| Ballantyne, Kistin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
imagineNative is a Film/Media Arts festival held in Toronto, I have been invited to attend due to my involvement in the project "Buffalo Futurism". |
| Dufour-Contreras, René |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel and attend imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts festival to showcase Buffalo Futurism. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Thistledown Press's Acquisitions Editor and Editorial Director, Elizabeth Philips, has been invited to attend the Indigenous Editors' Circle as a non-Indigenous participant in May, 2025. |
| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,301 |
Artistic Director to attend the Biennial national artist-run centre gathering "Against the Current", hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery’s Alma Duncan Salon, AXENÉO7 and SAW. |
| Nagyl, Jody |
La Ronge |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I have been invited by Pixels at 20 Paces Art Collective to do my first solo photography exhibit during the month of May, 2025. |
| Little Opera on the Prairie |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
LOOP presents a public vocal masterclass led by acclaimed Saskatoon clinicians, offering participants professional development through enhanced vocal performance and presentation. |
| Gilmore, Carmen |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$875 |
I'd like to attend the online Sage Hill non-fiction writing course and study under author Jenna Butler. |
| Knight, Lancelot |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Showcase and attend Departure Festival and Conference (formerly Canadian Music Week) in Toronto, ON. |
| Griffin, Leanne |
Dundurn |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$875 |
To participate in Sage Hill's Online (Zoom) Playwriting Lab with Vern Thiessen to refine my script, Personal Space, for submission to theaters for potential production. |
| Stratton, Tara |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$700 |
A 7-day poi retreat with mentor Nick Woolsey to advance in flow arts, dance, and performance, aiming for mastery and artistic growth. |
| Calf Child-Dubois, Acahkos |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Collaborated on application called Buffalo Futurism that was selected for imagineNATIVE; need funding for travel/accommodations |
| Alexander-Luna, Tina |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Presenting a lecture-recital with pianist Leanne Regehr at International Congress of Voice Teachers in Toronto, Ontario, about art song contributions of Canadian composer Violet Archer. |
| Mikhaylova, Evgenia |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Recipe Recital is a live performance production on the affects of olfactory and sonic vocabulary on environmental perception. |
| Alvarez, Kris |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Saskatoon's Kyuubi Culture Artist Collective has invited me to participate in their 2025 collaborative artist residency project as the artist for the month of May. |
| Stark, Maia |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
This self-directed mini-residency will strengthen my narrative painting practice and provide opportunity for collaboration; funding is critical to secure studio space and materials. |
| Neilsen, Ross |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$675 |
I am going to hire Beezneez Recording Service to capture my live band performance on video and audio. |
| Bigeagle-Kequahtooway, Joely |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$750 |
To attend ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival June 4 - 6, 2025 in Toronto as part of a contingency for Buffalo Futurism app |
| Bellefleur, Stephanie |
Willow Bunch |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Toronto for arts and culture festivals to participate in panel discussion; Muse Arts and support as ambassador for the Downie & Wenjack Fund. |
| skelton, j wallace |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I want to purchase two new vending machines, and create new trans affirmation cards, so I have new, more portable Trans Affirmation Machines. |
| Janze, Rachel |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to - and within - the Gitxsan nation to share in learning to sustainably harvest planting tannins for barktanning animal and salmon skins. |
| Muromura, Akiko |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$500 |
I am participating in "The Nikka Yuko (Canadian and Japanese friendship) -Re Turning the Stories exhibition, Japanese Garden. |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Develop and perform "After Abigail Shrier" a live cinema performance at Nuit Blanche YXE combining Super 8 film loops and live soundscapes. |
| Henderson, Leah |
Melfort |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$670 |
Attend a week-long Independent Workshop with Prince Albert artist George Glenn to refine technical skills, explore new approaches, and deepen visual investigation techniques. |
| Nelson, Josiah |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
This microgrant would help fund my attendance at Sage Hill's Fiction Course, where I would workshop and develop my debut short story collection. |
| Hosaluk, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$930 |
Construction of shipping crates for "The Circle and the Dot" Exhibition July 8, 2025, at the Mann Gallery in Prince Albert, SK. |
| Kakakaway, Torrie |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Poundmaker Cree Nation for a PISL workshop that will directly inform a new theatrical work told entirely through Indigenous and Deaf visual languages. |
| Krug-Iron, Christopher |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I will attend the Fight Directors Canada Nationals Workshop in August 2025, attaining my Basic Actor Combatant certification. |
| McGonigal, Britten |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I have been invited by my supervisor and applied instructor Dr. Tina Alexander-Luna to participate and perform in her NATS conference lecture recital. |
| Markatos, Michelle |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attend Eutopia Art Residency Ceramics Symposium in Meteora, Greece to develop new sculptural work, exchange ideas with international artists, and deepen my practice in ceramics. |
| Macdonald, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Myself and a team of professional theatre artists are travelling to Scotland to perform my play, IAGO SPEAKS at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. |
| Butler, Ciel |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Entertaining and diversifying Saskatoon's Fringe Festival 2025 by funding the inclusion of Saskatoon-based drag performers on their all ages, free outdoor stage. |
| Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre |
Maple Creek |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
To create an exhibition of art by those who have endured a major trauma and have used art to process pain, grief, abuse and neglect |
| Dirty Sanchez Orchestra |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$900 |
Travel to Brandon MB July 18 and Winnipeg MB July 19 to play an all ages punk show and a two day punk festival |
| Akintade-Oluwagbeye, Oluwaseun Peace |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Dedicating time for the upcoming production of The Newcomer while receiving mentorship to develop technical, leadership, and storytelling skills as an emerging director in Saskatchewan. |
| Khan, Tanisha |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$500 |
To attend the SWG Summer Retreat where I will draft and revise short stories to help further my artistic practice. |
| Laird, Tonia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$475 |
Participate in the SWG self-directed retreat to work on manuscript due August 31st and network with fellow writers. |
| Ylioja, Janna |
Macrorie |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Take part in a conducting workshop with Luminous Voices and Dr. Timothy Shantz to improve my skills and meet other professionals in my discipline. |
| Ferraton, Dominique |
Gravelbourg |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Framing eight photographs for a juried group exhibition at the Art Gallery of Swift Current opening in October 2025. |
| Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Meet with casting and artistic directors at Stratford. See theatre at Stratford, Shaw and Drayton. Pitch my new play to prospective theatres. |
| Sbot N Wo |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Voice/Electronics duo Sbot N Wo has been invited to perform at Sappyfest, a nationally recognized arts and music festival in Sackville, NB |
| Schumack, Keira |
Unity |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Represent Team Canada in international acrobatic dance competition, train with top choreographers, and perform on the world stage to advance my professional dance career. |
| Farrero, Charley |
Meacham |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Transport, install and uninstall works for the exhibition ' L'elevateur de Meacham' at Centre d'arts visuels de l'Alberta (Edmonton). Attendance at the Opening July 10. |
| Kelly, Morgan |
Weyburn |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I plan to shoot a short historical fiction film about a woman artist on the prairies with a small crew and local actors. |
| McCaig, Ty |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Sightlines is a multidisciplinary anniversary event that showcases new cyanotype and photographic works curated from Ty McCaig’s recent residencies, alongside music, and interactive art installations |
| Gonzalez, Julia |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attend Outdoor Heroes International 2025 residency in Mitwitz, Germany. Exploring creativity in
relation to pressing global themes such as climate, culture, community, belonging and regeneration. |
| Sadikov, Shokhrukh (Shah) |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
One-week long residency as a conducting fellow at the Cabrillo Music Festival of Contemporary Music to participate in a conducting Masterclass with maestro Cristian Măcelaru. |
| Roden, Marjorie |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$750 |
I am creating a short film and taking it with me to Regina's Festival of Art & Discourse, along with 3 paintings & a photograph. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Promote new novel - at writers festival in Calgary, called WHEN WORDS COLLIDE, author reading at Bow Valley Ranche also local media interest |
| Burns, Sherron |
North Battleford |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Participate in art, myth and mask making 5 day intensive workshop exploring natural materials as led by award winning artists Chrystene Ells and Xstine Cook. |
| Rosenwald, Betsy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attend the Moulin à Nef artist residency in Auvillar, France from September 8 to October 9, 2025. |
| In The Headlights |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Present 15 minutes of the play at the Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta Showcase (Oct. 24 - 26th) in Fort Saskatchewan, AB. |
| Hainsworth, Alexa |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attend The Vermont Studio Center - Artist Residency Vermont US, September 2025. For the creation of new large-scale fibre sculpture/installation and performance. |
| Dynamic Video Imaging Corporation |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Facilitate the travel and professional development of Dynamic Video Imaging through attending the 50th 'Toronto International Film Festival' for the premiere of our film 'KLEE'. |
| Sheibani, Sima |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
We will redevelop a show about homeland, language, and conflict, performed this summer, and bring it to the festival of Art and Discourse in Regina. |
| The Women's Company |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Publish 'Annette is a Bimbo!' for release at McNally Robinson in Saskatoon on October 11—National Coming Out Day. |
| Frigon, Raphaele |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Ephemeral salt sculpture approximating my trans body, made of cattle licks, exploring embodiments and relationships to this land. |
| Bogdan, Pearl |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Manuscript consultation from professional editor at publishing press. |
| King, Karlie |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$640 |
I am one of the juried Visual Artists for Nuit Blanche YXE 2025, and will be showcasing my wearable lantern entitled 'Illuminated Archetype'. |
| Budgell-Eaglespeaker, Forrest Scott |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Showcase and panelist speaker at Breakout West 2025 in Winnipeg |
| pîkiskwêw, she speaks |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
“Pîkiskwêw, she speaks,” a captivating performance night celebrating Indigenous women and feminine voices on October 5 at Saskatoon’s Art Bar. |
| Turner, Ashton |
Warman |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$660 |
TwoBees Productions is producing Yaga by Kat Sandler. I would like to take the position of production assistant/ASM/dresser that has been offered to me |
| Kovach, Jaye |
Kipling |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Winnipeg to present a new film, “Care & Tenderness” followed by an in-person Q&A. |
| Circle Made Artist Society |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,975 |
Circle Made will produce a free, bi weekly oral arts performance series for 4 months that utilizes hip hop cyphers and poetry slams. |
| Wesaquate, Kevin |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
To accept the Writer in Residency which has been offered to me. My ask is for the flight to attend October 15th return October 31st. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I will perform my children's story BUTTERFLY ON THE WIND at the Telling Tales Festival in Burlington. |
| 5 Guys Named Dave |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Five Guys Named Dave would like to record and release our first ever professionally-recorded live-off-the-floor old-time album. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
To continue our pilot program: Kyuubi Micro Residency, which provides free studio and gallery space for underrepresented artists in Saskatoon art community. |
| Lenko, Timothy |
Moose Jaw |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Traveling to New York City to screen my short film 'A Priest Walks into a Bar' in the SOHO International Film Festival. |
| Janzen, Ava |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Write and record songs with Juno award-winning songwriter and producer Zach Zanardo to complete and release my debut six-song EP 'Call Me Vikki' |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Expand my artistic practice beyond drumming by learning recording and mixing with Randy Farkas, developing skills for professional recordings and long-term creative independence. |
| Rayner, Steven |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Learn programs and file types that allow me to send files to 3D printers and CNC routers to make prototypes and molds to make sculptures. |
| LaPlante, Brianna |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I will bring already fleshed hides to the hide camp and scrape, soften, and smoke over the duration of nine days, bringing those teachings home. |
| Barreno, Cristian |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I want to frame 3 original paintings and 2 prints on canvas for a 3-year touring exhibition presented by OSAC. |
| Beau Nectar Collective |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Creative residency with renowned mentor Christian Bordarier |
| Hager, Brianne |
Battleford |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attending a professional ceramics course in Saskatoon through November 2025 - January 2026. |
| Robitaille, Derek |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attend film festivals to represent Penguins of the Point, build industry connections, and advance my career in environmental storytelling. |
| Larsen, Mitchell |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I will train with IDC for my role as intimacy coordinator in an upcoming production of The Wives. The Concubines. The Ritual. |
| Littlechief, Teagan |
Carlyle |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Fort Saskatchewan for Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta Showcase; perform 15-minute set, staff booth, meet presenters, secure 2026 bookings supporting my upcoming single. |
| Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Host the First Snowfall Story Fest, a community storytelling event honouring Indigenous winter story traditions with three storytellers at ta-tawâw Student Centre. |
| Mom's on the Run Comedy Collective |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Build Community and arts accessibility through the creation of 'traditional' visual art paired with interactive engagement in Art interpretation via the vessel of Improv |
| Fisher, Craig |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Just Us/Justice: Life Inside a Group Home - digital photo exhibition of daily lives of residents at Wascana Care Facility. Images taken using artist's foot. |
| Nicolle-Phillips, Shelly |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I want to participate in a residency/workshop at the WIN Herbarium in Winnipeg to deepen my knowledge of species in native prairie for my art. |
| Francoeur, Paige |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
This microgrant will help cover the costs of living in another city while I receive directing mentorship at The Globe Theatre. |
| CrossRoute |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
A public performance of Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time' |
| Rathgeber, Carolyn |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Palaschuk, Brett |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$2,500 |
— |
| Ritter-Magot, Nathaniel |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
— |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Prince Albert |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$2,500 |
— |
| Duval-Tyler, Madeline |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
— |
| Jungwirth, Jessica |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,800 |
— |
| Froc, Benton |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
— |
| Sonntag, Mayson |
Regina |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Tupper, Annika |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
— |
| Hepting, Finnian |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$2,500 |
— |
| Hector, Eleanor |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$2,500 |
— |
| Albert, Isabella |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$800 |
— |
| Weger, Rebecca |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$2,400 |
— |
| Mantyka, Drew |
SASKATOON |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Wightman, Nevada |
Toronto |
Media Arts |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Stockdale Winder, Deanna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2020-2021 |
$2,500 |
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