| Harder, Kendra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,500 |
Along with my librettist collaborator, orchestrating and editing my two chamber operas for future performances in Saskatchewan. |
| Thorn, Elly |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,000 |
Allan Gilliland will arrange 4 of Elly Thorns original Christmas songs so that she can perform them with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra Christmas 2019. |
Regina Folk Festival Inc.
Megan Nash |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
All Our Relations choir, led by local musicians, will rewrite songs that shaped the labour movement and the RFF, culminating in a 50th anniversary performance. |
| Gravelbourg Artisan Co-operative |
Gravelbourg |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$675 |
All local youth aged 5-18 are invited to participate in a public youth art exhibition. All art mediums will be accepted. |
| Hainsworth, Alexa |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$572 |
Alexa Hainsworth, " Tissue" fibre installation transforming BAM Gallery, into a space reminiscent of cells in the human body. |
| Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Album of original music shedding light on problems facing aboriginal people today. Addiction, Mental Health, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women |
F.W. Johnson Collegiate
Holly Yuzicapi |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$9,547 |
After multiple land-based explorations, students will prepare materials to use for traditional art forms to create four panels which examine connections between land and reconciliation. |
Moffatt, Kris
Mistawasis Nehiyawak High School |
Hepburn |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$40,000 |
Advance student school engagement using art as a means to strengthen language culture and expand student's spectrum of expression. |
| Aden Bowman Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
Aden Bowman Collegiate invites artist Rebecca La Marre for a mental health and ceramics residency, offering coaching, new firing techniques, and land knowledge integration. |
| Neutral Ground Inc. |
Regina |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Address the barriers to equity at Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre through an in-depth anti-racism training program lead by Future Ancestors Inc. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Multidisciplinary |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,500 |
Adding a cello to my performance would enhance my work. |
| Ahmed, Iftu |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$624 |
Adapt, rehearse and perform “Holloway”, originally an outdoor site specific contemporary dance performance, for Darke Hall, an indoor accessible venue in April 2023. |
| 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. |
| Alvarez, Kris |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,410 |
Acknowledgement is a creative response to the impact that my current work of opening up about race has had on me. |
| Alvarez, Kris |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,500 |
Acknowledgement is a creative response to the impact that my current work of opening up about race has had on me. |
| Tagseth, Martin |
Lake Lenore |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$905 |
Accept invitation to create new work with master ceramists
Robert Shay, Brad Schwiegger, Matt Long & Jeremy Kane at Red Lodge Center for the Ceramic Arts |
| Abrupt Dystopia |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,000 |
Abrupt Dystopia, a band formed during the Girls Rock Regina’s inaugural Adult Camp in March 2019, will be writing and recording their first album. |
| Dufour Bowes, Arnolda |
Dalmeny |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
A written and/or audiovisual preservation of traditional northern Metis stories and songs. |
| Daniels, Kelly |
Cando |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
A workshop of deer hide preperation and hand drum making following protocol and the participants will learn ceremonial and social Cree songs and sacred stories. |
| Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
A workshop and staged reading of my play 18 Jews Order Chinese food with 6 actors, a director, dramaturge and videographer. |
| Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
A work of literary fiction that explores the moment when a young woman asserts herself outside the religious and cultural limits of her family. |
| Vogel, Kristian |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
A week of dedicated Saxophone study at the Orford Music Academy; with lessons and masterclasses from one of the world's foremost authorities on classical saxophone. |
| Kinner, Monika |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$328 |
A wafer lightbox to transfer photos and line drawings to fabric for textile artwork, repeating patterns, layering designs and for composition placement & prep work. |
| 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. |
| Berglund, Melanie |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
A three-day song writing workshop and song coaching session offered on Zoom by Grammy nominated songwriter, Mary Gauthier. |
| Wicks, Bob |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
A staged production of the "Multi-Cultural, Multi-Lingual King Lear: Cree, French, English" script adapted in 2021-2022. |
| 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. |
| Yan Miller, Mindy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,000 |
A series of six wall mounted smocked and woven cane cowhide works. |
| Rinas, Aarin |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
A series of portrait paintings depicting the emotional states of people affected by economic inequality. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$15,011 |
A series of Plains Indian Sign Language workshops to actively teach, reanimate Cree language learning using PISL. Live and Virtually. |
| Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Inc. |
Yorkton |
Please Select |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
A series of lecture–demonstrations on the subject of Powwow culture and art forms, determined and delivered by local and regional Powwow artists. |
| Magalong, Wren |
Regina |
Theatre |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$1,200 |
A series of courses with the Canadian Institute of Theater Technologies on using the ETC lightning console. |
| Zong, Megan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$434 |
A ring light with stand is an essential item many film actors use for audition tapes to achieve the best lighting quality for the video |
Common Weal Community Arts Inc.
Michèle Mackasey |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$46,500 |
A residency led by visual artist Michèle Mackasey with fransaskois youth from Saskatoon and Indigenous/Métis youth, from three northern Saskatchewan communities. |
| Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$12,000 |
A research-based creation term to develop a theatrical installation, influenced by the real life of Peter Tripp. |
| Solheim, Krista |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
A rehearsal director apprenticeship in dance with Faye Thomson, one of the Artistic Directors of The School of Contemporary Dancers professional program. |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
A rehearsal director apprenticeship in dance with Faye Thomson, one of the Artistic Directors of The School of Contemporary Dancers professional program. |
| Claxton, Mark |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
A Regina remount of xTasis Screen/Stage's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee, which was presented in Saskatoon in autumn of 2019. |
| Selkirk, Jesse |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
A project to collaborate with my friend Maggie Blue-Waters to compose a song about her experience as a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. |
Selkirk, Jesse
Bedford Road Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
A project for participants to learn the foundational elements of songwriting and use the artform as a tool for exploring their wellbeing and their identity. |
| Dinsmore, Rowen |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
A project expanding my artistic practice through new ideas and mediums while obtaining advice and critique through mentorships with professional artists from Saskatchewan. |
| Bellefleur, Stephanie |
Willow Bunch |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$700 |
A professional drawing tablet will strengthen my Mural Practice by building capacity and variation, converting relevant content in addition to elevating current portfolio. |
| Power, Kevin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,000 |
A professional development project to work with Mr. Aaron Low (Toronto), Canada's renowned vocal coach for professional singers. Registration confirmed. |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
A professional development project for Saskatchewan based dance artist Tessa Rae Kuz to research the creative process of Margie Gillis via The Legacy Project. |
| Fookes, Jasmin |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
A portable contemporary cabinet of curiosities from a repurposed structure to house diverse assortments of my locally collected and altered natural materials and mass-produced objects. |
| Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
A playwriting workshop of an extended version of an existing script. |
| Lynch, Rory |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,644 |
A period of time dedicated to practice and research, with the goal of developing specific technical skills and expanding aesthetic horizons. |
| Hill, Gerald |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$632 |
A one-day work-through and talk-about of Charlotte and Wilbur, the brand new first draft of my adaptation of Charlotte's Web. |
| 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. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$3,000 |
A new manuscript of poetry celebrating the joys, challenges and blessings of single parenthood |
| O'Bertos, Taegan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$3,500 |
A new laptop geared towards graphic design and editing because my practice is becoming more about editing and designing projections. |
| Goretzky, Barbara |
Lumsden |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,523 |
A new computer for ease of projection, memory storage, and screen display are greatly lacking in my current laptop when creating large murals. |
| Gronsdahl, Todd |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,500 |
A new chapter for my "Saskatchewan Maritime Museum" project. Here I humorously re-examine The Emma Lake Workshop Series considering legacy, hubris, the SK historical project. |
| Banga, Kaydence |
Stockholm |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
A music, soundscape and dance based theatrical production exploring youth and artist mental health. |
| Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,497 |
A multidisciplinary project that explores and promotes community engagement through visual arts combined with dance, performance and choreography in downtown area Saskatoon. |
| Sinclair, Aaron |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
A multidisciplinary project based on the surreal and abstract experiences an artist has growing up with church, school and a farm in rural Saskatchewan. |
| Mohsin, Ayesha |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,787 |
A multidisciplinary and multilingual (English, Palestinian Arabic and Urdu) performance project examining immigrant cultural practices, involving dance, music and narration from Pakistan and Palestine. |
| Black Professionals and Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
A multicultural, multidisciplinary festival that celebrates Black culture from within the Black Diaspora (African-Canadian, Afro-Latino, African, Caribbean etc.) community in Saskatchewan. |
| Lobb, Greg |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,500 |
A mosaic visual piece utilizing scraps and off cuts from sign production focusing on reclamation, conservation and salvage. |
| 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. |
| Hansen, Yolanda |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
A mentorship with an established Saskatchewan poet to learn more about the craft of poetry and work on a full-length collection. |
| Robertson, Morgan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
A mandolin with a built-in pick-up is essential for my practice because, in my band (guitar bass, drums) micing it is next to impossible. |
| École Monseigneur de Laval - Pavillon secondaire des Quatre Vents |
Regina |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
A group of students (grade 7 to 12) aiming to produce an entire play in French, from acting to sound and light effects. |
| 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 |
| Allard, Mark |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,000 |
A Graphic Art (graphic novel format) adaptation of the Icelandic saga known as The Saga of the Völsungs. |
Dotson, Allan
Ecole Wascana Plains Elementary School |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
A Grade 4 class will build a modular model community which will depict the use of natural resources in Saskatchewan. |
| Carter, Nathan |
Loon Lake |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
A free music concert showcasing music, fashion and visual art created by myself and other artists identifying as BPOC. |
| Bonneau, Devon |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
A Devised Theatre Creation project, engaging six Saskatchewan artists, exploring creative/innovative uses of movement, sound, and theatrical technology; and integrating them with traditional performance methods. |
| Phillips, Geoff |
Maple Creek |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,399 |
A desktop computer is essential to edit professional photos of my artwork ready for print with photoshop, prepping for online media promotions, and for storage. |
| 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. |
| Cunningham, Tahnis |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
A dance workshop allowing Metis dancers and musicians to share and solidify knowledge of traditional Metis jigging and Canadian social and square dancing. |
| COMPANY |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,500 |
A dance journey to New York City to learn, grow, and inspire our artistic practices as individuals and as a group. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,054 |
A cross-discipline collaboration in scored improvisation using integrated dance to express themes of radical empowerment in the face of environmental disaster, performed at Persephone Theatre. |
| Gronsdahl, Troy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,000 |
a creative project that investigates and contemplates the ethics and aesthetics of land-based artistic practice. |
| 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. |
| YXE Drag Collective |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,500 |
A Country themed Virtual Drag Show to create stay at home programming. |
| Johnson, Ashley |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
A continuation of a collaborative project The Moving Heart between Karlie King and Ashley Johnson. We combine dance, sculpture with an interactive exhibit exploring anatomy. |
| Power, Kevin |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,500 |
A computer is essential in my artistic practice: record auditions for stage/film/tv, live auditions via zoom, my website design/maintenance , résumé, business accounting, online casting. |
| Soulodre, Lévi |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,500 |
A complete songwriting session for a full-length, English / French-language 'Ageless Forest 2' organic / electronic music album, in mentorship collaboration with Producer Factor Chandelier. |
| Reid, Sonia |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
A community weekend to learn more about Black gospel choir music workshop culminating in a live music performance. |
| Reid, Sonia |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
A community weekend Black gospel choir workshop culminating in a live music performance. |
Common Weal Community Arts Inc.
Michèle Mackasey |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
A community engaged art project focused on rejuvenation of Indigenous languages with artist Michèle Mackasey, Patuanak community, Saskatoon partners, and regional Elders. |
Common Weal Community Arts Inc.
Michèle Mackasey |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$46,500 |
A community engaged art project focused on rejuvenation of Indigenous languages with artist Michèle Mackasey, Patuanak community, Saskatoon partners, and regional Elders. |
| Dinsmore, Rowen |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,500 |
A collection of self-portrait paintings titled "The Only Friend I Need" with the intent to be shown as a solo exhibition within art gallery spaces. |
| Bradley, Bevin |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
A collaborative mentorship with master printer Jillian Ross at Jillian Ross Print studio printing to learn Intaglio etching print methods. |
| Sylvia Fedoruk Elementary School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$500 |
A class field trip to SCYAP art gallery and art centre to learn about their activism in the Saskatoon community based on Saskatchewan curriculum. |
| Regina Pride Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
A celebration of Regina’s gender and sexually diverse communities with a series of artistic, cultural, and social events intended to educate and entertain our audience. |
| Regina Pride Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
A celebration of Regina’s gender and sexually diverse communities through a presentation of artistic, cultural, and social events meant to educate, entertain, and enlighten audiences. |
| Regina Pride Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$7,000 |
A celebration of Regina’s gender and sexually diverse communities through a presentation of artistic, cultural, and social events meant to educate, entertain, and enlighten audiences. |
| Benson, Scott |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
A Carbon Fibre Violin would allow me to take my instrument into extreme conditions (hot and cold climates) without worrying about damaging the instrument. |
| Pelletier, Sharon |
Regina |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$3,319 |
A camcorder for video recording of the performance and for editing of the footage in addition to using the equipment for future performances. |
| Anderson, Darryl |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$3,330 |
A Bose F1 speaker & sub system allows me to travel easier with a more compact speaker but It also helps me sound more professional. |
| Bandur, Breanne |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
A body of work that investigates adapting my drawing practice to a smaller scale, carrying forward formal attributes and conceptual considerations of my large-scale works. |
| Johanna & Jayden |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,865 |
A 4-month work term to research and develop a new performance work, as an evolution of 'Live Duet'. |
| MacDonald, Ruaridh |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,500 |
A 3-month creation process to develop a libretto and record tracks for “The Picture of Dorian Gray - A New Musical” |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$900 |
A 3-day micro-choreographic lab between Saskatchewan dance artist Tessa Kuz and collaborator Tia Kushniruk to research and develop a collaborative contemporary dance duet. |
| Albert Park Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
A 3 day, multidisciplinary festival including works by local artistic, musical and cultural talents. |
| Baird, Gavin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,500 |
8th Street Menace is an online series about protagonist Mitchell “Menace” Dubois, a failed welder and aspiring Métis musician who moonlights as an auto-parts thief. |
| Central Urban Metis Federation Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
7th annual CUMFI Metis Cultural Days are days of celebrating Metis Music, Dance, Theatre, Art, Culture, and Language. |
| Bent, Alexander |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
6M is a hip-hop duo consisting of Enjay and Alex Bent. This proposal acts to fund the mixing and mastering costs for their debut album. |
