Kovach, Jaye |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,500 |
Responding to Ross and Mackay’s Gendertroublemakers, we will produce an experimental short film exploring our trans-for-trans and butch-femme relationship through kink and the everyday. |
Minahik Waskahigan Elementary School Mitchell Dureault |
Pinehouse Lake |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$41,500 |
Return a music educator to our Northern community to rejuvenate lost culture, strengthen intergenerational connections, teach music to youth, and building local capacity through mentorship. |
Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$9,000 |
Revise and polish my graphic novel script, SHADOWS ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY, into a second draft worthy of submission to publishers and artists. |
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. |
McArthur, Robert |
Carlyle |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Robert Mcarthur is bringing back the Nakoda language through song, specifically children's lullabies. Writing lullabies helps preserve the language by putting it in children's ears. |
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. |
Dinsmore Composite School |
Dinsmore |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Rural students in Grades 9-12 will develop an understanding of reconciliation and the importance of relationship-building by working with an Indigenous/Metis artist. |
Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Sage Hill is applying for funding to undertake a 3-Phase Strategy Project to respond to new circumstances that have emerged for the organization. |
Dr. Brass School |
Yorkton |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Saskatchewan Artist, Kevin Peaace, will come to Dr. Brass School to create classroom murals in his style of painting.
*No volunteers due to COVID. |
Suchan, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
School tour of the Proteus Saxophone Quartet, Saxophonist Gerard Weber and Pianist Naomi Suchan, and Fiddler Kim de Laforest, featuring the music of Paul Suchan. |
Burnt Thicket Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Script development & world premiere production of My Own Personal Jesus? by Tim Bratton |
Campos, Yulissa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,483 |
Script development of the new play "The Newcomer" by Yulissa Campos |
Macza, Jason |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
sculptural addition to my painting series “Dogs dreaming of rabbits and Rabbits Dreaming of Dogs”
Life size rabbits carved from standard Spruce. |
Morgun, Jessica |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Seeking support for short-term artist residency at Art Placement Gallery through Biofeedback Collective's "Community Project" to explore collaboration with artist Zhao Jinglu. |
Indigenous Poets Society |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Sending the Indigenous Poets Society team to participate/compete in the CFSW 2019 for flights and accommodation and food support at event. |
Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Senior dance artist Terrill Maguire visits SK from ON for the first time to work with Free Flow Dance Theatre. |
Ferguson, Anastasia |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$9,493 |
Shoot and hand-develop a 5-minute film, using 16 and Super 8 film. Title: The Garden of Curiousities, Chapter 2: From the Dying of the Day |
Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,862 |
Short film based on the book by J.M. Bergman, about a teenage girl who is kidnapped, illustrating the plight of missing and murdered Indigenous women. |
Sutherland, Dallas |
Rosthern |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Short horror film that will be filming in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and surrounding areas. filming will take place in July 2022. |
Saskatchewan Printmakers Association |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
SK Printmakers will revive the mission and membership of the (inactive) Saskatchewan Printmakers Association and host a printmaking conference in November 2022 in Saskatoon. |
Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. Laura Hosaluk |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
Sock Puppet workshop |
Fernandez, Cezar Patrick I |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Solo Exhbition at Weyburn Art Council |
Saltzman, Vera |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Solo exhibition of photographic portrait series O Human Child in Ottawa, Ontario November 1, 2019 to January 4th, 2020. |
Stoughton Central School |
Stoughton |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Song Writers Circle with Saskatchewan Recording Artists Glen Strong and Forrest Eaglespeaker. |
Spark Theatre |
Prince Albert |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$11,667 |
Spark Theatre will rehearse and present the female-driven "The Drowning Girls" (Graham, Tomlinson, Vlaskalic) March 25-27 in Prince Albert, SK at the EA Rawlinson Centre. |
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. |
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. |
Hoggarth, Opal |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Starting a new drag/rock show to allow queer performers to make money in Regina for alternative communities. |
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 |
Burnouf, Jordyn |
ile a la Crosse |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Storytelling through media to share land-based practices and worldview from an Indigenous lens. Videography, storytelling, and a virtual exhibit to capture northern lifestyle and art. |
Turtleford Community School |
Turtleford |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Students will be exposed to nature and First Nations art and storytelling. They will produce art based on their experience. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman Mary Harelkin Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Students will be part of a creative community as they experience researching, writing and illustrating to create a book as the final project. |
Ernest Lindner School |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Students will engage with Tod Emel (our artist) as they compose and perform electronic music using LMMS digital music station. https://lmms.io/ |
Saskatoon Public Schools |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Students will explore Indigenous pre-contact knowledge through land-based learning at Wanuskewin, disrupting the narrative that the plains were barren and wild prior to European contact. |
Prairie Sky School Holly Yuzicapi |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
Students will learn some traditional indigenous beading techniques, and prepare a spring cultural festival that includes display and demonstration of beading, powwow dancing, and songwriting. |
Westmount Community School Felipe Gomez |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$7,700 |
Students will learn the music concepts of the ukulele taught by Felipe Gomez. In the end, students will participate perform in a ukulele rock orchestra. |
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. |
Wicks, Bob |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Study Clown with Christopher Bayes and The Pandamonium Studio while they have reduced tuition and shifted classes online during the Covid Pandemic. |
Curtain Razors Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Support for 4 Saskatchewan artists (including 2 yet-to-be-funded by SKArts Independent Artists) to create short films arising from Trespassers Waltz, for consideration at S.P.A.N.E. (Screenings of Performance Art in the Natural Environment). |
Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$12,963 |
Support for a 3-month work term, for the continued creation of 'Untitled Peter Tripp Project'. |
Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,816 |
Support for a 3-month work term, to cover artist fees for the premiere production of 'Untitled Peter Tripp Project'. |
Francis, Cate |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Support for the research and creation of large format screenprint based works examining cultural conceptions of nature as decoration in the face of climate change. |
Goodwyn, Amber |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Support for the creation of a new cycle of songs for my experimental pop music project, Natural Sympathies. |
Saskatoon Youth Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
SYJO will collaborate and record with guest artist Joel Grundahl as a mentoring opportunity for current SYJO members and to generate future engagement. |
Palmer, Josh |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,000 |
Take the time necessary to create and write new songs and produce new sounds for my music group, The Sunset Kids. |
Vincent, Angus |
Yorkton |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Take time off work to complete my play. I've completed the songs and am looking to finish my script to begin work-shopping and marketing it. |
Hosaluk, Michael |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,650 |
Take time to create new work that is completely unfamiliar to previous processes in my artistic career in remote unfamiliar locations and studio. |
Saskatoon Christian School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Taking students to experience wheel throwing with an experienced artist. Glazing pieces and trying out raku style firing. Providing an experience unattainable in a classroom. |
Ecole Elsie Mironuck Community School (Regina Board of Education - Div #4) |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Tara Semple and Rosa Haynes will develop a sound (aural) experience program to for elementary students and their educators to explore mindfulness, creativity and self-care. |
Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. |
Manitou Beach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$7,995 |
The 2020 Manitou Music Fest will deliver a quality festival, including an eclectic selection of professional musicians, songwriters, dancers, artisans, and performers. |
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. |
Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. |
Manitou Beach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$4,800 |
The 2022 Manitou Music Fest will deliver a quality festival, including an eclectic selection of professional musicians, songwriters, dancers, artisans, and performers. |
Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,700 |
The 26th Mid-Winter Blues Festival is going back to its roots with a modified three-night, one-afternoon event featuring performers from Regina and across Western Canada. |
Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
The 26th Mid-Winter Blues Festival will combine free and ticketed events over 7 nights, featuring national and international performers, as well as 80% local artists. |
Prairie Valley School Division #208 |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
The aim is to introduce First Nation singing to students (gr. 6-12) utilizing local resources and proven champion singers. |
Lapointe, Ky |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,264 |
The aim of this project is to create French and bilingual spoken word centered around my Fransaskois experience with language and community. |
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. |
Ripplinger, Matthew |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
The Corrupted Spectrum is a creation project exploring possibilities in Technicolor processes combined with homemade photographic emulsion techniques. |
Avramenko, James |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
The creation of a new collection of poetry and micro-fiction titled "First Dates with Pro Wrestlers" |
Gordon Denny Community School |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
The Cree Culture teacher is looking to invite a local artist to come and show all students grade 1-6 the painting process. |
Pegasus Productions |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,750 |
The development, production, and presentation of "After Sundown," a new play by Gordon Portman. |
Ramsay, Jessica |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
The essential and final integration of violin fundamentals into audition preparation with renowned, Berlin-based violinist Elissa Lee. |
The Feather |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
The Feather is looking to get funding for artist fees to do a Christmas project and live stream which involves mentorship within the collective. |
Ecole Dundonald School Paula Cooley |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$8,217 |
The focus of the project is an exploration of culture and community through texture, colour, and shape culminating in a clay art installation. |
Ruecker, Gerry |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
The funding requested in this grant application is to support the further development and creation of my current body of work in mixed media sculpture. |
The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
The funding with this grant would go towards attending the Canadian Arts Presenting Association Conference 2019, in Ottawa, Ontario. |
Bishop Lloyd Middle School |
Lloydminster |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
The funding would be used to connect with Indigenous singers, drummers, and dancers to work with students and develop partnerships for further projects in future. |
Henry, Hugh |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
The funds will be used to print and frame 30 photographs and
deliver / install prints for exhibition in Maple Creek. |
Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop Muskwa Lerat |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
The Future Artistic Minds (FAM) is a program at CNYC for youth to explore their creative practice in a safe, identity affirming space. |
Penner, John J |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
The grant proposal is to replace my old deteriorating resin coated plywood darkroom sink with a chemical resistant stainless steel sink. |
Mistawasis Nehiyawak High School |
Leask |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
The grant would provide an opportunity for the students to learn from a local artist to enhance cultural identity and awareness in an artistic form. |
Waskesiu Recreation Association Inc. |
Waskesiu Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$7,000 |
The Lakeside Music Festival is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival. 2019 attendance was 3500+. All performers are from Saskatchewan and Sunday highlights Indigenous performers. |
Will, Elaine |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,000 |
The Last Band On Earth is a graphic novel about a noise rock band who are trapped in a ramshackle unearthly city run by demons. |
Phillips, Geoff Southwestern Saskatchewan Oldtimers' Museum Inc. |
Maple Creek |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
The next generation of Agribusiness will benefit from learning how technology is impacting their trade through targeted art workshops inspired by local ranching history. |
Coronach Old Town Street Festival |
Coronach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
The Old Coronach Street Festival will reinvigorate the rural community through a multi-disciplinary, participatory arts experience which celebrates Coronach's unique cultural identity. |
One Take Super 8 Regina |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
The One Take Super 8 event is an annual film festival dedicated to super 8 filmmaking for the local community to create analog films. |
One Take Super 8 Regina |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
The One Take Super 8 event is an annual film festival dedicated to super 8 filmmaking for the local community to take part in. |
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. |
Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
The Poundmaker Performance Festival-International Indigenous Performance and Plenary, is a 4 day event on the Poundmaker Cree Nation that presents Indigenous Performance and Culture. |
Shurniak Gallery Inc. Crystal Thorburn |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
The project "Metamorphosis" will engage the community through participatory art workshops, conversational gatherings and a collaborative public sculpture, stimulating Assiniboia's interest in the arts. |
Penner, John J |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,000 |
The project entails the exploration and applicaiton of digital technology to the historic process of carbon printing. |
Weber, Joanne |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$3,617 |
The project is the development of a script by Joanne Weber about the Deaf settlers who immigrated to Qu'Appelle Valley in the early 1900's. |
Weber, Joanne |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,714 |
The project is the development of a script by Joanne Weber about the Deaf settlers who immigrated to Qu'Appelle Valley in the early 1900's. |
Regina Chamber Music Festival |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
The project is the presentation of three nights of chamber music concerts and related community events, by local and international artists. |
Deaf Crows Collective |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$9,000 |
The project will develop the ASL/English script, puppetry, and ASL poetry, and present a workshop reading of "1000 Ladders Down" with a small ensemble. |
Maxwell, Aralia |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
The proposed grant will help to fund fees and expenses for my participation in the Alchemy Artist Residency in Hillier, ON in August 2019. |
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. |
Okemaysim, Aren |
Regina |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
The recording and engineering of 14 original songs for my debut solo music project, “Okimaw”. |
The Sketchy Bandits |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,205 |
The Sketchy Bandits will spend five days creating a series of sketch comedy skits intended for theatrical production using devised theatre and traditional writing techniques. |
Knutson, Cole |
North Battleford |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
The study and performance of lieder and opera in Europe and the prairies ie. lessons with professional coach, and concerts in the prairies. |
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. |
Lavoy, Landon |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,473 |
The Year Long Ukrainian Dance Immersion Program allows dancers to spend a year in Ukraine training and performing with five unique, professional Ukrainian Dance ensembles. |
Chokecherry Studios Zoe Slusar |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
This 11-month project will offer youth facing multiple barriers with weekly programming to explore mental health through creative writing, music production and spoken word poetry. |
Reimer, Joel Dash Chokecherry Studios |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
This 12 week project will provide young male participants with hip hop skills as a form of expression for a tandem project on healthy masculinity. |
Manitou Boogaloo |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$7,000 |
This application is seeking funding for the Manitou Boogaloo, a 2-day multi-media arts festival set in the community of Manitou Beach on July 10-11th, 2020. |
Keating, Bridget |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
This application requests financial assistance from the Saskatchewan Arts Board for the development of Culling Season, my second book of poetry. |
Solheim, Krista |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$11,077 |
This application seeks funding to support the commission of a new 20 minute Contemporary dance solo by Robin Poitras and Edward Poitras. |
Cameron, Steph |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$15,300 |
This application supports 6 months of song-writing, engaging my artistic process, demoing songs for my 4th studio album and expanding my live original repertoire. |
Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$998 |
This Development Project aims to design an innovative youth storytelling program that explores identity through painting, video, and sound. |
City of Prince Albert |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
This development project would determine the interest and readiness for Artist in Residence projects in Prince Albert for the next 1-3 years. |