| 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. |