| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Burns, Brody |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$14,000 |
Wanuskewin residency, workshop, and exhibition Septemeber 2026, Exhibition title: GIANTS |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Hueser, Nicole |
Dalmeny |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
Abyss within is a short film based on my life about an individual trapped by chronic pain and how it affects them physically and psychologically. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| 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. |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| 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." |
| 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. |
| Ecole Alvin Buckwold School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2025-2026 |
$14,000 |
The artist will support Grades 5–8 in set design, collaborate in cross-curricular learning with students, and continue developing their own artistic practice during the residency. |
| Moose Jaw Cultural Centre Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| Moose Jaw Cultural Centre Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna |
Saltcoats |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$14,000 |
Creating immersive artworks across diverse mediums for three solo exhibitions starting Autumn 2026 |
| 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. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
— |
| 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 |
| Ells, Chrystene |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$14,030 |
Complete six of 24 mythical oil portraits of prairie artists, build sundial prototype and sculptural elements, all toward 'Amor Fati' solo installation, 2028. |
Bellefleur, Stephanie
Muscowpetung Education Centre |
Balcarres |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2025-2026 |
$14,036 |
Intercultural Mural Grade 6 to 12, Venezuelan Artist, Stephanie Bellefleur and Land Based Educator; Cree, Saulteaux Knowledge Carrier and Artist Philip Brass for Muscowpetung School. |
| 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. |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$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. |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
Air Ronge |
Music |
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. |
| Garcia-Luna, Gabriela |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$14,210 |
Create a new body of work incorporating analogue methods and materials to explore and expand ideas of hybrid identities and cultural fluidity. |
| Lenko, Timothy |
Moose Jaw |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$14,286 |
To produce my short film 'Soil' a Black Mirror inspired exploration of technology, isolation, and connection. |
| 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. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$14,496 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting three concerts as part of their 12th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
East Central Newcomer Welcome Centre Inc.
Muveddet Al-Katib |
Yorkton |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$14,500 |
Cultural Bridging is a six-month program helping newcomer youth use art to share stories, connect with others, and feel at home. |
| Gan, Jelly |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,500 |
Collaborative experimental video combining performance art, visual design, ambient music composition, and projections. |
| Kazan, Lina |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$14,577 |
Development, preparation and multiple presentations of Flamenco Borealis' reimagined stage work "Qadar: a Date with Fate" |
Goretzky, Barbara
Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home |
Lumsden |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$14,739 |
Create a collaborative, legacy mural for Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home. Design door decals to make exit doors unique and less confusing for dementia residents. |
| Pegasus Productions |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,750 |
The development, production, and presentation of "After Sundown," a new play by Gordon Portman. |
| Noel-Maw, Martine |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,760 |
Hitch and Agatha: A play in which the Master of Suspense and the Queen of Crime meet, clash and then join forces for the better. |
| Hebert, Dakota |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$14,780 |
To showcase the hard work and talent of Saskatchewan's Indigenous Comedians in Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto, and Ottawa. |
| Mohsin, Ayesha |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,787 |
A multidisciplinary and multilingual (English, Palestinian Arabic and Urdu) performance project examining immigrant cultural practices, involving dance, music and narration from Pakistan and Palestine. |
| Langhorne, Donna |
Air Ronge |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$14,975 |
To acquire materials and equipment required to create and document Aanjitoon, a series of twelve large paintings using an original hybrid Woodlands/Realist style. |
| Foster, Traci |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
To explore and cultivate material for a multidisciplinary interactive installation performance, exploring the fertility of grief and its positive transformative aspects. |
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. |
| 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. |
Lumsden Beach Camp inc.
Shaunna Dunn |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$15,000 |
This project will provide the Camp community exposure to, and education through, diverse artistic practices, while offering professional artists meaningful engagement on the land. |
| 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. |
| 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" |
| Froese, Robert |
Moose Jaw |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$15,000 |
Production of ceramic and wood installation work based on material and musical composition/improvisation for exhibition at the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, February 2020. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
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. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
Association communautaire fransaskoise de Regina
Giselle Lemire |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
To offer writing workshops, performance training, to participants to present their work in a stage performance during the Mois de la Francophonie in March 2026. |
| Zong, Megan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$15,000 |
To develop and produce the world premiere of Unmasked at Live Five in 2020. |
| Will, Elaine |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,000 |
The Last Band On Earth is a graphic novel about a noise rock band who are trapped in a ramshackle unearthly city run by demons. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$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. |
| Dumont Walker, Dawn |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,000 |
To outline and write a novel in supernatural genre about a woman who is possessed by the spirit of a deceased cop and a cow. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
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. |
| It's Not a Box Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$15,000 |
To devise and stage a live Overhear pod-play with Prague storytellers for the Prague Quadrennial 2019 and bring local content for geocache stories. |
| Nash, Megan |
Palmer |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
Write and arrange songs inspired by Crescent Park for an upcoming album in the Moose Jaw Public Library Theatre from mid July to mid November. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Kozak, Kathryn
Town of Creighton |
Creighton |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
A mentorship and exhibition opportunity for emerging and established artists of the Northern Saskatchewan. |
| 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 |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
Prince Albert |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
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 |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
Exploring theatre techniques to empower neurodiverse and neurotypical students, this project uses design, puppetry, and visual storytelling to reflect emotions, relationships, and foster empathetic collaboration. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
Prairie Sky School
Melanie Rose |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
Students will work with lead artist Melanie Rose and other guest artists to create a collaborative felted blanket, and individual patches responding to social issues. |
| 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 |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Buffalo People Arts Institute |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
To share the stories of matriarchs and their histories, knowledge, resilience, tenacity, and strength with a common component of creating a bond of sisterhood. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
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. |
Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop
Muskwa Lerat |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
Future Artistic Minds is an Indigenous-run youth art collective providing accessible, anti-oppressive spaces. Amplifying youth voices, celebrating diversity, and challenging the status quo through art. |
| 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. |
| St.Germaine, Yvonne |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,000 |
New project ready to present to public, summer of 2020 Cd release tour, Expenses, Production, technician fees, promotion, rehearsal space, venue and equipment, travel accommodation |
| Sheri & Heather Benning |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,000 |
To complete a short film cycle, "Let Them Rest," which will give affective voice to the seismic shift in rural Saskatchewan to intensive farming practices |
| Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| 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. |
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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
