| Dene High School |
La Loche |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
In consultation with our Sask Arts partner, Dene High Arts program will establish a relationship with a SK potter capable of First Nation pottery instruction. |
| Oblong and Oboe |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
In May, 2020 we will continue the development of our clown piece, presenting and filming it in front of an audience after COVID-19 has passed. |
| Floen, Dawn Lawrence |
Bruno |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$3,440 |
In my practice as a jewellery artist, a pulse ARC welder would allow me to solder precious metals quickly, saving time/energy and requiring less ventilation. |
| Cameron, Howard |
Duck Lake |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
In my process of learning Cree stories from elders, I will illustrate images that coincide with the stories. Thus, limiting the need for English translation. |
| Poitras, Jarrid Curtis Lee |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
In order to market export my music I am in need of providing a professional music video to talent buyers and international music festivals. |
Gauvin, Vanessa
Camp Shagabec Committee |
Swift Current |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$5,144 |
In partnership with Camp Shagabec, this project creates a dedicated youth music program, serving the Cypress Hills and area |
| Actor Director |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,800 |
In preparation for a debut album, we will workshop and develop existing demos and lyrics, and collaborate and rehearse with local musicians to provide orchestration. |
St. Michael Community School
Karrnnel Sawitsky |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$40,000 |
In reconciliation, St. Michael Community School will collaborate with Metis Knowledge Keepers, elders, fiddlers to explore the relationship of music, cultural identity and colonization. |
| Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
In response to teacher requests, the RSO seeks to include an Indigenous Song the Link Up program for Grade 3-6 students to learn and sing. |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,000 |
In the time of COVID-19, what is a performing/recording artist to do? Learn and practice. I'll use the grant for lessons and paid rehearsal time. |
| Berglund, Blake |
Regina |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,450 |
In-ear monitors are needed as stage volume has caused inner ear damage. Their precision will assist in strengthening my vocals and tightening harmonies. |
| Ziwa, Thandiwe |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Income for living expenses while working full time on music |
| Fournier, Lauren |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,188 |
Incredible, Instant Adoring Father is a single-channel video that uses performance for camera and humour to "heal" the world's daddy issues in an apocalyptic time. |
| Youth Matter |
Melfort |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Indigenous artist Kevin Pee-ace and Musician, J.J. Voss will be sharing their lived experiences with youth at our Mental Wellness for Youth Symposium. |
| Cando Community School |
Cando |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Indigenous culture through the arts - drumming |
| Logan, Faith B. |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Ingredients foraged during my daily life are distilled into ink for a site-responsive installation in the Window Gallery at Neutral Ground, 18 October-15 November 2019. |
| Cameron, Heather |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$11,770 |
Initial research, community building, and creative development towards a new site-specific contemporary dance project in the Heritage neighbourhood of Regina, SK. |
Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated
Zoe Slusar |
Asquith |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
Initiating Phase 2 of the Canoe Lake-Beauval Arts Mentorship Program that continues to build local capability to sustain future programming through the CAMP Mentorship Model |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Integrating musical and physical theatre practices while developing a one-person show at the Manitoulin Conservatory of Creation and Performance. |
| Ba, Flany |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Intensive African dance teacher and performer training in which renown International African dance
professionals train attendees on technique, musicality, history, and pedagogy. |
| Ba, Flany |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Intensive Afro-latin dance training program for teachers and performers focusing on styles and techniques difficult to encounter in North America (but widely available in Europe). |
| Eston Composite School |
Eston |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Interested in working with artist, Susan Clark, in 2 half days workshops for grade 7-8 on making a Coat of Arms reflecting sense of place. |
| Pogorelova, Anya |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$631 |
International symposium for educators to explore new ideas. Participants conduct live ensembles, receive feedback, and are guided through score study, rehearsal techniques, movement, and interpretation. |
| Sakimay Goose Lake School |
Balcarres |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Interview Metis Elders and ask, what do you want children to know about the Metis culture? |
| Shadowpaw Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$726 |
Introduce Shadowpaw Press to a wider audience by attending a book launch at the Calgary Public Library for two titles I'm publishing. |
| Macza, Jason |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Introduce the 12 rules of animation, (basic film theory) storytelling. These principles add strength to multi media and inclusion. To Test enthusiasm for future projects. |
| Norlen, Alison |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Invitation to build an installation Moulin De Nouveau Orleans for Sound Collage Luna Fete 2021 |
| École Père Mercure |
North Battleford |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Invite Alexis Normand to conduct consultations with our staff and students in order to plan a music-based project we will carry out together in 2024. |
| Vibank Regional School |
Vibank |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Invited artist, Holly Yuzicapi, will teach students about Indigenous art practices ending with a culminating collaborative project - the creation of a star blanket. |
| Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Invited to perform with my collaborator Ellen Moffat at the Sonorities Festival, an international festival of music and sound |
| Tambwe Feza Kabibi, Joséphine |
Watrous |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
It is to participate in an exhibition that will take place this year |
| McDonald, John Brady |
Christopher Lake |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$6,820 |
It will be a series of paintings addressing my personal experiences as a Residential School survivor in the 1980s |
| Morton, Jeff |
Kennedy |
Media Arts |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,191 |
Izotope RX 9 Advanced to enable a professional standard of audio production, mastering, editing, and repair in my practice as a sound artist and composer. |
| Hill, Gerald |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,500 |
I’ll complete the first draft of a book of poems called The Table. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
JazzFest Regina 2020 is an accessible, citywide music festival in parks, bars and venues featuring local, emerging, and national artists many events are free. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
JazzFest Regina 2023 celebrates its 15th. annual festival kicking off summer and our festival event season. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
JazzFest Regina 2024 celebrates its 16th annual jazz festival kicking off summer in Regina and Southern Saskatchewan along with our Saskatchewan festival fun events season. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$7,000 |
JazzFest Regina is city wide music festival, using public and commercial venues, featuring emerging, local, national and international musicians focused on the Jazz Genre. |
| Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$9,863 |
Jean’s War is about the turmoil of a youth who has suffered abuse. His world is a metaphor for the inner workings of his psyche. |
| Rhoda Hardlotte Memorial Keethanow High School |
Stanley Mission |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,415 |
Josh Goff will work with students from the Visual Arts 10/20 class to design a concept for a mural. |
Creative City Centre Inc.
Karlie King |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Karlie King will work with retirement communities downtown to facilitate knitting groups focused on the yarn-bombing of pre-determined locations downtown leading up to Nuit Blanche. |
25th Street Theatre Centre Inc.
Kelsey Ford |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
Kelsey Ford and Andrei Fehergyhazi will engage under-represented communities and patrons of the 2021 Saskatoon Fringe Festival in creating an interdisciplinary, large-scale, outdoor art installation. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Kitchen Fest: A series of 8 inter-ractive evening concerts over two weeks presenting Saskatchewan musicians collaborating with professional musicians from across Canada and the World. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Kitchen Fest: A series of 8 inter-ractive evening concerts over two weeks presenting Saskatchewan musicians collaborating with professional musicians from across Canada and the World. |
Kitchen Party Music, Inc.
Mitchell Dureault |
Forget |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
KLKP Kids Camp: engage children in an inclusive, accessible and supervised 5-day Music and Art camp utilizing Saskatchewan musicians and knowledge keepers. |
Kitchen Party Music, Inc.
Mitchell Dureault |
Forget |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
KLKP Kids Camp: Provide an barrier-free opportunity for children from all walks of life to explore their creativity in collaboration with Saskatchewan musicians and artists. |
| Friday, Kristi |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,931 |
Kristi Friday and Nathan Coppens are working together to create a Video by combining Kristi's illustrations and written prose and Nathan's composed music with narration. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
KSAMB dance company hosts teacher Katarina Eriksson and two invited dance improvisers for a workshop and performance to grow Contact improvisation skills and improvisation community. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Kyuubi Culture's production fee to participate in the project "Meeting for Teas: On the Road to Decolonization" at the Shurniak Art Gallery, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. |
| Fletcher, Étienne |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Labo Musique - Is a music creation lab for francophone students, created and presented by Fransaskois artist Étienne Fletcher. |
| Vogt, Joshua |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$3,329 |
Laptop will allow me to work remotely on set during video shoots. This will increase productivity and work with newer versions of various software programs. |
| Morin, Lawrence |
Ile a la Crosse |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Lawrence will have his artwork video taped so that our younger generation will know how to gather, prepare and utilize supplies from nature. |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,393 |
Learning 3D rendering software and exploring unconventional projection surfaces to enhance technical quality and conceptual aspects of abstract video art practice. |
| Friesen, Marcy |
Carrot River |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Legacy. Half Bead, Half Woman. I am applying beads directly onto the face of myself and other family members. These will be professionally photographed. |
Lester B. Pearson Elementary School
Kathleen Arndt |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
Lester B. Pearson Elementary (Gr.1-8) explore personal wonders & cross curricular big ideas, through technical visual arts training, to develop holistical understanding & creative skills. |
| Alvarado, Ricardo |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Level 1 and 2 Foundations of Consent and Intimacy online training courses. |
| Hnatuk, Byron |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,500 |
Lighting software to assist and enhance a designer's ability to create designs quickly and efficiently and share that information with theatres. |
| LITFACE |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
LITFACE is requesting funding for a hip hop music video focusing on transitions through life and perseverance through struggles. |
| Begamudre, Ven |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$11,900 |
Load Shedding: A Memoir of Canada is a sequel to my family history book Extended Families: A Memoir of India. |
| Learning Disabilities Association of Saskatchewan - Prince Albert Branch |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Local Artist Cheryl Ring and Elder Liz Settee will conduct 2 workshops exploring a variety of art mediums such as clay and zen doodling. |
| Town of Lumsden |
Lumsden |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$990 |
Local artist to create an outdoor public mural in collaboration with a wide range of community members, wide range in age, displayed at the Museum. |
| Dillon, Daniel |
Creighton |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Local gallery exhibition (at NorVA) and the self publication of book (Blurb) related to a COVID-19 project. |
Old Coronach Street Festival
Stephanie Bellefleur |
Coronach |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
Local professional Artist, Stephanie Bellefleur will engage and collaborate with community members to create a large scale mural on Coronach's historic Centre Street. |
Dunlop Art Gallery
Logan MacDonald |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Logan MacDonald will explore the Deaf experience with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. The collaborative artwork will be exhibited at Dunlop Art Gallery. |
| Hlady, Dustan |
Moose Jaw |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
Looking for funding to assist in the production and distribution of a highly engaging web-series. |
| Hykaway, Natasha |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$500 |
Looking for funding to continue working on my series and to continue expanding my skills. |
| Afro Tribes Festival Incorporated |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,540 |
Love Jazz is a celebration in commemoration of black history month and to raise awareness about our initiatives with enchanting music. |
Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc.
Judy Wensel |
Regina |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
LTD' Artists and Judy Wensel will support creative community members with disabilities in an online-focused exploration of Caryl Churchill's play, Love and Information. |
Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc.
Dianne Ouellette |
Regina |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
LTD’ will work with a filmmaker and a digital theatre-artist to digitize an original theatre production. This digitalized production will be witnessed nationally & internationally. |
| Janvier-Dugan, Diane |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$5,715 |
Make 30 wall quilts representing calls 1 to 17 (Child Welfare, Education & Language and Culture) of the 94 Calls to Action. |
| Neufeld, Clint |
Osler |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$11,200 |
making ceramic soldiers, reminiscent of Royal Doulton figurines creating scenarios using memories from when I was a soldier. |
| McIntyre, Nelda |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Making Starblankets and also to teach younger people to carry on the tradition and knowledge |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
March 2021 Artist residency at Bridges Art Movement |
| Marion Graham Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$7,940 |
Marion M. Graham will host the spoken word poet/hip hop artist Dash Reimer for a 1 month arts residency. |
| Burwell, Marissa |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Marissa Burwell will attend South By Southwest to perform in an official showcase in Austin, Texas between the dates of March 12 - 16. |
| Megan Kent and Sara Kreuger |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,905 |
Megan Kent and Sara Kreuger want to further their study of Egyptian dance with master instructors at the Ya Salam Canada workshop in May 2020. |
| Wolverine Wood Fire Collective |
Meacham |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,250 |
Members Paula Cooley, Tabata Bagatim, Anastasia Kinzel, Rebecca La Marre, will learn to fire salt and soda kilns during the CARFAC SK Mentorship program. |
| Ells, Chrystene |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Mentorship / professional development in poetry towards material generation for an upcoming art book project, combining new skills in bookmaking with long form poetic narrative. |
| Gascon, Girlynne |
Regina |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Mentorship with artist Patrick Fernandez with focus on finding cultural identity and production of individual work and collaboration for exhibition. |
| Bérubé, Annie |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Mentorship with Laura St-Pierre |
| Midale Central School |
Midale |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$6,600 |
Midale Central School to partner with Missoula Theatre Group to create 2 school and community theatre events. |
Wild Sky Adventure Learning
Laura Hosaluk |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$13,900 |
MĪYO ACIMOWINA ASKIY: (Good Stories Earth) is a workshop exploring old European practices of reinforced earth construction, informed by Indigenous storytelling for children and community. |
| Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery |
Moose Jaw |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
MJM&AG is proposing a pilot project for a short-term artist residency to increase community engagement and provide public access to an artist's creative process. |
| Dubois, Emilie |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Money for composition of the soundtracks of the "Diva and Catastrophe" play to be able to perform it on stage . |
| Manitou Beach Literary Festival |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
Multi genre contemporary literary festival celebrating excellence in local, provincial, national and international literature through presentation of book launches, author readings, workshops, panels and performance. |
| DuBois, Richard Riel |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Mural project in North Central to foster relationships and pride, contribute to the goals of Reconciliation, and solve problems created by loss of former mural. |
| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,898 |
Music collaboration with professional musician Kiera Dall'Osto to inspire/complete/infuse fresh music ideas; proceed to workshop album material in Nashville before recording follow-up full-length album. |
| Farm Fest Terre Ferme Festival Ltd. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$7,000 |
Music festival emphasizing Canadian singer-songwriters, held on an organic farm in southern Saskatchewan. Laid-back, welcoming, spiritual experience for all ages. |
| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$11,500 |
Music-collaboration with professional-musician Kiera Dall'Osto to inspire/complete/infuse fresh music ideas; proceed to workshop album material in Nashville before recording new full-length album. |
| Hanwell, Drew |
Regina |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$4,768 |
My band would be able to take more gigs if we could start bringing our production equipment with us in the cargo trailer. |
| Bennett, Andrew |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
My computer is struggling to keep up with the CPU demands of contorting and producing my voice within Ableton Live. |
| Wicks, Bob |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,400 |
My current MacBook Pro (2012 model) has become unreliable and insufficient in supporting my artistic practice: a new computer would help me make a living. |
| Hansen, Naomi |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
My first book, Only in Saskatchewan, is shortlisted for the 2023 Taste Canada Awards and I would like to attend the awards ceremony in Toronto. |
| Schultz, Rylan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,000 |
My goal with this project is to create new music for a solo album, collaborating with songwriters and producers from across the country. |
| Robinson, Fiji |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$314 |
My goals is to undertake professional development in story telling/performance for a multidisciplinary project entitled "The Secret Realm." |
| Ratt, Molly |
Air Ronge |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
My grant proposal is Landscape Creations By Molly R Ratt |
| Virgo, Sean |
Eastend |
Literary |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,456 |
My laptop has worn out, so I’ve fallen back on an old desktop, itself pretty geriatric: portability is important to the way I write |
| Checkley, Shauna |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,000 |
My project is a collection of short stories. These are adult level, literary fiction. My collection is an examination of personal decline and redemption. |
| Bohn, Brooke |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
My project is to create many works to place in public shows and spaces to help solidify myself as an emerging artist. |
| Ratt, Molly |
Air Ronge |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
My project will consist of painting 8 landscapes of various areas of the Lac La Ronge and surrounding area landscapes. |
