Knight, Lancelot |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
I would like to take time to write music reflecting the current state of things from addiction to mental health and everyday life. |
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. |
Hobsbawn-Smith, Denise |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,600 |
To research and write a first draft of book-length nonfiction about M.F.K. Fisher, Madeleine Kamman, and Anthony Bourdain, pivotal authors in food writing. |
Alvarez, Kris |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,500 |
Acknowledgement is a creative response to the impact that my current work of opening up about race has had on me. |
Johnstone, Hilary |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,439 |
I will spend a week at a remote cabin and make drawings and take photographs, to base my fabric works on. |
Davis, Lindsay |
North Portal |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
To write, arrange and rehearse 8-10 original songs for Last Birds’ live performances and future full-length album. |
Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
WATCH YOUR CORNER will be a new cinematic film installation created for a confirmed exhibition in Alaska and research stage for an Artist book |
Hardy, Greg |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
I have a solo exhibition of drawings on paper and canvas. I would like funding assistance to produce a catalogue from Lac la Ronge |
Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
A two month musical "boot camp" aiming to improve my technical and creative music abilities. |
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. |
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. |
Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting three concerts as part of their 14th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,816 |
Support for a 3-month work term, to cover artist fees for the premiere production of 'Untitled Peter Tripp Project'. |
Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,265 |
This grant is to complete an essay collection entitled POSTCARDS FROM THE PANDEMIC. |
McCrea, Debbie |
Mankota |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$3,000 |
To increase my body of work which is of paper Mache sculptures of cattle, horses and bison in order to approach a gallery. |
Minnema, Conner |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,500 |
Compose and complete 5 original instrumentals to promote online |
Kovach, Jaye |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,295 |
To produce a solo exhibition that examines society’s view of my body and subjectivity as a queer, disabled, butch trans woman. |
Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,862 |
Short film based on the book by J.M. Bergman, about a teenage girl who is kidnapped, illustrating the plight of missing and murdered Indigenous women. |
Aitken, Neil |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,270 |
I am working on a full-length poetry collection that merges astrophysics, immigration, family history, and geography in its exploration of grief and memory. |
Garcia-Luna, Gabriela |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$17,000 |
To create multimedia studies and works for a confirmed solo exhibition at the MJM&AG, exploring concepts of human and natural environment resilience and adaptation. |
Holland, Matthew |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
To create a film using archival photographs of the Regina tornado of 1912. |
Stonhouse, David |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,364 |
For additional assistance for materials, installation and shipping costs as POWERBOXES will be expanding to a large solo exhibition at Godfrey Dean Arts Gallery, Yorkton. |
Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
To study C6th Pedal Steel Guitar with professional musician Burke Carroll by taking weekly lessons over Zoom video call. |
An, Andrea |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Funding will cover rent and grocery costs, while I take a five month unpaid work leave, to prioritize songwriting and composition for my upcoming LP. |
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. |
Pegasus Productions |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,750 |
The development, production, and presentation of "After Sundown," a new play by Gordon Portman. |
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. |
Frison, Lucas |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$13,802 |
To create an inclusive short film about a young man with Down syndrome pursuing love. |
Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,887 |
Presenting performances of self-created vocal works, plus voice/electronics improvised music, in Washington State, USA |
Baerwaldt, Wayne |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,884 |
To complete my research and writing to realize a collaborative artist book project with Richard Boulet |
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. |
Fookes, Jasmin |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
A portable contemporary cabinet of curiosities from a repurposed structure to house diverse assortments of my locally collected and altered natural materials and mass-produced objects. |
Mohsin, Ayesha |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,787 |
A multidisciplinary and multilingual (English, Palestinian Arabic and Urdu) performance project examining immigrant cultural practices, involving dance, music and narration from Pakistan and Palestine. |
Tiggelers, Larissa |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,000 |
I am applying for funding to support the costs associated with the production of a new body of work including painting, sculpture and fibre. |
Vanderhaeghe, Guy |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
I will be working on a collection of creative nonfiction tentatively entitled Because Somebody Asked Me To. |
Snake River |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,530 |
Production of a live soundtrack for the silent film The Phantom Carriage presented at the Artesian in Regina and the Roxy Theatre in Saskatoon. |
Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$3,500 |
This grant is for the creation of four ten minute plays. I plan to take these pieces and pitch them to companies for further development. |
Andronyk, Jeanie |
Shaunavon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,500 |
To fund the creation of a large scale bronze sculpture. |
Sheikh, Sheheryar |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
To complete and refine a literary fiction novel (titled After) about the Covid-19 pandemic, and about a father-son relationship within it, from 05/2022 to 01/2023. |
Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,480 |
To assist with the costs of childcare for my three children while I create a new body of paintings for exhibition. |
Bracht, Kathryn |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,000 |
ON PAPER is an ethnographic performance presented through theatre and documentary film storytelling techniques, using two women's relationship to paper as a creative prompt. |
Lynch, Rory |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,644 |
A period of time dedicated to practice and research, with the goal of developing specific technical skills and expanding aesthetic horizons. |
Red Smarteez Marionettes |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,000 |
To create a script and pre-production for a personal film about disability with a fiction about a former resident of our home. |
Epp, Carole |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Attend a ceramic residency at The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts to research ancient Greek vase painting and make contemporary narrative political pottery. |
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. |
Grummett, S.E. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
To create a new Theatre for Young Audiences show exploring gender diversity for presentation in Calgary and Saskatoon planned for May 2023. |
Avramenko, James |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
The creation of a new collection of poetry and micro-fiction titled "First Dates with Pro Wrestlers" |
St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,025 |
Production of new work towards solo exhibition at the U of S College Galleries (September 2022) and Art Placement Inc (January 2023). |
Dunlop, Bonnie |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$9,000 |
Create 10 new pieces and polish existing 22. On retreat, write 5 pieces utilizing archived material. Meld the material into a completed manuscript. Query publishers. |
Elixir Ensemble |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,600 |
For the 2022 Winter/Spring season, Elixir proposes the rehearsal, production and presentation of two concert programs of Trios for violin, cello and piano. |
Ejike, Victor |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,500 |
For completion of pre-production tasks for A Miry Ground, a feature-length film that tells the story of how domestic violence affects African Immigrant families |
Earle, Shawn |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,350 |
I will perform the Don Byron Clarinet Concerto with the SUNY Geneseo Wind Ensemble, then study clarinet repair with master clarinet repair technician Wojtek Komsta |
The Dim Coast |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
To create a custom digital instrument that ‘performs’ a group sound installation, online audio stream and audiobook inspired by Moose Jaw writer, Vivian Darroch-Lozowski. |
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." |
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 |
Francis, Cate |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Support for the research and creation of large format screenprint based works examining cultural conceptions of nature as decoration in the face of climate change. |
Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,497 |
A multidisciplinary project that explores and promotes community engagement through visual arts combined with dance, performance and choreography in downtown area Saskatoon. |
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. |
Dieter, Mark |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
I'm applying to re-develop a First Nations stage adaptation of Anthony Burgess' cult classic novel "A Clockwork Orange" for script submission purposes in 2022. |
Körner, Miriam |
Air Ronge |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,500 |
This project is to create an illustrated children's book (text and illustrations) that addresses climate grief
and climate change in a literary way. |
Macdonald, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$11,000 |
To conduct an in-person workshop, hold public staged readings, and engage in subsequent rewrites of my play MERCY between January and March , 2022. |
Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,150 |
Producing an exhibition, artist's book, and texts as an artist and 2021-2022 writer-in-residence at Gallery 44 in Toronto. |
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. |
Buttered Ghost Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
We are seeking funding to pay the engaged artists of an all original horror comedy anthology radio play series that is presented as a podcast. |
Nachtigall, Jeff |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,604 |
Research, production and exhibition of a body of work completed in an 8 months period |
Duvall, Linda |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$13,000 |
I am inviting 4 musicians to each sing to the land in gratitude. Working with material produced during these events, I will create relevant documentation. |
Wilcox, Zane |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
I am applying for funding for dedicated studio time to develop a new watercolour painting process. |
The Sketchy Bandits |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,205 |
The Sketchy Bandits will spend five days creating a series of sketch comedy skits intended for theatrical production using devised theatre and traditional writing techniques. |
Schultz, Rylan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,000 |
My goal with this project is to create new music for a solo album, collaborating with songwriters and producers from across the country. |
Dawson, Michael |
Estevan |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
To write and arrange songs for a full length album and conceptualize accompanying videos, design, visuals, and photos related to the release and subsequent live performance. |
Sheri & Heather Benning |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,000 |
To complete a short film cycle, "Let Them Rest," which will give affective voice to the seismic shift in rural Saskatchewan to intensive farming practices |
Martin, Monique |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,025 |
I will be travelling to Gothenburg, Sweden to work with Alexandra Hedberg on a printmaking project that will be exhibited in Sweden and Canada. |
Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$9,000 |
Revise and polish my graphic novel script, SHADOWS ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY, into a second draft worthy of submission to publishers and artists. |
Arnal, Caitlin |
Eastend |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,025 |
Complete the third draft of Dame, my novel-in-progress. |
Fletcher, Étienne |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,500 |
To compose 8 songs to be added to bilingual live concert, and eventual recording. |
Laird, Tonia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,500 |
Continuation of planning and writing of high fantasy novel series with themes of decolonization, kinship, and intergenerational trauma and healing. |
Goobie, Beth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
I want to write a novel, titled Dark Rainbow, that explores Phillipa Upchurch's expansion of consciousness in her senior year at a bible college. |
Nash, Megan |
Palmer |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
Write and arrange songs inspired by Crescent Park for an upcoming album in the Moose Jaw Public Library Theatre from mid July to mid November. |
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. |
Lynch, Taidgh |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Complete edits and order poetry manuscript, Developing Home. Evaluate then submit to publishers. |
McKenzie, Tiess |
Estevan |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,500 |
To produce a five-track cycle of experimental, soundscape-based, electronic music. Working title: "Walking Music." |
Hlady, Dustan |
Moose Jaw |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
Looking for funding to assist in the production and distribution of a highly engaging web-series. |
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. |
Richter, Jessica |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
This proposal seeks funding to support the creation of a solo exhibition of film and installation work at the Estevan Art Gallery in February 2023. |
Van Rees, Ken |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,091 |
This project is to further my artistic practice in charcoal mark-making in burnt forests in northern Saskatchewan by examining the impacts of weather and time |
Ferguson, Anastasia |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$9,493 |
Shoot and hand-develop a 5-minute film, using 16 and Super 8 film. Title: The Garden of Curiousities, Chapter 2: From the Dying of the Day |
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. |
Schindelka, Dara |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
To research, arrange, and create a modern interpretation of traditional folksongs that highlight the historic plight of women with connections to the present. |
Ferraton, Dominique |
Gravelbourg |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,772 |
Travel to a solo exhibition in Montreal as part of the Wild City Mapping collective and housing expenses while hosting accompanying workshops |
Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,500 |
To write a book of creative nonfiction reflecting on my departure from the Christian God in whom I was raised to have absolute faith. |
Allard, Mark |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
"Into Oblivion" (working title) is a graphic novel about the heroic deeds of a handful of Chinese-Canadians in the face of war and pejudice |
Cram, Kathie |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,142 |
This is a research project to better integrate the lived experiences of survivors of the military regimes in Bolivia 1964-1982 into my novel "Shedding Skin". |
Willett, Edward |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,809 |
To write a creative nonfiction book ruminating on the writing of science fiction and fantasy, drawn from experience and interviews with more than 100 authors. |
Kardash, S.J. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
I'm about to release a self-funded debut solo album, and this grant would enable me to continue writing more music for the next release. |
Baird, Gavin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,500 |
8th Street Menace is an online series about protagonist Mitchell “Menace” Dubois, a failed welder and aspiring Métis musician who moonlights as an auto-parts thief. |
Moore, Sandee |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,500 |
Remount an interactive electronic sculpture, The Mixer (2001) and update the work with a new video game element that turns statisticcs into skateboard ramps. |
Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,000 |
I will learn more about the craft of writing short fiction, polish five stories, research and write two new stories, working toward a story collection. |
Dowling, Katherine |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To independently produce and present “The Elegy Project”—an intimate solo piano performance on expressions of grief and loss—at three historical Saskatchewan venues in May 2023. |
Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$14,400 |
To create Walking the Prairies, an augmented reality photographic book combining still nature photographs, videos, and thought-provoking notes to share as a hand-held visual experience |
Rose, Karen |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,307 |
Collaborating with three composers to create the music/soundtrack for three of my choreographic solos. |