| 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! |
| Ouedraogo, Helene |
Regina |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
une retraite pour corriger POEMES ET ROMAN
, puis une relecture par un ecrivain de la Saskachewan
enfin l'édition des deux oeuvres. |
| Atherton, Carla |
Alvena |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
More deeply immerse myself in the study of Dreamwork through Robert Moss' training to continue the expansive development of my work. |
| Townsend, Annabel |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I am seeking funding to travel to Toronto to launch my book at various bookstores in the city. |
| Hobsbawn-Smith, Denise |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$9,124 |
Complete and revise collection of form poetry about essayist M.F.K. Fisher – including sonnets, villanelles, pantoums, ghazals, palindromes, abecedarians– ready for submission to publishers. |
| Tenold, Darla |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
Research Joan Phipps' Assiniboia Downs, Marquis Downs and Exhibition Track thoroughbred racing career for a book length biography. |
| Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
To research and write a novella, Voice of the Cycad, and to complete my short story collection. |
| Fenrich, Miguel |
Battleford |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,000 |
To continue work on a contemperary coming-of-age novel '273 Days' with the intention of finishing a first draft to be committed to further development. |
| Kirchmeier, Kurt |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$12,500 |
To write a young adult novel about a teen who gets caught in a time loop deep in the back-country of the Canadian Rockies. |
| Hambrock, Meredith |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
To continue working on my short story collection. |
| Porter, Jacob |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,500 |
I'm developing a graphic novel which I plan to present to publishers at Toronto Comic Arts Festival (this June). The grant would be for travel. |
| Stock, Shayna |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,500 |
Research and writing retreat toward development of my first manuscript of poetry |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
Prince Albert |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Thistledown Press's Acquisitions Editor and Editorial Director, Elizabeth Philips, has been invited to attend the Indigenous Editors' Circle as a non-Indigenous participant in May, 2025. |
| Gilmore, Carmen |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$875 |
I'd like to attend the online Sage Hill non-fiction writing course and study under author Jenna Butler. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$46,130 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$93,050 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Roden, Marjorie |
Regina |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
I shall be working on the first draft of my second Western Canadian science fiction novel, tentatively titled "Winneton Web", the second in the series. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$106,600 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Lafond, Mika |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$5,500 |
The creation of 5 children's books in nêhiyaw syllabics. The books will highlight Treaty 6 Territory Land, Language, Story, and Emotional Wellbeing. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$11,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Brown, Sharon-Ann |
Regina |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
I would like to publish the third book in the Adventures of Alfie series. The book is called 'Alfie Goes to London'. |
| Eve, Sophia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
Developing, researching, and drafting a literary fiction manuscript on the politics of diaspora and cultural identity. |
| Nelson, Josiah |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
This microgrant would help fund my attendance at Sage Hill's Fiction Course, where I would workshop and develop my debut short story collection. |
| Khan, Tanisha |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$500 |
To attend the SWG Summer Retreat where I will draft and revise short stories to help further my artistic practice. |
| Laird, Tonia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$475 |
Participate in the SWG self-directed retreat to work on manuscript due August 31st and network with fellow writers. |
| Brenna, Beverley |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$11,000 |
To complete a middle-grade novel 'Belvin Bowmaster and the Summer of the Goats' (working title) and submit it for publication to a traditional publisher. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Promote new novel - at writers festival in Calgary, called WHEN WORDS COLLIDE, author reading at Bow Valley Ranche also local media interest |
| Bogdan, Pearl |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Manuscript consultation from professional editor at publishing press. |
| pîkiskwêw, she speaks |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
“Pîkiskwêw, she speaks,” a captivating performance night celebrating Indigenous women and feminine voices on October 5 at Saskatoon’s Art Bar. |
| Wesaquate, Kevin |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
To accept the Writer in Residency which has been offered to me. My ask is for the flight to attend October 15th return October 31st. |
| Baudemont, David |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
From Jan 1 to Aug.31, 2026, write and revise the second half of Surtout ne pas bouger, a 140 page-long work of poetry-fiction |
| Nelson, Josiah |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,353 |
To edit my collection of fabulist short stories, which explores relationships, solitude, and the artist's life. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I will perform my children's story BUTTERFLY ON THE WIND at the Telling Tales Festival in Burlington. |
| Savage, Candace |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,000 |
'Buffalo Is Our Relative' is a nonfiction book that honours the return of buffalo to Indigenous lands by amplifying the voices of young Indigenous adults. |
| Utman (Koops), Victoria |
Weyburn |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
To complete a submittable final draft of a young adult novel about teenage sisters exploring their Japanese-Canadian identity at comic con. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$9,000 |
We will administrate a 4 day youth poetry festival in Saskatoon at The Remai Modern through showcases, workshops and community building events. |
| Mushtaq, Warsha |
SASKATOON |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2025-2026 |
$1,500 |
Poetry of Resistance delivers 1–2 hour workshops to 5–8 Saskatoon high school classes, exploring how poetry and art can empower and inspire us amidst existential threats to marginalized communities and our shared, natural world. |
| Körner, Miriam |
Air Ronge |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
This project is to work on my current manuscript during the Wallace Stegner House Residency in January 2026 |
| Brenna, Beverley |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$640 |
Travel from Saskatoon to Toronto to attend the launch of 'I'm Here,'' a YA anthology which I conceived and edited to publication (Red Deer Press). |
| Shadowpaw Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,875 |
Produce an audiobook version of the novel The Laundryman by Dwayne Brenna, to be narrated by the author. |
| Lawrence, Katherine |
saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Write and edit a collection of lyric essays that explores the centrality of friendship in our lives. |
| 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. |
