Recipient Community Discipline Program Year Amount Description
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.
Budgell-Eaglespeaker, Forrest Scott Saskatoon Music Microgrant Program 2024-2025 $1,000 The North Sound has been booked to open for Stephen Fearing in Penticton on May 23rd and Vancouver May 25th.
Das, Mohana Regina Dance Building Arts Equity 2024-2025 $3,200 The Nirvana Dance Creations team is selected to perform at the biggest festival of Toronto "North American Bengali Conference" (NABC).
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.
Waskesiu Recreation Association Inc. Waskesiu Lake Music SaskFestivals 2024-2025 $7,000 The Lakeside Festival is a free, family-friendly, music festival (2024 had 5250+ attendees). Our artists are 95%+ from Saskatchewan & we always highlight Indigenous performers.
La Ronge Arts Council Corp. La Ronge Visual Microgrant Program 2024-2025 $2,000 The La Ronge Arts Council seeks to create an Art Gallery at the Alex Robertson Public Library to show local and OSAC artwork publicly.
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, 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.
Queen Mary Public School
Earl McKay
Prince Albert Visual Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $10,000 The grade 5/6, and 7 teachers and students will work alongside artist Earl Mckay to create posters that encompass the 7 Grandfather/nehiyew wiyasiwēwina teachings.
Eger, Ruby Regina Dance Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $2,000 The goal to engage in a month long dance training program based in Lucca, Italy.
Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop
Muskwa Lerat
Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2022-2023 $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 2023-2024 $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.
Agecoutay, Richard Regina Media Arts Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2024-2025 $10,000 The following grant proposal is for the research phase of a Video Documentary focused on the people who attend and participate in Saskatchewan Powwows.
Ecole Dundonald School
Paula Cooley
Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2021-2022 $8,217 The focus of the project is an exploration of culture and community through texture, colour, and shape culminating in a clay art installation.
Oblong and Oboe Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $17,000 The final stage of development and world premiere of Oblong and Oboe Stir the Pot as part of Live Five’s 20th Season in Saskatoon.
The Feather Saskatoon Media Arts Microgrant Program 2020-2021 $2,000 The Feather is looking to get funding for artist fees to do a Christmas project and live stream which involves mentorship within the collective.
Ramsay, Jessica Regina Music Microgrant Program 2020-2021 $1,000 The essential and final integration of violin fundamentals into audition preparation with renowned, Berlin-based violinist Elissa Lee.
Pegasus Productions Regina Theatre Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $14,750 The development, production, and presentation of "After Sundown," a new play by Gordon Portman.
Macdonald, Daniel Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $5,000 The development of a creative work in the form of a full-length play through dramaturgy, workshops, redrafting, and public feedback.
Gordon Denny Community School La Ronge Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 The Cree Culture teacher is looking to invite a local artist to come and show all students grade 1-6 the painting process.
Ba, Flany Regina Dance Building Arts Equity 2024-2025 $5,000 The Creative Lab: a collaborative space uniting Canadian dancers to develop, challenge, and showcase hard-to-learn skills through guided creative exploration and shared understanding.
Robinson, Fiji Saskatoon Literary Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2024-2025 $12,000 The creation of a “documentary in a book” about gay icons Douglas Wilson and Peter McGehee, stylishly designed with memories, lyrics, photos, and media moments!
Avramenko, James Saskatoon Literary Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $6,000 The creation of a new collection of poetry and micro-fiction titled "First Dates with Pro Wrestlers"
Portman, Gordon Regina Literary Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $7,500 The creation of a collection of prose materials exploring the various experiences of mature / aging / elder gay men.
Ripplinger, Matthew Regina Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2019-2020 $7,500 The Corrupted Spectrum is a creation project exploring possibilities in Technicolor processes combined with homemade photographic emulsion techniques.
Coronach Old Town Street Festival Coronach Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2020-2021 $8,000 The Coronach Old Town Street Festival will reinvigorate the rural community through a multi-disciplinary, participatory arts experience which celebrates Coronach's unique cultural identity.
Murray, Audie Regina Visual Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2023-2024 $10,500 The continuation of a project using beadwork to depict the sky in rural and urban spaces.
Selkirk, Jesse
Bedford Road Collegiate
Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $10,000 The continuation of a project for participants to learn the foundations of songwriting, using the artform as a tool to explore wellbeing and identity.
Welbourne, Jordan Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $5,800 The composition and recording of Ukrainian choral arrangements, musical theatre pieces, country songs, as well as Ukrainian-influenced contemporary songs.
Campus Regina Public
Joely Bigeagle-Kequahtooway
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $10,000 The collaborative art piece created from a buffalo hide will be displayed in the cultural classroom and will reflect students learning and connection with land.
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop
Saskatoon Literary Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $10,000 The artist will work with classroom teachers to produce small books in Cree and English, modeling from familiar stories, helping students learn their Cree language.
Dittmann, Bethany Estevan Theatre Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $1,000 The artist will develop a relationship with an elementary school, partnering, to enhance arts-related practice through drama that is linked to curricular educational outcomes.
O'Gorman, Kate Sasktatoon Literary Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $2,095 The artist will attend Sage Hill’s 2024 Fiction Course with a focus on revising part one of a three-part novel-in-progress currently titled The Light Chasers.
Lapointe, Ky Saskatoon Literary Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $4,264 The aim of this project is to create French and bilingual spoken word centered around my Fransaskois experience with language and community.
Prairie Valley School Division #208 Regina Music Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 The aim is to introduce First Nation singing to students (gr. 6-12) utilizing local resources and proven champion singers.
Regina Blues Association Regina Music SaskFestivals 2024-2025 $7,000 The 30th Annual Mid-Winter Blues Festival features both MainStage and free live blues events throughout Regina. We feature diverse local, national and international performers.
Regina Blues Association Regina Music SaskFestivals 2019-2020 $8,000 The 26th Mid-Winter Blues Festival will combine free and ticketed events over 7 nights, featuring national and international performers, as well as 80% local artists.
Regina Blues Association Regina Music SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $6,700 The 26th Mid-Winter Blues Festival is going back to its roots with a modified three-night, one-afternoon event featuring performers from Regina and across Western Canada.
Afro Tribes Festival Incorporated Regina Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2024-2025 $7,000 The 2025 Afro Tribes Festival grant proposal seeks support to celebrate African heritage, promote cultural exchange, and empower youth through arts, performances, and community engagement.
Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. Manitou Beach Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2021-2022 $4,800 The 2022 Manitou Music Fest will deliver a quality festival, including an eclectic selection of professional musicians, songwriters, dancers, artisans, and performers.
Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. Manitou Beach Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2020-2021 $8,000 The 2021 Manitou Music Fest will deliver a quality festival, including an eclectic selection of professional musicians, songwriters, dancers, artisans, and performers.
Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. Manitou Beach Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2019-2020 $7,995 The 2020 Manitou Music Fest will deliver a quality festival, including an eclectic selection of professional musicians, songwriters, dancers, artisans, and performers.
Afenfia, Michael Saskatoon Literary Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $10,000 The "Head of the Baptist" is a collection of short stories and poetry exploring Nigerian-Canadian identity and relationships within the context of Canadian multiculturalism.
Big River Metis Local #59 Big River Share and Connect 2023-2024 $17,000 The project connects community through stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward.
Dr. Brass School Yorkton Dance Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $1,000 Terrance Littletent will visit Dr. Brass School to engage with staff & students, collaborating with teachers to create a future Indigenous Dance Project
Johnston, Christine
King George Community School
Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2022-2023 $10,000 Teaching youth composition/music production with a midi keyboard. We will write lyrics to the songs created, and perform a selection or two every June.
Ecole Elsie Mironuck Community School Regina Music Artists in Schools 2021-2022 $1,000 Tara Semple and Rosa Haynes will develop a sound (aural) experience program to for elementary students and their educators to explore mindfulness, creativity and self-care.
Ecole Elsie Mironuck Community School
Tara Semple
Regina Music Artists in Schools 2022-2023 $10,000 Tara Semple (musician, Sound Bath practitioner) will create Sound Bath experiences for elementary students/teachers using cross curricular/cultural outcomes selected with Rosa Haynes (Arts Ed. Specialist).
Saskatoon Christian School Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2021-2022 $1,000 Taking students to experience wheel throwing with an experienced artist. Glazing pieces and trying out raku style firing. Providing an experience unattainable in a classroom.
Hosaluk, Michael Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2022-2023 $10,650 Take time to create new work that is completely unfamiliar to previous processes in my artistic career in remote unfamiliar locations and studio.
Vincent, Angus Yorkton Theatre Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2020-2021 $7,500 Take time off work to complete my play. I've completed the songs and am looking to finish my script to begin work-shopping and marketing it.
Palmer, Josh Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $7,000 Take the time necessary to create and write new songs and produce new sounds for my music group, The Sunset Kids.
Gerein, Amy Saskatoon Visual Microgrant Program 2022-2023 $1,000 Symbiosis, a 2022 Nuit Blanche (Saskatoon) exhibit, of realistic soft sculpture, representative of various Saskatchewan wildlife species.
Saskatoon Youth Jazz Orchestra Saskatoon Music Artists in Communities 2020-2021 $1,000 SYJO will collaborate and record with guest artist Joel Grundahl as a mentoring opportunity for current SYJO members and to generate future engagement.
Gil & Wil Saskatoon Music Microgrant Program 2024-2025 $2,000 Support our debut release of professionally-produced music by organizing and executing shows in key communities within Saskatchewan.
Enzo, Aspen Regina Literary Microgrant Program 2022-2023 $600 Support my expansion from poetry into creative nonfiction by attending Saskatchewan Writers Guild's Facilitated Retreat and learning from poet & nonfiction author Mark Abley.
Rewuski, Lindsey Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $4,440 Support in presentation and transportation of works for first solo exhibition in March 2025 in Yorkton, SK.
Nault, Tania Vibank Visual Microgrant Program 2022-2023 $890 Support for travel and supplies to visit with, learn from, and recreate a piece of my family’s material culture housed in a museum.
Goodwyn, Amber Regina Music Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $7,500 Support for the creation of a new cycle of songs for my experimental pop music project, Natural Sympathies.
Francis, Cate Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $7,500 Support for the research and creation of large format screenprint based works examining cultural conceptions of nature as decoration in the face of climate change.
James, Zoe Regina Dance Building Arts Equity 2024-2025 $1,125 Support for exploration and creation period to work towards creating a dance piece with four other collaborators inspired by mixes of techno and house music.
Brochu Lambert, Anne Regina Visual Microgrant Program 2024-2025 $1,000 Support for artworks transportation, installation and attending opening of first solo in public gallery outside of Saskatchewan (Artist Run Centre CAVA, Edmonton, Alberta).
Bundon Pfeifer Henderson Regina Multidisciplinary Independent Artists Program 2021-2022 $10,816 Support for a 3-month work term, to cover artist fees for the premiere production of 'Untitled Peter Tripp Project'.
Bundon Pfeifer Henderson Regina Multidisciplinary Independent Artists Program 2020-2021 $12,963 Support for a 3-month work term, for the continued creation of 'Untitled Peter Tripp Project'.
J.M. Curtain Razors Inc. Regina Multidisciplinary Microgrant Program 2021-2022 $2,000 Support for 4 Saskatchewan artists (including 2 yet-to-be-funded by SKArts Independent Artists) to create short films arising from Trespassers Waltz, for consideration at S.P.A.N.E. (Screenings of Performance Art in the Natural Environment).
Wicks, Bob Saskatoon Theatre Microgrant Program 2020-2021 $1,000 Study Clown with Christopher Bayes and The Pandamonium Studio while they have reduced tuition and shifted classes online during the Covid Pandemic.
Scott, Tallus Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2024-2025 $5,000 Study advanced drum techniques & mentorship career paths for a 6 day period, Jan.15-20, 2025, with renowned drum educator Dave Elitch in Los Angeles, California.
Scott, Tallus Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2023-2024 $5,000 Study advanced drum techniques & mentorship career paths for a 5 day period, Jan.2-6, 2024, with renowned drum educator Dave Elitch in Los Angeles.
École St. Paul
Colin Richet
Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $7,613 Students will write and record a song.
Buena Vista School
Jillian Ross
Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2024-2025 $17,560 Students will use various printmaking techniques (letterpress, silkscreen, linocut and collograph) to give positive feedback to those in the community that creating place for pollinators.
Clinton Ackerman Music Regina Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $5,103 Students will practice mindfulness and independence in creative music practices, creating wind chimes while exploring different acoustic environments in Regina.
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop
Saskatoon Literary Artists in Schools 2022-2023 $7,899 Students will observe and learn about the importance and impact of recording their knowledge in writing, by working closely with an author.
Martin, Monique
Brevoort Park School
Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2023-2024 $20,000 Students will make art inspired by working with a Saskatoon Symphony musician, the art will be displayed digitally in conjunction with Symphony events.
Westmount Community School
Felipe Gomez
Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $7,700 Students will learn the music concepts of the ukulele taught by Felipe Gomez. In the end, students will participate perform in a ukulele rock orchestra.
Prairie Sky School
Holly Yuzicapi
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $20,000 Students will learn some traditional indigenous beading techniques, and prepare a spring cultural festival that includes display and demonstration of beading, powwow dancing, and songwriting.
Saskatoon Public Schools Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2021-2022 $1,000 Students will explore Indigenous pre-contact knowledge through land-based learning at Wanuskewin, disrupting the narrative that the plains were barren and wild prior to European contact.
Ernest Lindner School Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Students will engage with Tod Emel (our artist) as they compose and perform electronic music using LMMS digital music station. https://lmms.io/
Chief Whitecap School
Mary Bishop
Saskatoon Literary Artists in Schools 2022-2023 $7,899 Students will be part of a creative community as they experience researching, writing and illustrating to create a book on our school virtues.
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Photo Credit: Artist Evie Ruddy partnered with UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity on a photography project featuring trans and non-binary people. Photo by Charity Marsh.