Grant Recipients

See below for a searchable listing of grants that SK Arts has awarded since 2019-20. Use the general search box for multiple search terms and use the other boxes to locate grants by specific organization name, discipline, year and community.

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Recipient	Community	Discipline	Program	Year	Amount	Description
Billingsley, Alyssa	Saskatoon	Theatre	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	Creating and live-streaming 'Angry At The Internet: A COVID-versary Birthday Cabaret' while working with David Connolly of Drayton Entertainment and producing high-quality support material.
Matyushenko, Valentyna	Grandora	Dance	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$10,405	Create, choreograph and present the first act of the play by famous Ukrainian writer, Lesya Ukrainka "Forest Song."
Iris, Loretta	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	Create portraits and sculptures for an online international exhibit titled "Variant ~ Ways of Seeing Through"
Berglund, Melanie	Regina	Music	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$8,000	Create music and lyrics for the Belle Plaine project that explores the theme of home.
Matyushenko, Valentyna	Grandora	Dance	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$10,000	Create choreography project about Easter in Pysanka and showcase it. Awake Tradition through the dance vision.
Harpham, Lindsay	Tisdale	Dance	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$7,600	Create and develop Contemporary dance choreography intended for use in a full-length show set in Saskatoon and film final material for future development.
Morgan, Zac	Saskatoon	Theatre	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	Create a virtual musical production of A Killer Party: A Murder Mystery Musical and present the live production on our streaming platform on April 3rd.
Morrison, Myles	Saskatoon	Music	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	Create a musical comedy album. Humour based songs featuring collaborations with celebrated Saskatchewan musicians, spanning multiple musical genres.
Jodoin, Berkley	Leader	Music	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2020-2021	$18,000	Create a full length album of original songs, while bringing light to the suicide crisis our communities have been experiencing.
Scarrow, Kristine	Saskatoon	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$6,000	Create a fiction young adult manuscript exploring organ donation and its potential impacts.
Goodon, Jayde	Saskatoon	Visual	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2020-2021	$5,092	Create a collection that I can showcase in an art exhibition. These new pieces would include large cardboard sculptures and mixed media canvas paintings.
Goretzky, Barbara Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home	Lumsden	Visual	Artists in Communities	2022-2023	$14,739	Create a collaborative, legacy mural for Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home. Design door decals to make exit doors unique and less confusing for dementia residents.
Tootoosis, Lyndon	Battleford	Visual	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2020-2021	$16,000	Create 6 large sculpture. Sharing Our beliefs and customs pertaining to mourning and loss. These I share with the blessings of my Elders and community
Dunlop, Bonnie	Swift Current	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$9,000	Create 10 new pieces and polish existing 22. On retreat, write 5 pieces utilizing archived material. Meld the material into a completed manuscript. Query publishers.
Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc.	Big River	Music	SaskFestivals	2019-2020	$2,000	Country at the Creek is a first time applicant. We are a grass roots non profit organization that is 8 years old.
Living Sky School Division No. 202 Bonny Macnab	North Battleford	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$10,000	Conversations with Nature brings together artists, storytellers and healers to lead students through a process of thinking like artists, scientists and stewards of the land.
Pederson, Krystle	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$6,500	Continuing journey to prepare for recording first solo album with band rehearsal and composition work of five new songs to be recorded in 2021.
Laird, Tonia	Saskatoon	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$7,500	Continuation of planning and writing of high fantasy novel series with themes of decolonization, kinship, and intergenerational trauma and healing.
Paoli, Loretta	Regina	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$9,060	Continuation and completion of a series of interactive installations, Take Hold. Combining painting, video projection and viewer participation, each installation provides an experience of connection.
Estevan Art Gallery & Museum Ruth Langwieser	Estevan	Visual	Artists in Communities	2021-2022	$45,000	Contemporary Art Meets Parks (CAMP) is a COVID-19 friendly satellite artist residency featuring art and artist led projects in our regional and city parks.
Doyle, Eliza Mary	Asquith	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$1,000	Consult with First Nations Artists and Trauma Counsellors to develop an Artist-In-Residency/Workshop Training Course to educate artists in program delivery from a trauma-informed culturally-sensitive perspective.
Saskatchewan Seniors Association Inc.	Vanscoy	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2021-2022	$1,000	Consult SSAI membership and individuals to assess interest and develop planning for artistic programming to help address issues of isolation for rural seniors in Saskatchewan.
Pewapsconias, Janelle	Paynton	Literary	Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists	2019-2020	$7,500	Connecting to the prairie plains and to water, Janelle Pewapsconias will reflect, create and flow poetry in the form of a 24 page poetry chapbook.
Carriere, Kenneth	Air Ronge	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$7,500	Conduct and record Swampy Cree language interviews, record historical photos from family albums, attain permissions to use recorded photos and interviews for a book.
Harris, Carla	Regina	Multidisciplinary	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$4,290	Conduct a workshop for a multimedia script, consulting with a dramaturg, disabled artists, musicians, and actors hired to experience the script aloud.
Lynch, Rory	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$6,000	Compose pieces designed to strengthen and diversify my band's repertoire, including a series of blues compositions and several stand-alone pieces.
Minnema, Conner	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$5,500	Compose and complete 5 original instrumentals to promote online
McCullam-Arnal, Caitlin	Eastend	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$4,025	Complete the third draft of Dame, my novel-in-progress.
Anderson, Bruce	Regina	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$9,000	Complete several large format and medium sized oil paintings as the beginning of two new series expanding on the concerns examined in my previous work
Metcalfe, Shayne	Waldheim	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$7,832	Complete post-production on my feature film.
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.
Lynch, Taidgh	Saskatoon	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$6,000	Complete edits and order poetry manuscript, Developing Home. Evaluate then submit to publishers.
Conly, Bonnie	Grasswood	Visual	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	Complete a series of twelve drawings in preparation and prior to attending two, Sculpting Porcelain from Life, workshops with Ruth Chambers, March 26th and 27th.
Podiluk, Mike	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Complete a selection of handcrafted knives to exhibit at the "one year later" exhibition by 2018 CARFAC mentorship participants at St. Thomas More Gallery.
Svennes-Smith, Diana	Eastend	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$7,500	Complete a polished draft of my novel Sob Lake for submission to my editor Martha Kanya-Forstner at Doubleday Canada.
Common Weal Community Arts Inc. Eliza Mary Doyle	Regina	Music	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$46,500	Community Arts Mentorship Programming that engages community in music for self-expression/healing/reconciliation with intent on identifying, training and mentoring community members for future community program facilitation.
Piggott-Suchan, Naomi	Saskatoon	Music	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	Commission a composition during the final stages of the current Covid-19 pandemic. To be performed in concert with compositions from other great historical pandemics.
Gan, Melissa	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$14,500	Collaborative experimental video combining performance art, visual design, ambient music composition, and projections.
Rose, Karen	Regina	Dance	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$10,307	Collaborating with three composers to create the music/soundtrack for three of my choreographic solos.
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.
Sedgwick, Edward	Saskatoon	Media Arts	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Collaborating with a fellow artist to explore digital animation, lighting and compositing techniques in preparation for an Independent Artists Grant application.
Sheikh, Sheheryar	Saskatoon	Literary	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Co-Lead a 4-Day Creative Writing Workshop for candidates from across the country, followed by launching my two novels at the literary festival to follow.
Canadian Light Source Inc.	Saskatoon	Theatre	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$500	CLSI's Bison Project engages Indigenous students through Traditional Cultural Expressions (play scripts), that incorporate Indigenous women’s role in Bison ecology, synchrotron science, and Traditional Knowledge.
Thunderchild, Richard	Spiritwood	Visual	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2019-2020	$6,800	Classes for adults and youth to learn the powwow craft of headroach-making.
Chrysalis Theatre	Saskatoon	Theatre	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$2,000	Chrysalis Theatre will produce the play My Name is Rachel Corrie, at La Troupe du Jour.
Harpham, Lindsay	Tisdale	Dance	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$12,000	Choreograph 35-minutes of original Contemporary choreography and refine an existing 25-minutes, in order to develop a cohesive full-length work intended for in-person presentation.
Lavallee, Zachary	Saskatoon	Visual	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2021-2022	$3,400	Capture the images of Indigenous people experiencing poverty to display their enduring attitude despite living in a society that marginalizes Indigenous people.
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.
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.
Dureault, Mitchell Minahik Waskahigan Elementary School	Wolseley	Music	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$10,000	Bring a music educator into our Northern community to rejuvenate lost culture, strengthen intergenerational connections, teach music to youth and build local capacity through mentorship.
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.
Canadian Light Source Inc.	Saskatoon	Theatre	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$500	Bison Herstory begins initial collaborating, transcribing the untold story about First Nation and Metis relationships between Bison and the women who saved them from extinction.
Biofeedback Art Collective	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$2,000	Biofeedback is creating an online platform to curate a virtual art show for emerging Saskatchewan artists as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Farm Fest Terre Ferme Festival Ltd.	Regina	Music	SaskFestivals	2021-2022	$6,000	Bilingual music festival held on a working organic farm in southern Saskatchewan, with emphasis on organic agriculture, spirituality, visual arts and high quality music.
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.
Bradley, Bevin Bethlehem School	Saskatoon	Visual	Artists in Schools	2021-2022	$8,700	Bevin Bradley will work with the Alt. Education class at Bethlehem high school through a series of art workshops to create an student handbook resource.
Kardash, S.J.	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$8,000	Between November - April we will be writing new songs for future release under Reignwolf.
Lumsden High School	Lumsden	Literary	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$1,000	Author visits to explore the power of reading and writing fiction to help us to better understand our world outside and within.
Aurora Voce	Saskatoon	Music	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$2,000	Aurora Voce choral commission for their "North" performance in collaboration with composer Carmen Braden from the Northwest Territories.
Burnt Thicket Theatre	Saskatoon	Theatre	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$2,000	Audio Drama Podcast Research, Development & Market Test: to sustainably produce audio drama as an ongoing storytelling platform for SK artists with digital distribution.
Bluemke, Cat	Regina	Media Arts	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	Attending Professional Writing for Visual Artists Summer Bootcamp (online course), taught by Faith Holland and Liz Sales, to improve writing components of my practice
Benjamin, Paul	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$4,400	Attending Colombian and South American private music master classes by drum instructor Juan David Castano at the Berklee Satellite campus EMMAT in Bogota, Colombia.
Pettigrew, Laura	Regina	Music	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Attend world premiere “Sensorium” arr. For Flute quartet and piano with Quartetto Image March 6, 2020 Mid-South Flute Festival, University of North Alabama, Florence AL.
Glenn, Allyson	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Attend three-month NARS Foundation International Residency, in New York City, NY, USA
Tenold, Darla	Saskatoon	Literary	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$858	Attend the St. Peter's College Colloquium with Tim Lillburn and Sheri Benning, followed by a five-day SWG individual retreat.
Tenold, Darla	Saskatoon	Literary	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	Attend the Sage Hill spring fiction colloquium facilitated by Marina Endicott.
Schwab, Jordan	Saskatoon	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$3,486	Attend the late winter residency to research the relationship of scale, isolation and space in a geographically contrasting location to the prairies.
McCullam-Arnal, Caitlin	Eastend	Literary	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$595	Attend Sage Hill Writing, Fiction Summer Course, to work on a draft of a novel in progress.
Hagel, Mandie	Regina	Literary	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Attend Sage Hill Spring Poetry Colloquium.
Stebner, Jacob	Saskatoon	Literary	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$380	Attend and participate in four unique virtual events, 1 festival and 3 conventions, for my professional development as Editor in chief of Hexagon SF Magazine.
Toppings, Tyler	Regina	Theatre	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	Attend a mask and baby clown intensive hosted by John Turner.
Epp, Carole	Saskatoon	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$5,000	Attend a ceramic residency at The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts to research ancient Greek vase painting and make contemporary narrative political pottery.
Art Gallery of Regina Inc. Linda Duvall	Regina	Visual	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$20,000	Artists Linda Duvall (SK) and Jillian McDonald (MB/NY) will lead a community-engaged artwork and residency that responds to historical, cultural and discipline-specific approaches to excavation.
Regina Catholic School Division Chancz Perry	Regina	Dance	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$20,000	Artists Chancz Perry and Ashley Johnson will develop innovative programming in kindergarten classrooms focusing on cross-curriculum, self-regulation, and cross-cultural learning experiences, through dance and music.
Lebel, Emilie	Saskatoon	Music	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$929	Artistic development at the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity through Entr'Arts, a francophone multidisciplinary art program.
Oxbow Prairie Horizons School	Oxbow	Visual	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$1,166	Artist Terri Fidelak will work alongside Oxbow Prairie Horizons School to design a longer-term project involving a large interactive 2D/3D-relief artwork for Oxbow’s Main Street.
North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre Inc. Rebecca La Marre	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2022-2023	$45,000	Artist Rebecca La Marre proposes to collaborate with and provide workshops for clients at the North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre and Out Saskatoon Pride Home.
La Marre, Rebecca North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre Inc.	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2021-2022	$10,000	Artist Rebecca La Marre proposes to both collaborate with and provide targeted services to clients at the North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre.
La Marre, Rebecca North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre Inc.	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$10,000	Artist Rebecca La Marre proposes to both collaborate with and provide artistic programming to clients at the North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre.
Ecole Vickers Public School	Prince Albert	Visual	Artists in Schools	2021-2022	$1,000	Artist Monique Martin and my grade fours will visually represent butterfly pollinators to educate other students as we build possibilities toward a future grant.
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.
Stonhouse, David Bridges Art Movement	Saskatoon	Visual	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$6,408	Artist David Stonhouse is working with newcomer youth from Open Door Society to learn and create artwork that will lead to an exhibition at BAM
The Gallery/Art Placement Inc. Biofeedback Art Collective	Saskatoon	Visual	Artists in Communities	2021-2022	$20,000	Art Placement and Biofeedback will execute a series of relational projects, workshops, and networking events that will connect, support, and strengthen the Saskatoon artistic 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
Warrington, Lauren	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	April 2021 Artist in Residence at Bridges Art Movement
Fletcher, Étienne	Regina	Music	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	Applying for the Microgrant program to help fund a portion of the travel expenses for our 3 concerts in Eastern Canada in March 2022.
Umeh, Charles	Regina	Media Arts	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	Applying for the grant to assist me carry out post production of my short film Black Vision.
25th Street Theatre Centre Inc.	Saskatoon	Theatre	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$2,000	Anita Smith, the Executive Director of 25th Street Theatre, will travel to Victoria, BC to attend the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals conference.
Dale, Danielle	Saskatoon	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$5,500	An exploration of food in the post-Anthropocene through sculpture and photography.
Sum Theatre Corp. Pleasant Hill Community Association	Saskatoon	Theatre	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$20,000	An artistic inquiry process developed in the Pleasant Hill community, culminating in a documentary play.
Marsolais, Tal	Dalmeny	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$890	An artist-school collaboration to assess the potential for professional artists to support learning outcomes and youth activism by inspiring, teaching, and engaging students through art.
SK Theatre Design Festival	Vonda	Theatre	SaskFestivals	2021-2022	$5,038	An annual theatre festival to provide opportunities for theatre designers to create, connect, and learn, featuring performances for the public in Saskatoon and Regina.
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.
Lesiuk, Dana	Regina	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$7,832	An animated 'fairy tale' symbolizing Ukrainian history, with vivid live-action rhythmic 'dream' sequences expressing the art of its diaspora juxtaposed with that of its homeland.
Kumar, Madhu	Regina	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$5,800	An adaptation of both new and existing paintings with the use of Augmented Reality and Audio content to create immersive storytelling and deepen audience experience.
Harder, Kendra	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$5,500	Along with my librettist collaborator, orchestrating and editing my two chamber operas for future performances in Saskatchewan.
Thorn, Elly	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$4,000	Allan Gilliland will arrange 4 of Elly Thorns original Christmas songs so that she can perform them with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra Christmas 2019.
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.
Hainsworth, Alexa	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$572	Alexa Hainsworth, " Tissue" fibre installation transforming BAM Gallery, into a space reminiscent of cells in the human body.
Jodoin, Berkley	Leader	Music	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2019-2020	$7,500	Album of original music shedding light on problems facing aboriginal people today. Addiction, Mental Health, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women

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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.