| 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. |
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. |
Doyle, Eliza Mary
Girls Rock Camp Saskatoon |
Asquith |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Providing continued opportunity for female empowerment by building local capacity through strengthening, mentoring and expanding the Girls Rock Saskatoon program to under-served/remote communities in Saskatchewan. |
| Maverick School |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Provides an overview of the persons involved and processes undertaken to investigate and construct an effective art program for the Artist in Schools Project. |
| Lloydminster Public School Division |
Lloydminster |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Provide students from grades 6-8 across the division the opportunity to participate in an enhanced art education program focusing on a variety of art types/mediums. |
Delisle Composite School
Ray Keighley |
Delisle |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$7,250 |
Provide professional art instruction to grade 10 - 12 students so they can create mural demonstrating our school's commitment to our treaty relationship. |
| Montessori School of Regina |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Provide our school with three, one-day workshops to determine which artist we want develop a partnership with through the Project or Residency Grant. |
| Ecole St. Pius X |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Provide funding to two interdisciplinary artists to design and develop cross-cultural and cross-curricular programming for Pre-K – Grade 3 students in the Regina Catholic School Division. |
| Bryans, Amber |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$610 |
Provide framing for my linocut prints that will be featured in a solo exhibition August 15-17, 2023. |
| Rose, Melanie |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$15,500 |
Provide artist fees and supplies to create a thirteen piece wearable art collection for presentation at an Indigenous Fashion Show at the MacKenzie Art Gallery. |
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. |
Dittmann, Bethany
Spruce Ridge School |
Estevan |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2025-2026 |
$9,240 |
Provide an artist and school-collaborated theatre process creating space for students to self-express through inquiry, creativity and imagination while creating their own dramatic piece. |
| Leader and District Arts Council |
Leader |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,820 |
Provide an affordable and accessible opportunity for rural youth to receive choral, speech arts, and music training by a professional. |
| Exclamation Productions |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,750 |
Provide affordable and engaging professional musical theatre productions to rural Saskatchewan communities while expanding theatre viewing and performance opportunities in Regina and area. |
| Lowry, Nancy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Prototype new tools to assist me in painting new large scale work, phase 1 of 4 supporting my first solo exhibition in August 2023. |
| Eskowich, Graydon |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$17,000 |
Proposal for the production of the independant short film 'Headstones,' a 15-20 minute dark comedy/drama to be filmed in Saskatchewan in the Summer of 2025. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Promote new novel - at writers festival in Calgary, called WHEN WORDS COLLIDE, author reading at Bow Valley Ranche also local media interest |
| Bethany Manor |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Project Title - Writing our Stories: Writing Workshops for Seniors |
| Wihak, Mark |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
Project Pedestrian will be a multi-platform exploration of the experiences of walking. |
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. |
| L'Hirondelle, Cheryl |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$757 |
Professional development: sewing/tailoring workshops and clawhammer technique for baritone ukulele lessons. |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$980 |
Professional development, see the first multilingual Métis Opera celebrating Riel's life, the roles that women have played in it, and includes Métis and contemporary dance. |
| Cottin, Lindsay |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Professional development in Winnipeg which supports my growth as a contemporary dancer and expands my network of skills as a director, teacher, curator, and choreographer. |
| Klassen, Hilary |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
Professional development in the form of mentorship for creative nonfiction book manuscript about a Saskatchewan land conflict, subsequent reconciliation and shared continuing quest for justice. |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
Professional development in dance creation. Exploring Indigenous storytelling as choreographic research. |
| Dunn, Shaunna |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Professional development by participating in an international study group on the Reggio Emilia Approach at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre in Reggio Emilia, Italy. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,309 |
Professional development at Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance of a solo bouffon show with Karen Hines and directorial mentorship under John Turner. |
| 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. |
| Devine-Tajgardan, Negar |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,290 |
production, installation and presentation of art works at the above mentioned art centers and provide artist talk and community engagement programs at ARTSPLACE gallery |
| St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,975 |
Production of new work towards the AGA/Remai 2020 Biennial and La Presence des Femmes at CAVA Edmonton. |
| St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,025 |
Production of new work towards solo exhibition at the U of S College Galleries (September 2022) and Art Placement Inc (January 2023). |
| LaRiviere, David |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,448 |
Production of new large-scale artwork for the 2020 Biennale of Contemporary art, opening September 26th at the Alberta Gallery of Art (confirmed). |
| Goodwyn, Amber |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$17,900 |
Production of concept album dance choreography, costuming, projection, and sculpture / props for live presentation |
| 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. |
| Kirk, Tommy |
Swift Current |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$500 |
Production of an original dragon puppet made of paper mache to be used in film and theatre |
| Snake River |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,530 |
Production of a live soundtrack for the silent film The Phantom Carriage presented at the Artesian in Regina and the Roxy Theatre in Saskatoon. |
| 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. |
| Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$9,000 |
Production and presentation of the 2026 Borealis Flamenco Festival Series consisting of two shows and various workshops. |
| Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
Production and presentation of the 2025 Borealis Flamenco Festival Series consisting of two shows, a film screening, and various workshops. |
| Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
Production and presentation of the 2024 Borealis Flamenco Festival Series consisting of three shows and various workshops. |
| Void Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Producing zines with Indigenous peoples and newcomers for distribution in Princeton, USA and Dublin,
Ireland |
| 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. |
| Pawlowich, Raistlin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Produce, record & edit a single off my debut album. |
| Tienkamp, Christine |
St. Louis |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Produce Metis beadwork pieces |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,200 |
Produce and present "Towards Liberation," a group exhibition featuring emerging and established Saskatchewan-based trans women artists at a time when our rights are under attack. |
| Schulz, Judith |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$13,000 |
Produce an eight-show performance of ‘Yaga’ by Kat Sandler in Saskatoon, SK, as an artist collective in collaboration with Live Five’s 2025/26 season. |
| Shadowpaw Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,875 |
Produce an audiobook version of the novel The Laundryman by Dwayne Brenna, to be narrated by the author. |
| Morgun, Jessica |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Produce a short video artist talk to communicate the project "Thoughts and Prayers" |
| Pistachio, Mara |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$800 |
Produce a culturally focused, youth-friendly, community-based drag show called United Diversity: A Drag Show. |
| Blind Commentary |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$798 |
Procure a new guitar to serve as a replacement for Sam's current instrument, which is no longer functional. |
| Oneschuk, Sarah |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,500 |
Printmaking residency at Banff Centre, magnifying crochet linework as it shifts from static object to abject subject, evoking the uncanny through failure, tension, distorted familiarity. |
| Veith, Ulrike |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Print a large format photograph in 9 panels for installation in a bus shelter, part of Kunst im Weg, a 2 day event in Germany |
| Raine, Nathan |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
Principle photography for a short crime film about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism, set in cold and snowy Saskatoon. |
| Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,887 |
Presenting performances of self-created vocal works, plus voice/electronics improvised music, in Washington State, USA |
| Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,402 |
Presenting my one-person show "Mother Calling" in a double bill with Regina singer/actor Shannon Holmes, via RISER Regina's presentation series |
| Wecker, Sabine |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$848 |
Presenting my MFA thesis exhibition at this year’s UAAC conference in London, Ontario at the panel “Left in the Dark” chaired by Anna O’Meara. |
| Wong, Wing Tak Nova |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,640 |
Presenting Historically Informed Performance of early and late Italian, French and German violin-harpsichord music, and Baroque dance step workshop, to the Saskatoon community. |
| Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery |
Moose Jaw |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,500 |
Presenting contemporary dance by New Dance Horizons in response to Edward Poitras' exhibition as part of National Day of Truth & Reconciliation community programming. |
| Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,238 |
Presenting a performance of our multimedia musical work "Out Loud" in Regina, to coordinate with performances in Saskatoon and Edmonton |
| Alexander-Luna, Tina |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Presenting a lecture-recital with pianist Leanne Regehr at International Congress of Voice Teachers in Toronto, Ontario, about art song contributions of Canadian composer Violet Archer. |
| McDougall, Bradley |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,336 |
Presentation of my one man show Night Sweats, a personal story of coming out during the AIDS crisis and parallels with Covid. |
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 . |
| Katsiris, Constantine |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$700 |
Present current work-in-progress "Morose Code" in a live performance as part of Collide Festival. |
| Mathieu, Véronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Present and perform at SHE Festival of Women in Music in Arkansas during an international conference which celebrates the contributions of women in music. |
| Cummings Truszkowski, Sarah |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
Present a framed series of silkscreen and painted text-based works on paper to be shown at an Art Gallery of Regina group show in 2021. |
| Saskatoon Experimental Music Ensemble |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,070 |
Present a concert to premiere a collection of new compositions by Graeme Dyck. |
| Mathieu, Véronique |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Present a concert featuring works by women composers with commentary prepared by a musicologist, and offer music workshops for students. |
| In The Headlights |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Present 15 minutes of the play at the Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta Showcase (Oct. 24 - 26th) in Fort Saskatchewan, AB. |
| McNaughton, Judy |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$975 |
Prepare, pack, and drive six artworks for the Between Us exhibition at Art Gallery of Regina for the opening on January 18, 2023. |
| Aubichon, Holly |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$620 |
Prepare for solo exhibition in the fall 2024 and afford my studio while taking time off to do this work! |
| 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. |
| Malinsky, Charles |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
Preliminary development of a new narrative series of paintings entitled, "Alisa and the Seven Deadly Sins." |
Prairie Sculptors' Association
Manitou Beach Recreation Board |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Prairie Sculptors' Assoc. (PSA) and Manitou Beach Recreation Board will host a sculpture symposium including public art workshops and a community art project. |
| 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 |
| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions is creating professional work for theatre artists and will present 'Spring Awakening' by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, February 23-March 2. |
| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,935 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions is creating professional work for theatre artists and will present 'Hand to God' by Robert Askins in Live Five's 2022/2023 season. |
| 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 |
| Bellefleur, Stephanie |
Willow Bunch |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,885 |
Power Haus is a literary art book which explores; passion for community engagement and the introspective effects of colour therapy through the public art lens. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Poundmaker-Life, Legacy, Liberty. An exhibition commemorating the exoneration of Chief Poundmaker from the false charge of Treason by this white supremacist state, Canada. |
| Graham, John |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
Post-production work on the art film STILL HERE and submissions to film festivals worldwide in 2024 & 2025. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,000 |
Ponteix will present his new French-language album, Le Canadien errant in France, opening for the French artist HYL. |
| Rice, Bruce |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
Poetry project travel and research; participation in solstice ceremonies and events, engagement with Indigenous people and other stewards of Ohio's Hopewell Earthworks. |
| 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. |
| Ecole St. Gerard School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Planning for future work with Kevin Peace. |
| 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. |
| Creative Options Regina Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Planning and artist engagement for the "Foundations - Indigenous Artist In Residency" program for COR / Inclusion Regina. |
| Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Planning a culturally grounded Junior Sâkêwêwak mentorship program through community consultations with youth, artists, and Elders to guide future Indigenous arts engagement. |
| 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. |
| Brass, Philip |
Balcarres |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Pipe Stone carving youth mentorship opportunity at Community and School Chief Payepot, First Nation. |
| Morin, Myrtle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Photography Book Series, and first in the series. Answers the question, "Who Am I" and will be around IRS, Sixties Scoop and Foster Care. |
| Hunks, Jacqueline |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,363 |
Phase 1: Travel to Saskatchewan ferries to photograph; research their histories, and gather community memories as groundwork for future paintings, leather collages, and text. |
| Nafisa, Fatima |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Phase 1 of an ASL Poetry multimedia project aimed at expressing the Deaf BIPOC experience. |
| Hoggarth, Opal |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,163 |
Peyote Ugly is a show that combines live music with alternative drag in Regina and Saskatoon. |
| Mathieu, Veronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$830 |
Perform, and offer outreach teaching and presentations during the first Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival in Nebraska this coming August. |
| Mathieu, Véronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Perform of a recital, assess the needs of the community, and evaluate possibilities for developing a longer term residency. |
| 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. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$9,955 |
Perfecting the technique of live amplification of dancers’ heartbeats and integrating the technique into a work in progress performance. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$11,504 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting two concerts as part of their 11th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting three concerts as part of their 14th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
| 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. |
