Conquergood, Lorna |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Create plaster sculptures that focus on human and wildlife interactions and provide an opportunity to practice a healthy and safe coexistence. |
Iris, Loretta |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Create portraits and sculptures for an online international exhibit titled "Variant ~ Ways of Seeing Through" |
Friday, Tekeyla |
Webb |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
Create the Stop-Motion Animation short film Escape from Residential School by mentoring youth to help with the production, pass on my skills and build community. |
Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,405 |
Create, choreograph and present the first act of the play by famous Ukrainian writer, Lesya Ukrainka "Forest Song." |
Reynolds, Jamie |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$7,000 |
Creating a series of paintings that reflect on the use of crownland in Saskatchewan, and how it relates to
themes of reconciliation and the environment. |
Stinn, Cassandra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,071 |
Creating an immersive performance experience for the release of my newest work, “Returnings,” my first work for small ensemble. |
Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Creating and live-streaming 'Angry At The Internet: A COVID-versary Birthday Cabaret' while working with David Connolly of Drayton Entertainment and producing high-quality support material. |
Burzminski, Dalton |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Creating music about navigating as an urban indigenous male through life, the music scenes, high academia, and reflecting on insecurities caused by colonialism. Real deadly. |
Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna |
Saltcoats |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Creating Textile Art for my first solo exhibition at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery in Yorkton from September 13th to October 31st , 2020. |
Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna |
Saltcoats |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Creating Textile Art for my solo show at the Community Hall in Saltcoats in October 2021. |
Quewezance, Wendy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$7,000 |
Creating traditional and modern styles of ribbon skirts and jewellry using custom-designed fabric and mixed textiles. |
Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna |
Saltcoats |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
Creation for a solo textile show of 2022 Autumn using antique kimono from Japan |
Payne, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,859 |
Creation of a body of electronic light-based work, consisting of light box compositions and projection installation, for public exhibition across Canada |
Moker Wernikowski, Connie |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$3,050 |
Creation of a contemporary dance duet to be accompanied by original poetry and music. |
Fidelak, Terri Christ the King School |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Creation of a large, temporary sculptural installation using locally-sourced clay to engage students in learning about connection to land and sustainability through the creative process. |
Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
Creation of a one-person show directed by John Turner with music by Sheldon Corbett that coalesces music and neo-bouffon from October 2021-March 2022. |
Ells, Chrystene |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Creation of concept art/previsualization for planned 'mytho-feminist' film 'Tor Woman' including a photoshoot with a costumed model, and sketches and paintings based on these photos. |
Balion, Audra |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,410 |
Creation of final two chapters of "Flight Nineteen," a silent (wordless) sci-if/fantasy graphic novel exploring biological and technological transformation. |
Metcalfe, Shayne |
Waldheim |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Creation of monologues through an experimental writing and performance process. Scripts will be created from documentary style interviews of actors then used for video monologues. |
Fidelak, Terri |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$17,000 |
Creation of new, large scale, sculptural installation, with exploration of performative elements, occurring from November 2020 to October 2021. |
Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,450 |
Creation of Ponteix’s new live performance incorporating new written material to support the new album "le canadien errant" to be released autumn of 2024 |
Epp, Carole |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Creation of work for the exhibition borderLINE: 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art, plus travel to install the work in Edmonton in September. |
McGuinty, Mooky |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$9,747 |
Creation time to script write and production plan 13 episodes of a preschooler and neurodivergent student, screen based educational program |
Cameron, Steph |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Creation, development and demonstration recordings of songs for album, Blood Moon. Expansion of live performance repertoire. |
Schultz, Chantel |
Estevan |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Creation/installation/exhibition of work in sculpture and drawing for an upcoming solo exhibition at the Estevan Art Gallery & Museum. |
North Park Wilson School Joel Bernbaum |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Creative Action is a new Grade 8 Arts Program. Partnering with Joel will enhance the program from the very first year of its existence! |
Creative Options Regina, Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Creative Options Regina wishes to facilitate a Painting workshop, where participants would have the opportunity to partake in the art form while gaining artistic skills. |
Slusar, Zoe |
@level1.client.city@ |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Creative sessions with the Grade 6s, 7s and 8s to build on existing relationships and explore the students’ needs/interests in developing future artistic musical projects. |
Dunbar, Geanna |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Culturally immersive myself, honor and celebrate Indigenous art while fostering cultural appreciation. To showcase skills and contribute to the economic empowerment of Indigenous artistic talent. |
Central Urban Metis Federation Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
CUMFI would like to provide jigging lessons as a cultural and entertaining event for children ages 5 to 15 to revitalize the dance Metis. |
Lehner, Katelyn |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,649 |
Custom inner ear monitors to provide consistency between shows to refine live vocal skills |
Hosaluk, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Dances with Props is the development of a dance piece inspired by contact improvisation investigations, as they relate to my craft practice. |
Dancing Sky Theatre Inc. |
Meacham |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Dancing Sky Theatre is implementing environmentally sustainable practices at all levels of our organization. We is hoping to purchase refurbished Ipads from TechSoup Canada. |
Garneau, David |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,000 |
Dark Chapters is a collection of still life paintings that metaphorically depict issues familiar to contemporary Indigenous people. |
Reimer, Joel Dash Pleasant Hill Community Association |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Dash Reimer will partner with different communities in Pleasant Hill to create an artistic response to the question of what safety looks like in community. |
Winston Knoll Collegiate Chrystene Ells |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$39,432 |
Deaf youth engage with personal artistic practices, guided by curated artists reflecting areas of classroom cultural demographics and intersectionality, including Deafness, LGBTQ, Indigenous and Newcomer. |
Logan, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,311 |
Dedicate significant time to working on the completion of my first independently developed release while solidifying my artistic identity through the exploration of sound. |
Perry, Chancz |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Deliver a movement-based workshop at Connectively Moving Our Dance and screen two short-videos at the IABD International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance. |
LaRiviere, David |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,400 |
Deliver paper at 12th annual Deleuze & Guattari Studies academic camp and conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, and apply research to collaborative project. |
Dene High School |
La Loche |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Dene High School in La Loche will establish a relationship with local and internationally recognized guitar and vocalist Damien Cheecham. |
Naytowhow, Joseph |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
designing and manufacturing 500 CD singles of my original song "Born From Dirt" about my fragmented memories of being stolen away to attend residential school. |
Fisher, Craig |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Despite CP, I use computers and digital devices. During COVID, I watch birds at my window. With web camera, I will stream my small world. |
Rosenwald/Rose |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
Develop "exhibition-in-a-box" package to tour our installation, Journal of the Plague Year, plus create new work that chronicles the temperature of the times. |
Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,147 |
Develop a collection of 10 large watercolor self portraits featuring moments of my activist history. |
Aubichon, Holly |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Develop a website, creating a map to share where traditional tattoo-artists work and build community-backed resources for future inclusion of tattooing during ceremonies and events. |
Melberg Schwier, Karin |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
Develop an in-progress literary prairie fiction manuscript, Inheriting Violet, a sequel to my award-winning debut novel, and produce a finished draft ready for substantive editing. |
wherewe.collective |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Develop dance progressive dance workshops geared towards students age 12-18 as well as teachers. All workshops developed for the collective's upcoming sleep-away dance camp. |
The Gallery/Art Placement Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Develop plans with Biofeedback Collective for artist in communities project proposal to support development of artist community through intergenerational dialogue, mentorship, and exchange. |
Burnt Thicket Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$17,000 |
Develop the script and music of the musical Breathe by Sienna Holden and produce the world premiere in Saskatoon |
Gauvin, Vanessa |
Swift Current |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Developing a relationship between Artist and Camp, create music curriculum targeted for youth & engage community working towards an Artist-project grant for June to August. |
Holowachuk, Dorianna |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,500 |
Developing an artistic vision and repertoire list, and supplementing skills in preparation to direct a newly-formed independent choir. |
E.D. Feehan Catholic High School |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Developing an indigenous drumming and singing group of indigenous youth leading to a community event and performance. |
Willey, Leon |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Developing and creating a door to door interactive theatre show. In consultation with artists in Stratford Ontario this May, to be performed outside, this summer. |
Macnab, Bonny |
Mervin |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Developing knowledge for a sustainable, bio-diverse art practice through mapping color extraction from Canadian plants. Rebuilding connection to sense of place through experience with plants. |
Standing, Cyrus |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$4,488 |
Developing my art form of story telling and tell the stories of Dakota history, Kinship, language and my community in Saskatchewan |
Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Developing technical quality and scope of abstract digital video art utilizing natural textures. |
Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,000 |
Development of a 3D rendered 3-channel audio/visual work called All My Dreams Are Made of Water |
Hagan-Egyir, Rebecca |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,573 |
Development of second draft of novella, Kingdom of Waking Dreams. |
Wiwchar, Michelle |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Development of the libretto for “Orpheus and Eurydice: Nox”, a modern, queer response to my existing work with Kendra Harder, “Orpheus and Eurydice... ish”. |
Kazan, Lina |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$14,577 |
Development, preparation and multiple presentations of Flamenco Borealis' reimagined stage work "Qadar: a Date with Fate" |
Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,780 |
Direct and finish a narrative short film about beekeeping and the ecological issues effecting bees. |
Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Direct and finish a narrative short film that deals with alcohol abuse and reverses racial stereotypes. |
On the Boards Staging Company, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Diversifying our program delivery by incorporating live streaming into the production model of independent performing artists. |
Kozak, Kathryn |
Creighton |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Do you hear what I hear, is a participant activated installation. It's focused on the inner sounds of trees and the non-human world. |
Fidelak, Terri |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Documentation of a collaborative sound and performance piece created by Rania Al Harthi, Kris Alvarez, Terri Fidelak, and Jess Richter. |
The Garrys |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Documentation/recording/mixing costs of The Garrys' Live score of "Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages", to be performed on Oct. 25th at the Roxy Theatre. |
Otayemi, Demilade |
saskatoon |
Theatre |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Documenting the collaboration process between SUM Theatre and EDM Lab through, interactive documentation methods. Inspiring future collaborations and youth engagement in artistic and engineering careers |
Dog Patch Music Festival Inc. |
Loon Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Dog Patch Music Festival is requiring funds to assist in paying musicians. |
YXE Drag Collective |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
Drag Me Across Saskatchewan a Drive-In Drag Show Tour will provide drag entertainment for prides across Saskatchewan in a drive-in setting this summer. |
YXE Drag Collective |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,378 |
Drag Me Across the Prairies will present LGBTQ+ drag artistry across the three Prairie provinces expanding on last years successful Saskatchewan Drive-in tour. |
Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Dramaturgy of 'Identity Crisis' with physical theatre / bouffon icons Deanna Fleysher and Karen Hines from July 14 2023 - August 16 2023. |
Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
Dramaturgy, rewrites, & remounting 'Identity Crisis' for a 2024 tour to the Winnipeg & Edmonton Fringe Festivals with John Turner, Karen Hines, Kenn McLeod. |
Mitchell, Terri-Lynn |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Duo Estelle is asking for $1000 to support the costs surrounding our three city Saskatchewan tour including transportation fees for guitarist Emily Shaw from Ottawa. |
Legris, Sylvia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
During my project period I will complete the first draft of a new poetry collection, The Principle of Rapid Peering. |
Baraniecki, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
During this time, I'm looking for innovative ways that people can still experience thought-provoking art by creating immersive projections around the city. |
Eastend Arts Council |
Eastend |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Eastend Arts Council will rebuild its website to grow our community, and support the arts through innovative on&off-line programing associated with Wallace Stegner House |
Ferguson, Louisa |
Meacham |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Ecological Restorative Art project is a site specific art installation designed and executed in collaboration with community members and The Meewasin Valley Authority. |
Harris, Carla |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Editing my first collection of disabled narrative poetry I will attend an immersive, facilitated writing program focused to revise my manuscript for submission to publishers. |
Dene High School |
La Loche |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$5,492 |
Educational expedition. This project is to support and gain Indigenous knowledge through teachings and experiences. Participants will be exposed to all facades of Indigenous led projects and businesses that will encourage our Youth in taking pride of their heritage and identity as indigenous peoples. |
Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Educational project to develop drum performance practices and recording practices under the tutelage of Stephane Chamberland, Dave Elitch, and Flavio Cirillo. |
Lebel, Emilie |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
éemi is representing Saskatchewan at a prestigious and international music competition in Granby, Québec with two musicians from Montreal. |
Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,500 |
Elevating the production value and visual impact of Ponteix’s live performances via tour-ready custom projections and coordinating stage lighting. |
Froese, Ellen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$17,077 |
Ellen Froese will be presenting her brand new album via residency and touring from November 2022 - March 2023. |
Froese, Ellen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Ellen is embarking on a tour across Saskatchewan, Alberta and the NWT up to Folk On The Rocks Music Festival in Yellowknife, NT. |
Mabrouk, Rawda École Forest Grove School |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$7,700 |
Empowering transformation and confidence through the realm of contemporary dance. |
Seesequasis, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$17,600 |
Enclosing Some Snapshots: The photography of Métis activist James Brady. A photobook coinciding with Saskatchewan exhibitions. |
Saskatchewan Band Association Paul Suchan |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Engage developing youth composers, through collaboration with a professional composer, in the creation of a 4-piece band composition celebrating the Saskatchewan Band Association’s 40th anniversary. |
Mistawasis Nehiyawak High School Kris Moffatt |
Leask |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Engage students in art therapy sessions, complete a friendship canvas and develop a video of these process. Friendship and culture. |
Buffalo, Myrna |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Engaging with participants at the "Renewing Our Spirit" event regarding stories and teachings from Residential School Survivors. |
Mehlsen, Erik |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Erik Mehlsen is the principle songwriter for Sharp 5 Records; is seeking opportunity to write the music for the 2022-2023 production cycle. |
Saskatoon Open Door Society |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Establish a body to research and coordinate artistic programming in partnership with Saskatoon Open Door Society. |
Mount Royal Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$13,400 |
Establish a student studio art mentorship program with a 2S Indigenous artist fostering agency, identity and cultural celebration via collaborative murals and digital art exhibitions. |
Nawaz, Zarqa |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,238 |
Everyone loves to watch a good crime story. But we've never seen a play about mosque heist. I'd like to write that play. |
Pask-Thompson, Karen |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Exhibit 30-35 works at the Chapel Gallery in NB for first solo show outside Saskatoon. Taking advantage of an opportunity to exhibit in 2022. . |
Chabros, Diana |
Val Marie |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Expand current body of work, (samskāra: Stories of Discernment), with ten large oil paintings for potential solo exhibition at mid-sized gallery venues in western Canada. |
Severight, Tanya |
Whitecap |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Expand my fabric design skills to make Story Star Quilts, by adding embroidery and sublimation images to the quilts, ribbon skirts and make dolls. |
Mardell, Rachel |
Prince Albert |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Expand my practice by attending an online course on Botanical Printing, and purchase supplies to complete. |
Sum Theatre Corp. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Expanding Sum Theatre's e-capacity by creating a participatory website. |
Oblong and Oboe |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Exploration, creation and development to expand a 20-minute clown piece to a full 60-minute tourable production at the Manitoulin Centre for Creation and Performance. |
Morgun, Jessica |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
Explore collaborative drawing and installation work with JingLu Zhao, working toward creating a body of work together as an emerging artist collective. |