| Abo Al Shamat, Abdul Salam |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to compete in the national poetry slam competition, and hopefully, win it! |
| JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,380 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$46,130 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$93,050 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,250 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$106,600 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Jarrett, Alexandra |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
I will be conceptualizing 50 poems dedicated to the land and nehiyaw language. I will be incorporating political, matriarchal and MMIW elements. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$15,650 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Zarubin, Alicia (Ali) |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$1,500 |
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| Philips, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to attend the Sage Hill Spring poetry colloquium led by poet Jane Munro to work on finishing revisions to a poetry manuscript. |
| Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To attend the two-week Summer Writers Residency 2023 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. |
| Giesbrecht, Jessica |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Attend the CANSCAIP Packaging Your Imagination 2023 Conference in person by traveling to Toronto. |
| Blackett, Tim |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
Writing the second half of my novel, "We Were Meant to be Grownups," currently about 35k words in length. |
| 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. |
| Nelson, Josiah |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To continue drafting poems for a poetry manuscript exploring the interconnectedness of the self and the natural world. |
| Afenfia, Michael |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
The "Head of the Baptist" is a collection of short stories and poetry exploring Nigerian-Canadian identity and relationships within the context of Canadian multiculturalism. |
| Legris, Sylvia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
I will work on developing the first draft of "Wake/Subwake," a new poetry collection. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will travel to Toronto to present my new novel APPARITIONS at two events, and do a panel at the Unify Deaf Film Festival. |
| 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. |
| Hansen, Naomi |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
My first book, Only in Saskatchewan, is shortlisted for the 2023 Taste Canada Awards and I would like to attend the awards ceremony in Toronto. |
| Harris, Carla |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To work with a dramaturg to refine a play about the experience of having a hidden disability. |
| Portman, Gordon |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
The creation of a collection of prose materials exploring the various experiences of mature / aging / elder gay men. |
| Dill, Khodi |
Vanscoy |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$12,000 |
I am applying for this grant in order to revise and complete a novel, for which I have completed a first draft. |
| Hagel, Mandie |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,611 |
I will be continuing the work of my poetry manuscript that examines how my relationships we affected throughout or by the pandemic. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
We will administrate a 4 day youth poetry festival in Saskatoon through showcases, workshops and community building events. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
Finding courage, embracing Indigenous culture, my new novel. JOE is a vampire but the real killer is alcohol. Mythology and folklore are dominant. |
| The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
Hosting a series of diverse emerging and established writers and musicians from across Canada. Paying artists to extend their tour to include Saskatchewan's small audiences. |
| Körner, Miriam |
Air Ronge |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
This project is to attend the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild winter retreat to work on my current writing project. |
| Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$11,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Brown, Sharon-Ann |
Regina |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
I would like to publish the second book in the Adventure of Baby Alfie series. The book is called 'Gameday for Baby Alfie'. |
| Utman (Koops), Victoria |
Macoun |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I hope to successfully launch my debut novel, WHO WE ARE IN REAL LIFE published by Groundwood Books, which releases February 6, 2024. |
| Tegenkamp, Diana Hope |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to work with manuscript editor, Anne Simpson, to complete the final stage of my poetry manuscript about my father, Metis activist Don Nielson. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,950 |
We will bring a mini-tour of spoken word poetry workshops and performances for youth to smaller SK urban centers. |
| Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,000 |
I will work on the final three stories for a collection of short fiction titled Shame, doing some of the research and writing in Newfoundland. |
| O'Gorman, Kate |
Sasktatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,095 |
The artist will attend Sage Hill’s 2024 Fiction Course with a focus on revising part one of a three-part novel-in-progress currently titled The Light Chasers. |
| Bates-Hardy, Courtney |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To read from my second book, Anatomical Venus, in Vancouver, BC for the Real Vancouver Writers' Series and make connections with the writing community there. |
| Hansen, Yolanda |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
A mentorship with an established Saskatchewan poet to learn more about the craft of poetry and work on a full-length collection. |
| Shadowpaw Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$726 |
Introduce Shadowpaw Press to a wider audience by attending a book launch at the Calgary Public Library for two titles I'm publishing. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$8,053 |
Weather or not, a personal memoir through poetry (working title). To develop a manuscript of poems which chronicle my experiences under a living sky |
| Klassen, Hilary |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
Professional development in the form of mentorship for creative nonfiction book manuscript about a Saskatchewan land conflict, subsequent reconciliation and shared continuing quest for justice. |
| Savage, Candace |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$18,000 |
I will collaborate with members of the Young Adult Buffalo Lifeways Society to create a nonfiction book about the restoration of buffalo to Indigenous lands. |
| Abo Al Shamat, Abdul Salam |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I've been invited to be the feature poet at the Vancouver Poetry Slam CIPS Qualifiers on April 8th. I will perform a set of poems. |
| McFadzean, Credence |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,769 |
To continue drafting a manuscript of connected stories inspired by American slasher films from the seventies, eighties, and onward. |
| Speed, Jaime |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$400 |
I will be providing three poetry readings for an interdisciplinary art exhibition alongside three visual artists focussing on multiple representations of the prairies. |
| JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$46,130 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$93,050 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$106,600 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,650 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| FadaDance Troupe Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$22,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| New Dance Horizons Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$82,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ba, Flany |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Intensive Afro-latin dance training program for teachers and performers focusing on styles and techniques difficult to encounter in North America (but widely available in Europe). |
| Lavoy, Landon |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,473 |
The Year Long Ukrainian Dance Immersion Program allows dancers to spend a year in Ukraine training and performing with five unique, professional Ukrainian Dance ensembles. |
| Coflin, Caitlin |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,997 |
I will be travelling to Toronto to study Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals with Janet Kaylo and other certified instructors. |
| Craig Penner, Josephine |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Working under the mentorship of Rachela Abate (a senior artist in my field), I will spend time on research and professional development. |
| Craig Penner, Josephine |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Oral Presentation at The European Conference on Arts & Humanities 2019. |
| Palaschuk, Brett |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$2,500 |
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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. |
| Ritter-Magot, Nathaniel |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
— |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Prince Albert |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$2,500 |
— |
| Hepting, Finnian |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$2,500 |
— |
| Albert, Isabella |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$800 |
— |
| 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. |
| Gwepa |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Gwepa dance team hosts professional salseros Yasbek Cervantes and Rocio Reyes (Mexico) for 2 days and 1 half day of intensive professional development workshops |
| Kybalion Movement |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
To request a micro-grant for alleviating expenses for a unique opportunity to present a Canadian Breaking artist at the international street dance festival “Hip-Fest 2019”. |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$900 |
A 3-day micro-choreographic lab between Saskatchewan dance artist Tessa Kuz and collaborator Tia Kushniruk to research and develop a collaborative contemporary dance duet. |
| Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,700 |
I am applying for support to attend the Ate9 Intensive in Los Angeles this December. The study period provides new skills and valued mentorship. |
| Megan Kent and Sara Kreuger |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$4,905 |
Megan Kent and Sara Kreuger want to further their study of Egyptian dance with master instructors at the Ya Salam Canada workshop in May 2020. |
| Latendresse, Jacqueline |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
To create new contemporary choreographic work set to music from the operas Cosi Fan Tute and Marriage of Figaro inspired by Mozart's marriage. |
| Kazan, Lina |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
We will develop techniques of Flamenco duet performance (Dance & Guitar) by inviting two top artists specialists in the area to coach us. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$9,955 |
Perfecting the technique of live amplification of dancers’ heartbeats and integrating the technique into a work in progress performance. |
| 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 |
| Kloeble, Karla |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Explore working as a director of a dance company. My 3 goals for this proposal are; find my people, get in a room, and create. |
Eden Care Communities Foundation Inc.
Misty Wensel |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$9,781 |
Collaborating with FadaDance Troupe our project will integrate the use of dance and movement to improve the overall well-being of our staff, artists and communities. |
| Holy Guacamole Dance Festival |
Martensville |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
Holy Guacamole is a 350-person, 3-day Saskatoon community dance festival including workshops, performances, social dances. Predominantly Latin dance while featuring other cultural dance guest performances. |
| Syverson, Kyle |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Travel for professional development to Earthdance Contact Improvisation event and to Contact Improvisation/performance workshop in New York. Perform with Earthdance participants in Dia:Beacon art museum. |
| Mappin, Miki |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Barcelona for advanced dance training, regular practice of Contact Improvisation and meetings with dance professionals to explore performance, collaboration and residency opportunities. |
| FadaDance Troupe Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
This project is to engage in a week long residency at Good Woman Dance in Edmonton, Alberta where we will begin to develop Slow Burn. |
| Ba, Flany |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Intensive African dance teacher and performer training in which renown International African dance
professionals train attendees on technique, musicality, history, and pedagogy. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
To bring guest choreographers Danny Grossman, Graham McKelvie and Newton Moraes to Saskatoon to participate in our 25th anniversary season special events/Gala. |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
A professional development project for Saskatchewan based dance artist Tessa Rae Kuz to research the creative process of Margie Gillis via The Legacy Project. |
| Bishop Lloyd Middle School |
Lloydminster |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
We would like to bring in Indigenous dancers to share their culture and work with our students to teach dance. |
| Dinsmore Composite School |
Dinsmore |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Rural K-6 students will develop an understanding of reconciliation and the importance of relationship-building by working with an Indigenous/Métis artist. |
| Solheim, Krista |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$11,077 |
This application seeks funding to support the commission of a new 20 minute Contemporary dance solo by Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras. |
| Bundon, Johanna |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,316 |
Three-week solo research period to consider the Feldenkrais Method ® in relationship to solo contemporary dance practice and ongoing movement training and teaching. |
| 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. |
| FadaDance Troupe Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$22,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| New Dance Horizons Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
A creative process project exploring relationships between art and nature through dance, song, and costume via online workshops towards a backyard processional performance. |
| New Dance Horizons Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$82,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Wildeman, Tatum
Father Megret High School |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Utilizing dance to strengthen Indigenous youths' knowledge and connection to their language and culture while improving their sense of mental wellness. |
| Ritter-Magot, Nathaniel |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2020-2021 |
$2,500 |
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