Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
To devise, rehearse and perform "Homebuddies" an absurdist interactive outdoor performance exploring housing insecurity and biopolitics, in Saskatoon, in preparation for the Prague Quadrennial. |
Centre Francophone BDS |
Bellevue |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To discover through community consultations, research, and project planning how to bring music back to our communities. |
Bernbaum, Joel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To do 20 interviews with Saskatchewan Jews and Muslims to begin a verbatim theatre play about the Gaza war and its effect on our community. |
Francis, Jaron |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To do a comprehensive rewrite of my award-winning script Like Parting Water, in preparation for its second production, which will tour from November/21 through January/22. |
Graham, John |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$789 |
To do a film shoot in Berlin of my new short experimental film THE COLOUR OF SOUND with a small team of creative collaborators. |
Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To do presentations at the Frankfurt Book Fair and cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland at universities, schools, literary events and for community art groups. |
Camp fYrefly Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$9,000 |
To empower LGBTQ2S youth by highlighting art as a formative part of expressing identity and as a vehicle for social change. |
Baerwaldt, Wayne |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To enable me to install artwork by Richard Boulet and participate in the public program for the exhibition "La ragione c’entra poco (reason has little to do with it)" at Thetis Foundation, Venice, Italy, Sept. 12-22. |
Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
To Engage in the CARFAC Sask Art Writing Mentorship with Nic Wilson to develop Trans Feminist Self Help Zine: Volume 1 (November 2024-May 2025). |
First Nations University of Canada |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To engage knowledge keepers that hold the history of natural color pigments (plant, animal, mineral). building capacity to hold public workshops on pigment use. |
La Ronge Arts Council Corp. |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To engage local indigenous artist DLanghorne to give artist talks and painting sessions to school groups and others while OSAC exhibit 'Common Truths' is here. |
Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To engage with Regina’s cultural community organizations and cemetery caretaker, initiate relationships, and share stories and experiences of grief, the supernatural, and non-human beings. |
Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$990 |
To establish a relationship and work collaboratively with 2 artists to develop concrete plans for an artistic project in a special care home |
St. Francis Community School |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To establish partnerships with local indigenous artists and elders in order to develop and present an original collective creation as an act of reconciliation. |
Wensel, Misty |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,534 |
To evolve the contemporary dance solo, Trails, with an ensemble of dancers. Taking a personal narrative and allowing it to grow into its next translation |
Inglis-McQuay, Darren |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To exhibit a photo-based installation of fieldwork collected from the WeTu artist residency over a two week period at the Maritime Museum of Saskatchewan. |
La Marre, Rebecca |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$11,600 |
To exhibit ceramic works, and produce a catalogue with a critical essay for presentation at Western Front, Vancouver, in November, 2024. |
Lawrence, Katherine |
saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To expand my readership beyond Saskatchewan by presenting my new poetic memoir, Black Umbrella, at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival and Art Bar reading series. |
Goretzky, Barbara |
Lumsden |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To experiment with wood and metal in creating a time-sensitive, small-scaled, permanent wall piece in collaboration with young adults, who experience intellectual disabilities. |
Jegede-Ikpen, Oghenerukevwe |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To explore a new musical frontier by blending traditional African rhythms with modern synths and diverse languages, and fusing Afrobeats with the Canadian sound. |
Johnson-Harder, Harmony |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To explore different techniques that will create a painting / mixed media image that depicts the connection of Story & Evolution. |
Living Sky School Division No. 202 |
North Battleford |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To explore ideas about ecological art with traditional Indigenous knowledge to deepen our relationship with the land and planning for an Artist in Schools project. |
Thorburn, Crystal |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$948 |
To facilitate 2 half day visual art sessions to research and assess community needs in partnership with the Shurniak Art Gallery. |
City of Humboldt Cultural Services |
Humboldt |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To facilitate four community dialogues with Indigenous artist Kevin Peeace and the Humboldt community, especially youth, to collaborate on a Reconciliation art project. |
Shine Reggae Network Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,348 |
To facilitate much needed market research and conduct promotional workshops for the 2022 Shine Reggae Network Saskatchewan reggae festival. |
Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,500 |
To film the November chapter for Agatha's Almanac, a 12 chapter experimental documentary and to begin time-lapse experiments with plants for intervals between chapters |
Skjeie, Cooper |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
To finalize my first full-length poetry manuscript, titled, "post-immunity theory." |
Morken, Jaclyn |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To finish outlining and drafting my short story collection, "Inter(n)ment," and to revise the manuscripts for publication. |
Parent, Anna |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To finish the writing and create paintings for a story about a raven raised by geese learning to fly, a sixties scoop survivors story. |
Never Never Shakespeare |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,666 |
To fund a theatrical production of Twelfth Night through the lens of Queer culture, for presentation in Saskatoon, in January of 2025. |
Saskatchewan Jewish Arts Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,800 |
To fund the creation & production of a series of Saskatchewan Jewish Arts Festival "pop up" events, leading up to our next full festival (2025) |
Andronyk, Jeanie |
Shaunavon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,500 |
To fund the creation of a large scale bronze sculpture. |
Phelps Bondaroff, Amber |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,015 |
To further develop my performance art practice through attendance at a ten day workshop in Merida Mexico, with Guillermo Gomez Pena and LaPocha Nostra. |
Wagner, Bernadette |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,914 |
To further develop, inform, and strengthen the hybrid manuscript, Unclear Future, with land-based information and experience. |
Harder, Kristel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,466 |
To gain the professional skills necessary to develop "EmotionLoss", a comedic cabaret exploring mental health, through two workshops and a mentorship program. |
Britski, Jason |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To get 4K digital Timed Scan of five of my 16mm films. |
Mirlin, Mike |
Warman |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$825 |
To have a custom tap dance floor/box designed & built to amplify and integrate tap into the creation of future work with rock musicians. |
Westview Public School |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To have local Aboriginal artists in our community come to school and teach our kids Aboriginal art and have them learn from these people. |
Coppens, Nathan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,800 |
To help cover costs associated with producing I Have No Idea with Live Five in March, 2024. |
Stooshinoff, Alexander |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To help fund a twelve-date Japanese tour in support of the reissue of "Stoic" on Japanese record label, Moorworks. |
Saltzman, Vera |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To help fund printing, framing, and shipping of art and attend the opening of a group exhibition in Ottawa with 9 artists I’m collaborating with. |
Ledoux, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$12,664 |
To hold a three day Moccasin-making class in Mistawasis reserve. |
Harris, Carla |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,500 |
To hold an active reading workshop with disabled actors and a disabled dramaturg as a basis for refining a play about discovering a hidden disability. |
Saskatoon Open Door Society |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To hold an exploratory one-day virtual art workshop for 30 newly arrived refugees from Afghanistan. |
Prairie Saxophone Initiative |
North Battleford |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,818 |
To hold the Canadian premiere of Joseph Lai's new work for 2 saxophones and piano entitled 3 M's of a Union. |
Bigeagle-Kequahtooway, Joely |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$12,320 |
To honour the land and the formations that have existed her for millennia by creating new compasses for future generations. |
Pewapsconias, Janelle |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To host and perform at "Restorying Justice", a reserve-based spoken word and storytelling showcase on the topic of restorative justice, women, and cultural intervention. |
Holophon Audio Arts |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
To host the second annual Wavefield sound art festival running from September 26th to September 27th, 2025. |
Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
To host the second edition of the Borealis Flamenco Festival consisting of performances by local and critically acclaimed international artists, and many workshops and classes. |
Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
To host the third edition of the Borealis Flamenco Festival consisting of performances by local artists, introductory workshops and Flamenco dance master classes. |
Eastend Branch Library |
Eastend |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$995 |
To host two cultural events; a live musical performance and a visual art exhibition to reignite our community interest and supports in the arts. |
Malbeuf, Nolan |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To immerse myself in culturally specific environments that enrich my understanding, provide opportunities for networking, and foster growth in my personal life and professional career. |
McCrea, Debbie |
Mankota |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$3,000 |
To increase my body of work which is of paper Mache sculptures of cattle, horses and bison in order to approach a gallery. |
Live Five Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
To increase our capacity and solidify our future goals through the creation of an organizational strategic plan with guidance from an external facilitator |
Kenderdine Art Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
To increase our organizational capacity to produce effective online content through increased community connections and redistribution of funds to skilled though precariously employed cultural workers. |
Dowling, Katherine |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To independently produce and present “The Elegy Project”—an intimate solo piano performance on expressions of grief and loss—at three historical Saskatchewan venues in May 2023. |
Yorkton Regional High School |
Yorkton |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To initiate a pilot ceramic program at the YRHS with SK Artist- Marea Olafson collaborating with art teacher Jana Martinuk supporting the Art Curriculum. |
Bornstein, Eli |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To initiate the several processes, especially in-person interviews, of publishing my Arctic Journals, 1986 and 1987, in collaboration with art historian and curator, Roald Nasgaard |
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake Central School |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$8,896 |
To introduce the art of porcupine quill placement on birchbark, to youth in school, on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. This is intermediate level. |
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake Central School |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$9,769 |
To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Grade 7 to 12 at the Sturgeon Lake Central School, Sturgeon Lake Reserve, Saskatchewan. |
Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$11,780 |
To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Nehiyawak(Cree Peoples), on Treaty Six Territory. |
Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
Please Select |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$6,719 |
To introduce the practice of porcupine quill zig zag stitching to women and men at the Lloyd Johnson Healing Lodge in Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan. |
Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$7,500 |
To introduce the practice of porcupine quilled birchbark basket making to women and men at the Lloyd Johnson Healing Lodge in Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan. |
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake Central School |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$4,048 |
To introduce the skill of porcupine quill zig zag stitching on felt, to youth in school, on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. |
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake Central School |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$5,672 |
To introduce the skill of porcupine quill zig zag stitching on felt, to youth in school, on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. |
Badger, Joanne Sturgeon Lake Health Centre |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$6,080 |
To introduce the skill of porcupine quilled birchbark basket making to women and men at the Lloyd Johnson Healing Lodge in Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan. |
Firmly Rooted Homeschool Support & Resource Centre Inc. |
Stenen |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To introduce, homeschooled kids, to the benefits and joys of art; and to help build community within a broad spectrum of economically divers families. |
Reimer, Joel Dash |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$990 |
To kickstart a monthly poetry slam in Saskatoon utilizing the 'underground' slam format that highlights the 'underground' gems of Saskatoon through both location and poets |
Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,400 |
To kickstart the formation of The Saskatoon Experimental Music Ensemble: a community music ensemble in association with Prairie New Music Festivals. |
Holophon Audio Arts |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
To launch Regina’s inaugural sound art festival running from October 26th, 2024 to October 27th, 2024. |
Anderson, Skyler |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To lead, mentor, and direct a group of young and emerging indigenous artists from Treaty 4 through a devised performance at the Treaty 4 Grounds. |
Deiter, Christine |
Balcarres |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
To learn how to construct a tipi with tranferable indigenous teachings, documenting as a teaching aid with powerpoint. |
Knight, Lindsay |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$19,997 |
To mentor and then host an itwewiniyiniwak("word people") storytelling gathering based on creation story(ies) of Treaty Six Territory, including contemporary/traditional rap, comedy, poetry and songwriting. |
Ntibandetse, Diana |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$700 |
To organize a painting workshop. The workshop will promote cultural awareness and act as abridge between communities by exposing participants to a neo-African painting style. |
Dumont Walker, Dawn |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,000 |
To outline and write a novel in supernatural genre about a woman who is possessed by the spirit of a deceased cop and a cow. |
Poitras-Jarrett, Phyllis |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
To paint 6-40"x36" paintings: sturgeon, elk, polar bear, salmon, bee, and orca to add to my Spirit Animal series which is close to completion. |
Poitras-Jarrett, Phyllis |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,000 |
To paint the final six 36"x40" Metis Spirit Animals paintings for my series of 22 animals. A porcupine, fish, owl, skunk, raven and fox. |
Roelens, Diana |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$692 |
To partially cover my share of material costs for a large-scale, collaborative body of work with Cristine Andrew Stuckel for a confirmed exhibition in 2025 |
Andrew Stuckel, Cristine |
Grandora |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$692 |
To partially cover my share of material costs for a large-scale, collaborative body of work with Diana Roelens for a confirmed exhibition in 2025. |
Greenway, Madeleine |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To participate in OSAC’s Arts on the Move program, I will need to assemble and frame an exhibition of 15 works. |
Martineau, Andrea |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,988 |
To participate in the Surrey International Writers Conference (virtual), the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Annual Conference & AGM (in-person), and writing residencies/retreats. |
Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To partner a playwright with a high school class to develop new playwrighting techniques |
Bell, Nigel |
Air Ronge |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To pay my featured artists $600, mixing/mastering fees $400 total $1,000 for my new album. |
Prairie Saxophone Initiative |
North Battleford |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
To perform a concert in the Greater Vancouver Area and develop connections with their artistic community. |
Bosiak, Charlene |
La Ronge |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$631 |
To perform as part of a collective of professional dancers under the Artistic Direction of Yasmina Ramzy and her YR Arts Global Collective Dance Company. |
Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To perform at a showcase sponsored by Merilainen Music Inc. at Folk Alliance International 2025, and also attend the conference. |
Krause, Larry |
Christopher Lake |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To perform my Western music before an audience that has great influence in talent buying for gigs in BC and Alberta for the 2023 season. |
Knight, Lindsay |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$16,336 |
To plan, present, mentor and perform "The TMRWS" Indigenous Women in Hip Hop Festival in Treaty Six Territory on July 12, 2024. |
Herriot, Trevor |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
to prepare a final draft of the novel I am writing to submit to my editor at HarperCollins. |
Horowitz, Risa |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$9,872 |
To prepare for and attend an artist retreat in Longyearbyen, and a residency circumnavigating the Svalbard Archipelago, undertaking a series of documented performance art actions. |
Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To present a full-length show entitled "Behind Us" in Saskatoon, SK. Intended for future goals of national and international touring as well as festival submissions. |
Elixir Ensemble |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,814 |
To present a series of three concerts in Saskatoon, featuring the Elixir Ensemble and guests. |
Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To present my film Gentle Hum of Spring at two back-to-back festivals on the West Coast: 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival and Tacoma Film Festival. |
Alvarez, Kris |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To present my work at the 4th International Babaylan Conference, Muling Pag-Uugat: Re-Rooting, near Toronto (Torrance, ON) September 20-22, 2019. |
Van Rees, Ken |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$650 |
To present SK Arts Board grant on wildfire art and interact with other scientists/artists exploring the Science/Art interface at the Vienna EGU conference in April |
Unheard Sound Collective |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$7,050 |
To present the 10th edition of Sounds Like: An Audio Festival "Corporeal Origins" in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, October 1-4, 2020. |
Unheard Sound Collective |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To present the 11th edition of Sounds Like: An Audio Festival with the theme "Duality" in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 12-13 and October 13-14, 2023. |
Unheard Sound Collective |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
To present the 12th edition of Sounds Like: An Audio Festival in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, October 3rd-5th, 2025. |
McKenzie, Tiess |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,570 |
To present three musical events in Saskatoon: An outdoor, interactive soundwalk, a concert of string and piano music, and a concert of electro-acoustic trombone music. |
Broussard, Rachel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$965 |
To print adhesive photographs for my show (April 1 - May 15) in the window gallery at Neutral Ground and travel to Regina to install. |