| Legris, Sylvia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
During my project period I will complete the first draft of a new poetry collection, The Principle of Rapid Peering. |
| Boechler, Jared |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Two-Day Solo Landscape Exhibition, Landings |
| Dale, Danielle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,500 |
An exploration of food in the post-Anthropocene through sculpture and photography. |
| Simon-Worobec, Hillary |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
To purchase equipment/materials to for my home pottery studio to enable me more freedom within my craft and become a full-time potter. |
| 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. |
| Laird, Tonia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,750 |
Planning and writing of high fantasy novel with themes of decolonization, kinship, and intergenerational trauma and healing. |
| Penner, John J |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
The grant proposal is to replace my old deteriorating resin coated plywood darkroom sink with a chemical resistant stainless steel sink. |
| Oblong and Oboe |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Exploration, creation and development to expand a 20-minute clown piece to a full 60-minute tourable production at the Manitoulin Centre for Creation and Performance. |
| Olsen, Farideh |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$9,500 |
This project is to write 60 songs, the best 10 will be recorded and performed by Farideh. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
Finishing the first handwritten draft of my new novel, tentatively titled APPARITIONS, and typing, arranging, and editing the manuscript's second draft. |
| Pederson, Krystle |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,500 |
Continuing journey to prepare for recording first solo album with band rehearsal and composition work of five new songs to be recorded in 2021. |
| Martin, Monique |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To create/install/exhibit "Context is Everything" decals with The Works Art and Design Festival in Edmonton at the Edmonton Tower. |
| Rewuski, Lindsey |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
I will develop an immersive installation and photo series for a confirmed online exhibition, as well as future exhibitions. |
| Erickson, Craig |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,515 |
New body of paintings based on a series of camping research trips across Saskatchewan and Alberta in 2021 |
| Bérubé, Annie |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
I will present a new series of work about abandoned buildings and their inner stories at CAVA in Edmonton in February 2021. |
| Lapointe, Ky |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,264 |
The aim of this project is to create French and bilingual spoken word centered around my Fransaskois experience with language and community. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,000 |
This grant would be to facilitate the development of Tallus Scott's proficiency at drumming, drum tuning, and electronically capturing the sound of the drums. |
| Stonhouse, David |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I will be participating in BAM's artist residency, November 2020. I will create an installation to wrap up and document my POWER BOX series. |
| Friday, Kristi |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,931 |
Kristi Friday and Nathan Coppens are working together to create a Video by combining Kristi's illustrations and written prose and Nathan's composed music with narration. |
| Bennett, Andrew |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,250 |
To write new experimental-electronic works from March 1st until June 30th, 2021. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$5,775 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc.
Jason Surkan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
This project engages youth to create an installation that explores how the rhythms and patterns of Métis tectonics can be translated through contemporary architectural design. |
| Arcand, Gary |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,000 |
Write a first draft of a collection of traditional Plains Cree stories of long ago told to me by my late Mother in the 1970's. |
| Knight, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I am wishing to purchase high quality two channel audio interface to increase my capacity as an independent artist. |
| 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. |
| SK Theatre Design Festival |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
An annual theatre festival providing opportunities for professional designers to create, connect, and learn that features light and sound shows for the public. |
| Ritornello Chamber Music Festival |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
Ritornello Festival is building on 12 years of success and looking towards the future through 3 concerts of fresh and original programming in Saskatoon’s core. |
| Gowan, Darren |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$5,092 |
Through interviews and research I plan to garner stories and legends from elders in the area and be interpreted in sculptural expressions in bronze& ceramics. |
| Campbell, Tenille |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
"natural desire, embodied" is a series of ten portraits featuring Indigenous men who embody desire through an Indigenous woman’s gaze, exploring land, identity and lust. |
| Goodon, Jayde |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$5,092 |
Create a collection that I can showcase in an art exhibition. These new pieces would include large cardboard sculptures and mixed media canvas paintings. |
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. |
| 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 |
Stonhouse, David
Bridges Art Movement |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$6,408 |
Artist David Stonhouse is working with newcomer youth from Open Door Society to learn and create artwork that will lead to an exhibition at BAM |
| Wicks, Bob |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Study Clown with Christopher Bayes and The Pandamonium Studio while they have reduced tuition and shifted classes online during the Covid Pandemic. |
| Larsen, Mitchell |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
We will communicate with the above organizations to develop arts-based community wellness workshops with remote delivery options. |
| YXE Drag Collective |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,500 |
A Country themed Virtual Drag Show to create stay at home programming. |
| Weber, Janice |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To purchase an exposure unit and screens for home printmaking studio, supporting artistic development into textile printing and increasing capacity to initiate professional projects. |
| Oehlerking, Darrin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
This project aims to rehearse and perform large chamber music for winds that requires a conductor. The performance will be video recorded. |
| 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. |
| Francis, Jaron |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To do a comprehensive rewrite of my award-winning script Like Parting Water, in preparation for its second production, which will tour from November/21 through January/22. |
| 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. |
| Campos, Yulissa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Workshop for I, Frida by Yulissa Campos that is going to be feature at the Singapore Fringe Festival |
| Sinclair, Johnny |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
With our grant proposal we are planning to present a "one-night only" live streaming concert event by local music group Tucker Lane. |
| McKenzie, Tyrone |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
High school bands in two communities: Engage students in conversations to develop a new composition. Provide workshops, partnering with students to develop a virtual concert. |
| Cameron, Jay |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
A graphic novel which will be sold with my game, as of high requests we are making an additional novel to tell the story |
| Macza, Jason |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
sculptural addition to my painting series “Dogs dreaming of rabbits and Rabbits Dreaming of Dogs”
Life size rabbits carved from standard Spruce. |
| Piggott-Suchan, Naomi |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Commission a composition during the final stages of the current Covid-19 pandemic. To be performed in concert with compositions from other great historical pandemics. |
| Burnt Thicket Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Slow Down Molasses |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To put together video content for streaming/promotional purposes in advance of the upcoming Slow Down Molasses album release. |
| Garcia-Luna, Gabriela |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To produce digital prints to complete works for installation at confirmed exhibition in February 2021 |
| Void Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Janzen, Ava |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To produce a new, experimental alternative pop single with Juno-award winning producer Ryan Stewart. A musical bridge between my recent and upcoming EPs. |
| Poitras, Jarrid Curtis Lee |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
In order to market export my music I am in need of providing a professional music video to talent buyers and international music festivals. |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
March 2021 Artist residency at Bridges Art Movement |
| Bradley, Bevin |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Through three workshops students will learn to communicate, and to develop abstract thought through their art, and be invited to talk about their art one-on-one. |
| Iris, Loretta |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Create portraits and sculptures for an online international exhibit titled "Variant ~ Ways of Seeing Through" |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Creating and live-streaming 'Angry At The Internet: A COVID-versary Birthday Cabaret' while working with David Connolly of Drayton Entertainment and producing high-quality support material. |
| Sandbeck, Derek |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Requesting material support for a short term BAM residency for the month of February 2021. |
| 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 |
| YXE Drag Collective |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
Drag Me Across Saskatchewan a Drive-In Drag Show Tour will provide drag entertainment for prides across Saskatchewan in a drive-in setting this summer. |
| W3APONS |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
4 month creative period to write new songs and choreograph a new stage show. |
| Baudemont, David |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Plaines aquarelles is a collection of water color paintings and poetic aphorism in reaction to confinement in the western plain. |
| Dynamic Video Imaging Corporation |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Across the Hill is a short narrative film surrounding the life of an elderly woman as she struggles to live alone in a barren landscape. |
| Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To partner a playwright with a high school class to develop new playwrighting techniques |
| Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Framing a series of oil pastel and pencil drawings for future exhibitions. |
| Bornstein, Eli |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
Publication of my journals from two Arctic trips (1986-1987), together with artwork and photographs, for my 100th birthday in 2022; introduction, editing by Roald Nasgaard. |
| Saskatoon Youth Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
SYJO will collaborate and record with guest artist Joel Grundahl as a mentoring opportunity for current SYJO members and to generate future engagement. |
| 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. |
| Morgan, Zac |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Create a virtual musical production of A Killer Party: A Murder Mystery Musical and present the live production on our streaming platform on April 3rd. |
| Morrison, Myles |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Create a musical comedy album. Humour based songs featuring collaborations with celebrated Saskatchewan musicians, spanning multiple musical genres. |
| Macza, Jason |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Introduce the 12 rules of animation, (basic film theory) storytelling. These principles add strength to multi media and inclusion. To Test enthusiasm for future projects. |
| Johner, Lucas |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
To write 11 country-pop songs which will be released by The Johner Boys as singles, and then as an album. |
| Tupper, Katharine |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
I will be writing a new EP collaborating with my producer, remotely and online over the next several months. |
| Rosenwald/Rose |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
Develop "exhibition-in-a-box" package to tour our installation, Journal of the Plague Year, plus create new work that chronicles the temperature of the times. |
| 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. |
| Jack Millikin Centre, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
1. Bring together emerging artistic blacksmiths to explore the transmission of sound through metal.
2. Explore concept of permanent, four-season blacksmith facility at Ness Creek. |
| Knight, Lancelot |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
I would like to take time to write music reflecting the current state of things from addiction to mental health and everyday life. |
Reimer, Joel Dash
Centennial Collegiate EAL Program |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$5,700 |
We will engage a classroom of EAL students with the art of writing & performing spoken word poetry, culminating in chapbook creation and a performance. |
| 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. |
| Buena Vista School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$500 |
Together with the Community Association, Home and School and SCC we want to have the students of BV create a mural on the rink boards. |
| Ecole Dundonald School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
We would like to work with an artist to develop an Artists in Schools Project for Fall 2021 focused on the theme of connection. |
| Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
WATCH YOUR CORNER will be a new cinematic film installation created for a confirmed exhibition in Alaska and research stage for an Artist book |
| Hardy, Greg |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
I have a solo exhibition of drawings on paper and canvas. I would like funding assistance to produce a catalogue from Lac la Ronge |
| Atcheynum, Kasey |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To assess the creative literary community needs of Black diaspora by conducting research analysis to develop a plan for a longer term project and residency. |
| Bornstein, Eli |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To initiate the several processes, especially in-person interviews, of publishing my Arctic Journals, 1986 and 1987, in collaboration with art historian and curator, Roald Nasgaard |
| Minnema, Conner |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,500 |
Compose and complete 5 original instrumentals to promote online |
| Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,862 |
Short film based on the book by J.M. Bergman, about a teenage girl who is kidnapped, illustrating the plight of missing and murdered Indigenous women. |
| Warrington, Lauren |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
April 2021 Artist in Residence at Bridges Art Movement |
| 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. |
| Stonhouse, David |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,364 |
For additional assistance for materials, installation and shipping costs as POWERBOXES will be expanding to a large solo exhibition at Godfrey Dean Arts Gallery, Yorkton. |
| 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. |
| Ledingham, Sandra Meryl |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I have just been accepted into the Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2021. I'm requesting assistance for shipping. Freight estimate $1100.00 (plus crating costs) |
| Skjeie, Cooper |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
To finalize my first full-length poetry manuscript, titled, "post-immunity theory." |
La Marre, Rebecca
The Ability Hub YXE |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Artist Rebecca La Marre proposes to both collaborate with and provide targeted services to clients at the North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre. |
| 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. |
Han, Xiao
Riversdale Business Improvement District |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$9,508 |
Xiao Han works with Asian and non-Asian artists to create and install artwork in Riversdale's Asian restaurants to address racism toward Saskatoon Asian community. |
