Sheri & Heather Benning |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
A mini-documentary foregrounding the shift to intensive agriculture in rural SK, including poetry from Sheri's forthcoming book, Field Requiem. |
Future Artistic Minds |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
FAM youth will present a professional art exhibition and full-length album release about their experiences during Covid-19 at BAM for the month of May. |
Wesaquate, Kevin |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I would like to use my welding and fabrication skills to create metal sculptures that reflect my identity as a plains Cree. |
Bluemke, Cat |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Attending Professional Writing for Visual Artists Summer Bootcamp (online course), taught by Faith Holland and Liz Sales, to improve writing components of my practice |
Piper, Lynette |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I plan to shoot a short film in September about an elderly man with dementia who escapes the nursing home and returns to his field. |
Grienke, Jennica |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Braunschweig, Germany to represent Canadian Theatre for Young Audiences Directors & Creators in the ASSITEJ International Directors Seminar June 20- 27, 2021 |
Artesian Performing Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
This is an application to secure partial matching funds for a City of Regina Grant to help upgrade our aging lighting equipment. |
Maier, Lenore |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$870 |
Funding from this grant will help me to attend Trauma-Informed Culturally-Sensitive Arts Delivery Training course at the Ness creek site from July 9-11, 2021. |
Toppings, Tyler |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Attend a mask and baby clown intensive hosted by John Turner. |
Merasty, Marcus |
Creighton |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
For my continued professional development at a dance artist over the summer with a focus in somatic movement practices |
Ay, Caramba! Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Rehearsal process for a brand new play called the Newcomer |
Boutin-Maloney, Byrun |
Riceton |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I would like to film a show and create a documentary that captures the event. I will publish the audio online as a live album. |
Parovsky, Karley |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$880 |
I am requesting money to attend a Trauma and Cultural Sensitivity training for artists. |
Schneider, Zoë |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
'Subaqualus' is a video work depicting the elusive Unidentified Submerged Object (U.S.O.) shot in various
locations throughout the Land of the Living Skies. |
Junop, Shane |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Nuit Blanche YXE 2021 video installation “Watch or Bolt” has been accepted and requires this grant for video projector rentals to complete the artistic vision. |
Currie, Dillon |
Swift Current |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$250 |
To record 2 studio-quality demos to include in application for Sound Recording grants, which is intended to partially fund 2022 debut full-length solo LP. |
Burzminski, Dalton |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Creating music about navigating as an urban indigenous male through life, the music scenes, high academia, and reflecting on insecurities caused by colonialism. Real deadly. |
Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre |
Maple Creek |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
"Field Portraits" by 4 artists presents photographic portraits of rural models from the region to celebrate the SW Art Fest during September in Maple Creek. |
Lebel, Emilie |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
éemi is representing Saskatchewan at a prestigious and international music competition in Granby, Québec with two musicians from Montreal. |
Bridge Theatre Collective |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To contract 15 theatre artists to be a part of a readthrough workshop of a new edit of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare. |
Anderson, Darryl |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I want to continue my artist development and increase my knowledge in my craft. |
Richter, Jessica |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
This proposal seeks funding to support the creation of a short art film. |
Bogan, Jillian |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I will attend my first ever residency at Chateau d"Orquevaux in France and develop my creative practice through a series of original paintings. |
Rose, Melanie |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To travel to and participate in the Artist Parent Residency - Mothra at Artscape Gibraltar Point. |
J.M. Curtain Razors Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Support for 4 Saskatchewan artists (including 2 yet-to-be-funded by SKArts Independent Artists) to create short films arising from Trespassers Waltz, for consideration at S.P.A.N.E. (Screenings of Performance Art in the Natural Environment). |
Baerwaldt, Wayne |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To enable me to install artwork by Richard Boulet and participate in the public program for the exhibition "La ragione c’entra poco (reason has little to do with it)" at Thetis Foundation, Venice, Italy, Sept. 12-22. |
Umeh, Charles |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Applying for the grant to assist me carry out post production of my short film Black Vision. |
Holt, Savannah |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
'Analemma' is a collection of 13 ceramic moon jars, each with a unique glaze application symbolically related to ancient names for each month's full moon. |
Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Requesting material support for a BAM's September Artist in Residency project, which combines art creation and research based on Chinese community history in Saskatoon. |
FadaDance Troupe Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
FadaDance Troupe will animate the Beaver Flat 50 event by performing outdoor site specific original contemporary dance accompanied with stunning visuals to a national audience. |
Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I will learn in-depth characteristics of steps, music, and cultural details of the Volyn region of Ukraine, before choreographing a famous Ukrainian play. |
Severight, Tanya |
Whitecap |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To purchase supplies needed to create items that I have not created in the past. |
Cram, Kathie |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$937 |
I will work with a mentor, Tara Gereaux, to complete a solid draft of the second third of my novel. A draft of the first third of the novel is complete. |
Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Four contributors to "apart", SWG's pandemic anthology, will do readings in Swift Current and Eastend to promote the book and contribute to their professional development. |
Trapp, Amanda |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$969 |
I have drafts of songs saved from several years that I’d like to refine to a set for a concert and/or recording an EP. |
Zong, Megan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To develop Production Dramaturgy resources (including web articles, videos and Afterplay facilitators) that engage audiences beyond the stage during Yin Yang Theatre's production of Unmasked. |
Live Five Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To co-produce and co-facilitate an unconference to foster new relationships among Saskatchewan theatre artists and audiences in the service of growing an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and anti-oppressive theatre culture. |
Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To do presentations at the Frankfurt Book Fair and cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland at universities, schools, literary events and for community art groups. |
Fidelak, Terri |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Documentation of a collaborative sound and performance piece created by Rania Al Harthi, Kris Alvarez, Terri Fidelak, and Jess Richter. |
Bates-Hardy, Courtney |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$951 |
To receive a manuscript evaluation from writer and editor Jennifer LoveGrove and attend a writing retreat to work on the same manuscript. |
Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
GTNT will hire fluently Cree Indigenous artists to partially translate Shakespeare's King Lear into Cree in November 2021 |
Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Sage Hill is applying for funding to undertake a 3-Phase Strategy Project to respond to new circumstances that have emerged for the organization. |
La Troupe du Jour Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Translating and adapting sections of King Lear into French, a project done in partnership with GTNT to create a trilingual version of the play. |
Ells, Chrystene |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Mentorship / professional development in poetry towards material generation for an upcoming art book project, combining new skills in bookmaking with long form poetic narrative. |
The Local Group |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Funding to help cover costs of a unique writing/recording opportunity |
Norlen, Alison |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Invitation to build an installation Moulin De Nouveau Orleans for Sound Collage Luna Fete 2021 |
Bandur, Breanne |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To collaborate with Alison Norlen on her project, "Moulin de la Nouvelle Orleans," as part of the New Orleans Luna Fete. |
Lodoen, Ray |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Travel to build an installation for Luna Fete Sound Collage 2021 "Moulin De Nouveau Orleans" |
Saskatchewan Printmakers Association |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
SK Printmakers will revive the mission and membership of the (inactive) Saskatchewan Printmakers Association and host a printmaking conference in November 2022 in Saskatoon. |
Knight, Lancelot |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To record an album and branding as an artist. |
Hainsworth, Alexa |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$572 |
Alexa Hainsworth, " Tissue" fibre installation transforming BAM Gallery, into a space reminiscent of cells in the human body. |
Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To support Tessa in the micro-development of a series of short self-choreographed solos via New Dance Horizon's Winter Blueprint Series. |
Pytlyk, Robert |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Re-fire my newly built test kiln, to enable me to experiment with wood firing of production pottery, and further my discipline in Post Production Ceramics |
Torwalt, Greg |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$571 |
To support my opportunity to attend the SK Writers' Guild facilitated retreat as I work on writing/editing poems, plus support the purchase of video-editing software. |
Luhning, Holly |
Lumsden |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To research and write a collection of poetry centred on and informed by the end/renewal of a Saskatchewan prairie farm. |
Aubichon, Holly |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To travel to Edmonton for installation and the opening of a group show I am participating in at Latitude 53, with a BIPOC collective. |
Radius Communications Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Replacing CJTR's aging transmitter/FM exciter, a critical component in our broadcast infrastructure. |
Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I will be attending the winter 2022 Banff Centre Artist in Residence program to work on two new Artist's books. |
McKay, Jory |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$900 |
We are doing a 1989 album based drag show on the 29th of December at Divas Nightclub. |
Hip Hop Hoop Dance Productions |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To support Hip Hop Hoop Dance during a process of shifting their theatrical production from live performance to the digital realm of animated video. |
Larsen, Mitchell |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$752 |
I am partnering with local drag performer, Dillon Chernowsky, to create a dance performance to be shared at Haus of Night's drag show featuring Detox. |
Shine Reggae Network Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,348 |
To facilitate much needed market research and conduct promotional workshops for the 2022 Shine Reggae Network Saskatchewan reggae festival. |
Peart, Greta |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I will create a short, story-based videogame called Margo that explores the inevitably of change, and the elusivity of time and material existence. |
Benjamin, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To debut my new Cultural Intelligence photo exhibition "Exploring CQ" at the Warman public library during the month of January. |
Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Invited to perform with my collaborator Ellen Moffat at the Sonorities Festival, an international festival of music and sound |
Devine-Tajgardan, Negar |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I would like a grant for installation and finalizing of my work for Mann Art gallery exhibition during Spring 2022. |
Edmunds, Alexander |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I am a 2-Spirit Indigenous youth who wants to create a collection of beadwork each month. I want to celebrate my Indigeneity and queer identity. |
Myriad Entertainment |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Myriad Entertainment is seeking grant financing to assist in the creation of our Saskatchewan-made short film, "Hunting Trip", from the production through post-production phases. |
Johnston, Tamsin Lorraine |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I have been invited to audition for the position of Principal Oboe with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra on January 17 & 18, 2022. |
Sealy, David |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Rehearse the original one-act play The Weavers for three weeks as preparation for On Cue Performance Hub’s Test Drive season. |
Gares, Jessica |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Two people are stuck in an elevator, just them and their misconceptions. This site-specific play explores modern relationships between Indigenous and settler youth in Saskatchewan. |
Hicks, Ryan |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Travel to BC to write material for my new album. I have eight finished and would like to write three more songs. |
Bradshaw, Ryan |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$750 |
This grant will partially fund the research and creation of a poetry collection focused on Saskatchewan birds and climate change. |
Pask-Thompson, Karen |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Exhibit 30-35 works at the Chapel Gallery in NB for first solo show outside Saskatoon. Taking advantage of an opportunity to exhibit in 2022. . |
Smith, Amanda |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Upon hearing my pre audition tape, I have been asked to audition at the RCM. I am requesting funding to complete that audition. |
Greenway, Madeleine |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To participate in OSAC’s Arts on the Move program, I will need to assemble and frame an exhibition of 15 works. |
Mantyka, Drew |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
This grant will be to support the adapting and written of a new version of the play Arden of Faversham. |
Chrysalis Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Chrysalis Theatre will produce the play My Name is Rachel Corrie, at La Troupe du Jour. |
Grummett, S.E. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
For theatre artist, S.E. Grummett to attend a Performing Arts Creation Residency at the Banff Centre for the creation of their new work: "Nude Parade". |
Dishaw, Jessie |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$250 |
I received feedback on my Independent Artist grant that my portfolio needed stronger visuals. I'm requesting funding to hire a photographer to document my work. |
Pantel, Rowan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Funds to enrol in online puppetry course. Continue my training in the art form with a Master Puppeteer. |
Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Senior dance artist Terrill Maguire visits SK from ON for the first time to work with Free Flow Dance Theatre. |
Shadowpaw Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To produce Shadowpaw Press's first audiobooks, for two novels to be published this fall. |
Fink, Heike |
Prud'homme |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Visit two European art venues specifying in felt art to develop my professional practice and to intensify international connections. |
Haynes, Sierra |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Travel to rural Caledonia, Ontario to research the history and landscape of Peggy Douglas who I will portray on stage in spring 2022. |
Walliser, Rachel |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
My proposal is to cover travel and accommodation expenses for rehearsals in Saskatoon for the production of my first professionally produced script, Breaking the Curse. |
Lawrence, Katherine |
saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To expand my readership beyond Saskatchewan by presenting my new poetic memoir, Black Umbrella, at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival and Art Bar reading series. |
Fletcher, Étienne |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Applying for the Microgrant program to help fund a portion of the travel expenses for our 3 concerts in Eastern Canada in March 2022. |
Rees, Alasdair |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Montréal to take part in two events for the Journée du Poème à Porter organized by La Poésie Partout |
Solheim, Krista |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
A rehearsal director apprenticeship in dance with Faye Thomson, one of the Artistic Directors of The School of Contemporary Dancers professional program. |
Bradley, Bevin |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
A collaborative mentorship with master printer Jillian Ross at Jillian Ross Print studio printing to learn Intaglio etching print methods. |
Bradshaw, Kathy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
I am seeking financial support to participate in a US encaustic retreat and exhibition which I was recently awarded through the International Encaustic Association. |
Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
1 Registration for the IMZ Academy for Digital Capture of Orchestral Music |
KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
KSAMB dance company hosts teacher Katarina Eriksson and two invited dance improvisers for a workshop and performance to grow Contact improvisation skills and improvisation community. |
Zegeye-Gebrehiwot, Hagere Selam "shimby" |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Participation in the Oberhausen Seminar: examining global moving image practices in the context of a festival, interrogating the infrastructures that allow film to circulate. |
Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To receive feedback and finish edits on my debut novel, Everything is Fine Here, under the guidance of accomplished novelist Marina Endicott. |
Harder, Kendra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Participation in Fresh Squeezed Opera's Online Vocal Lab 2022 where I will collaborate on a new operatic work |
Hoggarth, Opal |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Starting a new drag/rock show to allow queer performers to make money in Regina for alternative communities. |
Marshall, Edie |
Riverhurst |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
I request funding to frame new gouache paintings and make-ready my garage/studio for a weekend art exhibition at my home in Riverhurst. |
Stock, Shayna |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Exploring the use of movement to animate poetry about queer lineage. Mini apprenticeship with dancer, theatre artist and play enthusiast to help my poems move. |