Recipient Community Discipline Program Year Amount Description
Akintade-Oluwagbeye, Oluwaseun Peace Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2024-2025 $5,000 This grant supports the development and presentation of Ori Ara Emi, an Afro-centric exhibition and workshop blending Poet Laureate, Peace Akintade’s, visual and auditory poetry.
Aurich, Romina Regina Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2024-2025 $4,557 The project is to make professionally led circus training more accessible to people and to share our passion and discipline with the people around us.
Escanlar, Pepito Regina Visual Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 To cover framing and related expenses for art exhibition of paintings capturing the evolving urban landscape of Regina since the 1980s from an immigrant's perspective.
Española, Aldeneil Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 I will study the "Bakla" culture of the Philippines through fabric paintings, fabric manipulation, styling and fashion design.
Oyatogun, Oluwafunmilayo Saskatoon Music Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Enchanted Concerts fuses orchestral music and storytelling, celebrating 65 years of the rich legacy and global impact of Nigerian music through the Black Orchestra.
Lee, Yuji Regina Visual Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Create six artworks (paintings and drawings) and a zine exploring and highlighting trans/queer experience and ways of being, primarily by challenging current anti-trans rhetoric.
Muyu Sisakuna Saskatoon Dance Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $4,848 To acquire traditional dresses made by Indigenous artisans from Ecuador, and take a Kichwa dance workshop and produce a small documentary of this learning opportunity.
Yoageeswaran, Luxmi Saskatoon Dance Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Lux Productions empowers South Asian youth through dance, fostering cultural pride and creative expression. Funding supports inclusive programs, performances, and mentorship in underserved communities.
Caudillo, Kiela Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 A multidisciplinary Spanglish show: Visuals and Sounds of a Latino American settler in Canada. An colourful exhibit of art, Paper-Mache sculptures and a musical performance.
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.
Wu, I-Ying Regina Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 This project develops and presents Subtlety, a multidisciplinary improvisational performance featuring artists trained in my Daoist-inspired approach, aiming to share the practice with the community.
Jeyadharshan, Ajantha Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 "Reviving Roots: Tamil Folk Dance Initiative” This project aims to preserve and promote traditional Tamil folk dances, fostering cultural appreciation and community engagement.
Zuck, Emma Saskatoon Media Arts Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 A 30 Minute documentary film about the creation of the Ballroom Community in Saskatoon with Aldeneil's research, creating workshops for the queer BIPOC Community.
Latinos en Regina Mariachi Band Regina Music Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 The Mariachi Latino Band would like to record their first album consisting of 6 six songs and be able to perform all over Canada!
Saskatoon Igbo Cultural Association (SICA) Women Dance Group Saskatoon Dance Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $4,992 SICA Women Dance Group seeks funding to perform at the AfroTribes Festival's "Rhythms of the Diaspora" in Regina, to showcase our vibrant Igbo culture.
Lagria, Jun Yves Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Create a fall programming, September to November of Bahay Kubo, a Filipinx drag collective, a monthly drag showcases the BIPOC drag artists of Saskatoon.
ELEV8 Music Regina Music Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 A live summer showcase featuring BPOC dancers and guest musicians, culminating in a headlining performance by ELEV8 Music to spotlight diverse local talent.
Devine-Tajgardan, Negar Saskatoon Visual Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 to develop and create weaving pieces with patterns inspired by Persian textile to show at At Gallery of St. Albert
Yovel Worship Regina Music Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 A live-recorded worship presentation featuring eight original songs by Yovel Worship Collective, showcasing emerging BPOC artists and musicians in Saskatchewan’s faith-based arts community.
Mwela, Nyasha Regina Music Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $3,160 Create a 5 song project
Malana, Mark Daryl Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $4,000 Two Camp inspired Drag Shows for March and April that will showcase BIPOC Drag Artists of Saskatoon.
Joel, Priscilla Saskatoon Dance Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Teach and Practice dance with 2 children groups (Total# 20) to perform at South Asian Festivals. Parents will be present always as volunteers (Total# 16)
Mahtabi, Iman Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $3,000 Create new multidisciplinary artworks merging Middle Eastern carpet patterns and traditional instruments, exploring shared cultural roots, sound, and the dialogue between heritage and contemporary art.
Gonzalez, Martin Regina Music Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Compose and refine the arrangement of six new songs for the Mariachi Latino Band.
Powell, Deidre Regina Literary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Complete a poetry anthology documenting global atrocities through courtroom testimony form, amplifying silenced voices and bearing witness to human rights violations worldwide.
Sheibani, Sima Saskatoon Theatre Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 The development of an original theatre production detailing the challenges of emigration and created with input from immigrants in Saskatoon.
An, Andrea Saskatoon Music Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 To write and compose eight original English songs, each with Vietnamese and Japanese versions, creating a full multilingual collection for my upcoming LP.
Cabilao, Shania Prince Albert Theatre Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $4,000 A mentorship with Kris Alvarez in Spring 2026, fostering my development and support my goal of starting a Filipino arts collective in Prince Albert.
Khan, Tanisha Regina Literary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 To develop, research, and write a book length fiction manuscript about a person’s place in community, culture, and history, and how identity affects advocacy.
Liamzon, Samantha Regina Media Arts Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Out is a projection mapping installation of interactive audiovisual stories about my journey as a queer Filipina woman.
David, John Mikael Regina Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $4,000 I want to produce a narrative video that centres my life as a queer person of colour in Saskatchewan and represents my community.
Barreno, Cristian Regina Visual Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Create 2 new paintings for an OSAC touring exhibition called 'Nisto'.
Ginindza, Vuyo REGINA Media Arts Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $2,000 (Mentorship) I want to engage a screenwriting mentor while I write a script for a short film
Gabriel, Eric Regina Multidisciplinary Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Launch of 'Dunes From The Sahara', a chapbook of poems by Gabriel 'ArchAngel' Ehijie, celebrating Pan-human storytelling at MacKenzie Art Gallery, March 2026.
Mahdian, Mahdi Regina Visual Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Create an oil painting series linking the skies of Iran, Ukraine, and Canada, transforming landscapes into reflections on migration, belonging, and the universality of horizon lines.
Thomson Community School
Chancz Perry
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $39,432 Our Artist in Residency project is a multidisciplinary arts program designed to decrease stress and increase resiliency in youth.
Ecole Dundonald School Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $10,000 Our Grade 4 students will engage in a series of land based explorations with Leah Dorion to explore and represent understandings of our inquiry question.
Warman High School
Ray Keighley
Warman Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $39,433 Ray Keighley will be working with Warman High staff and students to explore Truth and Reconciliation through the Arts.
Dene High School
Tenille Campbell
La Loche Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $20,000 We will build the capacity of Dene youth to express themselves musically, in written word story building and through visual imaging of photography.
North Park Wilson School
Joel Bernbaum
Saskatoon Theatre Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $10,000 Creative Action is a new Grade 8 Arts Program. Partnering with Joel will enhance the program from the very first year of its existence!
Clinton Ackerman Music Regina Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $5,103 Students will practice mindfulness and independence in creative music practices, creating wind chimes while exploring different acoustic environments in Regina.
Midale Central School Midale Theatre Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $6,600 Midale Central School to partner with Missoula Theatre Group to create 2 school and community theatre events.
Winston Knoll Collegiate
Chrystene Ells
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $39,432 Deaf youth engage with personal artistic practices, guided by curated artists reflecting areas of classroom cultural demographics and intersectionality, including Deafness, LGBTQ, Indigenous and Newcomer.
Chief Gabriel Cote Education Complex
Treaty 4 Education Alliance
Kamsack Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $10,000 Grade 4 – 8 students will complete traditional art projects surrounding the theme of identity and sense of self with Dakota artist Holly Yuzicapi.
Mistawasis Nehiyawak High School Leask Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 The grant would provide an opportunity for the students to learn from a local artist to enhance cultural identity and awareness in an artistic form.
St. Michael Community School Regina Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Our goal is for Lloys Dubois to come and teach our students about his creative process and incorporate his Ojibway teachings using symbols and animals.
Dene High School La Loche Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Dene High School in La Loche will establish a relationship with local and internationally recognized guitar and vocalist Damien Cheecham.
Brightwater Science, Environmental, and Indigenous Learning Center Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 We will create outdoor sculptures using found material to support cultural learning about sustainability. The participants will be from Confederation Park School's Cree Immersion class.
Prairie Sky School Regina Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $756 This project is for a grade 6-8 class to learn basic wood shop skills by building shelves with woodworker Brian Gladwell.
Living Sky School Division No. 202 North Battleford Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 To explore ideas about ecological art with traditional Indigenous knowledge to deepen our relationship with the land and planning for an Artist in Schools project.
Ernest Lindner School Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Students will engage with Tod Emel (our artist) as they compose and perform electronic music using LMMS digital music station. https://lmms.io/
Stoughton Central School Stoughton Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Song Writers Circle with Saskatchewan Recording Artists Glen Strong and Forrest Eaglespeaker.
Dotson, Allan
Ecole Wascana Plains Elementary School
Regina Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $10,000 A Grade 4 class will build a modular model community which will depict the use of natural resources in Saskatchewan.
Westmount Community School
Felipe Gomez
Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $7,700 Students will learn the music concepts of the ukulele taught by Felipe Gomez. In the end, students will participate perform in a ukulele rock orchestra.
F.W. Johnson Collegiate
Holly Yuzicapi
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $9,547 After multiple land-based explorations, students will prepare materials to use for traditional art forms to create four panels which examine connections between land and reconciliation.
Living Sky School Division No. 202
Bonny Macnab
North Battleford Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $10,000 Conversations with Nature brings together artists, storytellers and healers to lead students through a process of thinking like artists, scientists and stewards of the land.
Fidelak, Terri
Christ the King School
Regina Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $10,000 Creation of a large, temporary sculptural installation using locally-sourced clay to engage students in learning about connection to land and sustainability through the creative process.
Mistawasis Nehiyawak High School
Kris Moffatt
Leask Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $10,000 Engage students in art therapy sessions, complete a friendship canvas and develop a video of these process. Friendship and culture.
Ecole Lumsden Elementary School Lumsden Literary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $962 Nakoda Knowledge Sharing Day with Bronte BigEagle and Keegan MacArthur A few Nakoda writers and speakers will come and present their oral and written stories.
Ecole St. Pius X Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Provide funding to two interdisciplinary artists to design and develop cross-cultural and cross-curricular programming for Pre-K – Grade 3 students in the Regina Catholic School Division.
Cando Community School Cando Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Indigenous culture through the arts - drumming
École Monseigneur de Laval - Pavillon secondaire des Quatre Vents Regina Theatre Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 A group of students (grade 7 to 12) aiming to produce an entire play in French, from acting to sound and light effects.
École canadienne française - Pavillon Gustave Dubois Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 We plan to give students the opportunity to learn about Latin American dances and music within the context of Spanish and music classes.
King, Karlie Regina Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $987 Host a “Paint Night” (during the day) where students invite a parent, guardian, or family member/friend to join them in painting self-portraits that explore identity.
Rhoda Hardlotte Memorial Keethanow High School Stanley Mission Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,415 Josh Goff will work with students from the Visual Arts 10/20 class to design a concept for a mural.
Churchill Community High La Ronge Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,934 Traditional Hand Drum Making allows artist, pipe carrier and lodge keeper to come into the classroom. After drum completion, youth participate in a Blessing Ceremony.
Westview Public School Prince Albert Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 To have local Aboriginal artists in our community come to school and teach our kids Aboriginal art and have them learn from these people.
Minahik Waskahigan Elementary School Pinehouse Lake Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 We would like this grant to support the start-up of an arts program in our school teaching students music.
Yorkton Regional High School Yorkton Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 To initiate a pilot ceramic program at the YRHS with SK Artist- Marea Olafson collaborating with art teacher Jana Martinuk supporting the Art Curriculum.
Bishop James Mahoney High School Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Request for School Residency Grant development time between lead teachers Janelle Franko, Roberta Ross and Cate Francis.
Vibank Regional School Vibank Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Invited artist, Holly Yuzicapi, will teach students about Indigenous art practices ending with a culminating collaborative project - the creation of a star blanket.
Gordon Denny Community School La Ronge Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 The Cree Culture teacher is looking to invite a local artist to come and show all students grade 1-6 the painting process.
E.D. Feehan Catholic High School Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Developing an indigenous drumming and singing group of indigenous youth leading to a community event and performance.
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.
E.S. Laird Middle School Lloydminster Music Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 Work with local elders and drummers to create a sustainable pow wow and round dance drum group for young men in Lloydminster.
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.
Eston Composite School Eston Visual Artists in Schools 2019-2020 $1,000 Interested in working with artist, Susan Clark, in 2 half days workshops for grade 7-8 on making a Coat of Arms reflecting sense of place.
St. Michael Community School
Karrnnel Sawitsky
Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $40,000 In reconciliation, St. Michael Community School will collaborate with Metis Knowledge Keepers, elders, fiddlers to explore the relationship of music, cultural identity and colonization.
Dureault, Mitchell
Minahik Waskahigan Elementary School
Wolseley Music Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $10,000 Bring a music educator into our Northern community to rejuvenate lost culture, strengthen intergenerational connections, teach music to youth and build local capacity through mentorship.
Oxbow Prairie Horizons School Oxbow Visual Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,166 Artist Terri Fidelak will work alongside Oxbow Prairie Horizons School to design a longer-term project involving a large interactive 2D/3D-relief artwork for Oxbow’s Main Street.
Bishop James Mahoney High School
Cate Francis
Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $10,000 Project grant to work with Health Science Academy students to create collaborative murals at BJM as well as a scientifically focused public art campaign.
Balfour Collegiate - Balfour Arts Collective
Tessa Kuz
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $10,000 “Who Am I?” is designed to impact young people as they investigate, represent, express and embrace empowered self-identity through the arts.
Sylvia Fedoruk Elementary School Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $500 A class field trip to SCYAP art gallery and art centre to learn about their activism in the Saskatoon community based on Saskatchewan curriculum.
Lumsden High School Lumsden Literary Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 Author visits to explore the power of reading and writing fiction to help us to better understand our world outside and within.
Loreburn Central School Loreburn Music Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 To develop drumming as part of the music in class, and potentially have a group for students to take part in outside of class time.
Prairie Sky School
Holly Yuzicapi
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $20,000 Students will learn some traditional indigenous beading techniques, and prepare a spring cultural festival that includes display and demonstration of beading, powwow dancing, and songwriting.
Lipton School
Holly Yuzicapi
Lipton Visual Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $2,210 We have asked Holly Yuzicappi to provide a introduction to Indigenous art and natural materials to our grade 7-9 students.
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.
Normand, Alexis
Ecole Notre-Dame-des-Vertus
Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $10,000 This project is to carry out a rock camp with students who will learn and perform songs in French about Zénon Park.
Turtleford Community School Turtleford Visual Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 Students will be exposed to nature and First Nations art and storytelling. They will produce art based on their experience.
Dr. Brass School Yorkton Visual Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 Saskatchewan Artist, Kevin Peaace, will come to Dr. Brass School to create classroom murals in his style of painting. *No volunteers due to COVID.
McKenzie, Tyrone Saskatoon Music Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 High school bands in two communities: Engage students in conversations to develop a new composition. Provide workshops, partnering with students to develop a virtual concert.
Bradley, Bevin Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 Through three workshops students will learn to communicate, and to develop abstract thought through their art, and be invited to talk about their art one-on-one.
Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre Inc. Saskatoon Theatre Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 To partner a playwright with a high school class to develop new playwrighting techniques
Macza, Jason Saskatoon Media Arts Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 Introduce the 12 rules of animation, (basic film theory) storytelling. These principles add strength to multi media and inclusion. To Test enthusiasm for future projects.
Marsolais, Tal Dalmeny Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $890 An artist-school collaboration to assess the potential for professional artists to support learning outcomes and youth activism by inspiring, teaching, and engaging students through art.
Reimer, Joel Dash
Centennial Collegiate EAL Program
Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2021-2022 $5,700 We will engage a classroom of EAL students with the art of writing & performing spoken word poetry, culminating in chapbook creation and a performance.
Buena Vista School Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $500 Together with the Community Association, Home and School and SCC we want to have the students of BV create a mural on the rink boards.
Ecole Dundonald School Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2020-2021 $1,000 We would like to work with an artist to develop an Artists in Schools Project for Fall 2021 focused on the theme of connection.
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Photo Credit: Artist Evie Ruddy partnered with UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity on a photography project featuring trans and non-binary people. Photo by Charity Marsh.