Recipient Community Discipline Program Year Amount Description
Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop
Muskwa Lerat
Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $15,000 Future Artistic Minds is an Indigenous-run youth art collective providing accessible, anti-oppressive spaces. Amplifying youth voices, celebrating diversity, and challenging the status quo through art.
Dittmann, Bethany
Spruce Ridge School
Estevan Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $9,240 Provide an artist and school-collaborated theatre process creating space for students to self-express through inquiry, creativity and imagination while creating their own dramatic piece.
Phelps Bondaroff, Amber Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $7,000 To develop a series of essays and illustrations, exploring my experiences of new motherhood, as a white settler, living on the Prairies.
Gan, Jelly Saskatoon Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $8,000 A music video using Chinese pop culture aesthetic references from C-dramas, 80s Mando pop, and karaoke.
Reyes, Lautaro
Saskatoon Open Door Society
Saskatoon Theatre Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $15,000 For the play Welcome to (My Country), Lautaro Reyes interviewed newcomers to Saskatoon. Their gripping stories are retold by the newcomers themselves alongside established artists.
Maggrah, Julianna Prince Albert Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $4,000 Writing a script for feature documentary on the Indigenous view of autism. Grant money would be to pay me for my time writing.
Art Gallery of Swift Current
Aurora Wolfe
Swift Current Visual Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $15,250 To invite visitors and local communities to consider their relationship to the landscape via engagement with artists at Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park.
Dahlem, Madeleine Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $6,791 A ten-day workshop to transform a written word cantata into a hybrid musical/spoken word form, including three days of musical improvisational work.
Janzen, Ava Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $5,000 A six-week professional development opportunity to attend Canada’s Music Incubator’s Artist Entrepreneur program in Toronto, receiving in-person mentorship and industry training in Spring 2025.
Mathieu, Veronique Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $4,250 Research manuscripts, archival materials, and new violin works written by women composers in Frankfurt and Munich (Germany) in August 2025.
Kirchmeier, Kurt Saskatoon Literary Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $12,500 To write a young adult novel about a teen who gets caught in a time loop deep in the back-country of the Canadian Rockies.
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School
Sturgeon Lake Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $10,000 Continue the art of porcupine quill placement on birchbark and quill stitching, to youth in school, on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation - intermediate.
Association communautaire fransaskoise de Regina
Giselle Lemire
Regina Multidisciplinary Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $15,000 To offer writing workshops, performance training, to participants to present their work in a stage performance during the Mois de la Francophonie in March 2026.
Romero, Alejandro Battleford Multidisciplinary Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $12,941 To create a new body of work: Virgen Barbuda de los Queers, examining queer identity from historic and cultural rituals.
Farnan, Colin
Spinal Cord Injury (Saskatchewan) Inc.
Saskatoon Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $40,000 The Artist in Residency proposal is a partnership with artist Colin Farnan and Spinal Cord Injury Sask. A physical disability advocacy organization in Saskatchewan
Hambrock, Meredith Saskatoon Literary Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $8,000 To continue working on my short story collection.
Bagatim, Tabata Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $5,000 Complete a two-month residency at Medalta to develop large-scale ceramic sculptures and refine surfaces to deepen emotional impact and advance my artistic practice.
Wicks, Bob Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $5,000 I have been accepted to participate in a unique residency with the Prague Shakespeare Company, June 15th to August 10th, 2025
Kim, Hyon Suk Regina Music Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $4,500 My project explores clarinet repertoire in my home country, Japan, through research, deepening my artistic practice and sharing unique musical insights with Saskatchewan’s arts community.
Schulz, Judith Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $13,000 Produce an eight-show performance of ‘Yaga’ by Kat Sandler in Saskatoon, SK, as an artist collective in collaboration with Live Five’s 2025/26 season.
Vas, Eva Saskatoon Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $4,000 To develop a short drama film script about a young dressmaker who explores traditional craft through the lens of filmmaking and wardrobe design.
RIFFA Foundation Inc. Regina Media Arts SaskFestivals 2025-2026 $25,000 For general operating and program support.
Regnier, Daniel Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $17,000 I propose to write and workshop an opera on the subject of the novel "La vie devant soi" by Romain Gary
Cline, Heather Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $8,000 I am creating a multi-media exhibition, viewing the landscape through a conservation lens, walking the land with people affiliated with the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
Klassen, Vanessa Regina Music Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $5,000 This is a 2-part project for which I will create new typeset editions of four selected clarinet works by Canadian composers, then record each one.
Porter, Jacob Regina Literary Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $1,500 I'm developing a graphic novel which I plan to present to publishers at Toronto Comic Arts Festival (this June). The grant would be for travel.
Stock, Shayna Regina Literary Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $2,500 Research and writing retreat toward development of my first manuscript of poetry
Grummett, S.E. Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $16,500 To finish the development of my next solo-show, “Nude Parade” unpacking trans trauma porn and the commodification of identity through a month-long workshop with collaborators.
Doyle, Eliza Mary Asquith Music Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $8,000 Music collaboration with musician/producer Nich Davies to inspire/complete/infuse fresh musical genres/ideas, proceed to workshop/collaborate album material with my band before recording follow-up full-length album
Ferraton, Dominique Gravelbourg Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $10,000 To complete and release a 5-part audio piece exploring our relationship with water in Southwestern Saskatchewan.
Chadwick, Madison Regina Dance Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 With this funding I’d attend professional dance classes in Vancouver, British Columbia to further develop my artistic voice and technical training.
Farrow, Kody Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $1,000 To attend the FDC National Stage Combat Certification Conference in Saskatoon in August 2025, receiving my Basic Actor Combatant Certification.
Reyes, Lautaro Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $16,500 I am developing a script and workshop for my play, Welcome to My Country, which is created from interviews with immigrants and refugees to Saskatoon.
Bulas, Patrick Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $2,800 As part of our ongoing collaboration, Jordan Schwab and I are planning to do a short, one week residency at SNAP Gallery in Edmonton, AB.
Alharthi, Rania Regina Theatre Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $7,500 The play "Checkpoint" vividly explores resilience, displacement anguish, and family strength, deeply probing the essence of homeland and the profound connections that define it.
Saskatoon Experimental Music Ensemble Saskatoon Music Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $10,000 To present a series of concerts, premiering newly composed and improvised works.
Truszkowski, Robert Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $4,000 The Large Letter Project: To produce large-format, digitally-generated, CNC-cut, wooden "movable type" letters in order to hand-print text on long rolls of Kozuke paper.
Wecker, Sabine Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $7,500 Growing Roots: Working towards becoming an established ceramic artist, step one.
Battie, Kyath Regina Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $11,000 "Sight Unseen" is the first cinematic research project of a newly formed collaboration, small victories, exploring Regina's urban spaces from an "outsider" perspective.
Dubnick, Caron Air Ronge Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $6,500 I will spend time at Athabasca Sand Dunes creating sketches, then spend the winter creating larger works in studio and looking for exhibition opportunities.
Atkins, Amalie Saskatoon Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $10,800 Prepare final elements (music licenses), Travel to present new feature film in for World Premiere (Copenhagen) and NorthAmerican Premiere (Toronto), followed by local confirmed events.
Murray, Audie Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $10,000 Creation of new work that continues my studio exploration into generative refusal through process and material.
Ells, Chrystene Regina Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $12,000 Complete six of 24 mythical oil portraits of prairie artists, build sundial prototype and sculptural elements, all toward 'Amor Fati' solo installation, 2028.
Ay, Caramba! Theatre Saskatoon Theatre Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $7,960 World premiere of The Newcomer by Yulissa Campos as part of the Live Five 2024-2025 season.
Van Opstal-Tamez, Ingrid Kipling Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $6,000 This proposal is to support research, drafting, and creation of new work combining both traditional paper mâché and paintings for future exhibitions and professional development.
Gares, Jessica Regina Media Arts Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $2,249 I'll interview experts, outline story, write multiple drafts, gather feedback, and storyboard my first feature film, exploring familial relationships amid climate change's affects in Saskatchewan.
St. Pierre, Laura Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $4,000 Creation of newwork towards an expanded exhibition of All that You Change Changes You at the Kamloops Art Gallery in September 2026.
Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. Prince Albert Literary SaskFestivals 2025-2026 $15,000 For general operating and program support.
lift/break collective Regina Theatre Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $5,240 We'll revisit and expand our short theatre piece lift/break towards a full-length performance, exploring dance and interpretive movement to deepen the story.
Bryans, Amber Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $3,516 Time and materials to produce works that explore pattern & repetition in linocut printmaking.
Bradshaw, Ryan Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Travel to New Zealand for two opportunities: performing and leading a workshop at the BurlesKiwi International Festival, and headlining at a monthly poetry night.
Mendez, Edward Warman Theatre Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $3,950 I will obtain my Advanced Actor Combatant Certification through Fight Director's Canada at The 2025 National Stage Combat Certification Conference in Saskatoon, SK
Westview Public School Prince Albert Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $30,130 Our resident would instruct a music, drama, and dance program in our school, since we that don't have a current music program in place.
Dyck, Graeme Saskatoon Music Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $824 Publicly present 'Quantum Gates,' a newly composed interactive audio installation about gate-based quantum computing, at a 'Quantum Canada Open Doors' event.
Meneley, Barbara Val Marie Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Travel to present my artistic project "Soil" at the Prairie Art Network Institute in Calgary - Moh'kins'tsis, June 25-27, 2025.
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.
Muskoday First Nation Community School Muskoday Multidisciplinary Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $26,630 The Artist in Residency will go classroom to classroom teaching music and poetry to the students every day for 5 months.
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.
Saint Luke School Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $21,000 Getting back to nature, using land based and social emotional learning, and expressing that learning through art.
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.
Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. Saskatoon Music SaskFestivals 2025-2026 $12,000 For general operating and program support.
Transition Place Education Centre Meadow Lake Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $25,500 The residency will be led by an artist and Indigenous community member . Students will complete Indigenous art projects and end with a showcase.
Kitchen Party Music, Inc. Forget Music SaskFestivals 2025-2026 $18,500 For general operating and program support.
Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. La Ronge Music SaskFestivals 2025-2026 $17,500 For general operating and program support.
Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. Saskatoon Visual SaskFestivals 2025-2026 $20,000 For general operating and program support.
Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. Regina Multidisciplinary SaskFestivals 2025-2026 $15,000 For general operating and program support.
Globe Theatre Society Regina Theatre Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $244,910 For general operating and programming support.
MacKenzie Art Gallery Inc. Regina Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $176,300 For general operating and programming support.
Persephone Theatre Saskatoon Theatre Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $235,750 For general operating and programming support.
Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc. Regina Music Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $197,830 For general operating and programming support.
Remai Modern Saskatoon Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $197,830 For general operating and programming support.
Saskatoon Symphony Society Saskatoon Music Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $174,380 For general operating and programming support.
AKA Gallery Inc. Saskatoon Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $76,880 For general operating and programming support.
Art Gallery of Regina Inc. Regina Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $43,650 For general operating and programming support.
Art Gallery of Swift Current Swift Current Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $41,000 For general operating and programming support.
Buffalo Berry Press Inc. Saskatoon Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $35,950 For general operating and programming support.
Burnt Thicket Theatre Saskatoon Theatre Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $30,750 For general operating and programming support.
City of North Battleford Galleries North Battleford Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $59,300 For general operating and programming support.
Common Weal Community Arts Inc. Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $145,760 For general operating and programming support.
Community Radio Society of Saskatoon Inc. Saskatoon Media Arts Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $20,500 For general operating and programming support.
Dancing Sky Theatre Inc. Meacham Theatre Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $82,000 For general operating and programming support.
Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. Saskatoon Literary SaskFestivals 2025-2026 $20,000 For general operating and program support.
Deaf Crows Collective Regina Multidisciplinary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $46,130 For general operating and programming support.
Knight, Lancelot Saskatoon Music Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Showcase and attend Departure Festival and Conference (formerly Canadian Music Week) in Toronto, ON.
Dunlop Art Gallery Regina Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $117,880 For general operating and programming support.
Estevan Art Gallery & Museum Estevan Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $41,000 For general operating and programming support.
FadaDance Troupe Inc. Regina Dance Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $20,500 For general operating and programming support.
Free Flow Dance Theatre Company Saskatoon Dance Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $20,500 For general operating and programming support.
Friends of the Broadway Theatre Inc. Saskatoon Multidisciplinary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $46,130 For general operating and programming support.
Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Inc. Yorkton Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $46,130 For general operating and programming support.
Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre Saskatoon Theatre Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $57,920 For general operating and programming support.
J.M. Curtain Razors Inc. Regina Theatre Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $20,500 For general operating and programming support.
JackPine Press Inc. Saskatoon Literary Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $20,500 For general operating and programming support.
Kenderdine Art Gallery Saskatoon Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $33,580 For general operating and programming support.
La Troupe du Jour Inc. Saskatoon Theatre Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $80,980 For general operating and programming support.
Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre Inc. Regina Beach Visual Professional Arts Organizations Program 2025-2026 $20,500 For general operating and programming support.
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Photo Credit: Artist Evie Ruddy partnered with UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity on a photography project featuring trans and non-binary people. Photo by Charity Marsh.