projects with students who will write and perform songs in French about Père André Mercure.
Indigenous Poets Society Saskatoon Share and Connect 2023-2024 $10,000 Publish a Zine of indigenous writing, artwork in early 2024 of 50 pages. Create digitally and send to printers at SK and ON branches distribution.
Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. Saskatoon Literary SaskFestivals 2024-2025 $10,000 For general operating and program support.
Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. Manitou Beach Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2025-2026 $10,000 For general operating and program support.
Regina International Open Theatre Society Regina Theatre SaskFestivals 2020-2021 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Saskatchewan Band Association
Paul Suchan
Regina Music Artists in Communities 2022-2023 $10,000 Engage developing youth composers, through collaboration with a professional composer, in the creation of a 4-piece band composition celebrating the Saskatchewan Band Association’s 40th anniversary.
Bird, Lianne Balcarres Share and Connect 2022-2023 $10,000 Singers from Peepeekisis FN joined with Saskatchewan Gymnaestada to perform at Amsterdam World Gymaestrada Festival to promote Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action.
On Cue Performance Hub Regina Multidisciplinary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Regina International Open Theatre Society Regina Theatre SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Mistawasis Nehiyawak High School
Kris Moffatt
Leask Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $10,000 Engage students in art therapy sessions, complete a friendship canvas and develop a video of these process. Friendship and culture.
Wildeman, Tatum
Father Megret High School
Saskatoon Dance Artists in Communities 2020-2021 $10,000 Utilizing dance to strengthen Indigenous youths' knowledge and connection to their language and culture while improving their sense of mental wellness.
Tic Toc TEN Regina Multidisciplinary Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $10,000 Tic Toc TEN is a short performance arts festival featuring ten, brand new, multidisciplinary performance pieces by both emerging and established Saskatchewan artists.
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop
Saskatoon Literary Artists in Schools 2021-2022 $10,000 Students will be part of a creative community as they experience researching, writing and illustrating to create a book as the final project.
Larsen, Mitchell Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $10,000 I am applying to fund an extended creation/development phase of a queer, research-inspired production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.
Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon Saskatoon Media Arts SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $10,000 For general operating and programming support.
Normand, Alexis
Ecole Notre-Dame-des-Vertus
Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $10,000 This project is to carry out a rock camp with students who will learn and perform songs in French about Zénon Park.
Cuthand, Shawn Saskatoon Media Arts Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2023-2024 $10,031 To produce a comedy web series "That Deadly Cousin," which uses super 8/digital film which focuses on urban Indigenous kinship bonds.
Hale, Laura Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2019-2020 $10,040 Time for creative exploration, investigation, experimentation, risk taking, discovery, dialogue and critique, development and creation of new artworks and works in progress.
Meneley, Barbara Val Marie Visual Independent Artists Program 2022-2023 $10,131 To create series of large drawings based on my research on Treaty 4 soil.
33 Central School
Brianna LaPlante
Fillmore Visual Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $10,225 Instruction in visual art for K-12 students from an Indigenous Artist with Elder support culminating in installation of Indigenous art (mural) at 33 Central School
Gronsdahl, Todd Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $10,246 I am building and photographing "historical" scenes to exhibit with my Saskatchewan Maritime Museum installations at upcoming solo exhibitions in Swift Current and Edmonton.
Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. Regina Literary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2023-2024 $10,250 For general operating and programming support.
Anderson, Darryl Saskatoon Music Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2024-2025 $10,262 I will be working with award winning Bart Mckay Studio to write 2 new songs and with Skull Creek Studios to write 3 new songs.
Aitken, Neil Regina Literary Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $10,270 I am working on a full-length poetry collection that merges astrophysics, immigration, family history, and geography in its exploration of grief and memory.
Rose, Karen Regina Dance Independent Artists Program 2022-2023 $10,307 Collaborating with three composers to create the music/soundtrack for three of my choreographic solos.
Akakpo, Senyo Regina Dance Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $10,400 This grant is to fund creating and exploration of urban dance technique and movement to be developed for a later stage show.
Matyushenko, Valentyna Grandora Dance Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $10,405 Create, choreograph and present the first act of the play by famous Ukrainian writer, Lesya Ukrainka "Forest Song."
Silverthorne, Judith Regina Multidisciplinary Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $10,423 To complete the Walking the Prairies manuscript, an innovative AR fusion of nature photographs, videos, and thought-provoking notes to share as a hand-held visual experience.
Lepage, Mario St. Denis Music Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $10,450 Creation of Ponteix’s new live performance incorporating new written material to support the new album "le canadien errant" to be released autumn of 2024
Gronsdahl, Todd Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2022-2023 $10,500 A new chapter for my "Saskatchewan Maritime Museum" project. Here I humorously re-examine The Emma Lake Workshop Series considering legacy, hubris, the SK historical project.
Murray, Audie Regina Visual Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2023-2024 $10,500 The continuation of a project using beadwork to depict the sky in rural and urban spaces.
Wensel, Misty Regina Dance Independent Artists Program 2019-2020 $10,534 To evolve the contemporary dance solo, Trails, with an ensemble of dancers. Taking a personal narrative and allowing it to grow into its next translation
Cameron, Ian
St. Augustine Community School
Regina Music Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $10,585 An integrated music education program comprised of in-class, regular school-hour sessions featuring creative components, cultural perspectives, and cross-curricular outcomes.
Hosaluk, Michael Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2022-2023 $10,650 Take time to create new work that is completely unfamiliar to previous processes in my artistic career in remote unfamiliar locations and studio.
Atkins, Amalie Saskatoon Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $10,800 Prepare final elements (music licenses), Travel to present new feature film in for World Premiere (Copenhagen) and NorthAmerican Premiere (Toronto), followed by local confirmed events.
Coppens, Nathan Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $10,800 To help cover costs associated with producing I Have No Idea with Live Five in March, 2024.
Murray, Audie Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $10,800 Creation of new work that continues my studio exploration into generative refusal through process and material.
Larsen, Mitchell Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $10,800 Through 2026, Broken Glass Theatre will rehearse and present 2 weeks of performances of an exceptionally queer production of The Glass Menagerie.
L'Hirondelle, Cheryl Saskatoon Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $10,800 restoring/reversioning and creating emulators of my net.art projects for upcoming survey exhibition
Bundon Pfeifer Henderson Regina Multidisciplinary Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $10,816 Support for a 3-month work term, to cover artist fees for the premiere production of 'Untitled Peter Tripp Project'.
Ricketts, Kathryn Regina Multidisciplinary Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $10,925 This support is for the first design stage of the interdisciplinary production of The Chairs. This entails the set, sound and media design team.
Brenna, Beverley Saskatoon Literary Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $11,000 To complete a middle-grade novel 'Belvin Bowmaster and the Summer of the Goats' (working title) and submit it for publication to a traditional publisher.
Rose, Melanie Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $11,000 Research, develop and create new work for future production for upcoming exhibitions & workshops in 2025
City of Humboldt Cultural Services Humboldt Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $11,000 For general operating and programming support.
Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume Regina Literary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2024-2025 $11,000 For general operating and programming support.
Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. Saskatoon Visual SaskFestivals 2020-2021 $11,000 For general operating and programming support.
Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. Saskatoon Visual SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $11,000 For general operating and programming support.
Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. Saskatoon Visual SaskFestivals 2019-2020 $11,000 For general operating and programming support.
Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume Regina Literary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $11,000 For general operating and programming support.
Macdonald, Daniel Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $11,000 To conduct an in-person workshop, hold public staged readings, and engage in subsequent rewrites of my play MERCY between January and March , 2022.
City of Humboldt Cultural Services Humboldt Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2024-2025 $11,000 For general operating and programming support.
Matyushenko, Valentyna Grandora Dance Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $11,000 Choreograph and perform the folk ballet of the play by Lesia Ukrainka "The Forest Song".
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Photo Credit: Artist Evie Ruddy partnered with UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity on a photography project featuring trans and non-binary people. Photo by Charity Marsh.