| Blanchard, Abby |
Prince Albert |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
To attend the Ballets Jazz Montreals Winter Intensive |
| Glover, Mercy |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
To promote my debut single and advance my career by organizing and performing a professional release party at Capitol Music Club. |
| Graham, John |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
To develop with a special effects designer stunning visual effects to evoke unique Chromesthesia experiences for my poetic new short film THE COLOUR OF SOUND. |
| Shadowpaw Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,875 |
Produce an audiobook version of the novel The Laundryman by Dwayne Brenna, to be narrated by the author. |
| Frerichs, Darren |
Leader |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attend Skullcreek studios in Watrous, Sk to develop a demo of one of my original works and further develop my songwriting skills With Aspen Beveridge |
| Fuh, Simon |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
To support the exhibition of Int. Exotica. Night., a new video work by Kate Whiteway and Julia Hendrickson at Bunny Artist Social Club. |
| Town of Mossbank |
Mossbank |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$991 |
We will be bringing in a professional artist to plan a project for Old Wives Lake Festival 2026 with Tourism and Council. |
| Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Planning a culturally grounded Junior Sâkêwêwak mentorship program through community consultations with youth, artists, and Elders to guide future Indigenous arts engagement. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
Multi-faceted; creating a buffalo effigy in stone on hill, decorating public spaces |
| Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$12,000 |
A free, community-guided powwow and regalia-making mentorship in La Ronge that builds cultural skills, local leadership, and lasting access to regalia and knowledge. |
| Mabrouk, Rawda |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Film a site-specific dance work in Egypt during a short visit, forming the foundation of a multidisciplinary Remai Modern sustained artist mentorship residency project. |
| Lawrence, Katherine |
saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Write and edit a collection of lyric essays that explores the centrality of friendship in our lives. |
| Baird, Gavin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I plan to attend the International Premiere of my film Klee in Rotterdam, Netherlands. |
| Shaw, Carey |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Calgary, AB to attend the Exposure Festival's North West Showcase Exhibition opening at Contemporary Calgary, which I am included in. |
| Lopez, Roberto |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Cover framing costs for five paintings within a broader exhibition display, ensuring professional presentation for public exhibition on January 23rd and beyond. |
| Tsougrianis, George |
Swift Current |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
A two-day artistic exploration using movement and landscape to research a transformational scene for a narrative short film. |
| Gan, Jelly |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Rotterdam to attend IFFR for the international premiere of Klee. |
| Monsebroten, Bailey |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$850 |
I would like to buy supplies to create a jewelry collection for the Metis Nation Saskatchewan offices in Ottawa. |
| Janze, Rachel |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Sharing natural hidetanning practices of barktanning (making leather with plants) and plant knowledge to create materials with ABE students for art making with natural materials. |
| McLellan, Joseph |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attendance at the Paddy Crean International Workshop, receiving professional stage combat training to strengthen physical performance skills and safety in theatrical acting practice. |
| Melanson, Kendra |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$635 |
Power Moves Training of Applicate Kendra Melanson AKA Bgirl Quest by Bboy Siahnara
Project Dates: February 6–8, 2026
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Saskatchewan Literacy Network |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Recording and presenting a Michif-language reading of a Saskatchewan Métis picture book for public access as part of a province-wide Family Literacy Day event. |
| Bandur, Breanne |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I will be attending the Vermont Studio Center to participate in their Visiting Artist & Writer Residency Program from March 2nd - 20th, 2026 |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
Metis Local #59 is collaborating programming with Country at the Creek Music Festival to create a greater experience |
| Ruep, Jill |
Torquay |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$11,800 |
A Métis-led beading project using workshops and a digital app to support intergenerational learning, pattern creation, and sharing Indigenous beading knowledge. |
| Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc. |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$9,700 |
A community-informed program connecting Indigenous youth with artists and knowledge keepers through mentorship, hands-on arts, and cultural learning, including exploration of collaborative public art initiatives. |
| Okeeweehow, Kimberley |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
We want to continue the late Cheryl Littletents vision with the women gathering, and continuing empowering women to their traditional holistic roots. |
| Yellow Quill Child & Family Prevention Services |
Yellow Quill |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
To provide cultural and traditional teachings of the powwow dance, song, drumming, regalia making, and hand drum making program for youth |
| Buffalo People Arts Institute |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
To share the stories of matriarchs and their histories, knowledge, resilience, tenacity, and strength with a common component of creating a bond of sisterhood. |
| McCallum, Janaya |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$665 |
To fund my first solo exhibition in a gallery, “Carousel of Time” at the John
V. Hicks Gallery in Prince Albert (April 1st - 23rd, 2026). |
| Wilson, Katie |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to/from Banff Arts Centre for Indigenous Musician residency (one-month)–as participant to advance industry expertise via in-studio music production, performances (2) with video projection accompaniment. |
| Battie, Kyath |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to present my film at the 2026 International Film Festival Rotterdam. |
| L'Hirondelle, Cheryl |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$757 |
Professional development: sewing/tailoring workshops and clawhammer technique for baritone ukulele lessons. |
| Lowry, Nancy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Remai Modern plans to tour a survey exhibition of my work and I need to stabilize the corners of my paintings before the tour. |
| Silliphant, Craig |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Screen my documentary film which requires a film rating and promo materials. (One sheet on film uploaded in support materials). |
| Szlpacka, Aleksandra |
REGINA |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
To create 2h live painting event and share my other work through a printed professional portfolio to showcase my artistic practice. |
| Romero, Alejandro |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I will refine the choreography and 'Living Retablos' for Virgen Barbuda II, utilizing Adrian Stimson’s mentorship to develop performance drafts and reclaim queer sacred space. |
| Shurniak Gallery Inc. |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Shurniak Art Gallery, Assiniboia Arts Council, Town of Assiniboia will collaborate to create 20 street pole banners featuring local artwork, themed as Prairie Roots. |
| Cottin, David |
regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$756 |
To film, edit and premier my latest music video, 'Entropy of Life,' and release my single on all public listening platforms. |
| Cottin, Lindsay |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Professional development in Winnipeg which supports my growth as a contemporary dancer and expands my network of skills as a director, teacher, curator, and choreographer. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,850 |
To present a concert and a workshop in Collaboration with the Canadian Electroacoustic Community, featuring 2025 JTTP prize winning artists. |
| Miner, Colin |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to William Kentridge Studio in Johannesburg (South Africa) for visual research, networking, practice-based learning, and collaboration development for a future installation artwork project. |
| Chabros, Diana |
Val Marie |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Respond to invitation from Saskatoon's The Two Twenty to install paintings for community/business exhibition (three month Riversdale Art Walk) and conduct new project research. |
| Lavallee, Wade |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$972 |
Travel support to attend the Toga da wôhnagabi Music Residency in Banff to develop and advance my album project Acimowina.
|
| Mwunvaneza, Thios |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
A Black-led variety show in March titled 'Black History Month Part 2: Bigger and Blacker!', designed to uplift and celebrate local Black/BIPOC queer artists. |
| Bagatim, Tabata |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
This grant enables me to attend a Noborigama wood-firing workshop in Cunha, Brazil, reconnecting with cultural heritage while learning increasingly rare ceramic firing practices. |
| Verot, Addison |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,000 |
Waiting Rooms is a 25-minute rural Saskatchewan-set, narrative film exploring maternal interiority, grief, and working-class prairie life. |
| Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Winnipeg to attend the Canadian premiere for the theatrical release of my first feature film Agatha's Almanac! |
| GreenWing |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$2,000 |
GreenWing has been invited to perform in Brighton (UK) at The Great Escape Festival and London (UK) for CIMA's “Meet The Canadians” Showcase (May 2026). |
| collect.assembly |
Yorkton |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$2,000 |
Travelling to JUNO Week as nominees, attending workshops, networking with industry professionals/artists, and participating in events culminating in the JUNO Awards ceremony. |
| Jegede-Ikpen, Oghenerukevwe |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,000 |
Need funding to showcase at the 2026 Cranium festival Showcase and conference in Ottawa, Ontario |
| Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery |
Moose Jaw |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$2,000 |
This panel discussion will share knowledge and public dialogue on land stewardship, food security and reconciliation with Knowledge Holders, conservation specialists and artist Heather Cline. |
| The Pain Poets |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,670 |
To launch our collective chapbook, Prairie Queers, with events in Regina and online. |
| Lord, Crispi |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Stockholm, Sweden to present invited Saskatchewan-created theatre for young audiences at an international festival and engage in professional artistic exchange. |
| Bergman, S. Bear |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,000 |
Travel to a curatorial meeting to present a project for inclusion in the Circa Festival of Queer Histories with my collaborator Amanda Timpson. |
| Tsymbal, Wendy |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,000 |
Attend the International Horn Symposium to expand upon my three music/education degrees. |
| Mackasey, Michèle |
Snowden |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Edmonton to transport my artwork for a confirmed solo exhibition at the CAVA l’Espace-Exploration Gallery, as well as install/de-install in the gallery. |
| Zafaremili, Elham |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$330 |
A collective art project inviting the community creating a shared artwork of grief, memory, resistance, and hope, honoring lives lost and stories silenced in Iran. |
| Tsannie, Keenan |
Wollaston lake |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,000 |
Design and present a runway look in Regina using Melanie Monique Rose’s hand-dyed silks, blending them with my distinct creative style and vision. |
| Moore, Alana |
Borden |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,000 |
Create and print a photographic series documenting hand-knitted I-cord fibre work in domestic and rural settings, exploring constraint, care, and chronic illness through still images. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2026-2027 |
$1,000 |
Ponteix will present his new French-language album, Le Canadien errant in France, opening for the French artist HYL. |
