Recipient Community Discipline Program Year Amount Description
Tootoosis, Michael Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2025-2026 $7,500 “Rise Within” by Micsmith is a motivational album blending music and affirmations to inspire resilience, self-belief, and personal transformation through sound and storytelling.
Robitaille, Derek Saskatoon Media Arts Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Attend film festivals to represent Penguins of the Point, build industry connections, and advance my career in environmental storytelling.
Larsen, Mitchell Saskatoon Theatre Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 I will train with IDC for my role as intimacy coordinator in an upcoming production of The Wives. The Concubines. The Ritual.
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.
Mom's on the Run Comedy Collective Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $2,000 Build Community and arts accessibility through the creation of 'traditional' visual art paired with interactive engagement in Art interpretation via the vessel of Improv
North Park Wilson School
Josh Jacobson
Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $10,000 A 2,600 sqft mural exploring the connection between land and Metis identity through student-led artmaking guided by Knowledge Keeper, artist, and the Creative Action team.
Francoeur, Paige Saskatoon Theatre Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 This microgrant will help cover the costs of living in another city while I receive directing mentorship at The Globe Theatre.
Malana, Mark Daryl Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $4,000 Two Camp inspired Drag Shows for March and April that will showcase BIPOC Drag Artists of Saskatoon.
Joel, Priscilla Saskatoon Dance Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Teach and Practice dance with 2 children groups (Total# 20) to perform at South Asian Festivals. Parents will be present always as volunteers (Total# 16)
Mushtaq, Warsha SASKATOON Literary Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $1,500 Poetry of Resistance delivers 1–2 hour workshops to 5–8 Saskatoon high school classes, exploring how poetry and art can empower and inspire us amidst existential threats to marginalized communities and our shared, natural world.
Mahtabi, Iman Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $3,000 Create new multidisciplinary artworks merging Middle Eastern carpet patterns and traditional instruments, exploring shared cultural roots, sound, and the dialogue between heritage and contemporary art.
Sheibani, Sima Saskatoon Theatre Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 The development of an original theatre production detailing the challenges of emigration and created with input from immigrants in Saskatoon.
An, Andrea Saskatoon Music Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 To write and compose eight original English songs, each with Vietnamese and Japanese versions, creating a full multilingual collection for my upcoming LP.
Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Share and Connect 2025-2026 $7,000 Developing a collaboratively inspired Indigenous artwork backdrop that reflects the unique experiences and voices of urban Indigenous communities for our gatherings.
BlueStack Saskatoon Music Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $2,000 To record 2 original songs that will be initially performed at the Saskatoon Spring Festival Celebration (Chinese New Year) Feb. 14th, 2026.
Brenna, Beverley Saskatoon Literary Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $640 Travel from Saskatoon to Toronto to attend the launch of 'I'm Here,'' a YA anthology which I conceived and edited to publication (Red Deer Press).
Common Weal Community Arts Inc. Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $1,000 SK Ballroom Open Sessions produces 4 community gathering sessions for 2SLGBTQ+ people to learn Vogue, share knowledge, celebrate Queer culture, and honour Ballroom traditions.
Graham, John Saskatoon Media Arts Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 To develop with a special effects designer stunning visual effects to evoke unique Chromesthesia experiences for my poetic new short film THE COLOUR OF SOUND.
Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated Saskatoon Share and Connect 2025-2026 $12,000 A free, community-guided powwow and regalia-making mentorship in La Ronge that builds cultural skills, local leadership, and lasting access to regalia and knowledge.
Mabrouk, Rawda Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Film a site-specific dance work in Egypt during a short visit, forming the foundation of a multidisciplinary Remai Modern sustained artist mentorship residency project.
Lawrence, Katherine saskatoon Literary Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Write and edit a collection of lyric essays that explores the centrality of friendship in our lives.
Baird, Gavin Saskatoon Media Arts Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 I plan to attend the International Premiere of my film Klee in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Shaw, Carey Saskatoon Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Travel to Calgary, AB to attend the Exposure Festival's North West Showcase Exhibition opening at Contemporary Calgary, which I am included in.
Gan, Jelly Saskatoon Music Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Travel to Rotterdam to attend IFFR for the international premiere of Klee.
Melanson, Kendra Saskatoon Dance Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $635 Power Moves Training of Applicate Kendra Melanson AKA Bgirl Quest by Bboy Siahnara Project Dates: February 6–8, 2026 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Literacy Network Saskatoon Media Arts Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $2,000 Recording and presenting a Michif-language reading of a Saskatchewan Métis picture book for public access as part of a province-wide Family Literacy Day event.
Bandur, Breanne Saskatoon Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 I will be attending the Vermont Studio Center to participate in their Visiting Artist & Writer Residency Program from March 2nd - 20th, 2026
L'Hirondelle, Cheryl Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $757 Professional development: sewing/tailoring workshops and clawhammer technique for baritone ukulele lessons.
Lowry, Nancy Saskatoon Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Remai Modern plans to tour a survey exhibition of my work and I need to stabilize the corners of my paintings before the tour.
Silliphant, Craig Saskatoon Media Arts Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Screen my documentary film which requires a film rating and promo materials. (One sheet on film uploaded in support materials).
Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. Saskatoon Music Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,850 To present a concert and a workshop in Collaboration with the Canadian Electroacoustic Community, featuring 2025 JTTP prize winning artists.
Miner, Colin Saskatoon Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Travel to William Kentridge Studio in Johannesburg (South Africa) for visual research, networking, practice-based learning, and collaboration development for a future installation artwork project.
Mwunvaneza, Thios Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 A Black-led variety show in March titled 'Black History Month Part 2: Bigger and Blacker!', designed to uplift and celebrate local Black/BIPOC queer artists.
Bagatim, Tabata Saskatoon Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 This grant enables me to attend a Noborigama wood-firing workshop in Cunha, Brazil, reconnecting with cultural heritage while learning increasingly rare ceramic firing practices.
Mookerjee, Abhiroop
Silverspring Elementary School
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Dance Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $7,300 Introduce street dance in Arts Ed, fostering creativity and physical expression, promoting teamwork, enhancing students' confidence, cultural awareness and creating an inclusive environment
Hutchinson, Jonathan Saskatooon Music Building Arts Equity 2024-2025 $5,000 The Uplift Duo will be recording a Christmas album, and putting on a Christmas concert in December showcasing music from the album, and special guests.
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.
Andronyk, Jeanie Shaunavon Visual Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $1,500 To fund the creation of a large scale bronze sculpture.
Muirhead, Laurie Shellbrook Literary Microgrant Program 2019-2020 $500 Work with professionals in the area of children's literature to assist me with editing and finding a suitable publisher for my manuscript (Loonies for Lazaro).
Moore, Tim Shellbrook Visual Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2024-2025 $18,000 Develop ideas around theme of erasure - reimagining scrip in a conceptual art form and exhibiting“Remainder,” survey of my work over the last 20 years.
Larson, Melanie Simmie Literary Microgrant Program 2020-2021 $500 Fund two virtual exhibitor booths for children’s books that I was invited to. North Central Teachers Convention & Might Peace Teachers Convention, based in Alberta.
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.
Thunderchild, Richard Spiritwood Visual Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2019-2020 $6,800 Classes for adults and youth to learn the powwow craft of headroach-making.
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.
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.
Batycki, Kai St Denis Theatre Prince Edward Arts Scholarship 2024-2025 $2,500
Batycki, Kai St Denis Multidisciplinary Prince Edward Arts Scholarship 2025-2026 $2,500
Lepage, Mario St. Denis Music Independent Artists Program 2019-2020 $5,500 Elevating the production value and visual impact of Ponteix’s live performances via tour-ready custom projections and coordinating stage lighting.
Lepage, Mario St. Denis Music Microgrant Program 2019-2020 $1,000 Request of funds to go towards the purchase of 2 flight cases capable of protecting musical equipment while travelling internationally to play at professional performances.
Lepage, Mario St. Denis Music Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $9,000 Write and compose music and lyrics for Ponteix’s next record
Lepage, Mario St. Denis Music Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $5,000 A two month musical "boot camp" aiming to improve my technical and creative music abilities.
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
Tienkamp, Christine St. Louis Visual Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2019-2020 $7,500 Produce Metis beadwork pieces
River Road Festival St. Louis Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2021-2022 $1,000 To conduct surveys to research next River Road Festival events and direction.
Tienkamp, Christine St. Louis Visual Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2023-2024 $4,500 To support a Metis Womens Artists evening with an exhibit following, completing and adding new 'li rooz di no piyii' pieces to the exhibit.
Rhoda Hardlotte Memorial Keethanow High School Stanley Mission Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,415 Josh Goff will work with students from the Visual Arts 10/20 class to design a concept for a mural.
Firmly Rooted Homeschool Support & Resource Centre Inc. Stenen Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2021-2022 $1,000 To introduce, homeschooled kids, to the benefits and joys of art; and to help build community within a broad spectrum of economically divers families.
Firmly Rooted Homeschool Support & Resource Centre Inc. Stenen Visual Artists in Communities 2021-2022 $1,000 To provide an opportunity for rural homeschool children, of various economic backgrounds, to connect with, and build, community through the art of photography.
Banga, Kaydence Stockholm Theatre Microgrant Program 2023-2024 $1,000 A music, soundscape and dance based theatrical production exploring youth and artist mental health.
Stoughton Central School Stoughton Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Song Writers Circle with Saskatchewan Recording Artists Glen Strong and Forrest Eaglespeaker.
Stoughton Central School Stoughton Music Artists in Schools 2021-2022 $1,000 We would love to have Teagan Littlechief and Morgan Turk perform for the students in grades 7-12 and K-6
Stoughton Community Players Stoughton Media Arts Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $1,000 A non profit organization looking to offer an inclusive affordable summer program to youth in our community.
Haraldson, Judy
Prairie Fibreshed Network Inc.
Strasbourg Visual Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $6,910 “Prairie Fibre — Full Circles”, a SCC Gallery fibre arts exhibition, will feature public textile demonstrations. We seek funding to pay demonstrators at CARFAC rates.
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake Visual Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2022-2023 $7,500 To introduce the practice of porcupine quilled birchbark basket making to women and men at the Lloyd Johnson Healing Lodge in Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan.
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School
Sturgeon Lake Visual Artists in Schools 2022-2023 $4,048 To introduce the skill of porcupine quill zig zag stitching on felt, to youth in school, on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan.
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Health Centre
Sturgeon Lake Visual Artists in Communities 2022-2023 $6,080 To introduce the skill of porcupine quilled birchbark basket making to women and men at the Lloyd Johnson Healing Lodge in Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan.
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School
Sturgeon Lake Visual Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $9,769 To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Grade 7 to 12 at the Sturgeon Lake Central School, Sturgeon Lake Reserve, Saskatchewan.
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake Please Select Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2023-2024 $6,719 To introduce the practice of porcupine quill zig zag stitching to women and men at the Lloyd Johnson Healing Lodge in Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan.
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake Share and Connect 2023-2024 $11,780 To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Nehiyawak(Cree Peoples), on Treaty Six Territory.
Badger, Joanne
Mistawasis Nehiyawak
Sturgeon Lake Visual Artists in Communities 2023-2024 $9,916 To provide workshops as a series of porcupine quillwork artistry and preservation of a centuries old Indigenous decor.
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School
Sturgeon Lake Visual Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $5,672 To introduce the skill of porcupine quill zig zag stitching on felt, to youth in school, on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan.
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School
Sturgeon Lake Visual Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $8,896 To introduce the art of porcupine quill placement on birchbark, to youth in school, on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. This is intermediate level.
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.
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School
Sturgeon Lake Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $10,000 Continue the art of porcupine quill placement on birchbark and quill stitching, to youth in school, on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation - intermediate.
Art Gallery of Swift Current Swift Current Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2019-2020 $40,000 For general operating and programming support.
Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. Swift Current Multidisciplinary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2019-2020 $20,000 For general operating and programming support.
Henry, Hugh Swift Current Visual Microgrant Program 2019-2020 $1,000 The funds will be used to print and frame 30 photographs and deliver / install prints for exhibition in Maple Creek.
Worrell, Peggy Swift Current Literary Independent Artists Program 2019-2020 $7,500 To write a collection of linked short stories with the theme of contemporary rural and urban culture in prairie Canada.
Cultural Festivals Swift Current Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2019-2020 $30,000 For general operating and programming support.
Art Gallery of Swift Current
Shon Profit
Swift Current Visual Artists in Communities 2019-2020 $45,000 To provide a professional artist-led weekly creative art class for the Long-Term Care facilities in Maple Creek, Shaunavon and Eastend Saskatchewan.
Gauvin, Vanessa Swift Current Music Artists in Communities 2019-2020 $1,000 Developing a relationship between Artist and Camp, create music curriculum targeted for youth & engage community working towards an Artist-project grant for June to August.
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.
Moore, Tim Swift Current Visual Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $8,000 I will continue to create a body of work "Erasure is Futile" to be exhibited at the 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art at the Remai Modern.
Art Gallery of Swift Current Swift Current Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2020-2021 $40,000 For general operating and programming support.
Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. Swift Current Multidisciplinary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2020-2021 $20,000 For general operating and programming support.
Cultural Festivals Swift Current Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2020-2021 $30,000 For general operating and programming support.
Gauvin, Vanessa
Camp Shagabec Committee
Swift Current Music Artists in Communities 2020-2021 $5,144 In partnership with Camp Shagabec, this project creates a dedicated youth music program, serving the Cypress Hills and area
Art Gallery of Swift Current Swift Current Visual Special Initiatives Fund 2020-2021 $5,000 We will hire a professional videographer to create virtual tours of our next two upcoming exhibitions to help us regain, retain and broaden our audience.
Dunlop, Bonnie Swift Current Literary Microgrant Program 2020-2021 $1,000 Travel to present micro-readings in private homes to showcase 'Raft Baby', a novel set in the Peace River country and of particular interest there.
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.
Currie, Dillon Swift Current Music Microgrant Program 2020-2021 $750 Funds are requested to assist in paying for audio production, mixing/mastering, and lyric video fees allotted for production of Christmas single, 'Staying Home This Christmas.'
Tsougrianis, George Swift Current Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $12,000 I would like to create a nature documentary that examines the landscape and the wildlife of Grasslands National Park.
Worrell, Peggy Swift Current Literary Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $5,000 I will revise and polish the manuscript for a novel about three generations of a Saskatchewan farm family.
Art Gallery of Swift Current Swift Current Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2021-2022 $40,000 For general operating and programming support.
Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. Swift Current Multidisciplinary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2021-2022 $20,000 For general operating and programming support.
Cultural Festivals Swift Current Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $30,000 For general operating and programming support.
Wiebe, Nicole Swift Current Theatre Prince Edward Arts Scholarship 2021-2022 $1,250
Currie, Dillon Swift Current Music Microgrant Program 2021-2022 $250 To record 2 studio-quality demos to include in application for Sound Recording grants, which is intended to partially fund 2022 debut full-length solo LP.
Worrell, Peggy Swift Current Literary Microgrant Program 2021-2022 $1,000 Four contributors to "apart", SWG's pandemic anthology, will do readings in Swift Current and Eastend to promote the book and contribute to their professional development.
Dunlop, Bonnie Swift Current Literary Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $9,000 Create 10 new pieces and polish existing 22. On retreat, write 5 pieces utilizing archived material. Meld the material into a completed manuscript. Query publishers.
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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.