| Coughlan, Conor |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
This grant would enable me to take a temporary leave from work and turn my primary focus towards songwriting and recording. |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,000 |
This grant would be to facilitate the development of Tallus Scott's proficiency at drumming, drum tuning, and electronically capturing the sound of the drums. |
| Bradshaw, Ryan |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$750 |
This grant will partially fund the research and creation of a poetry collection focused on Saskatchewan birds and climate change. |
| Fortier, Zoe |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
This grant will help fund the creative production of Latente, a Mexican-Canadian sound art intervention project produced through two artist-residencies. |
| Whitecalf, Azby |
Gallivan |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
This grant will go sustenance and living fees while I develop paintings and drawings for a collective exhibition. |
| Ifeanyiukachu, Uzochi Lolia |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$750 |
This grant will be used to mix and master 4 songs which will be released on a 7 song EP |
| McKnight, Spencer |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,010 |
This grant will be to take significant time to develop and create the song recital "In Dreams". |
| Mantyka, Drew |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
This grant will be to support the adapting and written of a new version of the play Arden of Faversham. |
| Bernbaum, Joel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
This grant will allow me to purchase a new laptop , an essential tool to both my playwriting and artistic community building practice. |
| Rowley, Mari-Lou |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,200 |
This grant will allow me to complete, revise and polish my manuscript Palingenesis, a poetic memoir of trauma, survival, revival and ultimately, redemption. |
| Campos, Yulissa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
This grant will allow me to compensate the cast and crew for their work during the creative process of "I,Frida" featuring at the Fringe Festival. |
| Francoeur, Paige |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
This grant money would be used to pay myself and a dramaturge to complete a new draft of my play. |
| Akakpo, Senyo |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,400 |
This grant is to fund creating and exploration of urban dance technique and movement to be developed for a later stage show. |
| Bogan, Jillian |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,716 |
This grant is to finish a collection for exhibiting as well as do research travel with Alison Norlen, my mentor in the CARFAC mentorship program. |
| Okemaysim, Aren |
Regina |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$4,470 |
This grant is to cover subsistence & living expenses while writing new music for my OKIMAW ᐅᑭᒪᐤ music project. |
| Peet, John |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,412 |
This grant is to cover materials, firings and studio costs, enabling me to development a new body of work for a solo exhibition. |
| Roher, Amy |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,200 |
This grant is to continue editing and polishing my collection of short stories and developing new material, with the aim of eventually publishing a collection. |
| Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,265 |
This grant is to complete an essay collection entitled POSTCARDS FROM THE PANDEMIC. |
| Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$3,500 |
This grant is for the creation of four ten minute plays. I plan to take these pieces and pitch them to companies for further development. |
| Hawkes, Nena |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
This funding would support me in attending the Summer Intensive Program at Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre with a focus on Mask. |
| Sun, Qiming |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
This funding is meant to support my year-long production of new artworks and the cultivation of many solo/group exhibitions during my 2024-25 Saskatoon Bunkhouse residency. |
| My Humanitas Family Services |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
This Fall Program 2022 aims to help children develop creative dance skills, character development and improve social interactions through dance training and movement activities. |
| City of Prince Albert |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
This development project would determine the interest and readiness for Artist in Residence projects in Prince Albert for the next 1-3 years. |
| Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$998 |
This Development Project aims to design an innovative youth storytelling program that explores identity through painting, video, and sound. |
| My Humanitas Family Services |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
This development project (MyHumanitas Dance Summer Camp) aims to help children develop creative dance skills and improve social interactions through dance training and movement activities. |
| Seidel, Louise |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,899 |
This computer is powerful enough to design, run sound and projections along with dedicated graphics with or without a tech booth for theatre productions. |
| Okihcihtaw, Marc |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$7,500 |
This collaboration will bring together various traditional music artists and create an album/collection of traditional and social hand drum songs. |
| Cameron, Steph |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$15,300 |
This application supports 6 months of song-writing, engaging my artistic process, demoing songs for my 4th studio album and expanding my live original repertoire. |
| Solheim, Krista |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$11,077 |
This application seeks funding to support the commission of a new 20 minute Contemporary dance solo by Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras. |
| Keating, Bridget |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
This application requests financial assistance from the Saskatchewan Arts Board for the development of Culling Season, my second book of poetry. |
| The Salt Shaker Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
This application is seeking funding for the Salt Shaker Festival, a 3-day multi-media arts festival set in Manitou Beach on July 7-9. 2022. |
| The Salt Shaker Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
This application is seeking funding for the Salt Shaker Festival, a 3-day multi-media arts festival set in Manitou Beach on July 12th-14th, 2024. |
| The Salt Shaker Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$7,000 |
This application is seeking funding for the Manitou Boogaloo, a 2-day multi-media arts festival set in the community of Manitou Beach on July 10-11th, 2020. |
| Bogan, Jillian |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$400 |
This application is for shipping costs of my painting to the Chianciano Biennale in Chianciano in Italy. I have already been accepted. |
Reimer, Joel Dash
Chokecherry Studios |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
This 12 week project will provide young male participants with hip hop skills as a form of expression for a tandem project on healthy masculinity. |
Chokecherry Studios
Zoe Slusar |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
This 11-month project will offer youth facing multiple barriers with weekly programming to explore mental health through creative writing, music production and spoken word poetry. |
| Lavoy, Landon |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,473 |
The Year Long Ukrainian Dance Immersion Program allows dancers to spend a year in Ukraine training and performing with five unique, professional Ukrainian Dance ensembles. |
| Dancing Sky Theatre Inc. |
Meacham |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,650 |
The world premiere of THE CURST by Kelley Jo Burke, music by Library Voices, including projections and complex sound design. Developing new personal artistic skills. |
| Wolseley Public Library |
Wolseley |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
The Wolseley Public Library would lead a cultural inventory research project and offer trial programs to assess current community needs and services. |
| Fight or Flight Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
The Unforgettables has been selected for Live Five Independent Theatre’s upcoming season. This grant will help us pay our artists a living wage. |
| Knutson, Cole |
North Battleford |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
The study and performance of lieder and opera in Europe and the prairies ie. lessons with professional coach, and concerts in the prairies. |
Martin, Monique
St. Anne School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$13,309 |
The students will create an installation artwork for Nuit Blanche that uses lighting and plastic containers, and organize a community participation project at the event. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
The Strata Festival of New Music is a 3 day festival featuring newly composed music by beginner, emerging and established Canadian and Saskatchewan composers. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Strata Festival of New Music is a 3 day festival featuring newly composed music by beginner, emerging and established Canadian and Saskatchewan composers. |
| The Sketchy Bandits |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,205 |
The Sketchy Bandits will spend five days creating a series of sketch comedy skits intended for theatrical production using devised theatre and traditional writing techniques. |
City of Prince Albert
Jesse Campbell |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
The second phase of the Prince Albert AiC project that develops the model of supporting artists to build long-term arts programming, relational projects, and residencies. |
Riversdale Community Association
Jasmyn Albert |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
The Riversdale Community Association seeks to hire three Ribbon-Skirt Designers to teach our residents how to sew their own, and showcase those skirts around Riversdale. |
Moffatt, Kris
Mistawasis Nehiyawak High School |
Hepburn |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$40,000 |
The Residency is to provide the students and teachers of Mistawasis Nêhiyawak with access and support to professional art resources. |
| Okemaysim, Aren |
Regina |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
The recording and engineering of 14 original songs for my debut solo music project, “Okimaw”. |
| QuarterTones Flute Ensemble |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,600 |
The QuarterTones Flute ensemble will work in collaboration with emerging composer, Makenzie Hay to create a work for flute trio. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
The purpose of this project is to perform technological upgrades to improve our ability to deliver programming and content online via video and live streaming. |
| Carrier, Sarah |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
The purchase of a film camera to take photographs that will be used in my short-form documentary. |
| Maxwell, Aralia |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
The proposed grant will help to fund fees and expenses for my participation in the Alchemy Artist Residency in Hillier, ON in August 2019. |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
The proposed grant is to study with renowned drum educator Dave Elitch in his studio in Los Angeles. |
| Minahik Waskahigan Elementary School |
Pinehouse Lake |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$32,000 |
The proposal for the residency would be the instruction of the program they will be presenting to the students as a whole class or groups. |
| Lloydminster Museum + Archives |
Lloydminster |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$800 |
The project would bring in an artist featured in the upcoming Dimensions exhibit to speak about/demonstrate their artistic process and their exhibition application process. |
Wildeman, Tatum
Father Megret High School |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
The project will provide youth access to dance for promotion of mental health through connection, celebration of culture, and foster expression of grief and trauma. |
| George-Heese, Tracey |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
The project will have three components; an artist residency, a 3 session workshop circles and exhibition of final pieces. For the personal residency, I will focus on on the creation of a Treaty 4 Dress that reflects on my ancestors who were signatories of the Treaty 4 document. |
| Deaf Crows Collective |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$9,000 |
The project will develop the ASL/English script, puppetry, and ASL poetry, and present a workshop reading of "1000 Ladders Down" with a small ensemble. |
| Poulin, Danielle |
Prince Albert |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
The project will consist of two foundational beading classes that will help individuals start to learn how to bead simple projects. |
| Regina Chamber Music Festival |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
The project is the presentation of three nights of chamber music concerts and related events in the community, by international and local artists. |
| Regina Chamber Music Festival |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
The project is the presentation of three nights of chamber music concerts and related community events, by local and international artists. |
| Weber, Joanne |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,617 |
The project is the development of a script by Joanne Weber about the Deaf settlers who immigrated to Qu'Appelle Valley in the early 1900's. |
| Weber, Joanne |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,714 |
The project is the development of a script by Joanne Weber about the Deaf settlers who immigrated to Qu'Appelle Valley in the early 1900's. |
| Global Gathering Place |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
The project is painting classes with newcomers. The completed works will be on display at the Bridges Art Movement Gallery for two months. |
| wilson, Thorina (Nina) |
Broadview |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
The project focuses on the Cree creation story regarding the importance of the moose, using color, symbolism, syllabics to retain the story for the future |
| Penner, John J |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,000 |
The project entails the exploration and applicaiton of digital technology to the historic process of carbon printing. |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
The project animates community through our stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward. |
Shurniak Gallery Inc.
Crystal Thorburn |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
The project "Metamorphosis" will engage the community through participatory art workshops, conversational gatherings and a collaborative public sculpture, stimulating Assiniboia's interest in the arts. |
| Beltran, Marlene |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$9,000 |
The production of an original play for young audiences featuring D/deaf performers. Telling the story of forbidden love between a cat and a swallow. |
| Arnott, Johanna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
The production of A Bronte Without Genius by Johanna Arnott in Live Five's 2023-2024 Season |
| Nachtigall, Jeff |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
The production and exhibition of a body of work for the Museum of Temporary Art, an evolving pop-up with locations throughout Regina and rural Saskatchewan. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
The Poundmaker Performance Festival-International Indigenous Performance and Plenary, is a 4 day event on the Poundmaker Cree Nation that presents Indigenous Performance and Culture. |
| Sarasa Performance Laboratory Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Poundmaker Performance Festival is an intercultural and Indigenous Performance Festival within a Laboratory setting. The Festival takes place in an Indigenous community and structures. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
The Poundmaker Indigenous Performance Festival is a global festival of theatre that takes place on the Poundmaker Cree Nation. |
| Eger, Ruby |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,320 |
The opportunity to take part in a 1 week intensive training program under a renowned contemporary company, Rubberband in Montreal, Quebec. |
| One Take Super 8 Regina |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
The One Take Super 8 event is an annual film festival dedicated to super 8 filmmaking for the local community to take part in. |
| One Take Super 8 Regina |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
The One Take Super 8 event is an annual film festival dedicated to super 8 filmmaking for the local community to create analog films. |
| Coronach Old Town Street Festival |
Coronach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
The Old Coronach Street Festival will reinvigorate the rural community through a multi-disciplinary, participatory arts experience which celebrates Coronach's unique cultural identity. |
Phillips, Geoff
Southwestern Saskatchewan Oldtimers' Museum Inc. |
Maple Creek |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
The next generation of Agribusiness will benefit from learning how technology is impacting their trade through targeted art workshops inspired by local ranching history. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
The Mid-Winter Blues Festival features mainstage and free live blues music events featuring a mix of diverse local, national, and international performers. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,700 |
The Mid-Winter Blues Festival features both MainStage and free live blues music events featuring diverse local, national and international performers throughout Regina. |
| Indigo Joseph |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,225 |
The micro grant will help cover travel costs for our upcoming tour supporting The Dead South in early January 2023
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| Melfort & District Curling Club |
Melfort |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
The Melfort Curling Club, incorporating youth participation, seeks to research, develop and plan the creation of an exterior mural on the community rink. |
| Will, Elaine |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,000 |
The Last Band On Earth is a graphic novel about a noise rock band who are trapped in a ramshackle unearthly city run by demons. |
| Waskesiu Recreation Association Inc. |
Waskesiu Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Lakeside Music Festival is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival. 2023 attendance was 5000+. All performers are from Saskatchewan, and Sunday specifically highlights Indigenous talent. |
| Waskesiu Recreation Association Inc. |
Waskesiu Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
The Lakeside Music Festival is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival. 2022 attendance was 4000+. All performers are from Saskatchewan, and Sunday specifically highlights Indigenous performers. |
| Waskesiu Recreation Association Inc. |
Waskesiu Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$7,000 |
The Lakeside Music Festival is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival. 2019 attendance was 3500+. All performers are from Saskatchewan and Sunday highlights Indigenous performers. |
Conservatory of Performing Arts
Karley Parovsky |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
The Intercultural String Exchange provides professional development for violinists/fiddlers and performance/workshop opportunities for the general public showcasing the violin's multicultural usage. |
| Kamyabi-Chambers, Marzia |
Pilot Butte |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
The Horrors of Nine to Five: workplace violence impacts over 70% of Canadians. Dedicated to the victims of workplace violence who took their own lives. |
| Mistawasis Nehiyawak High School |
Leask |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
The grant would provide an opportunity for the students to learn from a local artist to enhance cultural identity and awareness in an artistic form. |
| Penner, John J |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
The grant proposal is to replace my old deteriorating resin coated plywood darkroom sink with a chemical resistant stainless steel sink. |
Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop
Muskwa Lerat |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
The Future Artistic Minds (FAM) is a program at CNYC for youth to explore their creative practice in a safe, identity affirming space. |
Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop
Muskwa Lerat |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
The Future Artistic Minds (FAM) is a program at CNYC for youth to explore their creative practice in a safe, identity affirming space. |
| Henry, Hugh |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
The funds will be used to print and frame 30 photographs and
deliver / install prints for exhibition in Maple Creek. |
| Belanger, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$6,084 |
The funds will assist in the creation and development of new material for Kokum Ernestine and her pet bird Muckatoon (puppet) . |
| Belanger, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
The funds requested are to assist in creating and writing new material for my character "Ernestine and her pet bird Muckatoon" |
| Bishop Lloyd Middle School |
Lloydminster |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
The funding would be used to connect with Indigenous singers, drummers, and dancers to work with students and develop partnerships for further projects in future. |
| The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
The funding with this grant would go towards attending the Canadian Arts Presenting Association Conference 2019, in Ottawa, Ontario. |
| Ruecker, Gerry |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
The funding requested in this grant application is to support the further development and creation of my current body of work in mixed media sculpture. |
