| Brander, Leone |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I will be attending the Sage Hill summer fiction program to develop a novel. |
| Bethany Manor |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Project Title - Writing our Stories: Writing Workshops for Seniors |
| Eve (Rink), Sophia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
To complete a literary fiction manuscript, ALL THIS TO SAY. Themes include socioeconomic and racial identities in motherhood, art vs artist, and ethics vs desire. |
| Ellert, RaeAnne |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To work with author Pam Bustin to edit and refine my memoir, RaeAmblings—A Memoir About Disability & Other Stuff, for release in spring 2025. |
| Powell, Marie |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I will attend a six-day writing retreat in Amorgos, Greece to gain opportunities to improve my skill and increase my success as a historical novelist. |
| Lenko, Timothy |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To work with author Michael Leali to edit and refine my novel, Houses Don't Have Ears, a middle-grade novel about mental health and imagination. |
| Johnson, Benjamin |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
I intend to create a short story collection centered around queer experience using camp and fabulist modes. |
| 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). |
| Rees, Alasdair |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Montreal to participate in a reading and a salon celebrating the 10th birthday of independent literary publisher Metatron Press from October 19th-20th. |
| Lorer, Danica |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,500 |
To continue work on a short story collection "Out Loud, Softly" with the intention of finishing and finding a publisher. |
| Ternier-Daniels, Betty |
Cochin |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,052 |
I propose to complete the first draft of A Clear-Cut Case and to finish a second draft. |
| Blackett, Tim |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,500 |
Revising and rewriting a novel, LOOK MA, IT'S ME, a novel in essays. |
| Hambrock, Meredith |
Vancouver |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
To write a second draft of my literary horror novel about climate change. |
| Pocha, Michael |
Lloydminster |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Children's book 'Junior Paranormal Investigators' about the Dene legend of the Skinwalker. Set within Cold Lake First Nation where many Dene legends are explored. |
| Margoshes, Dave |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
To write, revise and polish new short stories with an eye to a new collection during an 18-month period starting in January 205. |
| Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
I'm seeking funding to complete a short story collection entitled Naked in a Graveyard. |
| Nelson, Josiah |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,500 |
To continue to draft and revise poems for a manuscript exploring the interconnectedness of the self and the natural world. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
We will administrate a 4 day youth poetry festival in Saskatoon at The Remai Modern through showcases, workshops and community building events. |
| BTWN Magazine |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,706 |
To complete an end-of-year print run and subsequent virtual launch of Issue 2, Volumes 1-3 of BTWN Magazine. Printed at Saskatoon’s Globe Printers. |
| Martineau, Andrea |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$916 |
I plan to participate in two virtual bookbinding/bookmaking educational opportunities to later apply that knowledge to two personal chapbook-length poetry projects. |
| Krause, Elena |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I've been invited to Denver to participate in Reading Den and attend a reception at the Center for the Arts Evergreen. |
| Robinson, Fiji |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
The creation of a “documentary in a book” about gay icons Douglas Wilson and Peter McGehee, stylishly designed with memories, lyrics, photos, and media moments! |
| 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 |
— |
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 |
— |
| Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I will choreograph a piece of a larger project about the importance of tradition and culture. The project's centerpiece is Ukrainian Easter Egg, Pysanka. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
The purpose of this project is to perform technological upgrades to improve our ability to deliver programming and content online via video and live streaming. |
| Cameron, Heather |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I am seeking funding to attend the "Creative Practice for Contemporary Dance" program as offered by the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. |
| Rose, Karen |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,700 |
I wish to create material to choreograph three new solos for three individual dance artists, and in this creative process, advance my choreographic skills. |
| Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Create choreography project about Easter in Pysanka and showcase it. Awake Tradition through the dance vision. |
| Wensel, Misty |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
To refine existing segments of dance creation, “Trails” into a full length, open-air production featuring Saskatchewan artists from multiple disciplines. To be presented Summer 2021. |
Ecole St. Pius X
Chancz Perry |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
Artists Chancz Perry and Ashley Johnson will develop innovative programming in kindergarten classrooms focusing on cross-curriculum, self-regulation, and cross-cultural learning experiences, through dance and music. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,600 |
Create and develop Contemporary dance choreography intended for use in a full-length show set in Saskatoon and film final material for future development. |
| 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. |
| Ritter-Magot, Nathaniel |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2021-2022 |
$2,500 |
— |
| FadaDance Troupe Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$22,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| New Dance Horizons Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$82,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Tri-Community Dance Club |
La Ronge |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Upstage Dance Co. brings Summer Dance Workshops to La Ronge! Introductions to a variety of dance genres and the process of collaborative creation. |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Creighton |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
For my continued professional development at a dance artist over the summer with a focus in somatic movement practices |
| FadaDance Troupe Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
FadaDance Troupe will animate the Beaver Flat 50 event by performing outdoor site specific original contemporary dance accompanied with stunning visuals to a national audience. |
| Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I will learn in-depth characteristics of steps, music, and cultural details of the Volyn region of Ukraine, before choreographing a famous Ukrainian play. |
| Akakpo, Senyo |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,400 |
This grant is to fund creating and exploration of urban dance technique and movement to be developed for a later stage show. |
| Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,000 |
Choreograph 35-minutes of original Contemporary choreography and refine an existing 25-minutes, in order to develop a cohesive full-length work intended for in-person presentation. |
| Ba, Flany |
Regina |
Dance |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Purchase of camera equipment to record dance rehearsals and performance to assist with professional critique and support online projects. |
| 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." |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To support Tessa in the micro-development of a series of short self-choreographed solos via New Dance Horizon's Winter Blueprint Series. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Larsen, Mitchell |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$752 |
I am partnering with local drag performer, Dillon Chernowsky, to create a dance performance to be shared at Haus of Night's drag show featuring Detox. |
| FadaDance Troupe Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| New Dance Horizons Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$82,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Senior dance artist Terrill Maguire visits SK from ON for the first time to work with Free Flow Dance Theatre. |
| Cameron, Heather |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$11,770 |
Initial research, community building, and creative development towards a new site-specific contemporary dance project in the Heritage neighbourhood of Regina, SK. |
| Moker Wernikowski, Connie |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,104 |
To research and create a dance piece/study for five local dancers, informed by the work of Saskatchewan dance pioneer, Amelia Itcush. |
Eden Care Communities Foundation Inc.
Misty Wensel |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$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. |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,100 |
To produce and premiere 'The Open Soul Of The Prairies' - a solo dance work choreographed by Margie Gillis, performed by Tessa Rae Kuz. |
Tri-Community Dance Club
Hip Hop Hoop Dance Productions |
La Ronge |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$12,658 |
Tri-Community Dance Club (TCDC) hosts innovative Hip Hop Hoop Dance creators Terrance Littletent and Chancz Perry for a 4-day, youth-oriented, engaging, and enlightening dance workshop. |
