| Tonight It's Poetry Performance Series Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Weyburn Art Gallery |
Weyburn |
Visual |
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 |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| 25th Street Theatre Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$38,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. |
Manitou Beach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
The 2021 Manitou Music Fest will deliver a quality festival, including an eclectic selection of professional musicians, songwriters, dancers, artisans, and performers. |
| Bengough Municipal Arts Council Inc. |
Bengough |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$25,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Coronach Old Town Street Festival |
Coronach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
The Coronach Old Town Street Festival will reinvigorate the rural community through a multi-disciplinary, participatory arts experience which celebrates Coronach's unique cultural identity. |
| Cultural Festivals |
Swift Current |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| John Arcand Fiddle Fest Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$21,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
The Poundmaker Indigenous Performance Festival is a global festival of theatre that takes place on the Poundmaker Cree Nation. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$50,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$40,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
Nuit Blanche Regina is a free, accessible, night-time festival showcasing public art installations and engaging audiences in Regina's Warehouse District on Saturday, August 28, 2021. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$11,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$5,775 |
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. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Queer City Cinema Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Regina Folk Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$85,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Regina International Open Theatre Society |
Regina |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ritornello Chamber Music Festival |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
Ritornello Festival is building on 12 years of success and looking towards the future through 3 concerts of fresh and original programming in Saskatoon’s core. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$70,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$86,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Short Cuts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| SK Theatre Design Festival |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
An annual theatre festival providing opportunities for professional designers to create, connect, and learn that features light and sound shows for the public. |
| The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Sum Theatre Corp. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Expanding Sum Theatre's e-capacity by creating a participatory website. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To cover expenses of Thistledown Press’ transition in ownership. |
| 17 Wing Detachment Dundurn |
Dundurn |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Bringing an Art based summer camp to the rural community of Dundurn and surrounding areas. |
25th Street Theatre Centre Inc.
Laura Hale |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Artist Laura Hale will engage the attendees of the 2020 Fringe Festival to create a large-scale, outdoor art installation over the course of ten days. |
Art Gallery of Swift Current
Shon Profit |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$45,000 |
To provide a professional artist-led weekly creative art class for the Long-Term Care facilities in Maple Creek, Shaunavon and Eastend Saskatchewan. |
asokan Project Camps
Alexandra Nordstrom |
Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
This project provides youth of Poundmaker and Little Pine First Nation with five days of creative programming that use land as pedagogy for art practice. |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Big River Metis Local would like to have a cultural mural painted on the west wall of our 50 year old heritage theater. |
| Broadway Business Improvement District |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
RedBall is a traveling public art piece considered “the world’s longest-running street art work” and moves through a city with a new site each day. |
| Camp fYrefly Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$9,000 |
To empower LGBTQ2S youth by highlighting art as a formative part of expressing identity and as a vehicle for social change. |
| Clinton Ackerman Music |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Host a week long summer camp of creativity and interdisciplinary art creation. |
Common Weal Community Arts Inc.
Michèle Mackasey |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$46,500 |
A residency led by visual artist Michèle Mackasey with fransaskois youth from Saskatoon and Indigenous/Métis youth, from three northern Saskatchewan communities. |
Creative City Centre Inc.
Karlie King |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Karlie King will work with retirement communities downtown to facilitate knitting groups focused on the yarn-bombing of pre-determined locations downtown leading up to Nuit Blanche. |
| Creative Options Regina, Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Creative Options Regina wishes to facilitate a Painting workshop, where participants would have the opportunity to partake in the art form while gaining artistic skills. |
| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$46,500 |
Stage 2 of Pilot Project that engages community in music for self-expression/healing/reconciliation with intent on identifying, training and mentoring community members for future workshop facilitation. |
Dunlop Art Gallery
Logan MacDonald |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Logan MacDonald will explore the Deaf experience with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. The collaborative artwork will be exhibited at Dunlop Art Gallery. |
| Dureault, Mitchell |
Wolseley |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To visit, access, and develop, a long term, sustainable music programming that is focused on youth, based on the needs and wants of the community. |
| Eastend Historical Museum & Cultural Centre |
Eastend |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Art as Healing workshops with people dealing with isolation facilitated by Artists in the Eastend SK area will be held September 1'18 to Feb.28'20 |
Eden Care Communities Foundation Inc.
Misty Wensel |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$9,781 |
Collaborating with FadaDance Troupe our project will integrate the use of dance and movement to improve the overall well-being of our staff, artists and communities. |
| Ells, Chrystene |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To develop and pilot strategies towards a year-long AiC to provide arts programming for residents, memory care patients, and palliative care patients and their families. |
Free Flow Dance Theatre Company
Integrated Dance Artist Collective |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
To develop a regional community of professional contemporary dancers through creative practice with choreographer Shannon Litzenberger, toward creating a performance installation at the Remai Modern. |
| Gauvin, Vanessa |
Swift Current |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Developing a relationship between Artist and Camp, create music curriculum targeted for youth & engage community working towards an Artist-project grant for June to August. |
Girls Rock Camp Saskatoon
Eliza Mary Doyle |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Providing opportunities for female empowerment through Cultural Arts Mentorship Programming by building capacity and expanding the Girls Rock Saskatoon program to under-served/remote communities in Saskatchewan. |
Hale, Laura
Wild about Saskatoon NatureCity Festival |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Free, drop-in, community-engaged, environmental art project using locally found plants to explore material potential and create sculptural artworks and to create space for community dialogue. |
| Hume, Diana |
Creelman |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Research and develop artistic programming for the village of Creelman by recruiting artists to share their skills locally with the community and with neighbouring communities. |
| L'Association fransaskoise de Zenon Park Inc. |
Zenon Park |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$903 |
Explore the possibility of doing a music project with artist Alexis Normand and determine how to best serve the community of Zenon Park. |
Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc.
Laura Hosaluk |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
Sock Puppet workshop |
Prairie Sculptors' Association
Manitou Beach Recreation Board |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Prairie Sculptors' Assoc. (PSA) and Manitou Beach Recreation Board will host a sculpture symposium including public art workshops and a community art project. |
Regina Folk Festival Inc.
Megan Nash |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
All Our Relations choir, led by local musicians, will rewrite songs that shaped the labour movement and the RFF, culminating in a 50th anniversary performance. |
| Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$990 |
To establish a relationship and work collaboratively with 2 artists to develop concrete plans for an artistic project in a special care home |
Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home
Barbara Goretzky |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
To test the feasibility of an arts-based program in the home with the hope of turning it into an artist in community residency |
Saskatoon Industry Education Council
Muveddet Al-Katib |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Through art, newcomer youth will to express and share their culture while learning about the similarities and differences in other cultures in their new community. |
The Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC)
Kris Alvarez |
Regina |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$9,900 |
To work with Saskatchewan artists to provide young leaders with creative and supportive spaces to engage with ideas related to social justice and global citizenship. |
| Thorburn, Crystal |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$948 |
To facilitate 2 half day visual art sessions to research and assess community needs in partnership with the Shurniak Art Gallery. |
| Town of Lumsden |
Lumsden |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$990 |
Local artist to create an outdoor public mural in collaboration with a wide range of community members, wide range in age, displayed at the Museum. |
| UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Stories That Move You: A portrait and digital storytelling project by and for trans and non-binary people in Saskatchewan |
| 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. |
| Bishop James Mahoney High School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Request for School Residency Grant development time between lead teachers Janelle Franko, Roberta Ross and Cate Francis. |
| Bishop Lloyd Middle School |
Lloydminster |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
We would like to bring in Indigenous dancers to share their culture and work with our students to teach dance. |
| Brightwater Science, Environmental, and Indigenous Learning Center |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
We will create outdoor sculptures using found material to support cultural learning about sustainability. The participants will be from Confederation Park School's Cree Immersion class. |
| Cando Community School |
Cando |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Indigenous culture through the arts - drumming |
Chief Gabriel Cote Education Complex
Treaty 4 Education Alliance |
Kamsack |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Grade 4 – 8 students will complete traditional art projects surrounding the theme of identity and sense of self with Dakota artist Holly Yuzicapi. |
| Churchill Community High |
La Ronge |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,934 |
Traditional Hand Drum Making allows artist, pipe carrier and lodge keeper to come into the classroom. After drum completion, youth participate in a Blessing Ceremony. |
| Clinton Ackerman Music |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$5,103 |
Students will practice mindfulness and independence in creative music practices, creating wind chimes while exploring different acoustic environments in Regina. |
| Dene High School |
La Loche |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Dene High School in La Loche will establish a relationship with local and internationally recognized guitar and vocalist Damien Cheecham. |
| Dinsmore Composite School |
Dinsmore |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Rural K-6 students will develop an understanding of reconciliation and the importance of relationship-building by working with an Indigenous/Métis artist. |
Dotson, Allan
Ecole Wascana Plains Elementary School |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
A Grade 4 class will build a modular model community which will depict the use of natural resources in Saskatchewan. |
| E.D. Feehan Catholic High School |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Developing an indigenous drumming and singing group of indigenous youth leading to a community event and performance. |
| École canadienne française - Pavillon Gustave Dubois |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
We plan to give students the opportunity to learn about Latin American dances and music within the context of Spanish and music classes. |
| Ecole Dundonald School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Our Grade 4 students will engage in a series of land based explorations with Leah Dorion to explore and represent understandings of our inquiry question. |
| Ecole Lumsden Elementary School |
Lumsden |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$962 |
Nakoda Knowledge Sharing Day with Bronte BigEagle and Keegan MacArthur
A few Nakoda writers and speakers will come and present their oral and written stories. |
