| Berglund, Melanie |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
A three-day song writing workshop and song coaching session offered on Zoom by Grammy nominated songwriter, Mary Gauthier. |
| Nault, Tania |
Vibank |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$890 |
Support for travel and supplies to visit with, learn from, and recreate a piece of my family’s material culture housed in a museum. |
| Ay, Caramba! Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
To attend COYUNTURA, a National Latinx Theatre Gathering to connect and network with Latinx artists across Canada |
| Goretzky, Barbara |
Lumsden |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$635 |
To attend the Big Skies Open Spaces Watercolour Symposium 2023 in Regina and partake in Alberta based, Jean Pederson's and Quebec based, Shari Blaukopf's workshops. |
| Richardson, Jordie |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Seeking funding for compensation for assistant fight directing services with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan. |
| Cross, Roberta |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Complete writing a memoir essay, ready for publication, with the support of a SWG Writing Retreat and ten days of dedicated professional creative literary practice. |
| Breiter, Cameron |
Warman |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
What I wish to do is to participate in the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and participate in their Canadian east coast tour entitled "Aurora". |
| Farrow, Kody |
Dalmeny |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$200 |
Shakespeare Intensive Workshop facilitated by renowned Shakespeare actor, director, and educator Christopher Weddell. Participants will improve their acting, text work, and understanding of Shakespeare. |
| Ricketts, Kathryn |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
This workshop with master Richard Armstrong will undoubtedly provide me with the tools and feedback to develop more competencies in my performance work in dance/theatre. |
| Abo Al Shamat, Abdul Salam |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to compete in the national poetry slam competition, and hopefully, win it! |
| Deaf Crows Collective |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Send four Deaf actors, our Deaf Artistic Director, and the film’s Assistant Director to the Fable Deaf world premiere at Yorkton Film Festival. |
| Tajik, Noor |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To rehearse and showcase a 5 minute piece of original dance choreography for an event entitled Ghungroo: The South Asian Experience. |
| Portal of Understanding |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Our sculpture is based on the idea of a multicultural totem using wood carving, paper making and forming, welded steel, felting and various other techniques. |
| Schuld, Marsha |
Rush Lake |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Travel to locations in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan for archive research and to photograph/ interview female farmers preparatory to creating a new body of textile work. |
| Walliser, Rachel |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
My proposal is to cover travel, food, and accommodation expenses to attend a callback audition for the National Theatre School's Acting program in Montreal, Quebec. |
| Philips, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to attend the Sage Hill Spring poetry colloquium led by poet Jane Munro to work on finishing revisions to a poetry manuscript. |
| Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To attend the two-week Summer Writers Residency 2023 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. |
| Kim, Hyon Suk |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I would like to participate in 50th International Clarinet Festival. |
| Lafferty, Richard |
Prince Albert |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
This project will be to develop a photographic portfolio following the lifecycle of three Metis community gardens with the Prince Albert region in central Saskatchewan |
| Prairie Saxophone Initiative |
North Battleford |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
To perform a concert in the Greater Vancouver Area and develop connections with their artistic community. |
| Shurniak Gallery Inc. |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Shurniak Gallery will host Tracey-Mae Chambers to create installations of premade crochet, woven, knit pieces made with yarn to encourage dialogue regarding reconciliation and decolonization. |
| Poitras, Jarrid Curtis Lee |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$585 |
I have been successfully nominated for Country Album of The Year for the Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards and need to attend in person. |
| Devine-Tajgardan, Negar |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$430 |
I would need a grant to create an installation for Nuit Blanch, as the program budget can't cover all my material and labor expenses. |
| Sun, Qiming |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I plan to create an ephemeral sculptural installation accompanied by a ritualistic performance piece during my stay at Monica Bodirsky's "Awakening" Artist Residency. |
| Fehr, Alex |
Nipawin |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To create and shoot a dance film, to be presented throughout Saskatchewan and Canada at large. |
| Sirett, Nicola |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
For one hundred consecutive days over the summer, I will make one public sidewalk chalk drawing (usually of an animal) each day. |
| Cunningham, Tahnis |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
A dance workshop allowing Metis dancers and musicians to share and solidify knowledge of traditional Metis jigging and Canadian social and square dancing. |
| Giesbrecht, Jessica |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Attend the CANSCAIP Packaging Your Imagination 2023 Conference in person by traveling to Toronto. |
| Biofeedback Art Collective |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,985 |
Biofeedback Collective creates collaborative artworks for an exhibition at Alt Haus inspired by an exploration into “womens-work” and craft. |
| Van Opstal-Tamez, Ingrid |
Windthorst |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Paint a mural at a local music festival to expand my skills in public art and meet the needs of visual arts in small communities. |
| Romero, Alejandro |
Battleford |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will be creating on site a mixed media installation using wood, clay and other materials |
| Hawkes, Nena |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
This funding would support me in attending the Summer Intensive Program at Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre with a focus on Mask. |
| Bzdell, Rebecca |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I intend to attend the professional semester at Broadway Dance Center. |
| Glenn, Allyson |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$700 |
Travel to Portugal to attend Córtex Frontal Artist-in-Residence to conduct research and make new paintings for Eclipse series for solo exhibitions in Greece in 2024. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,865 |
We will host choreographer and educator Kunji Ikeda to develop KSAMB’s performative practice of "Falling Queer" by critiquing 2 public performances and leading 2 workshops. |
| Conquergood, Lorna |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$800 |
Create a portrait of a woman who fled Kabul in 2021 as part of a collaborative exhibition to highlight Afghan women's stories. |
| Wylie, Carol |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$800 |
Create a portrait of an Afghan woman refugee for an exhibition that pairs Saskatchewan female artists with Afghan women to help amplify their voices. |
| Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,500 |
One week of artist fees (for 3 artists) to test and prepare materials and technical elements, prior to a workshop week on a new script. |
| Coombs, Chad |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I have a solo art show that presents my autistic struggles in photographic form. I have 25 pieces I intend to show. |
| Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$800 |
I will research deep meaning of Lesya Ukrainka play Forest Song, second and third acts. Make a plan of dances, music for future folk ballet. |
| Wensel, Misty |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$700 |
To attend Chhandika Summer Intensive in Boston, MA from July 6- 10 to study with guest artists Joanna de Souza & Marni and Chris Ris. |
| Neilsen, Ross |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Create new material. Record a live performance of said material. Use this fresh audio video for bookings for the 2024 festival season. |
| Veith, Ulrike |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Print a large format photograph in 9 panels for installation in a bus shelter, part of Kunst im Weg, a 2 day event in Germany |
| Griffin, Lauren |
Dundurn |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I would use this grant to attend a three day intensive on mask and physical theatre through the Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry. |
| Bohn, Brooke |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To create art to prepare for the IA grant while experimenting new techniques & ideas to understand myself as an artist. |
| Grant, Colin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will re-compose a suite of old Jazz/Spoken Word compositions for Nuit Blanche 2023 and lead rehearsals for the performance. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
We are creating artworks (sculptures, videos, performance art) which accumulate into a collaborative performance piece during our month-long artist residency at Banff Center. |
| Holmes, Shannon |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will share my new work-in-progess devised peice "Brux" at the Freedom & Focus Conference and will receive critical freedback and support from voice-centred artists. |
| Sanchez Espitia, Esperanza |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to honour Saskatchewan land by creating an experimental cameraless short film.
Project name: Prairie Tribute
Genre: Experimental 16 mm cameraless
Length: 3 minutes |
| Dunbar, Geanna |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Culturally immersive myself, honor and celebrate Indigenous art while fostering cultural appreciation. To showcase skills and contribute to the economic empowerment of Indigenous artistic talent. |
| Hunter, Della |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To assist in making an important professional developmental transformation I will be consulting two feminist artists to provide mentorship on a new body of work. |
| Chaplin, Connie L. |
Fort QuAppelle |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I've been invited to submit one outfit that I have botanically printed and designed for ecoprinting conference in Indonesia.
Time sensitive Oct. 2023 |
| Gilmour, Bonnie |
Meacham |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To travel to the CAVA gallery in Edmonton for my exhibition setup, public reception, and then the takedown of my exhibition one month later. |
| Ifeanyiukachu, Uzochi Lolia |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$750 |
This grant will be used to mix and master 4 songs which will be released on a 7 song EP |
| Garlimah, James |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$750 |
This will be my first professional body of work as a recording artist. My intention is to produce an Extended Play (EP). |
| Janvier, Sylvia |
LaLoche |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To support cultural art in ribbon skirt making and beading practices. To keep traditional art and culture alive in the Dene/Metis community. |
| Alvarado, Ricardo |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Level 1 and 2 Foundations of Consent and Intimacy online training courses. |
| Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$500 |
Use my own compositional ideas to create a structured improvisation with two other musicians, with recording in Saint John and concert in Sackville, NB |
| Johnstone, Hilary |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Solo show booked at SCC, need to frame art, go 3 times to bring , collect art , and teach a workshop after the opening. |
| Skeard, Edith |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
This project explores passive and active audience collaboration and playfulness through through technology, installation, and a durational, responsive, sound performance. |
| Malbeuf, Nolan |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To immerse myself in culturally specific environments that enrich my understanding, provide opportunities for networking, and foster growth in my personal life and professional career. |
| Mercier, Isabelle |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Funding will help cover the cost of a unique recording opportunity for a special francophone project to be released during Winnipeg's Festival du Voyageur. |
| Prince Albert Potter's Guild |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
We would like to bring in Dawn Candy, a Canadian ceramic artist from Red Deer Alberta, for a workshop on extensive surface design. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will travel to Toronto to present my new novel APPARITIONS at two events, and do a panel at the Unify Deaf Film Festival. |
| Hansen, Naomi |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
My first book, Only in Saskatchewan, is shortlisted for the 2023 Taste Canada Awards and I would like to attend the awards ceremony in Toronto. |
| Lowry, Nancy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Prototype new tools to assist me in painting new large scale work, phase 1 of 4 supporting my first solo exhibition in August 2023. |
| Dynamic Video Imaging Corporation |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Facilitate the travel and professional development of Dynamic Video Imaging through attending the "Reelworld Film Festival" and premier of our film "A Storm Blows Over". |
| La Marre, Rebecca |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I am invited by Peripheral Review, a national Canadian contemporary art journal, to interview Vancouver artist and co-founder of Western Front artist-run centre, Glen Lewis. |
| Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To present my film Gentle Hum of Spring at two back-to-back festivals on the West Coast: 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival and Tacoma Film Festival. |
| THE 525 ART POP-UPS INC. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Our pop-up art exhibition on November 25th and the pre-exhibit artists’ workshop aim to develop early-career artists who have little to no prior exhibiting experience. |
| Aubichon, Holly |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$620 |
Prepare for solo exhibition in the fall 2024 and afford my studio while taking time off to do this work! |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$980 |
Professional development, see the first multilingual Métis Opera celebrating Riel's life, the roles that women have played in it, and includes Métis and contemporary dance. |
| Mendez, Edward |
Warman |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will dive deeply into pedagogy, stage combat, and movement systems at the Paddy Crean Workshop taking place in Banff, AB January 3-9, 2024 |
| Wanotch, Tori-Lynn |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I wish to procure 7 buffalo skulls to paint. In my paintings I will share the 7 sacred teachings, depicted in acrylic paint. |
| Live Five Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
To increase our capacity and solidify our future goals through the creation of an organizational strategic plan with guidance from an external facilitator |
| Tyler, Tim |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I have been contracted by the Eye Gallery for a 20 piece Exhibition entitled Light Floats on Black Water that runs March and April. |
| Suchan, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Help cover artistic and travel costs for a live performance album launch by composers Paul Suchan and Silas Friesen at the Bassment by the SJO. |
| Gliem, Melodie |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$400 |
I'm a Nominee in the SIMA music awards and would like to offset the cost of travel to attend the Awards. |
| Chinese Dance Club of Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
One of a kind and traditional Chinese drum dance, illustrating dancers using drums as their stages, a combination of classical dance and Han dynasty poetry. |
| Gravelbourg Artisan Co-operative |
Gravelbourg |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$675 |
All local youth aged 5-18 are invited to participate in a public youth art exhibition. All art mediums will be accepted. |
| Whitbread, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I would like to take Maddie Tarbox's Voice Function 101 pedagogical online course in order to enhance my coaching and singing practice. |
| Mirlin, Mike |
Warman |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$825 |
To have a custom tap dance floor/box designed & built to amplify and integrate tap into the creation of future work with rock musicians. |
| Bradshaw, Kathy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will enrich and develop my encaustic/oil painting practice at a one month invitational artist residency in February in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. |
| Kayler, Christopher |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$500 |
Greg and I would collaborate in performing music related to the theme of the above conference: a response to trauma and a call to action. |
| Xiao, Li |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To purchase a computer, an external hard drive and updated software for my professional photography development. Current computer works very slowly and malfunction frequently. |
| Selkirk, Jesse |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
A project to collaborate with my friend Maggie Blue-Waters to compose a song about her experience as a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. |
| Brenna, Beverley |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I am a Saskatoon-based artist and this Solo Exhibition will take place at Regina Beach/Last Mountain Lake at the Elsie Scherle Gallery |
| Ledoux, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to purchase Embroidery Embrilliance applications to create and develop embroidery to sew onto clothing, mossbags, shirts, skirts or quilts. |
| Körner, Miriam |
Air Ronge |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
This project is to attend the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild winter retreat to work on my current writing project. |
| Afro Tribes Festival Incorporated |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,540 |
Love Jazz is a celebration in commemoration of black history month and to raise awareness about our initiatives with enchanting music. |
| Haywire Farm Festival |
Codette |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,539 |
Funding would be used to bring artists together to offer workshops at the festival. |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Participate at Contact Ontarois |
| Bernbaum, Joel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To do 20 interviews with Saskatchewan Jews and Muslims to begin a verbatim theatre play about the Gaza war and its effect on our community. |
| Banga, Kaydence |
Stockholm |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
A music, soundscape and dance based theatrical production exploring youth and artist mental health. |
| Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,921 |
To tour our award-winning queer theatre/comedy show "Creepy Boys" to Regina (presented by Curtain Razors), Winterruption festival (Saskatoon) and OUTStages festival (Victoria) in early 2024. |
| Poulin, Danielle |
Prince Albert |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
The project will consist of two foundational beading classes that will help individuals start to learn how to bead simple projects. |
| Utman (Koops), Victoria |
Macoun |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I hope to successfully launch my debut novel, WHO WE ARE IN REAL LIFE published by Groundwood Books, which releases February 6, 2024. |
| Mycyk, Sofia |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will prepare an informative lecture-recital to present Ukrainian composers, relating to the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra fundraising concert “A Kolomyika Fantasy” on March 9, 2024. |
| Tegenkamp, Diana Hope |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to work with manuscript editor, Anne Simpson, to complete the final stage of my poetry manuscript about my father, Metis activist Don Nielson. |
| Morrow, Nicole |
Fort Qu'appelle |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$800 |
Attend a Caribou Hair Tufting class and learn this medium to incorporate in my own work. |
