| 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. |
| Asapace, Laten |
Raymore |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
A project to share and preserve First Nations culture through dance, beadwork, and singing, fostering community healing, learning, and cultural pride. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Gan, Jelly |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
A music video using Chinese pop culture aesthetic references from C-dramas, 80s Mando pop, and karaoke. |
| Caudillo, Kiela |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
A multidisciplinary Spanglish show: Visuals and Sounds of a Latino American settler in Canada.
An colourful exhibit of art, Paper-Mache sculptures and a musical performance. |
| 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. |
| Colette Bourgonje School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$15,600 |
A multi-media residency exploring the intersection of science and art-offering students an opportunity to observe and participate in the artistic process of documenting findings. |
| 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. |
| Española, Aldeneil |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
A monthly drag show that runs for three months of winter (Dec-February or Jan-March) to give opportunities for the BIPOC Drag Artists of Saskatoon, |
| 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. |
Kozak, Kathryn
Town of Creighton |
Creighton |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
A mentorship and exhibition opportunity for emerging and established artists of the Northern Saskatchewan. |
| 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. |
| ELEV8 Music |
Regina |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
A live summer showcase featuring BPOC dancers and guest musicians, culminating in a headlining performance by ELEV8 Music to spotlight diverse local talent. |
| 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. |
| Hutchinson, Jonathan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
A course demonstrating how to make the most out of playing keyboard instruments. |
| 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 |
2024-2025 |
$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. |
| Stratton, Tara |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$700 |
A 7-day poi retreat with mentor Nick Woolsey to advance in flow arts, dance, and performance, aiming for mastery and artistic growth. |
| 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'. |
| Zuck, Emma |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
A 30 Minute documentary film about the creation of the Ballroom Community in Saskatoon with Aldeneil's research, creating workshops for the queer BIPOC Community. |
| 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. |
| Brimacombe, Rachel |
Lumsden |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
A 12 month Metis women’s program to help me understand my role in our nation with art classes, teachings |
| 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. |
| W3APONS |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
4 month creative period to write new songs and choreograph a new stage show. |
| Anderson, Mikhaila |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
3 live performance videos of The Radiant to be used for showcase applications. Filmed @ PR Productions by Little Jack Films |
| Gabriel Dumont Local #11 |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$20,000 |
3 different cultural arts workshops including a Capote making workshop, a series of 3 different forms of beading workshops and a finger woven sash workshop |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
20th Edition International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon CINERGIE |
| Parenteau, Donny |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,989 |
1st month to write and create songs
2nd month demo songs for my next album I plan to release in 2022. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
19th Edition International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon CINERGIE |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
18th Cinergie Festival, International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon |
| Pooyak, Roberto |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
15-17 Track Reggae & Hip Hop album following two previously released albums. |
St Angela Merici Residence
Tara Stratton |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,230 |
12 months, weekly SpinPoi classes for seniors, promoting fitness, cognitive stimulation, social interaction, and creativity. Seek support to enhance wellbeing through art and movement. |
| 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. |
| Wilson, Katie |
Regina |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$1,993 |
1-month of preceding or support phase (Monday, January 6 - February 14, 2025) in composition, arrangement, and rehearsal of demo single “Didn't Ask”. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
1 Registration for the IMZ Academy for Digital Capture of Orchestral Music |
| Brenna, Beverley |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,500 |
--A YA novel following eighteen-year-old Kay as she navigates FASD and grade twelve in a new school, discovering her bio mom, and a twin brother. |
| Gares, Jessica |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
'The Rehearsal' is a devised play to be independently produced and presented as part of the RISER Project's inaugural season in their Regina expansion. |
| Hosaluk, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
'The Circle and the Dot' is a mixed-media Installation influenced by folklore and Saskatchewan architecture. New work is scheduled for exhibition for 2024. |
| Schneider, Zoë |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
'Subaqualus' is a video work depicting the elusive Unidentified Submerged Object (U.S.O.) shot in various
locations throughout the Land of the Living Skies. |
| Cabildo Esquivel, Priscila |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$2,062 |
'KIN Movement" is art exchanged for kindness. "Ojos de Dios" - weavings traditional to the Indigenous Huichol of Mexico - are traded for good deeds. |
| Piper, Lynette |
Lebret |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
'Driver's Licence' is the story of an elderly man who loses his licence after a series of accidents and run-ins with police. |
| Holt, Savannah |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
'Analemma' is a collection of 13 ceramic moon jars, each with a unique glaze application symbolically related to ancient names for each month's full moon. |
| Romero, Alejandro |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,696 |
#Sole_Purpose_a_glogal_interpretation_on_Islam is a ten day participatory art installation with components of Islamic culture including dance-performance art, fabric-fiber art, photography, audio-sound-light-projections, and re-purposed objects. |
| Battie, Kyath |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$11,000 |
"Sight Unseen" is the first cinematic research project of a newly formed collaboration, small victories, exploring Regina's urban spaces from an "outsider" perspective. |
| Okihcihtaw, Marc |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$5,500 |
"Scout & The Red Empire: Voices Unite" digitally preserves traditional hand drum songs of Indigenous communities, celebrating Turtle Island's rich cultural heritage. |
| Jeyadharshan, Ajantha |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
"Reviving Roots: Tamil Folk Dance Initiative”
This project aims to preserve and promote traditional Tamil folk dances, fostering cultural appreciation and community engagement. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
"Rebellious Space" uses colourful luminous adhesive tape to connect the corners and details of downtown buildings. |
| Richter, Jessica |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
"Preparing for the Day" is a documented performance and printmaking project exploring loss and ritual. |
