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
Burzminski, Dalton	Regina	Music	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	Creating music about navigating as an urban indigenous male through life, the music scenes, high academia, and reflecting on insecurities caused by colonialism. Real deadly.
Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna	Saltcoats	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$7,500	Creating Textile Art for my first solo exhibition at the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery in Yorkton from September 13th to October 31st , 2020.
Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna	Saltcoats	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$7,500	Creating Textile Art for my solo show at the Community Hall in Saltcoats in October 2021.
Quewezance, Wendy	Saskatoon	Visual	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2022-2023	$7,000	Creating traditional and modern styles of ribbon skirts and jewellry using custom-designed fabric and mixed textiles.
Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna	Saltcoats	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$18,000	Creation for a solo textile show of 2022 Autumn using antique kimono from Japan
Payne, Laura	Saskatoon	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$16,859	Creation of a body of electronic light-based work, consisting of light box compositions and projection installation, for public exhibition across Canada
Moker Wernikowski, Connie	Regina	Dance	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$3,050	Creation of a contemporary dance duet to be accompanied by original poetry and music.
Fidelak, Terri Christ the King School	Regina	Visual	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$10,000	Creation of a large, temporary sculptural installation using locally-sourced clay to engage students in learning about connection to land and sustainability through the creative process.
Billingsley, Alyssa	Saskatoon	Theatre	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$16,000	Creation of a one-person show directed by John Turner with music by Sheldon Corbett that coalesces music and neo-bouffon from October 2021-March 2022.
Ells, Chrystene	Regina	Media Arts	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Creation of concept art/previsualization for planned 'mytho-feminist' film 'Tor Woman' including a photoshoot with a costumed model, and sketches and paintings based on these photos.
Balion, Audra	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$3,410	Creation of final two chapters of "Flight Nineteen," a silent (wordless) sci-if/fantasy graphic novel exploring biological and technological transformation.
Metcalfe, Shayne	Waldheim	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$10,000	Creation of monologues through an experimental writing and performance process. Scripts will be created from documentary style interviews of actors then used for video monologues.
Fidelak, Terri	Regina	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$17,000	Creation of new, large scale, sculptural installation, with exploration of performative elements, occurring from November 2020 to October 2021.
Epp, Carole	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	Creation of work for the exhibition borderLINE: 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art, plus travel to install the work in Edmonton in September.
Cameron, Steph	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$10,000	Creation, development and demonstration recordings of songs for album, Blood Moon. Expansion of live performance repertoire.
Schultz, Chantel	Estevan	Visual	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	Creation/installation/exhibition of work in sculpture and drawing for an upcoming solo exhibition at the Estevan Art Gallery & Museum.
North Park Wilson School Joel Bernbaum	Saskatoon	Theatre	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$10,000	Creative Action is a new Grade 8 Arts Program. Partnering with Joel will enhance the program from the very first year of its existence!
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.
Slusar, Zoe	@level1.client.city@	Music	Artists in Schools	2022-2023	$1,000	Creative sessions with the Grade 6s, 7s and 8s to build on existing relationships and explore the students’ needs/interests in developing future artistic musical projects.
Central Urban Metis Federation Inc	Saskatoon	Dance	Artists in Communities	2022-2023	$1,000	CUMFI would like to provide jigging lessons as a cultural and entertaining event for children ages 5 to 15 to revitalize the dance Metis.
Lehner, Katelyn	Saskatoon	Music	Equipment Purchase Fund	2022-2023	$1,649	Custom inner ear monitors to provide consistency between shows to refine live vocal skills
Hosaluk, Laura	Saskatoon	Dance	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	Dances with Props is the development of a dance piece inspired by contact improvisation investigations, as they relate to my craft practice.
Dancing Sky Theatre Inc.	Meacham	Theatre	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$2,000	Dancing Sky Theatre is implementing environmentally sustainable practices at all levels of our organization. We is hoping to purchase refurbished Ipads from TechSoup Canada.
Garneau, David	Regina	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$7,000	Dark Chapters is a collection of still life paintings that metaphorically depict issues familiar to contemporary Indigenous people.
Winston Knoll Collegiate Chrystene Ells	Regina	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$39,432	Deaf youth engage with personal artistic practices, guided by curated artists reflecting areas of classroom cultural demographics and intersectionality, including Deafness, LGBTQ, Indigenous and Newcomer.
Logan, Adam	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$3,311	Dedicate significant time to working on the completion of my first independently developed release while solidifying my artistic identity through the exploration of sound.
Perry, Chancz	Regina	Dance	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	Deliver a movement-based workshop at Connectively Moving Our Dance and screen two short-videos at the IABD International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance.
LaRiviere, David	Saskatoon	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$3,400	Deliver paper at 12th annual Deleuze & Guattari Studies academic camp and conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, and apply research to collaborative project.
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.
Naytowhow, Joseph	Saskatoon	Music	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	designing and manufacturing 500 CD singles of my original song "Born From Dirt" about my fragmented memories of being stolen away to attend residential school.
Fisher, Craig	Regina	Media Arts	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	Despite CP, I use computers and digital devices. During COVID, I watch birds at my window. With web camera, I will stream my small world.
Rosenwald/Rose	Saskatoon	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$18,000	Develop "exhibition-in-a-box" package to tour our installation, Journal of the Plague Year, plus create new work that chronicles the temperature of the times.
Aubichon, Holly	Regina	—	Share and Connect	2022-2023	$2,000	Develop a website, creating a map to share where traditional tattoo-artists work and build community-backed resources for future inclusion of tattooing during ceremonies and events.
The Gallery/Art Placement Inc.	Saskatoon	Visual	Artists in Communities	2021-2022	$1,000	Develop plans with Biofeedback Collective for artist in communities project proposal to support development of artist community through intergenerational dialogue, mentorship, and exchange.
Burnt Thicket Theatre	Saskatoon	Theatre	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$17,000	Develop the script and music of the musical Breathe by Sienna Holden and produce the world premiere in Saskatoon
Gauvin, Vanessa	Swift Current	Music	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$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.
E.D. Feehan Catholic High School	Saskatoon	Music	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$1,000	Developing an indigenous drumming and singing group of indigenous youth leading to a community event and performance.
Willey, Leon	Regina	Theatre	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	Developing and creating a door to door interactive theatre show. In consultation with artists in Stratford Ontario this May, to be performed outside, this summer.
Standing, Cyrus	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists	2019-2020	$4,488	Developing my art form of story telling and tell the stories of Dakota history, Kinship, language and my community in Saskatchewan
Kuse, Stephanie	Saskatoon	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$5,000	Developing technical quality and scope of abstract digital video art utilizing natural textures.
Kuse, Stephanie	Saskatoon	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$14,000	Development of a 3D rendered 3-channel audio/visual work called All My Dreams Are Made of Water
Hagan-Egyir, Rebecca	Saskatoon	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$6,573	Development of second draft of novella, Kingdom of Waking Dreams.
Wiwchar, Michelle	Saskatoon	Theatre	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$7,500	Development of the libretto for “Orpheus and Eurydice: Nox”, a modern, queer response to my existing work with Kendra Harder, “Orpheus and Eurydice... ish”.
Garez, Simon	Saskatoon	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$4,780	Direct and finish a narrative short film about beekeeping and the ecological issues effecting bees.
Garez, Simon	Saskatoon	Media Arts	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	Direct and finish a narrative short film that deals with alcohol abuse and reverses racial stereotypes.
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.
Kozak, Kathryn	Creighton	Visual	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	Do you hear what I hear, is a participant activated installation. It's focused on the inner sounds of trees and the non-human world.
Fidelak, Terri	Regina	Multidisciplinary	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	Documentation of a collaborative sound and performance piece created by Rania Al Harthi, Kris Alvarez, Terri Fidelak, and Jess Richter.
The Garrys	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$2,000	Documentation/recording/mixing costs of The Garrys' Live score of "Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages", to be performed on Oct. 25th at the Roxy Theatre.
YXE Drag Collective	Saskatoon	Theatre	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$18,000	Drag Me Across Saskatchewan a Drive-In Drag Show Tour will provide drag entertainment for prides across Saskatchewan in a drive-in setting this summer.
YXE Drag Collective	Saskatoon	Theatre	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$7,378	Drag Me Across the Prairies will present LGBTQ+ drag artistry across the three Prairie provinces expanding on last years successful Saskatchewan Drive-in tour.
Mitchell, Terri-Lynn	Saskatoon	Music	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Duo Estelle is asking for $1000 to support the costs surrounding our three city Saskatchewan tour including transportation fees for guitarist Emily Shaw from Ottawa.
Legris, Sylvia	Saskatoon	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$18,000	During my project period I will complete the first draft of a new poetry collection, The Principle of Rapid Peering.
Baraniecki, Jordan	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	During this time, I'm looking for innovative ways that people can still experience thought-provoking art by creating immersive projections around the city.
Eastend Arts Council	Eastend	Multidisciplinary	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$2,000	Eastend Arts Council will rebuild its website to grow our community, and support the arts through innovative on&off-line programing associated with Wallace Stegner House
Ferguson, Louisa	Meacham	Visual	Artists in Communities	2021-2022	$1,000	Ecological Restorative Art project is a site specific art installation designed and executed in collaboration with community members and The Meewasin Valley Authority.
Harris, Carla	Regina	Literary	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Editing my first collection of disabled narrative poetry I will attend an immersive, facilitated writing program focused to revise my manuscript for submission to publishers.
Dene High School	La Loche	—	Share and Connect	2022-2023	$5,492	Educational expedition. This project is to support and gain Indigenous knowledge through teachings and experiences. Participants will be exposed to all facades of Indigenous led projects and businesses that will encourage our Youth in taking pride of their heritage and identity as indigenous peoples.
Scott, Tallus	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$5,000	Educational project to develop drum performance practices and recording practices under the tutelage of Stephane Chamberland, Dave Elitch, and Flavio Cirillo.
Lebel, Emilie	Saskatoon	Music	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	éemi is representing Saskatchewan at a prestigious and international music competition in Granby, Québec with two musicians from Montreal.
Lepage, Mario	St. Denis	Music	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$5,500	Elevating the production value and visual impact of Ponteix’s live performances via tour-ready custom projections and coordinating stage lighting.
Froese, Ellen	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$17,077	Ellen Froese will be presenting her brand new album via residency and touring from November 2022 - March 2023.
Froese, Ellen	Saskatoon	Music	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	Ellen is embarking on a tour across Saskatchewan, Alberta and the NWT up to Folk On The Rocks Music Festival in Yellowknife, NT.
Seesequasis, Paul	Saskatoon	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$17,600	Enclosing Some Snapshots: The photography of Métis activist James Brady. A photobook coinciding with Saskatchewan exhibitions.
Saskatchewan Band Association Paul Suchan	Regina	Music	Artists in Communities	2022-2023	$10,000	Engage developing youth composers, through collaboration with a professional composer, in the creation of a 4-piece band composition celebrating the Saskatchewan Band Association’s 40th anniversary.
Mistawasis Nehiyawak High School Kris Moffatt	Leask	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$10,000	Engage students in art therapy sessions, complete a friendship canvas and develop a video of these process. Friendship and culture.
Mehlsen, Erik	Regina	Music	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$4,000	Erik Mehlsen is the principle songwriter for Sharp 5 Records; is seeking opportunity to write the music for the 2022-2023 production cycle.
Saskatoon Open Door Society	Saskatoon	Visual	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$1,000	Establish a body to research and coordinate artistic programming in partnership with Saskatoon Open Door Society.
Pask-Thompson, Karen	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	Exhibit 30-35 works at the Chapel Gallery in NB for first solo show outside Saskatoon. Taking advantage of an opportunity to exhibit in 2022. .
Chabros, Diana	Val Marie	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$5,000	Expand current body of work, (samskāra: Stories of Discernment), with ten large oil paintings for potential solo exhibition at mid-sized gallery venues in western Canada.
Severight, Tanya	Whitecap	Visual	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2021-2022	$7,500	Expand my fabric design skills to make Story Star Quilts, by adding embroidery and sublimation images to the quilts, ribbon skirts and make dolls.
Mardell, Rachel	Prince Albert	Other	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	Expand my practice by attending an online course on Botanical Printing, and purchase supplies to complete.
Sum Theatre Corp.	Saskatoon	Theatre	Special Initiatives Fund	2020-2021	$5,000	Expanding Sum Theatre's e-capacity by creating a participatory website.
Oblong and Oboe	Saskatoon	Theatre	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$7,500	Exploration, creation and development to expand a 20-minute clown piece to a full 60-minute tourable production at the Manitoulin Centre for Creation and Performance.
L'Association fransaskoise de Zenon Park Inc.	Zenon Park	Music	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$903	Explore the possibility of doing a music project with artist Alexis Normand and determine how to best serve the community of Zenon Park.
Rabbitskin, Ashley	Saskatoon	Visual	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2021-2022	$1,850	Explore the spiritual interconnection between land and the human body. Bridging the gap. Express my relationship with Mother Nature, nurtured and embedded by my grandmother.
Young, Tom	Regina	Visual	Artists in Communities	2022-2023	$1,216	Explore watercolour as a professional art form, seek ways to strengthen watercolour community, heighten 2023 symposium awareness as a foundation to the future.
Kloeble, Karla	Saskatoon	Dance	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Explore working as a director of a dance company. My 3 goals for this proposal are; find my people, get in a room, and create.
UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity Inc.	Regina	Theatre	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$1,000	Exploring the need and interest of drag performance development in Regina
Stock, Shayna	Regina	Multidisciplinary	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	Exploring the use of movement to animate poetry about queer lineage. Mini apprenticeship with dancer, theatre artist and play enthusiast to help my poems move.
Murawsky, Graham	Saskatoon	Music	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$640	Factor Chandelier to fly to Los Angles to be in a big video opportunity for a video
FadaDance Troupe Inc.	Regina	Dance	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$2,000	FadaDance Troupe will animate the Beaver Flat 50 event by performing outdoor site specific original contemporary dance accompanied with stunning visuals to a national audience.
Bonetto, Estelle	Regina	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$5,060	Faire « parler » les corps et les âmes à travers le prisme d'un miroir photographique et tenter de capturer leur essence, leurs mots et leurs images.
Future Artistic Minds	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$2,000	FAM youth will present a professional art exhibition and full-length album release about their experiences during Covid-19 at BAM for the month of May.
Pottle, Adam	Saskatoon	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$18,000	Finishing the first handwritten draft of my new novel, tentatively titled APPARITIONS, and typing, arranging, and editing the manuscript's second draft.
Pacquette, John	Black Lake	Music	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2021-2022	$4,000	Following the Denesuline ancestral skills teachings, creating traditional drums from barren ground caribou hide I have tanned and birch trees I have harvested.
Stonhouse, David	Saskatoon	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$2,364	For additional assistance for materials, installation and shipping costs as POWERBOXES will be expanding to a large solo exhibition at Godfrey Dean Arts Gallery, Yorkton.
Ejike, Victor	Regina	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$1,500	For completion of pre-production tasks for A Miry Ground, a feature-length film that tells the story of how domestic violence affects African Immigrant families
Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative	Regina	Media Arts	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$102,000	For general operating and programming support.
Weyburn Art Gallery	Weyburn	Visual	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$20,000	For general operating and programming support.
La Troupe du Jour Inc.	Saskatoon	Theatre	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$79,000	For general operating and programming support.
Globe Theatre Society	Regina	Theatre	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$238,930	For general operating and programming support.
On the Boards Staging Company, Inc.	Saskatoon	Theatre	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$29,950	For general operating and programming support.
Free Flow Dance Theatre Company	Saskatoon	Dance	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$20,000	For general operating and programming support.
Sum Theatre Corp.	Saskatoon	Theatre	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$30,200	For general operating and programming support.
Station Arts Centre Cooperative	Rosthern	Multidisciplinary	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$20,000	For general operating and programming support.
PAVED Art + New Media	Saskatoon	Media Arts	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$138,980	For general operating and programming support.
Coteau Books	Regina	Literary	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$133,620	For general operating and programming support.
Community Radio Society of Saskatoon Inc.	Saskatoon	Media Arts	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$20,000	For general operating and programming support.
Dunlop Art Gallery	Regina	Visual	Professional Arts Organizations Program	2019-2020	$111,800	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.