| Weber, Angel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,996 |
I've been invited to the first special event workshop and exhibition held by the international association for my art form - the International Tsumami-Zaiku Association. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Complete the first draft, then revise and rewrite into a second draft my young adult horror novel FULL MOON CHRISTMAS. |
| McFadzean, Credence |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,153 |
To write the first draft of a fiction manuscript exploring the intricate mythology of an invented slasher movie villain or 'supernatural killer.' |
| Hosaluk, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
'The Circle and the Dot' is a mixed-media Installation influenced by folklore and Saskatchewan architecture. New work is scheduled for exhibition for 2024. |
| Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$42,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Martin, Monique
Brevoort Park School |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
Students will make art inspired by working with a Saskatoon Symphony musician, the art will be displayed digitally in conjunction with Symphony events. |
| Joa, Catherine |
Denare Beach |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To take time to create six paintings for "View from the Edge of the World", a confirmed group exhibition at the AGR in August 2023. |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,147 |
Develop a collection of 10 large watercolor self portraits featuring moments of my activist history. |
| Kirchmeier, Kurt |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$9,000 |
To write a short speculative fiction novel about a man returning to his childhood home to face unresolved trauma and unanswered questions about his past. |
Selkirk, Jesse
Bedford Road Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
A project for participants to learn the foundational elements of songwriting and use the artform as a tool for exploring their wellbeing and their identity. |
| Nepjuk, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$9,275 |
I will be researching and developing, and then presenting my death-centred production TEA. CAKE. DEATH. at the 2023 Saskatoon Fringe. |
| Martin, Monique |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,661 |
I am installing and exhibiting a large installation based printmaking piece and attending the International Printmaking Biennial in Duoro, Portugal, which is an invitational event |
| Gronsdahl, Troy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
to create a video and sound installation comprised of a woodwind quartet playing in the northern Saskatchewan wilderness. |
| The Women's Company |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Funds for the production of "Annette is a Bimbo" as part of RISER Regina 2023 presented by On Cue and Why Not Theatre. |
| Peart, Greta |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$9,000 |
I will create an empathy-focused videogame called “Mitch” that explores finding personal growth and groundedness amidst new and unfamiliar experiences. |
| Benjamin, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To study traditional Māori music and instruments in Marae (Māori community) with Cultural Expert Tohunga (Elder) Dr. Pouroto Ngaropo and Grammy winning instrumentalist Jerome Kavanagh. |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,800 |
To research and produce a new performance about queer embodiment and history. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$12,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To present a full-length show entitled "Behind Us" in Saskatoon, SK. Intended for future goals of national and international touring as well as festival submissions. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$89,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Eger, Ruby |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,320 |
The opportunity to take part in a 1 week intensive training program under a renowned contemporary company, Rubberband in Montreal, Quebec. |
| Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To attend an artist residency which aims to research and develop my photograph into public art which creates spaces and connections for Saskatoon-based BIPOC communities. |
| Whirligig Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Whirligig Theatre seeks to produce Jean Genet's queer classic, The Maid's, at Divas Nightclub in downtown Saskatoon. |
| Mikkola, Elian |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,500 |
For the production and presentation of a time-based media installation for an upcoming solo exhibition |
| Baraniecki, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
I am applying to create a series of paintings that explore the intersections between contemporary Surrealist painting and three-dimensional collage. |
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$9,769 |
To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Grade 7 to 12 at the Sturgeon Lake Central School, Sturgeon Lake Reserve, Saskatchewan. |
| Battie, Kyath |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$11,500 |
This short film will focus on creating nocturnal collage imagery of Vancouver Island as a supernatural place of privilege and pristine beauty. |
| Gares, Jessica |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
'The Rehearsal' is a devised play to be independently produced and presented as part of the RISER Project's inaugural season in their Regina expansion. |
| Francoeur, Paige |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
This grant money would be used to pay myself and a dramaturge to complete a new draft of my play. |
| Arnott, Johanna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
The production of A Bronte Without Genius by Johanna Arnott in Live Five's 2023-2024 Season |
| Olsen, Farideh |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,500 |
To write a 60-90min show about motherhood that integrates music and comedy. |
| Richter, Jessica |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
We seek funding to develop an exhibition for the Ukrainian Museum of Canada. In addition to Artist Run Centers & Gallery's in Canada. |
| Kimbley, LJ |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Focusing on writing new music reflective on the personal experience of a two-spirit person in Saskatchewan. |
| Coppens, Nathan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,800 |
To help cover costs associated with producing I Have No Idea with Live Five in March, 2024. |
| Schneider, Zoë |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$9,900 |
This proposal seeks funding to support the creation of a solo exhibition of sculpture, video, and installation at Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA in September-October 2024. |
| Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
To create the March chapter for Agatha's Almanac, an ongoing 16 mm documentary film and experiment with eco-processing and rayograms. |
| Coughlan, Conor |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
This grant would enable me to take a temporary leave from work and turn my primary focus towards songwriting and recording. |
| Bird-Wilson, Lisa |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To attend three writing residency/retreat locations as I research, write, edit, and revise my book-length memoir, Magpie Dreams. |
| Morgun, Jessica |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
Explore collaborative drawing and installation work with JingLu Zhao, working toward creating a body of work together as an emerging artist collective. |
| McKenzie, Tiess |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,178 |
To compose and workshop three new pieces for string quartet, in collaboration with local performers in Saskatoon. |
| Polischuk, Katelyn |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
Funding production of The Josephine Knot by Meg Braem as a part of Live Five's 2023/2024 season. |
| Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,500 |
To develop, write, and storyboard my debut feature-length bilingual screenplay. |
| Haynes, Sierra |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Workshop the first act of the new musical Crazy Girl The Musical in advance of Pacific Theatre’s New Roots Festival Showcase in Vancouver, BC. |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To study C6th Pedal Steel Guitar with professional musician Michael Eckert by taking weekly lessons over internet video call. |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
Professional development in dance creation. Exploring Indigenous storytelling as choreographic research. |
| Kruger, Samuel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,570 |
To rewrite, remount and produce solo physical theatre show, "Bat Brains or lets explore mental illness with vampires" as part of Live Five's 2023/2024 season. |
| Bundon, Johanna |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
To research and create a dance piece, within a body of solo work, through Fall 2023. |
| Murawsky, Graham |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
To write a new Factor Chandelier solo record in Saskatchewan focused sonically on expanding my prairie sound and taking it to the next level. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Dramaturgy of 'Identity Crisis' with physical theatre / bouffon icons Deanna Fleysher and Karen Hines from July 14 2023 - August 16 2023. |
| Trapp, Amanda |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
I'll be travelling to NYC to take classes to deepen/refresh my acting and dance practice, ensuring I am working to the best and safest extent. |
| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,898 |
Music collaboration with professional musician Kiera Dall'Osto to inspire/complete/infuse fresh music ideas; proceed to workshop album material in Nashville before recording follow-up full-length album. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To develop my research on Indigenous theatre methods combined with my literary text Red People Red Magic. Create a virtual platform for global artistic presentation. |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$75,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
I plan to finish writing a novel-in-stories entitled Penny Fictions which is presently one-sixth complete. |
| Macdonald, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
The development of a creative work in the form of a full-length play through dramaturgy, workshops, redrafting, and public feedback. |
| St.Germaine, Yvonne |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To write and perform a brand new full-length album that is contingent upon my newly released single "Sacred Tree" inspired by Sixties Scoop survivors. |
| Queer City Cinema Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$32,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,367 |
To support the creation of a new contemporary dance solo choreographed by Adam Barruch and danced by Tessa Rae Kuz. |
| Clinton Ackerman Music |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
Composition of an art song using the poetry of "The Lost Words." Written for voice, piano, and electronics. Connecting the poetry to environments across Saskatchewan. |
| Holowachuk, Dorianna |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,500 |
Developing an artistic vision and repertoire list, and supplementing skills in preparation to direct a newly-formed independent choir. |
| Saltzman, Vera |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,661 |
Rural settler women responding to the beauty and destruction of small remnants of land in SE Saskatchewan to encourage discourse about the land’s intrinsic value. |
| Bandur, Breanne |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
A body of work that investigates adapting my drawing practice to a smaller scale, carrying forward formal attributes and conceptual considerations of my large-scale works. |
| 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. |
| Hill, Milo |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
Uplift LGBTQIA+ voices and showcase the wealth of local talent in 12 all-ages drag shows at the Saskatoon Fringe Festival |
| Moccasin, Ryan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$12,000 |
This project is to assist me in writing the first two pilot episodes of a TV series called "First Among Equals". |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Tootoosis, Lyndon |
Battleford |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$9,000 |
Create a series of sculptures that will speak about nehewuk way of dealing with loss and grieving, geared to those who never learned these techniques |
| Sutherland, Dallas |
Rosthern |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
This grant would fund my short film project titled Noize, acquiring equipment, actors, and most importantly, crew members to make the film great. |
| Richardson, Jordie |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Seeking funding for compensation for assistant fight directing services with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan. |
| Czemeres, Jena |
Cupar |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$600 |
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| 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. |
| Minahik Waskahigan Elementary School |
Pinehouse Lake |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$32,000 |
The proposal for the residency would be the instruction of the program they will be presenting to the students as a whole class or groups. |
| 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". |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Turtleford Community School |
Turtleford |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$7,850 |
Bonny Macnab will work with students from k-12 on art inspired by land based learning. She will also mentor select students. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To create an artistic book- 60 word lexicon of Plains Indian Sign Language in black and white photos, accompanied by the Cree word or phrase. |
| Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
Please Select |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$6,719 |
To introduce the practice of porcupine quill zig zag stitching to women and men at the Lloyd Johnson Healing Lodge in Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan. |
| 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. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
The artist will work with classroom teachers to produce small books in Cree and English, modeling from familiar stories, helping students learn their Cree language. |
| Hebert, Dakota |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$14,780 |
To showcase the hard work and talent of Saskatchewan's Indigenous Comedians in Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto, and Ottawa. |
| 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. |
| Cuthand, Shawn |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$10,031 |
To produce a comedy web series "That Deadly Cousin," which uses super 8/digital film which focuses on urban Indigenous kinship bonds. |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Regina |
Dance |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To deepen my creative process and performance skills through realizing a dance-based performance work informed by traditional Indigenous art practices, choreographed by Robin Poitras. |
| 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. |
| Hay, Mackenzie |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
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| Regina Folk Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$80,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Globe Theatre Society |
Regina |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$244,910 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| MacKenzie Art Gallery Inc. |
Regina |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$176,300 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Persephone Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$235,750 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$197,830 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Remai Modern |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$197,830 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$174,380 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| AKA Gallery Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$76,880 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Art Gallery of Regina Inc. |
Regina |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$43,650 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Art Gallery of Swift Current |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$41,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Artesian Performing Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Bridges Art Movement |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$12,810 |
For general operating and programming support. |
