| Zong, Megan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$15,000 |
To develop and produce the world premiere of Unmasked at Live Five in 2020. |
| 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. |
| Zong, Megan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$434 |
A ring light with stand is an essential item many film actors use for audition tapes to achieve the best lighting quality for the video |
| Ziwa, Thandiwe |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Income for living expenses while working full time on music |
| Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Framing a series of oil pastel and pencil drawings for future exhibitions. |
| Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,480 |
To assist with the costs of childcare for my three children while I create a new body of paintings for exhibition. |
| Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Collaborating with Jessica Morgun, this will assist with living expenses as I’m in artist residency at the Art Placement Gallery through the Biofeedback Collectives project. |
| Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,197 |
To create a new series of paintings in my home studio and two residencies in Saskatoon, SK. |
| Zhao, JingLu |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Reproduction of the body of work for the exhibition at The Bunkhouse Gallery |
| 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. |
| Zdunich, Emily |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,600 |
To create and research a new body of work exploring the human condition for the purpose of exhibitions and professional development. |
| Zarubin, Brooke |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2021-2022 |
$2,500 |
— |
| Zarubin, Brooke |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2022-2023 |
$2,500 |
— |
| Zarubin, Brooke |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$600 |
— |
| Zarubin, Brooke |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,750 |
— |
| Zarubin, Alicia (Ali) |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Zafaremili, Elham |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,383 |
I aim to combine Persian calliography and painting. |
| YXE Drag Collective |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,500 |
A Country themed Virtual Drag Show to create stay at home programming. |
| YXE Drag Collective |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
Drag Me Across Saskatchewan a Drive-In Drag Show Tour will provide drag entertainment for prides across Saskatchewan in a drive-in setting this summer. |
| YXE Drag Collective |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,378 |
Drag Me Across the Prairies will present LGBTQ+ drag artistry across the three Prairie provinces expanding on last years successful Saskatchewan Drive-in tour. |
YWCA Regina
Joely Bigeagle-Kequahtooway |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Brain tanned buffalo hide will used to create art work that will commemorate MMIWG2S+ families loved ones. |
YWCA Regina
Lloyd Dubois |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
To provide art-making workshops and co-create a kinship mural that explore Indigenous experiences under colonialism for YWCA residents, staff and public. |
| Yuzicapi, Holly |
Fort Qu’Appelle |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
I would like to do traditional quillwork on a buffalo robe. Quillwork is the oldest art form from the land we live on. |
| Youth Matter |
Melfort |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Indigenous artist Kevin Pee-ace and Musician, J.J. Voss will be sharing their lived experiences with youth at our Mental Wellness for Youth Symposium. |
| Young, Tom |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,216 |
Explore watercolour as a professional art form, seek ways to strengthen watercolour community, heighten 2023 symposium awareness as a foundation to the future. |
| Young, Lyndsay |
Muskoday |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I would like to paint and draw a few illustrations and or works for the community to showcase my art. |
| Yorkton Regional High School |
Yorkton |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$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. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna |
Saltcoats |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I have been invited to have a private exhibition at Godfrey Dean Art Gallery in the fall of 2020. I need 20 works of art. |
| Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna |
Saltcoats |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Creating Textile Art for my first solo exhibition at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery in Yorkton from September 13th to October 31st , 2020. |
| Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna |
Saltcoats |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Creating Textile Art for my solo show at the Community Hall in Saltcoats in October 2021. |
| Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna |
Saltcoats |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
Creation for a solo textile show of 2022 Autumn using antique kimono from Japan |
| Yan Miller, Mindy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,000 |
A series of six wall mounted smocked and woven cane cowhide works. |
| 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. |
| Wynyard and District Museum Committee |
Wynyard |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
This proposal aims to engage an artist(s) to work with our community in creating a plan and vision for a series of public art murals. |
| Wynyard and District Museum Committee |
Wynyard |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
We are inviting Xiao Han to help tell the story of a a family who owned two Chinese restaurants in Wynyard through art and connection. |
| 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. |
| Wu, I-Ying |
Regina |
Dance |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
This project invites artists to train in my Daoism-inspired improvisation practice, exploring how this approach can be a training method for diverse cultural backgrounds. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
BIPOC Ballads is a 6 speaker series. Funding would provide cost of venue, feature poets, equipment, ASL Interpreters and prizes for poets and slam winners. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
We will administrate a 4 day youth poetry festival in Saskatoon through showcases, workshops and community building events. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,950 |
We will bring a mini-tour of spoken word poetry workshops and performances for youth to smaller SK urban centers. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
We will administrate a 4 day youth poetry festival in Saskatoon at The Remai Modern through showcases, workshops and community building events. |
| Wozny Siemens, Gladys |
Rush Lake |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Build crates to transport my relief sculptures to a confirmed exhibition at the Art Gallery of Swift Current, January 14-March21, 2023. |
| Woytiuk, Jamie |
Buena Vista |
Media Arts |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I plan to offer an introduction to photographic storytelling. |
Woytiuk, Jamie
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission - Shayil Home |
Buena Vista |
Media Arts |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
This project will support Shayil Home residents to create personal Photographic Storytelling projects. The projects will be featured in a community exhibition. |
| Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
To write a collection of linked short stories with the theme of contemporary rural and urban culture in prairie Canada. |
| Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
I will revise and polish the manuscript for a novel about three generations of a Saskatchewan farm family. |
| 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. |
| Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,000 |
I will learn more about the craft of writing short fiction, polish five stories, research and write two new stories, working toward a story collection. |
| Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,000 |
I will work on the final three stories for a collection of short fiction titled Shame, doing some of the research and writing in Newfoundland. |
| Wong, Wing Tak Nova |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,640 |
Presenting Historically Informed Performance of early and late Italian, French and German violin-harpsichord music, and Baroque dance step workshop, to the Saskatoon community. |
| Wolverine Wood Fire Collective |
Meacham |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,250 |
Members Paula Cooley, Tabata Bagatim, Anastasia Kinzel, Rebecca La Marre, will learn to fire salt and soda kilns during the CARFAC SK Mentorship program. |
| Wolseley Public Library |
Wolseley |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
The Wolseley Public Library would lead a cultural inventory research project and offer trial programs to assess current community needs and services. |
| Wolfe, Aurora |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
I am taking my band to perform at two festivals in Alberta - BIG Winter Classic (Calgary) and Winterruption (Edmonton) |
| Wolfe, Aurora |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Attend Emma Lake Artist Collaboration residency in summer 2024. |
| Wiwchar, Michelle |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Development of the libretto for “Orpheus and Eurydice: Nox”, a modern, queer response to my existing work with Kendra Harder, “Orpheus and Eurydice... ish”. |
| Wishlow, Isabella |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To rehearse, adapt and perform “Holloway”. Originally an outdoor site specific contemporary dance performance, to be presented at Darke Hall in April 2023. |
| Wirtz, Kayanna Rae |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,500 |
Artist is needing to update aging computer for design work, iPad will be able to speed up work flow to allow for more projects. |
| Winterhalt, Anastasia |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I am doing a 3 month coaching/study intensive with Kathleen Lohrenz Gable as I prepare a role and symphony debut with the SSO. |
| Winston Knoll Collegiate |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$17,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
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. |
| Wilson, Thorina (Nina) |
Broadview |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
The project focuses on the Cree creation story regarding the importance of the moose, using color, symbolism, syllabics to retain the story for the future |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,200 |
I will make an 8 hour video and several large photographic works that consider the emotional outcome and material culture of death and mourning. |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I will be traveling to Venice, Italy to participate in a workshop with Marilyn Arsem and present a performance at Venice International Performance Art Week. |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,150 |
Producing an exhibition, artist's book, and texts as an artist and 2021-2022 writer-in-residence at Gallery 44 in Toronto. |
| 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. |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,800 |
To research and produce a new performance about queer embodiment and history. |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
Over the next year, I would like to pursue three projects that will focus on new material processes and collaboration. |
| Wilson, Katie |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$64 |
Four-week three-hour sessions on songwriting, covering topics: process, song structure, genres, song forms, melodies, editing, co-writing, chord progressions, performance, copyright, releasing music and next steps. |
| Wilson, Katie |
Regina |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$1,993 |
1-month of preceding or support phase (Monday, January 6 - February 14, 2025) in composition, arrangement, and rehearsal of demo single “Didn't Ask”. |
| Williams, Janet |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$944 |
To purchase an all-in-one HEPAclean desk-top polisher to produce finer quality work with my jewelery practice. |
| William Mason School |
Nipawin |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Find and work with artist(s) and partners who help navigate the creative process for a project reflective of community involving all students. |
| Willey, Leon |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Developing and creating a door to door interactive theatre show. In consultation with artists in Stratford Ontario this May, to be performed outside, this summer. |
| Willett, Edward |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,809 |
To write a creative nonfiction book ruminating on the writing of science fiction and fantasy, drawn from experience and interviews with more than 100 authors. |
| Willems, Alexander |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,249 |
Creation grant to write, storyboard, and develop a short film exploring how sobriety impacts social dynamics. |
| Will, Elaine |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,000 |
The Last Band On Earth is a graphic novel about a noise rock band who are trapped in a ramshackle unearthly city run by demons. |
Wildeman, Tatum
Father Megret High School |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Utilizing dance to strengthen Indigenous youths' knowledge and connection to their language and culture while improving their sense of mental wellness. |
Wildeman, Tatum
Father Megret High School |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
The project will provide youth access to dance for promotion of mental health through connection, celebration of culture, and foster expression of grief and trauma. |
Wild Sky Adventure Learning
Laura Hosaluk |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$13,900 |
MĪYO ACIMOWINA ASKIY: (Good Stories Earth) is a workshop exploring old European practices of reinforced earth construction, informed by Indigenous storytelling for children and community. |
| Wilcox, Zane |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
I am applying for funding for dedicated studio time to develop a new watercolour painting process. |
| Wilcox, Zane |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
I am applying for funding to support the creation of new sculptural work for a confirmed exhibition at Remai Modern, November 2022 |
| Wihak, Mark |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
Project Pedestrian will be a multi-platform exploration of the experiences of walking. |
| Wightman, Nevada |
Toronto |
Media Arts |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Wiebe, Nicole |
Swift Current |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2021-2022 |
$1,250 |
— |
| Wiebe Works Creative Productions Inc. |
Langham |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$5,725 |
Art in The Garden Festival: An annual celebration of Saskatchewan art and music, featuring local performers, artisans, and interactive experiences, fostering community and creative expression. |
| Wide Open Theatrical Escapades Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wide Open Theatrical Escapades Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wide Open Theatrical Escapades Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wide Open Theatrical Escapades Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wide Open Theatrical Escapades Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wide Open Theatrical Escapades Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wicks, Bob |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Study Clown with Christopher Bayes and The Pandamonium Studio while they have reduced tuition and shifted classes online during the Covid Pandemic. |
| Wicks, Bob |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,400 |
My current MacBook Pro (2012 model) has become unreliable and insufficient in supporting my artistic practice: a new computer would help me make a living. |
| Wicks, Bob |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
A staged production of the "Multi-Cultural, Multi-Lingual King Lear: Cree, French, English" script adapted in 2021-2022. |
| Whitecalf, Azby |
Gallivan |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
This grant will go sustenance and living fees while I develop paintings and drawings for a collective exhibition. |
