| Mackasey, Michèle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$18,000 |
To create two Memory-bottle-portraits commemorating lost family members, using tiny glass bottles filled with coloured transparent liquid; a pixelated process resulting in two-dimensional sculptural works. |
| Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$14,400 |
To create Walking the Prairies, an augmented reality photographic book combining still nature photographs, videos, and thought-provoking notes to share as a hand-held visual experience |
| Cameron, Heather |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
To create “helix” - a 10 minute contemporary dance duet in collaboration with acclaimed contemporary music composer Nicole Lizée. |
| Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To create, present and promote my contemporary dance choreography and provide an artistic opportunity for a Saskatchewan based emerging artist by producing a dance film. |
| Martin, Monique |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To create/install/exhibit "Context is Everything" decals with The Works Art and Design Festival in Edmonton at the Edmonton Tower. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,751 |
To create/present, a multi-disciplinary performance 'Following the Medicine', (Live accompanied with AV technology), of the story of Peyote's arrival into Saskatchewan in the 1930's. |
| Benjamin, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To debut my new Cultural Intelligence photo exhibition "Exploring CQ" at the Warman public library during the month of January. |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Regina |
Dance |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To deepen my creative process and performance skills through realizing a dance-based performance work informed by traditional Indigenous art practices, choreographed by Robin Poitras. |
| Baerwaldt, Wayne |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To deliver a public lecture on Zachari Logan's work and visit Verona's renowned Palazzo Giusti to begin to co-curate Logan's solo exhibition for April, 2021. |
Eden Care Communities Foundation Inc.
Misty Wensel |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
To deliver innovative intergenerational dance programming to residents of Eden Care Communities involving creative dance workshops, adaptive movement, exploration, youth participation and intergenerational performance. |
Eden Care Communities Foundation Inc.
Heather Cameron |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
To deliver innovative multigenerational programming to Eden Care Communities involving creative dance, musical exploration and capturing the process through the creation of a music video. |
| Dorion, Leah |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$15,575 |
To design, develop, and create 13 Metis inspired moon belts for public exhibition using mixed media to represent Metis women's connection to the land. |
| Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To develop a cultural/artistic team including Indigenous language groups in Treaty 6 that can contribute to GPS interpretive app stories for the Saskatoon afforestation area |
| Johnson, Ashley |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,700 |
To develop a peer led somatic learning space to support the transition back to in person dancing with Ashley Johnson and Johanna Bundon. |
Free Flow Dance Theatre Company
Integrated Dance Artist Collective |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
To develop a regional community of professional contemporary dancers through creative practice with choreographer Shannon Litzenberger, toward creating a performance installation at the Remai Modern. |
| Phelps Bondaroff, Amber |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$9,000 |
To develop a series of essays and illustrations, exploring my experiences of new motherhood, as a white settler, living on the Prairies. |
| Vas, Eva |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,000 |
To develop a short drama film script about a young dressmaker who explores traditional craft through the lens of filmmaking and wardrobe design. |
| Devine-Tajgardan, Negar |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
to develop and create weaving pieces with patterns inspired by Persian textile to show at At Gallery of St. Albert |
| Cowan, Hilarey |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
To develop and expand my work around labour, connection and care through sculpture and performance, including a residency at the Banff Centre with Bridget Moser. |
| Ells, Chrystene |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To develop and pilot strategies towards a year-long AiC to provide arts programming for residents, memory care patients, and palliative care patients and their families. |
| Zong, Megan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$15,000 |
To develop and produce the world premiere of Unmasked at Live Five in 2020. |
| Loreburn Central School |
Loreburn |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To develop drumming as part of the music in class, and potentially have a group for students to take part in outside of class time. |
| Bennett, Andrew |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
To develop live versions of my vocal music and present a live show at The Refinery in Saskatoon on December 11th. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To develop my research on Indigenous theatre methods combined with my literary text Red People Red Magic. Create a virtual platform for global artistic presentation. |
| Zong, Megan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To develop Production Dramaturgy resources (including web articles, videos and Afterplay facilitators) that engage audiences beyond the stage during Yin Yang Theatre's production of Unmasked. |
| McCreary, Sara Michelle |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To develop recipes for natural fabric dye paste that I can use to design and hand dye Métis floral patterns. |
| Erickson, Shannon |
Yorkton |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To develop terrarium art displays for a two-month self-directed residency at GDAG, Jan-Feb 2023, and to expand my artistic work and develop an exhibition proposal. |
| Weber, Joanne |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,319 |
To develop the script through exploration of physical movement, sign language, projected visuals, and surtitles to present to an invited audience (workshopped presentation). |
Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc.
Skyler Anderson |
Regina |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To develop traditional stories into stage performances with puppets. |
| Graham, John |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
To develop with a special effects designer stunning visual effects to evoke unique Chromesthesia experiences for my poetic new short film THE COLOUR OF SOUND. |
| Meneley, Barbara |
Val Marie |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,724 |
To develop, document and disseminate my project "Soil." |
| Khan, Tanisha |
Regina |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
To develop, research, and write a book length fiction manuscript about a person’s place in community, culture, and history, and how identity affects advocacy. |
| Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,500 |
To develop, write, and storyboard my debut feature-length bilingual screenplay. |
| It's Not a Box Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$15,000 |
To devise and stage a live Overhear pod-play with Prague storytellers for the Prague Quadrennial 2019 and bring local content for geocache stories. |
| 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. |
| Half Breed Creations |
Maple Creek |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
To establish a collective to apply for funding in January 2026 for an arts and culture day at Nekaneet First Nation during Culture Days 2026. |
| 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. |
| Foster, Traci |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
To explore and cultivate material for a multidisciplinary interactive installation performance, exploring the fertility of grief and its positive transformative aspects. |
| 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 |
| Cottin, David |
regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$756 |
To film, edit and premier my latest music video, 'Entropy of Life,' and release my single on all public listening platforms. |
| 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." |
| Bernbaum, Joel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$13,628 |
To finish development & produce a new verbatim theatre play with music about the Palestine / Israel conflict and its impact on people in Saskatchewan. |
| 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. |
| Grummett, S.E. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$16,500 |
To finish the development of my next solo-show, “Nude Parade” unpacking trans trauma porn and the commodification of identity through a month-long workshop with collaborators. |
| 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. |
| McCallum, Janaya |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$665 |
To fund my first solo exhibition in a gallery, “Carousel of Time” at the John
V. Hicks Gallery in Prince Albert (April 1st - 23rd, 2026). |
| 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. |
| Holophon Audio Arts |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
To host the third annual Wavefield Experimental Music and Sound Festival in September 2026. |
| 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 |
| Bigeagle-Kequahtooway, Joely |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
To interview 13+ matriarchs to ask questions about the important matriarchs in their life. Lessons learned and future visions/hope for future and their legacies. |
