| Ziwa, Thandiwe |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Income for living expenses while working full time on music |
| Berglund, Blake |
Regina |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,450 |
In-ear monitors are needed as stage volume has caused inner ear damage. Their precision will assist in strengthening my vocals and tightening harmonies. |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,000 |
In the time of COVID-19, what is a performing/recording artist to do? Learn and practice. I'll use the grant for lessons and paid rehearsal time. |
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. |
| Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
In response to teacher requests, the RSO seeks to include an Indigenous Song the Link Up program for Grade 3-6 students to learn and sing. |
St. Michael Community School
Karrnnel Sawitsky |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$40,000 |
In reconciliation, St. Michael Community School will collaborate with Metis Knowledge Keepers, elders, fiddlers to explore the relationship of music, cultural identity and colonization. |
| Actor Director |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,800 |
In preparation for a debut album, we will workshop and develop existing demos and lyrics, and collaborate and rehearse with local musicians to provide orchestration. |
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 |
| 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. |
| Cameron, Howard |
Duck Lake |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
In my process of learning Cree stories from elders, I will illustrate images that coincide with the stories. Thus, limiting the need for English translation. |
| Floen, Dawn Lawrence |
Bruno |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$3,440 |
In my practice as a jewellery artist, a pulse ARC welder would allow me to solder precious metals quickly, saving time/energy and requiring less ventilation. |
| Oblong and Oboe |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
In May, 2020 we will continue the development of our clown piece, presenting and filming it in front of an audience after COVID-19 has passed. |
| 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. |
| Bert Fox Community High School |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
In collaboration with the Artist, we will build solid relationships with several Indigenous female students whom have expressed interest in reconnecting to their culture. |
| Walton, Jack |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
In collaboration with professional theatre artists create the script of High Rock, a new Canadian stage musical that explores and celebrates abandoned spaces and memory. |
| Eden Care Communities Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$984 |
In collaboration with artist Kevin Wesaquate we will participate in 3 poetry workshops to enhance our understanding of Truth and Reconciliation. |
Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Glenn Sutter |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$19,000 |
In 2024, Songs for Nature aims to offer a summer youth camp in Regina, and a fall adult camp in Prince Albert National Park. |
| Krips, Spencer |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,989 |
Immersive 360-degree music performance, pairing improvised music with recorded natural sounds. Custom visualizers will be created to respond to the music and projected during performance. |
| Ballantyne, Kistin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
imagineNative is a Film/Media Arts festival held in Toronto, I have been invited to attend due to my involvement in the project "Buffalo Futurism". |
| Smith, James |
Muskoday |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$5,680 |
Illustrating stories from Elders. Focusing on stories from Legends and Residential experiences. I have researched stories from the 1980s. |
| Karpinka, Shawn |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$692 |
I've been selected by L.A. composer Amanda Jones for an online 2 Day Masterclass and mentorship, and I'm applying for financial assistance with the fee. |
| Weber, Angel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,996 |
I've been invited to the first special event workshop and exhibition held by the international association for my art form - the International Tsumami-Zaiku Association. |
| Chaplin, Connie L. |
Fort QuAppelle |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I've been invited to submit one outfit that I have botanically printed and designed for ecoprinting conference in Indonesia.
Time sensitive Oct. 2023 |
| Horner, Valerie Joy |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
I've been invited to produce a solo exhibition of nature photographs. "5 Minutes From Home" will run June 1-30 @ the John V. Hicks Gallery |
| Krause, Elena |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I've been invited to Denver to participate in Reading Den and attend a reception at the Center for the Arts Evergreen. |
| Abo Al Shamat, Abdul Salam |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I've been invited to be the feature poet at the Vancouver Poetry Slam CIPS Qualifiers on April 8th. I will perform a set of poems. |
| Martell, Rueben |
Waterhen Lake |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
I've been asked to speak at the Blood in the snow film festival, I'm using the funds to supplement travel and 20% of the accommodations. |
| Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
I'm seeking funding to complete a short story collection entitled Naked in a Graveyard. |
| 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. |
| Porter, Jacob |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,500 |
I'm developing a graphic novel which I plan to present to publishers at Toronto Comic Arts Festival (this June). The grant would be for travel. |
| Desjarlais, Jeromy |
Lestock |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$2,705 |
I'm creating a 10 part documentary series, in each episode I will show different problems we face as First Nations 1. mmiw 2. residential |
| Buenavente, Joviel |
Regina |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
I'm asking for funding to cover costs related to my upcoming window gallery exhibition at Neutral Ground in Dececember 2024 to January 2025. |
| Dieter, Mark |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
I'm applying to re-develop a First Nations stage adaptation of Anthony Burgess' cult classic novel "A Clockwork Orange" for script submission purposes in 2022. |
| Kardash, S.J. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
I'm about to release a self-funded debut solo album, and this grant would enable me to continue writing more music for the next release. |
| Gliem, Melodie |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$400 |
I'm a Nominee in the SIMA music awards and would like to offset the cost of travel to attend the Awards. |
| Gares, Jessica |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,249 |
I'll interview experts, outline story, write multiple drafts, gather feedback, and storyboard my first feature film, exploring familial relationships amid climate change's affects in Saskatchewan. |
| Trapp, Amanda |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
I'll be travelling to NYC to take classes to deepen/refresh my acting and dance practice, ensuring I am working to the best and safest extent. |
| Gilmore, Carmen |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$875 |
I'd like to attend the online Sage Hill non-fiction writing course and study under author Jenna Butler. |
| Griffin, Lauren |
Dundurn |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I would use this grant to attend a three day intensive on mask and physical theatre through the Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry. |
| Devine-Tajgardan, Negar |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$430 |
I would need a grant to create an installation for Nuit Blanch, as the program budget can't cover all my material and labor expenses. |
| Sapp, Cheyenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,069 |
I would like to write new material for my standup comedy routine to increase performance opportunities and expand my audience. |
| Wesaquate, Kevin |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I would like to use my welding and fabrication skills to create metal sculptures that reflect my identity as a plains Cree. |
| 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. |
| Candline, Randi |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$6,500 |
I would like to take time off work to on a fully beaded Men's Grass Dance regalia. |
| Whitbread, Liz |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I would like to take Maddie Tarbox's Voice Function 101 pedagogical online course in order to enhance my coaching and singing practice. |
| Cuthand, Shawn |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
I would like to take a script I have developed and edit/format it to make into a PSA comic book about addictions. |
| Swallow, Amy |
Regina |
Please Select |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I would like to record and release my new song "Baby Back Bitch" accompanied by a music video. |
| Pederson, Krystle |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$2,500 |
I would like to purchase a new MacBook Pro complete with Logic Pro and more storage space so I can record in my own studio. |
| 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. |
| Brown, Sharon-Ann |
Regina |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
I would like to publish the third book in the Adventures of Alfie series. The book is called 'Alfie Goes to London'. |
| Brown, Sharon-Ann |
Regina |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
I would like to publish the second book in the Adventure of Baby Alfie series. The book is called 'Gameday for Baby Alfie'. |
| 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. |
| Sapp, Cheyenna |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I would like to perform standup comedy in the Vancouver Fringe Festival in BC to expand my network and fan base. |
| Kim, Hyon Suk |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I would like to participate in 50th International Clarinet Festival. |
| Young, Lyndsay |
Muskoday |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I would like to paint and draw a few illustrations and or works for the community to showcase my art. |
| Gladue, Raeanne |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
I would like to make a documentary on children in care who are aging out of the system and show the challenges they face. |
| Pepper, Gordon |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I would like to introduce, present and discuss my experimental documentary film 'Discarnate: McLuhan's Wake' at the Ethnografilm festival in Paris, France. |
| 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. |
| Boutin-Maloney, Byrun |
Riceton |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I would like to film a show and create a documentary that captures the event. I will publish the audio online as a live album. |
| Yuzicapi, Holly |
Fort Qu’Appelle |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
I would like to do traditional quillwork on a buffalo robe. Quillwork is the oldest art form from the land we live on. |
| Lavallee, Terri |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$4,500 |
I would like to create a stylized bridal gown embellished with Nehiyaw bead work, along with beaded accessories and matching mens cufflinks and tie clip. |
| Weber, Angel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
I would like to create a pieces and apply to show at the Jack Millikin Centre & Wiebe Works Wearable Art Gala. |
| 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. |
| Campbell, Tara |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$6,725 |
I would like to create a collection of beaded jewelry and accessories that reflect the intertwining of Hip Hop culture and Indigenous culture. |
| 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. |
| Parovsky, Karley |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
I would like to compose 3 pieces and make 5 demos all inspired by isolation and the emotions deeply felt at this time. |
| Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
I would like to complete a collection of quirky, humorous literary essays entitled The Boy in the Window. |
| Campbell, Jesse |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$300 |
I would like to compensate artists for a talk and poetry reading that they will provide at the reception of the exhibition "Drawn from Words." |
| Friesen, Marcy |
Carrot River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$6,084 |
I would like to carry out a mentorship that is shaped by ideas of matriarchy and intergenerational relationships. |
| Monsebroten, Bailey |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$850 |
I would like to buy supplies to create a jewelry collection for the Metis Nation Saskatchewan offices in Ottawa. |
| Janvier, Bobby |
La Loche |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$6,370 |
i would like to build a skiff, sled and a canoe. I would like to build more if i could get the tools. |
| Brophey, Erin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I would like to attend the 53rd International Double Reed Society 2024 conference. |
| Schiller, Lisa-Marie |
Carrot River |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$750 |
I would like to attend a figure drawing program with Aarin Rinas in order to learn how to incorporate the human form into my projects. |
| Dubois, Emily |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,700 |
I would like funding to workshop my compositions into arrangements with talented peers on guitar, fiddle, and
cello in preparation for recording my first EP! |
| Bergbusch, Sarah |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I would like funding to support the cost of flights to New Zealand in order to perform at the NZ Fringe Festival. |
| St. Luke Alternative School |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I would like an art therapist to come work in each classroom using art as a means to explore emotional regulation and self- identity. |
| Devine-Tajgardan, Negar |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I would like a grant for installation and finalizing of my work for Mann Art gallery exhibition during Spring 2022. |
| Angus, Meagan |
Regina |
Theatre |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
I would intern at the Globe Theatre to further my theatrical training and create a solo performance. |
| Wanotch, Tori-Lynn |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I wish to procure 7 buffalo skulls to paint. In my paintings I will share the 7 sacred teachings, depicted in acrylic paint. |
| Rose, Karen |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,700 |
I wish to create material to choreograph three new solos for three individual dance artists, and in this creative process, advance my choreographic skills. |
| Dieter, Mark |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$592 |
I wish to attend the Acimowin Film Festival in Saskatoon to represent an independent documentary I wrote and directed titled "I Plowed the Sacred Soil." |
| Dieter, Mark |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
I wish to apply for funding to continue development on a new independent feature-length screenplay titled "The Hawk and the Sparrow." |
| Mendez, Edward |
Warman |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,716 |
I will write a verbatim play based on interviews with first generation and Indigenous Canadians exploring loss of culture and the concept of "Being Canadian" |
| McFarlane, Melanie |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I will work with Robert Currie, former poet laureate of Saskatchewan, in a poetry mentorship focused on writing poetry about growing up in Saskatchewan. |
| Cram, Kathie |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$937 |
I will work with a mentor, Tara Gereaux, to complete a solid draft of the second third of my novel. A draft of the first third of the novel is complete. |
| Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,000 |
I will work on the final three stories for a collection of short fiction titled Shame, doing some of the research and writing in Newfoundland. |
| Legris, Sylvia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
I will work on developing the first draft of "Wake/Subwake," a new poetry collection. |
| Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$2,500 |
I will use a laptop for writing scripts and filming audition videos using applications like QLab for sound editing and FinalCutPro for video editing. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will travel to Toronto to present my new novel APPARITIONS at two events, and do a panel at the Unify Deaf Film Festival. |
| 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. |
| Española, Aldeneil |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
I will study the "Bakla" culture of the Philippines through fabric paintings, fabric manipulation, styling and fashion design. |
| Dubnick, Caron |
Air Ronge |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,500 |
I will spend time at Athabasca Sand Dunes creating sketches, then spend the winter creating larger works in studio and looking for exhibition opportunities. |
| Powell, Marie |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,070 |
I will spend five months focused on my writing to complete a clean submission draft of my newest medieval fantasy novel, Chronicles of Meirionnydd: Excalibur. |
| Johnstone, Hilary |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,439 |
I will spend a week at a remote cabin and make drawings and take photographs, to base my fabric works on. |
| Holmes, Shannon |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will share my new work-in-progess devised peice "Brux" at the Freedom & Focus Conference and will receive critical freedback and support from voice-centred artists. |
| 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. |
| Berglund, Blake |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,520 |
I will return home to the family farm to write new material influenced by family dynamic, rural culture and personal themes. |
| Pasqua, Anthony |
saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
I will research, develop, write and select 6-8 tracks for my album highlighting the modern day struggles and powerful resiliency of First Nations people. |
| Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$800 |
I will research deep meaning of Lesya Ukrainka play Forest Song, second and third acts. Make a plan of dances, music for future folk ballet. |
| Romero, Alejandro |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I will refine the choreography and 'Living Retablos' for Virgen Barbuda II, utilizing Adrian Stimson’s mentorship to develop performance drafts and reclaim queer sacred space. |
