| Holophon Audio Arts |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
To launch Regina’s inaugural sound art festival running from October 26th, 2024 to October 27th, 2024. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,700 |
The Mid-Winter Blues Festival features both MainStage and free live blues music events featuring diverse local, national and international performers throughout Regina. |
| Alpha Kids Crew |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
Game Theory VI is a free community festival focusing on youth, female, and non-binary involvement in Breakin’ and growing awareness to the street dance culture. |
| Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc. |
Big River |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Country at the Creek Music Festival is an annual outdoor Music event held just outside of the community of Big River |
| The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
Hosting a series of diverse emerging and established writers and musicians from across Canada. Paying artists to extend their tour to include Saskatchewan's small audiences. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
JazzFest Regina 2024 celebrates its 16th annual jazz festival kicking off summer in Regina and Southern Saskatchewan along with our Saskatchewan festival fun events season. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$6,500 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Kitchen Fest: A series of 8 inter-ractive evening concerts over two weeks presenting Saskatchewan musicians collaborating with professional musicians from across Canada and the World. |
| Saskatchewan Jewish Arts Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,800 |
To fund the creation & production of a series of Saskatchewan Jewish Arts Festival "pop up" events, leading up to our next full festival (2025) |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Strata Festival of New Music is a 3 day festival featuring newly composed music by beginner, emerging and established Canadian and Saskatchewan composers. |
| Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
Production and presentation of the 2024 Borealis Flamenco Festival Series consisting of three shows and various workshops. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
19th Edition International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon CINERGIE |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,650 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
La Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Regina Folk Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$80,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| 25th Street Theatre Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Bengough Municipal Arts Council Inc. |
Bengough |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$26,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Cultural Festivals |
Swift Current |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$42,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Queer City Cinema Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$32,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$75,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$89,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Deiter, Christine |
Balcarres |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
I would like to plan for a youth/Elder Saulteaux Tipi camp. This camp would be about Saulteaux language, culture and games. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$15,011 |
A series of Plains Indian Sign Language workshops to actively teach, reanimate Cree language learning using PISL. Live and Virtually. |
| Bird, Lianne |
Balcarres |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Singers from Peepeekisis FN joined with Saskatchewan Gymnaestada to perform at Amsterdam World Gymaestrada Festival to promote Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action. |
| Bear's Song Collective |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$15,500 |
To provide intergenerational teachings about birch, spruce and porcupines and using their natural resources to create birch bark baskets and documenting the entire process. |
| Smith, James |
Muskoday |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Ask younger indigenous people what they think about Art. Show them how to develop these ideas ranging from educational, spiritual experiences, hardships, beauty nature, aspirations. |
| Muskoday First Nation Community School |
Muskoday |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
We will teach youth traditional Pow-Wow drumming, singing and regalia making. We will teach youth to make Indigenous hand drums and rattles. |
| Knight, Lindsay |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$19,997 |
To mentor and then host an itwewiniyiniwak("word people") storytelling gathering based on creation story(ies) of Treaty Six Territory, including contemporary/traditional rap, comedy, poetry and songwriting. |
| Friday, Tekeyla |
Webb |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
Create the Stop-Motion Animation short film Escape from Residential School by mentoring youth to help with the production, pass on my skills and build community. |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
The project animates community through our stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward. |
| Aubichon, Holly |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Develop a website, creating a map to share where traditional tattoo-artists work and build community-backed resources for future inclusion of tattooing during ceremonies and events. |
| George-Heese, Tracey |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
The project will have three components; an artist residency, a 3 session workshop circles and exhibition of final pieces. For the personal residency, I will focus on on the creation of a Treaty 4 Dress that reflects on my ancestors who were signatories of the Treaty 4 document. |
| Dene High School |
La Loche |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$5,492 |
Educational expedition. This project is to support and gain Indigenous knowledge through teachings and experiences. Participants will be exposed to all facades of Indigenous led projects and businesses that will encourage our Youth in taking pride of their heritage and identity as indigenous peoples. |
| Gabriel Dumont Local #11 |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$19,400 |
Sewing Circle hosts Metis cultural arts workshops and then gathers weekly where artists mentor and support the learning of our members. |
| Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$11,780 |
To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Nehiyawak(Cree Peoples), on Treaty Six Territory. |
| Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To create a first draft of the documentary film Queer Seniors by editing twelve existing interviews of queer Indigenous Elders and settler senior citizens. |
| Wanuskewin Heritage Park |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Offering a free, drop-in art collaboration in with Metis artists Holly Tennant and Leah Dorion to connect with the Prince Albert Indigenous community through art. |
| Belanger, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$6,084 |
The funds will assist in the creation and development of new material for Kokum Ernestine and her pet bird Muckatoon (puppet) . |
| Friesen, Marcy |
Carrot River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$6,084 |
I would like to carry out a mentorship that is shaped by ideas of matriarchy and intergenerational relationships. |
| Pewapsconias, Janelle |
Paynton |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$9,900 |
For youth descendants of Indian Residential School to capture survivance stories through family tree art, spoken word, and storytelling for Orange Shirt Day 2023. |
| GGFN Elders |
@level1.client.city@ |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$19,752 |
Create an after-school program aimed at First Nation Arts in collaboration with Students, Elders, and community members, showcasing students' work in a final celebration. |
| Ledoux, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$12,664 |
To hold a three day Moccasin-making class in Mistawasis reserve. |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
The project connects community through stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward. |
| Knight, Lindsay |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$16,336 |
To plan, present, mentor and perform "The TMRWS" Indigenous Women in Hip Hop Festival in Treaty Six Territory on July 12, 2024. |
| Indigenous Poets Society |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Publish a Zine of indigenous writing, artwork in early 2024 of 50 pages. Create digitally and send to printers at SK and ON branches distribution. |
| Gladue, Raeanne |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Fund research hours for cultural film. Documentary on a native man's journey how sixty scoop and residential schools had an impact on cultural self identity. |
| Cando Metis Local 55 Incorporated |
SASKATOON |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
We'd tell the story of the Cando and District Metis. Cando, Willowfield and Beljennie had a big Metis population with a story to tell. |
| Anderson, Skyler |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To lead, mentor, and direct a group of young and emerging indigenous artists from Treaty 4 through a devised performance at the Treaty 4 Grounds. |
| Cowessess First Nation |
Cowessess |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$12,957 |
Urban Indigenous Art Workshops: Learn traditional techniques and contemporary expressions in Indigenous art, Revitalizing cultural connection and creative exploration. |
| Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$16,834 |
To continue teaching the art of porcupine quillwork at an intermediate level on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. |
| Ledoux, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
We will have a Women's Wellness Weekend at Wanuskewin Heritage Park for Adult Indigenous Women aged 30 and up. |
| Stobart Community School |
Duck Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,500 |
We wish to start a hoop dance program to accompany our existing drum and dance program. Requiring funds to make hoops and hire an instructor. |
| L'Hirondelle, Cheryl |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$17,752 |
To share, with Metis songwriter Berk Jodoin, my method of co-writing songs with incarcerated relatives in 2 SK correctionals & arrange/record/produce/master a song from each. |
| Stonechild, Jacob |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
I am currently looking for funding to continue my art projects not only to share but to teach those who might be interested thank you |
| Prairie Spirit Connection |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
The teepees will be centralized for teaching, ceremony, song, providing connection to heritage, for families, children, youth, and foster parents to experience culture connections. |
| Armstrong, Audrey |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Large visual artworks identify Treaty 6 and Métis territory. A community art wall invites participants to deepen their awareness of and relationship to this land. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Video capture training of SSO team and musicians as we launch online streaming/digital concerts to remove barriers of access for audiences during pandemic and beyond. |
| On the Boards Staging Company, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Diversifying our program delivery by incorporating live streaming into the production model of independent performing artists. |
| Sum Theatre Corp. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Expanding Sum Theatre's e-capacity by creating a participatory website. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
The purpose of this project is to perform technological upgrades to improve our ability to deliver programming and content online via video and live streaming. |
| Common Weal Community Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Hire a consultant to provide training on the ethics of online programming and support artists with strategies on how to engage community through virtual platforms. |
| Friends of the Broadway Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Complete overhaul of our Ticketing, Point of Sale and Membership software, combining all into one web-based system. |
| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
PAVED Arts intends to create an online open-source equipment booking and members access portal, in partnership with Video Pool artist-run in Winnipeg. |
| Persephone Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Request for support week long Theatre Manager intensive training for Youth Tour Coordinator, Box Office Management and Staff. |
| Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Build digital capacity and aquire accessible digital equipment to increase organizational capacity, resilience and responsiveness within Saskatchewan through disability arts and culture. |
| Kenderdine Art Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
To increase our organizational capacity to produce effective online content through increased community connections and redistribution of funds to skilled though precariously employed cultural workers. |
| Art Gallery of Swift Current |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We will hire a professional videographer to create virtual tours of our next two upcoming exhibitions to help us regain, retain and broaden our audience. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Staff and board will take a 6-day training course and create concrete change for more equitable, diverse, and inclusive environments for our staff and public. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We want to increase our digital production capabilities, to enable us to record and broadcast Saskatchewan artists via podcast, live stream, etc. |
| Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Inc. |
Yorkton |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$4,825 |
Upgrade and replace aging and soon to be obsolete computer and technology infrastructure. Manage change and succession for a new Director & Curator position. |
| AKA Gallery Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Re-envision AKA's organizational framework, working with diverse consultants and colleagues challenge institutional assumptions and biases in order to better support artists, communities, and staff. |
| Neutral Ground Inc. |
Regina |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Address the barriers to equity at Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre through an in-depth anti-racism training program lead by Future Ancestors Inc. |
| Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To support the enrolment of our Managing Editor in the online Certificate in Publishing program from the Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To cover expenses of Thistledown Press’ transition in ownership. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We would like to work with a consultant and explore ways to increase our digital capacity and navigate/adapt to the future of the literary/arts/festival sector. |
