| It's Not a Box Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To write, record, and release a trilogy of interactive thriller podplays designed to be played entirely in the comforts of your own home |
| New Dance Horizons Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
A creative process project exploring relationships between art and nature through dance, song, and costume via online workshops towards a backyard processional performance. |
| Hewitt, Declan |
Regina |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
— |
| Emma Artists Group |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To create an artistic installation on the south side of Ness Creek, as a 10th Anniversary reprisal of a project started in 2010. |
| La Ronge Arts Council Corp. |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To engage local indigenous artist DLanghorne to give artist talks and painting sessions to school groups and others while OSAC exhibit 'Common Truths' is here. |
| Deaf Crows Collective |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To provide accessibility to future Deaf Crows Collective theatre productions for deaf, hard of hearing, and Deaf patrons through the use of surtitling equipment. |
| Art Gallery of Regina Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
On-demand screenings of video works by Saskatchewan artists accessed through a free augmented reality smartphone app paired with AR-enabled posters at public locations throughout Regina. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
A small-scale virtual Ness Creek Music Festival, with activities and entertainment presented for Ness Creekers to participate in or simply enjoy. |
| Burnt Thicket Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Audio Drama Podcast Research, Development & Market Test: to sustainably produce audio drama as an ongoing storytelling platform for SK artists with digital distribution. |
| Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To spend a week experimenting and playing in development of our queer, physical comedy collaboration: "Creepy Boys" for Melbourne Fringe Festival and future touring. |
| Eastend Arts Council |
Eastend |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Eastend Arts Council will rebuild its website to grow our community, and support the arts through innovative on&off-line programing associated with Wallace Stegner House |
| Biofeedback Art Collective |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Biofeedback is creating an online platform to curate a virtual art show for emerging Saskatchewan artists as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| Nind, Monique |
Grenfell |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To produce four original paintings (24x30)in a series titled "The Love of Fishing' and artistic journals describing the creative process for each piece. |
| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions presents:
{Title of Show}, a four person, 1 pianist, 1 act musical
Performed at the Refinery and The Dekker Centre |
| The Feather |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
The Feather is looking to get funding for artist fees to do a Christmas project and live stream which involves mentorship within the collective. |
| Aurora Voce |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Aurora Voce choral commission for their "North" performance in collaboration with composer Carmen Braden from the Northwest Territories. |
| The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts |
North Battleford |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
On Dekk- Pesented by Battlefords Untapped is a partnership between the Dekker Centre and Battlefords Untapped Podcast to celebrate artists in the Battlefords and area |
| LITFACE |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
LITFACE is requesting funding for a hip hop music video focusing on transitions through life and perseverance through struggles. |
| One Take Super 8 Regina |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
The One Take Super 8 event is an annual film festival dedicated to super 8 filmmaking for the local community to create analog films. |
| Janvier, Bobby |
La Loche |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Would like to construct paddles with traditional artwork designs using carving and hand painting designs. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
This project aims to uplift and reinvigorates the stagnant Saskatchewan artist community under COVID lockdown through a virtual exhibition about creativity and enthusiasm. |
| Sum Theatre Corp. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
We are applying for assistance with the cost of COVID safe staging for our Saskatchewan Tour of Theatre in the Park. |
| Sheri & Heather Benning |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
A mini-documentary foregrounding the shift to intensive agriculture in rural SK, including poetry from Sheri's forthcoming book, Field Requiem. |
| Future Artistic Minds |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
FAM youth will present a professional art exhibition and full-length album release about their experiences during Covid-19 at BAM for the month of May. |
| Artesian Performing Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
This is an application to secure partial matching funds for a City of Regina Grant to help upgrade our aging lighting equipment. |
| Ay, Caramba! Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Rehearsal process for a brand new play called the Newcomer |
| Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre |
Maple Creek |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
"Field Portraits" by 4 artists presents photographic portraits of rural models from the region to celebrate the SW Art Fest during September in Maple Creek. |
| Bridge Theatre Collective |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To contract 15 theatre artists to be a part of a readthrough workshop of a new edit of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare. |
| J.M. Curtain Razors Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Support for 4 Saskatchewan artists (including 2 yet-to-be-funded by SKArts Independent Artists) to create short films arising from Trespassers Waltz, for consideration at S.P.A.N.E. (Screenings of Performance Art in the Natural Environment). |
| FadaDance Troupe Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
FadaDance Troupe will animate the Beaver Flat 50 event by performing outdoor site specific original contemporary dance accompanied with stunning visuals to a national audience. |
| Live Five Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To co-produce and co-facilitate an unconference to foster new relationships among Saskatchewan theatre artists and audiences in the service of growing an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and anti-oppressive theatre culture. |
| Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
GTNT will hire fluently Cree Indigenous artists to partially translate Shakespeare's King Lear into Cree in November 2021 |
| Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Sage Hill is applying for funding to undertake a 3-Phase Strategy Project to respond to new circumstances that have emerged for the organization. |
| La Troupe du Jour Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Translating and adapting sections of King Lear into French, a project done in partnership with GTNT to create a trilingual version of the play. |
| Fern, Lucy |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
I would like to create 10 new pieces art work to showcase my work at the art galleries in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. |
| Sutherland, Dallas |
Rosthern |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Short horror film that will be filming in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and surrounding areas. filming will take place in July 2022. |
| Lerat, Muskwa |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To purchase a Dracast X-Series 1000 Lighting Kit to enable me to control lighting on location shoots and better edit my film projects. |
| Lafferty, Richard |
Prince Albert |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
This project is to do modern Metis story telling through photography and voice. This creative multimedia work will be shared Via multi media platforms |
| Smith, James |
Muskoday |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
I would like to illustrate a book that has Elders stories from all over Saskatchewan in it. |
| The Local Group |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Funding to help cover costs of a unique writing/recording opportunity |
| Radius Communications Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Replacing CJTR's aging transmitter/FM exciter, a critical component in our broadcast infrastructure. |
| Hip Hop Hoop Dance Productions |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To support Hip Hop Hoop Dance during a process of shifting their theatrical production from live performance to the digital realm of animated video. |
| Myriad Entertainment |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Myriad Entertainment is seeking grant financing to assist in the creation of our Saskatchewan-made short film, "Hunting Trip", from the production through post-production phases. |
| Chrysalis Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Chrysalis Theatre will produce the play My Name is Rachel Corrie, at La Troupe du Jour. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Senior dance artist Terrill Maguire visits SK from ON for the first time to work with Free Flow Dance Theatre. |
| Shadowpaw Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To produce Shadowpaw Press's first audiobooks, for two novels to be published this fall. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
1 Registration for the IMZ Academy for Digital Capture of Orchestral Music |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
KSAMB dance company hosts teacher Katarina Eriksson and two invited dance improvisers for a workshop and performance to grow Contact improvisation skills and improvisation community. |
| Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre Inc. |
Regina Beach |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
To be able to pay fair musician fees to the performers at the LMLCC's first ever outdoor Music Festival on July 2, 2022. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
BIPOC Ballads is a 6 speaker series. Funding would provide cost of venue, feature poets, equipment, ASL Interpreters and prizes for poets and slam winners. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Kyuubi Culture's production fee to participate in the project "Meeting for Teas: On the Road to Decolonization" at the Shurniak Art Gallery, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. |
| JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Funds to attend the Fisher Library (Toronto) small and fine press fair on September 10. |
| Reimer, Joel Dash |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
A Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III Camera + Lens would elevate my practice greatly and bring the calibre of my artistic offerings to the professional level. |
| Moose Jaw Cultural Centre Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Commissioning a mural for the new Wakamow Aboriginal Community Association permanent space in the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre and engaging an elder to bless it. |
| Wanotch, Tori-Lynn |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
I would like to purchase a leather walking foot machine and a Cricut to continue to grow as an independent designer of leather goods. |
| Harder, Kendra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Collating and expanding my research on composers from underrepresented demographics in order to create an online hub amplifying the voices of historical and living composers |
| Diakuw, Mike |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Research, write, build, and workshop an artist/audience collaborative shadow puppetry show about social behaviour with with groups of children and parents. |
| Ziwa, Thandiwe |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Income for living expenses while working full time on music |
| Ewenin, Ron |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Production and sale of 100, 2023 native art calendars to be sold across Saskatchewan. |
| Chinese Dance Club of Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Professional dance instructor Zhaojia Wu instructs Korean K-pop dance routines. They will be presented on January 22, 2023 at the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon. |
| Deiter, Christine |
Balcarres |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
I would like to plan for a youth/Elder Saulteaux Tipi camp. This camp would be about Saulteaux language, culture and games. |
| Aubichon, Holly |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Develop a website, creating a map to share where traditional tattoo-artists work and build community-backed resources for future inclusion of tattooing during ceremonies and events. |
| Dene High School |
La Loche |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
In consultation with our Sask Arts partner, Dene High Arts program will establish a relationship with a SK potter capable of First Nation pottery instruction. |
| Ay, Caramba! Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
To attend COYUNTURA, a National Latinx Theatre Gathering to connect and network with Latinx artists across Canada |
| Baraniecki, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
I am applying to create a series of paintings that explore the intersections between contemporary Surrealist painting and three-dimensional collage. |
| Deaf Crows Collective |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Send four Deaf actors, our Deaf Artistic Director, and the film’s Assistant Director to the Fable Deaf world premiere at Yorkton Film Festival. |
| Rathgeber, Carolyn |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
— |
| Ding, Nino |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
— |
| Jackson-Reynolds, Chloe |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
— |
| Prairie Saxophone Initiative |
North Battleford |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
To perform a concert in the Greater Vancouver Area and develop connections with their artistic community. |
| Shurniak Gallery Inc. |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Shurniak Gallery will host Tracey-Mae Chambers to create installations of premade crochet, woven, knit pieces made with yarn to encourage dialogue regarding reconciliation and decolonization. |
| Wanuskewin Heritage Park |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Offering a free, drop-in art collaboration in with Metis artists Holly Tennant and Leah Dorion to connect with the Prince Albert Indigenous community through art. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
We are creating artworks (sculptures, videos, performance art) which accumulate into a collaborative performance piece during our month-long artist residency at Banff Center. |
| Prince Albert Potter's Guild |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
We would like to bring in Dawn Candy, a Canadian ceramic artist from Red Deer Alberta, for a workshop on extensive surface design. |
| Dynamic Video Imaging Corporation |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Facilitate the travel and professional development of Dynamic Video Imaging through attending the "Reelworld Film Festival" and premier of our film "A Storm Blows Over". |
| Tweidt, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Seeking funding to explore directing as a mentee during the production of Two Bees The Anger of Ernest and Ernestine. |
| Janvier-Dugan, Diane |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Quilted a portrait of my newly wed Dene parents in the early 50s. 56" x 82" wall hanging textile art. |
| THE 525 ART POP-UPS INC. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Our pop-up art exhibition on November 25th and the pre-exhibit artists’ workshop aim to develop early-career artists who have little to no prior exhibiting experience. |
| Live Five Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
To increase our capacity and solidify our future goals through the creation of an organizational strategic plan with guidance from an external facilitator |
| Chinese Dance Club of Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
One of a kind and traditional Chinese drum dance, illustrating dancers using drums as their stages, a combination of classical dance and Han dynasty poetry. |
| Eger, Ruby |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
The goal to engage in a month long dance training program based in Lucca, Italy. |
| Pascal, Madison |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To celebrate the Official Bird of Regina: the Black-capped Chickadee. Representation of the community's commitment to environmental stewardship and the wellbeing of its bird populations. |
| Bates, Steve |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To use a custom weather station to gather data from the Sun (solar radiation) to make a small body of sound and visual art works. |
| Grimelda |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Grimelda will be touring through Southern Ontario & Quebec to re-establish awareness prior to performing at NXNE in Toronto. |
| Cupid's Heart |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To support the release and planned 15-show Eastern Canada tour around the latest single "Pick Me Up" from Cupid's Heart. |
| Dump Babes |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Perform 5 shows in Western Canada to promote our new album 'Known Liar', 4 of them as tour support for Miesha and the Spanks. |
| Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
LTD' will be touring to rural communities to perform Bits & Pieces of Dis’ & Dat for high school students, cultural leaders, and community members. |
| Art Gallery of Swift Current |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Install a dynamic pilot mural project along the Chinook Parkway to enhance public art, community well-being, and grow the gallery's presence in the community. |
| Stonechild, Jacob |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
I am currently looking for funding to continue my art projects not only to share but to teach those who might be interested thank you |
| Armstrong, Audrey |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Large visual artworks identify Treaty 6 and Métis territory. A community art wall invites participants to deepen their awareness of and relationship to this land. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
A dance, music, and spoken-word performance on nature and capitalism, workshopped in an inner-city theatre residency, combining live music, mixed ability ensemble improvisation, and outreach. |
| Chaos Encouraged Productions Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Create a 4ft by 4ft stage for Trans and Genderqueer Drag performers to present a unique show at Nuit Blanche YXE in Saskatoon. |
| Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery |
Moose Jaw |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
This project features contemporary dance in response to Leesa Streifler's exhibition to bridge dance and visual arts while promoting community building and engagement. |
| It's Not a Box Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To co-produce, co-direct, and co-design a production of Overhear as a performance and an installation in Taiwan with producing partner Performosa Theatre. |
| Cabildo Esquivel, Priscila |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$2,062 |
'KIN Movement" is art exchanged for kindness. "Ojos de Dios" - weavings traditional to the Indigenous Huichol of Mexico - are traded for good deeds. |
| Stinn, Cassandra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,071 |
Creating an immersive performance experience for the release of my newest work, “Returnings,” my first work for small ensemble. |
| O'Gorman, Kate |
Sasktatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,095 |
The artist will attend Sage Hill’s 2024 Fiction Course with a focus on revising part one of a three-part novel-in-progress currently titled The Light Chasers. |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,100 |
To produce and premiere 'The Open Soul Of The Prairies' - a solo dance work choreographed by Margie Gillis, performed by Tessa Rae Kuz. |
| Leschyshyn, Ava |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$2,125 |
— |
| Alexander, Bridget |
Weyburn |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$2,125 |
— |
