| 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. |
| 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. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$6,500 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
19th Edition International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon CINERGIE |
| Woytiuk, Jamie |
Buena Vista |
Media Arts |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I plan to offer an introduction to photographic storytelling. |
| Nwabuko, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Highlight, showcase and bring awareness to the beauty in diversity of black hair - the different types, forms and styles that it appears to come. |
| Ferraton, Dominique |
Gravelbourg |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$9,827 |
To complete first drafts of a 5-part audio piece exploring our relationship with water in Southwestern Saskatchewan. |
| Pepper, Gordon |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I would like to introduce, present and discuss my experimental documentary film 'Discarnate: McLuhan's Wake' at the Ethnografilm festival in Paris, France. |
Woytiuk, Jamie
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission - Shayil Home |
Buena Vista |
Media Arts |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
This project will support Shayil Home residents to create personal Photographic Storytelling projects. The projects will be featured in a community exhibition. |
| Sinclair, Aaron |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
A multidisciplinary project based on the surreal and abstract experiences an artist has growing up with church, school and a farm in rural Saskatchewan. |
| Wihak, Mark |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
Project Pedestrian will be a multi-platform exploration of the experiences of walking. |
| 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 |
| Erwin, Keisha |
Spiritwood |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
This project is to produce a 10-minute film documenting an Indigenous woman’s experiences while evacuating her traditional territory as a wildfire rages on in Saskatchewan. |
| Bates, Steve |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To use a custom weather station to gather data from the Sun (solar radiation) to make a small body of sound and visual art works. |
| Dieter, Mark |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
I wish to apply for funding to continue development on a new independent feature-length screenplay titled "The Hawk and the Sparrow." |
| Ouellette, Dianne |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
To create a 10-12 minute short film that explores similar Métis and Oneida family histories through
storytelling, as I learn to bead. |
| Community Radio Society of Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Rogalski, Settena |
Dundurn |
Media Arts |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,750 |
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| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$145,550 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$104,550 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Agecoutay, Richard |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
The following grant proposal is for the research phase of a Video Documentary focused on the people who attend and participate in Saskatchewan Powwows. |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Dieter, Mark |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$592 |
I wish to attend the Acimowin Film Festival in Saskatoon to represent an independent documentary I wrote and directed titled "I Plowed the Sacred Soil." |
| Morin, Chris |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Upgrade equipment in order to level up animated projection art performances in advance of festival season. |
| Mitchell, Amelia |
Moose Jaw |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$500 |
My project involves submitting my short film, "Stay Here," to film festivals both in Canada and around the world. |
| 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. |
| Eskowich, Graydon |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$17,000 |
Proposal for the production of the independant short film 'Headstones,' a 15-20 minute dark comedy/drama to be filmed in Saskatchewan in the Summer of 2025. |
| Hueser, Nicole |
Dalmeny |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
Abyss within is a short film based on my life about an individual trapped by chronic pain and how it affects them physically and psychologically. |
| Kirk, Tommy |
Swift Current |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$500 |
Production of an original dragon puppet made of paper mache to be used in film and theatre |
| Bates, Colton |
RM of Sherwood |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Screenplay development and writing. |
| Willems, Alexander |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,249 |
Creation grant to write, storyboard, and develop a short film exploring how sobriety impacts social dynamics. |
| Ruep, Jill |
Torquay |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$6,440 |
"Ma Fii Lii Rasaad" is a software application promoting Indigenous beading education, preserving Indigenous culture, and celebrating artistry through accessible tutorials and resources. |
| Feuring, Jared |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
We are creating a short film 5-7 minutes in length for festival entry and distribution. |
| Farrell, Jacob |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Travel grant to attend the 2024 Reelworld Film Festival in Toronto and exhibit my debut feature film "8th Street Menace" at its festival premiere |
| Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
To complete footage for a documentary film on local Queer Seniors by interviewing queer non-Indigenous senior citizens & Two-Spirit Indigenous Elders on the Prairies |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Kovach, Jaye |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
Complete post-production for The Lovers 2, a short film exploring my trans-for-trans and butch-femme relationship with Cat C. Haines through kink and the everyday. |
| Desjarlais, Jeromy |
Lestock |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$2,705 |
I'm creating a 10 part documentary series, in each episode I will show different problems we face as First Nations 1. mmiw 2. residential |
| Baird, Gavin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
This grant is to help fund the post-production of the horror short film, KLEE. |
| 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. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
20th Edition International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon CINERGIE |
| 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. |
| Katsiris, Constantine |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$700 |
Present current work-in-progress "Morose Code" in a live performance as part of Collide Festival. |
| Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To attend and participate in the first edition of JAFF Market in Yogyakarta. |
| Coteau Books |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$133,620 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Buffalo Berry Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$27,480 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$86,780 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$128,840 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Tonight It's Poetry Performance Series Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$23,630 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| 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. |
| Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
To write a collection of linked short stories with the theme of contemporary rural and urban culture in prairie Canada. |
| Bates-Hardy, Courtney |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,740 |
To attend the Sage Hill Summer Poetry Workshop, where I will work on my second poetry manuscript, tentatively titled "The Anatomy of a Monster". |
| Scarrow, Kristine |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
Create a fiction young adult manuscript exploring organ donation and its potential impacts. |
| Wagner, Bernadette |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,169 |
To substantially revise and rewrite the mixed-genre manuscript, Unclear Future: Situating Uranium. |
| Hamel, Madonna |
Val Marie |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,500 |
Write 6 months, complete 2nd draft of novel "The Hem of the World' using monologue 'Mother's Apron' as template. All scenes outlined if not finished. |
| Noel-Maw, Martine |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$9,000 |
To complete my "Will James Triad" by writing a novel based on my play "Dans l’ombre de Will James". |
| Keating, Bridget |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
This application requests financial assistance from the Saskatchewan Arts Board for the development of Culling Season, my second book of poetry. |
| Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
A work of literary fiction that explores the moment when a young woman asserts herself outside the religious and cultural limits of her family. |
| Goobie, Beth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$12,000 |
To write a collection, titled lookin' for joy, that combines lyrical, narrative poetry with my experiences with spoken word/poetry slams. |
| Hagan-Egyir, Rebecca |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,573 |
Development of second draft of novella, Kingdom of Waking Dreams. |
| Roher, Amy |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,200 |
This grant is to continue editing and polishing my collection of short stories and developing new material, with the aim of eventually publishing a collection. |
| Rice, Bruce |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
Poetry project travel and research; participation in solstice ceremonies and events, engagement with Indigenous people and other stewards of Ohio's Hopewell Earthworks. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| 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. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$3,000 |
A new manuscript of poetry celebrating the joys, challenges and blessings of single parenthood |
| Pewapsconias, Janelle |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Connecting to the prairie plains and to water, Janelle Pewapsconias will reflect, create and flow poetry in the form of a 24 page poetry chapbook. |
| Muirhead, Laurie |
Shellbrook |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$500 |
Work with professionals in the area of children's literature to assist me with editing and finding a suitable publisher for my manuscript (Loonies for Lazaro). |
| Hagel, Mandie |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Attend Sage Hill Spring Poetry Colloquium. |
| Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To attend the launch of the German translation of Honouring the Buffalo at the Frankfurt Book Fair and do presentations at a related Conference. |
| McCullam-Arnal, Caitlin |
Eastend |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Funding to cover tuition for:
Sage Hill Writing
Emerging Writers Workshop
Writing For Your Life:
Crafting with Courage, Imagination, and Care |
| Haldoupis, Nicole |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To attend Sage Hill Writing’s 2019 Summer Program (Fiction Course) and work with writer Jacqueline Baker, July 2-12. |
| Körner, Miriam |
Air Ronge |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
This project is to attend a colloquium with Heather Benning and Tim Lilburn, receive manuscript consultation and create new work. |
| Tenold, Darla |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$858 |
Attend the St. Peter's College Colloquium with Tim Lillburn and Sheri Benning, followed by a five-day SWG individual retreat. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
We are taking a team of youth poets to Toronto to participate in Voices of Today, a national SpoCan-sanctioned poetry festival for youth. |
| Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
We are looking for support to undertake a reading / book launch tour in support of our fall release of books. |
| Gereaux, Tara |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,369 |
To research and write the first draft of a novel about a Métis woman who reconnects with her cultural identity through beading. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
This project is to write down and publish, accompanied by visual images, the story of Broken Knife Lookout on Poundmaker Cree Nation. |
| Körner, Miriam |
Air Ronge |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
This project is to complete a first draft of the novel ‘Burnt’ , including travelling to the places the protagonist encounters in her journey. |
| 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. |
| Kirchmeier, Kurt |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,000 |
To put together a short story collection of 18-20 pieces of speculative fiction for young readers. To be titled “Souls on Display & Other Stories.” |
| Indigenous Poets Society |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Sending the Indigenous Poets Society team to participate/compete in the CFSW 2019 for flights and accommodation and food support at event. |
| Carriere, Kenneth |
Air Ronge |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Conduct and record Swampy Cree language interviews, record historical photos from family albums, attain permissions to use recorded photos and interviews for a book. |
| Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
I would like to complete a collection of quirky, humorous literary essays entitled The Boy in the Window. |
| 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. |
| Bradford, Michael |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$16,000 |
This project is to complete a middle-grade novel called Bonewalkers, the third book in the Nightside series, published by Orca Books Publishers. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
To gain financial support for Saskatoon's free literary arts festival, The Word On The Street. |
| Skjeie, Cooper |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
"Poetry, Politics, and Embodiment" is a unique, thematic program that aligns well with and promises to enhance my poetry project, "post-immunity theory." |
| McFarlane, Melanie |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I will work with Robert Currie, former poet laureate of Saskatchewan, in a poetry mentorship focused on writing poetry about growing up in Saskatchewan. |
| Sheikh, Sheheryar |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Co-Lead a 4-Day Creative Writing Workshop for candidates from across the country, followed by launching my two novels at the literary festival to follow. |
| Ecole Lumsden Elementary School |
Lumsden |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$962 |
Nakoda Knowledge Sharing Day with Bronte BigEagle and Keegan MacArthur
A few Nakoda writers and speakers will come and present their oral and written stories. |
| Philips, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
I intend to complete a new poetry manuscript centred around the long poem as a conduit for the transcendent power of personal and environment grief. |
| Svennes-Smith, Diana |
Eastend |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Complete a polished draft of my novel Sob Lake for submission to my editor Martha Kanya-Forstner at Doubleday Canada. |
| Klassen, Hilary |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,783 |
Request for subsistence to work full-time for nine months on a non-fiction book tentatively titled: Stolen Land: Young Chippewayans & Settlers Seek Justice |
| Lazurko, Anne |
Weyburn |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To provide writing and research time for completion of a draft of my novel "One Woman". |
| Hunter, Jennie |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To complete a new literary novel titled 'Factor of Safety', which focuses on my continuing theme of women working in non-traditional roles. |
