| Barabas, Mishel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To create medium to large scale portrait (with unique settings) paintings. A body of work to exhibit, engage and connect with community. |
| 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. |
| Peart, Greta |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
To create an empathy-focused videogame called “Mitch” that explores finding personal growth and groundedness amidst new and unfamiliar experiences. |
| Andino Suns |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,600 |
Goal: Develop a psychedelic cumbia album by refining draft musical / lyrical concepts, merging traditional cumbia rhythms with innovative experimental sounds. |
| Dinsmore, Rowen |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
A project expanding my artistic practice through new ideas and mediums while obtaining advice and critique through mentorships with professional artists from Saskatchewan. |
| Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,402 |
Presenting my one-person show "Mother Calling" in a double bill with Regina singer/actor Shannon Holmes, via RISER Regina's presentation series |
| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions is creating professional work for theatre artists and will present 'Spring Awakening' by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, February 23-March 2. |
| Murray, Aryn |
saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
Collaborative creation of material for a concept album, "Speakeasy". Expansion of original works, increasing live repertoire. |
| Ricketts, Kathryn |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,925 |
This support is for the first design stage of the interdisciplinary production of The Chairs. This entails the set, sound and media design team. |
| 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. |
| Nepjuk, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To transcribe and compile research data gathered during the production/duration of the game EVERY BODY DOES IT at the Saskatoon Fringe in August 2023. |
| 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. |
| Kazan, Lina |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$14,577 |
Development, preparation and multiple presentations of Flamenco Borealis' reimagined stage work "Qadar: a Date with Fate" |
| 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. |
| Lowry, Nancy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,918 |
Create large scale paintings which push my perceived physical limits while highlighting the important intergenerational role of non-male artists from the Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops. |
| Sapp, Cheyenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,069 |
I would like to write new material for my standup comedy routine to increase performance opportunities and expand my audience. |
| 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. |
| Nachtigall, Jeff |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
The production and exhibition of a body of work for the Museum of Temporary Art, an evolving pop-up with locations throughout Regina and rural Saskatchewan. |
| Bogan, Jillian |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,716 |
This grant is to finish a collection for exhibiting as well as do research travel with Alison Norlen, my mentor in the CARFAC mentorship program. |
| Gares, Jessica |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,474 |
I am seeking funds to complete post production work on my short film "Fuck" I shot this past summer, which I wrote, directed, and produced. |
| Kovach, Jaye |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
Showcase and archive trans joy and futurity through the development of a series of photographs and large oil paintings featuring trans subjects throughout Saskatchewan. |
| 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. |
| Saskatoon Experimental Music Ensemble |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$8,125 |
To compose, develop, rehearse, and perform three concerts worth of communally-focused experimental music in Saskatoon. |
| Piper, Lynette |
Lebret |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
'Driver's Licence' is the story of an elderly man who loses his licence after a series of accidents and run-ins with police. |
| Oblong and Oboe |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
The final stage of development and world premiere of Oblong and Oboe Stir the Pot as part of Live Five’s 20th Season in Saskatoon. |
| Elixir Ensemble |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,485 |
Rehearsal and performance of two programs (three concerts) of chamber music in Saskatoon and Rosthern, SK for the Elixir Ensemble 2023-24 season. |
| Tweidt, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Seeking funding to explore directing as a mentee during the production of Two Bees The Anger of Ernest and Ernestine. |
| Syrnick, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,673 |
To take time to develop and create a new series of 10-15 artworks, to show as a solo exibit in the coming fall. |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Study advanced drum techniques & mentorship career paths for a 5 day period, Jan.2-6, 2024, with renowned drum educator Dave Elitch in Los Angeles. |
| Froese, Robert |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,000 |
research and produce new ceramic work using specialized soda kiln firing methods |
| Al-Harthi, Rania |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
Funds from this grant will be used to support an upcoming collaborative project at PAVED Arts. |
| Berglund, Blake |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,520 |
I will return home to the family farm to write new material influenced by family dynamic, rural culture and personal themes. |
| Gronsdahl, Todd |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,246 |
I am building and photographing "historical" scenes to exhibit with my Saskatchewan Maritime Museum installations at upcoming solo exhibitions in Swift Current and Edmonton. |
| Wensel, Judy |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,543 |
Collaborative exploration and development phase of new interdisciplinary work with visual artist Shaunna Dunn. |
| Tucker, Peter |
Moose Jaw |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$14,000 |
I AM DISAPPEARING is a large installation-based sculpture using reclaimed wood beams from the historic Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. |
| Neufeld, Clint |
Osler |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$11,200 |
making ceramic soldiers, reminiscent of Royal Doulton figurines creating scenarios using memories from when I was a soldier. |
| McKnight, Spencer |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,010 |
This grant will be to take significant time to develop and create the song recital "In Dreams". |
| Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Funds for bundonpfeiferhenderson to develop audio, projection, and installation concepts for the new play 'Tommy & Pere', by Arthur Milner. |
| Straker, Jeffery |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,600 |
This project is to compose 10 new songs covering a range of themes. Works will be used in performance & upcoming recording. |
| Parovsky, Karley |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,770 |
I will be travelling to Brevard, North Carolina to participate in the auditioned Blue Ridge Fiddle Camp led by Cassey Dreisen and Darol Anger. |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,200 |
Produce and present "Towards Liberation," a group exhibition featuring emerging and established Saskatchewan-based trans women artists at a time when our rights are under attack. |
| 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. |
| McDougall, Bradley |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Rehearse and tour my re-written one man show “Night Sweats” to Regina & Saskatoon Fringe Festivals and Flin Flon & North Battleford. |
| Pedersen, Courtney |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,428 |
"A Poet's Blouse" will be a series of short videos and accompanying photography, portraying poets and their words through these visual mediums. |
| Pasqua, Anthony |
saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
I will research, develop, write and select 6-8 tracks for my album highlighting the modern day struggles and powerful resiliency of First Nations people. |
| Bernbaum, Joel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
To create and share a new verbatim theatre play with music about the Gaza / Israel conflict and impact on people here in Saskatchewan. |
| Mabrouk, Rawda |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,890 |
Explore the paradoxes of an Egyptian woman, bridging trauma of oppression in Egypt to the challenges of life in Canada through tracing movement onto canvas. |
| 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. |
| Campbell, Jesse |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
To research, conduct studio visits, and write texts for an exhibition in March 2025 that commemorates the 50th anniversary of George Glenn's residency in P.A. |
| 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. |
| Ouellette, Dianne |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
To create a 15-20 minute short film that explores similar Métis and Oneida family histories through storytelling, as I learn to bead, |
| Eger, Ruby |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
The goal to engage in a month long dance training program based in Lucca, Italy. |
| Hainsworth, Alexa |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,500 |
This Creation Grant supports 3 months of materials and production of textile sculptures, which will be on display at Saskatchewan Craft Council in 2026. |
| 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. |
| Pickrell, Jonathon |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
Funding to support a dramaturgy cycle and two day workshop for my play "66 No Exit Lane" to prepare it for production. |
| Nawaz, Zarqa |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,238 |
Everyone loves to watch a good crime story. But we've never seen a play about mosque heist. I'd like to write that play. |
| Conly, Bonnie |
Grasswood |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,500 |
Honouring women’s resolve: an installation featuring Baba Yaga’s Hut and at least ten large photographs depicting the hut in Saskatchewan locations settled by Ukrainian immigrants. |
| 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 |
| Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,500 |
To spend time developing a contemporary dance curriculum focusing on floor work, partnering, and injury prevention/cross-training. Used for company, master classes and tour. |
| Gronsdahl, Troy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,000 |
a creative project that investigates and contemplates the ethics and aesthetics of land-based artistic practice. |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
Over the next year, I would like to pursue three projects that will focus on new material processes and collaboration. |
| Devine-Tajgardan, Negar |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,290 |
production, installation and presentation of art works at the above mentioned art centers and provide artist talk and community engagement programs at ARTSPLACE gallery |
| Tic Toc TEN |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,239 |
Tic Toc TEN is a short performance festival (in person and online) featuring a selection of new, multidisciplinary performances by emerging and established Saskatchewan artists. |
| Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,423 |
To complete the Walking the Prairies manuscript, an innovative AR fusion of nature photographs, videos, and thought-provoking notes to share as a hand-held visual experience. |
| derdie |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,050 |
This workshop introduces ceramic-making techniques and interactive art concepts, culminating in a collaborative miniature golf course installation to explore play and creativity in Winnipeg. |
| Last Birds |
North Portal |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
To write, arrange and rehearse twelve original songs for the full-length album Last Birds plans to record in 2025 and release in 2026 |
| Mendez, Edward |
Warman |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,000 |
I will obtain my Intermediate Actor/Combatant Certification through Fight Director's Canada at The 2024 National Stage Combat Certification Conference in Saskatoon, SK |
| Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,280 |
To support Xiao Han's multidisciplinary creation on a sound-based performance which reflects the relationship between human, migration, and the environment with the Saskachewan landscape. |
| Solheim, Krista |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,500 |
With this Professional Development grant I will attend and complete The Franklin Method 6-month Level 4 long-form training program (June – November 2024). |
| Prairie Saxophone Initiative |
North Battleford |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,818 |
To hold the Canadian premiere of Joseph Lai's new work for 2 saxophones and piano entitled 3 M's of a Union. |
| Stinn, Cassandra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,071 |
Creating an immersive performance experience for the release of my newest work, “Returnings,” my first work for small ensemble. |
| Meneley, Barbara |
Val Marie |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,724 |
To develop, document and disseminate my project "Soil." |
| 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. |
| Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
This project is to remount our outdoor roving interactive performance, "Homebuddies" for presentation at Summerworks Festival from July 30 - August 11th, 2024. |
| Lehner, Katelyn |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,607 |
This grant would allow me to go on two seperate writing retreats, working alongside co-writers, to create music for my upcoming project. |
| Hosaluk, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
New work develops my ceramic practice and brings innovation to sculptural work scheduled for exhibition July 4th, 2024 at the Mann Gallery, in Saskatchewan. |
| Tiggelers, Larissa |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$3,315 |
I am applying for funding to support the costs associated with attending an artist residency hosted by the University of Lethbridge in Blairmore, Alberta. |
| Chadwick, Madison |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,573 |
With this funding I’d attend the 2024 b12 dance festival in Berlin, a professional development opportunity to attend research workshops taught by international dance artists. |
| Rosenwald, Betsy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
To attend an artist residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, Virginia. |
| Macdonald, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$9,000 |
Build a touring production of my play IAGO SPEAKS to tour to High Schools students through arts centres across the province in 2024/25. |
| Spilchen, Danielle |
Warman |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,583 |
Our collective will produce and present George F. Walker's Zastrozzi as part of Live Five's 2024-2025 season in November/December of 2024. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
Dramaturgy, rewrites, & remounting 'Identity Crisis' for a 2024 tour to the Winnipeg & Edmonton Fringe Festivals with John Turner, Karen Hines, Kenn McLeod. |
| 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. |
| McKenzie, Tiess |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,570 |
To present three musical events in Saskatoon: An outdoor, interactive soundwalk, a concert of string and piano music, and a concert of electro-acoustic trombone music. |
| Mathieu, Veronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Research manuscripts of violin works written by four women composers in Calgary (AB), and Paris (France) in June 2024. |
| La Marre, Rebecca |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$11,600 |
To exhibit ceramic works, and produce a catalogue with a critical essay for presentation at Western Front, Vancouver, in November, 2024. |
| McCreary, Sara Michelle |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,274 |
Miniature futurism dioramas blending technology and traditional knowledge and are based on prairie life. They depict climate change impacts and resilience from global nation collaboration. |
| 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. |
| Weber, Hailey |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$6,000 |
I am seeking funding to create work for a successful exhibition at the Frances Morrison Library Gallery. |
| Gronsdahl, Todd |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
This project is to bring curator and gallery director, Dominique Toutant to Saskatoon to visit artist studios and to present a talk. |
| Bundon, Johanna |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,400 |
Senior contemporary dance artist Davida Monk gifting each Johanna Bundon and Krista Solheim a solo from her anthology of new work Songs Without Words (SWW). |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,000 |
To travel from Regina, Saskatchewan, to St. Paul, Minnesota to learn about mechanical operation and maintenance of the pedal steel guitar. |
| Klassen, Vanessa |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
This is a 2-part project for which I will create new typeset editions of three selected clarinet works by Canadian composers, then record each one. |
| 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. |
| Never Never Shakespeare |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,666 |
To fund a theatrical production of Twelfth Night through the lens of Queer culture, for presentation in Saskatoon, in January of 2025. |
| Bennett, Andrew |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
To create at instrumental works catered toward use in film trailers. |
| Negraeff, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
I will produce & direct Sarah Ruhl’s play about relationships, women’s health, & sexuality, titled “In the Next Room” at Persephone’s Backstage in Saskatoon |
