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
Ramsay, Jessica	Regina	Music	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$5,000	I plan to study with a teacher in Berlin who is both an incredible mentor and networker, but also specializes in teaching physiology of violin.
Fayant, Stacey	Regina	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$6,000	I plan to travel to Halifax with my partner and my daughter, to receive and document my own chin tattoo from Métis artist Amy Malbeuf.
Dishaw, Jessie	Regina	Visual	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$250	I received feedback on my Independent Artist grant that my portfolio needed stronger visuals. I'm requesting funding to hire a photographer to document my work.
Marshall, Edie	Riverhurst	Visual	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	I request funding to frame new gouache paintings and make-ready my garage/studio for a weekend art exhibition at my home in Riverhurst.
Vryenhoek, Leslie	Saskatoon	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$12,000	I require support to draft a novel, tentatively called Separate and Apart, that follows the journey of a woman whose husband is being held overseas.
Kroczynski, Jackie	North Battleford	Music	Equipment Purchase Fund	2022-2023	$2,449	I sing, play keyboards, guitar and more with my interface and computer as I create demo tracks of my music using Logic Pro.
Benjamin, Paul	Saskatoon	Visual	Equipment Purchase Fund	2022-2023	$2,200	I use my 12-year-old computer with outdated IOS for music production and editing photos for my Photo Exhibitions: a new MacBook Pro would remediate.
McArthur, Robert	Carlyle	Music	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2020-2021	$16,000	I want to build on my existing work; the creation of Nakoda lullabies, and the creation of a recording, a book, and a presentation series.
Cuthand, Shawn	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2021-2022	$7,500	I want to complete a first draft of a screenplay and script for stage about interracial dating in Saskatchewan in the post Gerald Stanley era.
Anderson, Darryl	Saskatoon	Music	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	I want to continue my artist development and increase my knowledge in my craft.
Reimer, Joel Dash	Saskatoon	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$5,571	I want to create a poetry manuscript of about 80 pages based around a variety of approaches to the idea of 'nothing'.
Hyggen, Vanessa	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2021-2022	$7,500	I want to highlight the diversity, beauty, importance and plight of northern Saskatchewan muskegs, land that is being threatened with strip mining.
Agecoutay, Richard	Regina	Media Arts	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2022-2023	$6,125	I want to produce an independent feature length video documentary on Saskatchewan Pow Wows.
Lerat, Muskwa	Saskatoon	Music	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2021-2022	$6,000	I want to write 6-8 songs about my Indigenous experience in Canada, as well as growing up with learning and mental disabilities being ignored.
Goobie, Beth	Saskatoon	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$18,000	I want to write a novel, titled Dark Rainbow, that explores Phillipa Upchurch's expansion of consciousness in her senior year at a bible college.
Bogan, Jillian	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	I will attend my first ever residency at Chateau d"Orquevaux in France and develop my creative practice through a series of original paintings.
Mendez, Edward	Saskatoon	Theatre	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	I will attend the inaugural Coyuntura conference presented by Canadian Latinx Theatre Artist Coalition to further my professional development as a latinx theatre artist.
Wilson, Nic	Regina	Visual	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	I will be attending the winter 2022 Banff Centre Artist in Residence program to work on two new Artist's books.
Martin-Arcand, Logan	Saskatoon	Theatre	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2021-2022	$7,500	I will be doing a writing workshop to further develop my play The Gay Card to be tour ready when safe to do so.
Stonhouse, David	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	I will be participating in BAM's artist residency, November 2020. I will create an installation to wrap up and document my POWER BOX series.
Plett, Devo	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	I will be showing my work with in a group exhibition in LA, I plan to attend the show.
Wilson, Nic	Regina	Visual	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	I will be traveling to Venice, Italy to participate in a workshop with Marilyn Arsem and present a performance at Venice International Performance Art Week.
Martin, Monique	Saskatoon	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$13,025	I will be travelling to Gothenburg, Sweden to work with Alexandra Hedberg on a printmaking project that will be exhibited in Sweden and Canada.
Coflin, Caitlin	Regina	Dance	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$4,997	I will be travelling to Toronto to study Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals with Janet Kaylo and other certified instructors.
Vanderhaeghe, Guy	Saskatoon	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$18,000	I will be working on a collection of creative nonfiction tentatively entitled Because Somebody Asked Me To.
Harder, Kendra	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$7,500	I will be working with Saskatoon ensemble, Mistral 5, to create a new piece of concert music for wind quintet.
Tupper, Katharine	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$7,500	I will be writing a new EP collaborating with my producer, remotely and online over the next several months.
Matyushenko, Valentyna	Grandora	Dance	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	I will choreograph a piece of a larger project about the importance of tradition and culture. The project's centerpiece is Ukrainian Easter Egg, Pysanka.
Peart, Greta	Regina	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$7,500	I will complete the first stage of a story-based videogame featuring original art/music that explores finding personal groundedness amongst unfamiliar psychological and social spaces.
Powell, Marie	Regina	Literary	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	I will conduct primary research in England and Wales to increase authentic details and emotional nuances in my three-book historical fantasy series, Chronicles of Meirionnydd.
Keighley, Ray	Warman	Visual	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2021-2022	$12,000	I will continue in the producing of artwork that explores Truth and Reconciliation and my first nation sensibility , paintings and carvings primarily.
Moore, Tim	Swift Current	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$8,000	I will continue to create a body of work "Erasure is Futile" to be exhibited at the 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art at the Remai Modern.
Bird, Keith	Regina	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$18,000	I will continue to create and finish a visual collection of art pieces using traditional and spiritual values to be disseminated for our youth.
Daniels, Carol	Regina Beach	Multidisciplinary	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2020-2021	$5,000	I will create a one-woman production of spoken word, song and dance for the Regina Fringe Festival 2021.
Peart, Greta	Regina	Media Arts	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	I will create a short, story-based videogame called Margo that explores the inevitably of change, and the elusivity of time and material existence.
Peart, Greta	Regina	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$3,415	I will create a story-based, hand drawn web game that explores the inevitably of change, the elusiveness of time, and material existence.
Robson, Frances	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	I will create joyful spring portraits of my neighbours amid blossoming trees. I will use my large format 8"x10" film camera for superb quality.
Rewuski, Lindsey	Saskatoon	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$7,500	I will develop an immersive installation and photo series for a confirmed online exhibition, as well as future exhibitions.
Legris, Sylvia	Saskatoon	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$12,000	I will expand the concluding long poem, then complete the final revisions/edits prior to publication of my poetry collection The Principle of Rapid Peering.
Belarmino, Jimuel	Weyburn	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$7,500	I will explore themes (acculturation, social class, identity) that will inform my work to create body of work for my first solo exhibition in 2023.
Ouellette, Dianne	Regina	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$8,500	I will honour the memory of the extinct "buffalo wolves" and the strength of these beings, who at one time thrived in the prairie grasslands.
Friesen, Marcy	Carrot River	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2021-2022	$966	I will lead a beading class focusing on our mental health. Class will be held once a month at The Nest located downtown Prince Albert.
Matyushenko, Valentyna	Grandora	Dance	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	I will learn in-depth characteristics of steps, music, and cultural details of the Volyn region of Ukraine, before choreographing a famous Ukrainian play.
Worrell, Peggy	Swift Current	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$7,000	I will learn more about the craft of writing short fiction, polish five stories, research and write two new stories, working toward a story collection.
Wilson, Nic	Regina	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$7,200	I will make an 8 hour video and several large photographic works that consider the emotional outcome and material culture of death and mourning.
Earle, Shawn	Regina	Music	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$4,350	I will perform the Don Byron Clarinet Concerto with the SUNY Geneseo Wind Ensemble, then study clarinet repair with master clarinet repair technician Wojtek Komsta
Bérubé, Annie	Saskatoon	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$7,500	I will present a new series of work about abandoned buildings and their inner stories at CAVA in Edmonton in February 2021.
Atimoyoo, Erland	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists	2019-2020	$7,500	I will reach Descendants who were unable to attend the 2018 "Gathering", report on last year's Gathering, promote this year's Gathering and contact ceremonial Elders.
Worrell, Peggy	Swift Current	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$5,000	I will revise and polish the manuscript for a novel about three generations of a Saskatchewan farm family.
Johnstone, Hilary	La Ronge	Visual	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$6,439	I will spend a week at a remote cabin and make drawings and take photographs, to base my fabric works on.
Berenbaum, Jenna	Saskatoon	Theatre	Equipment Purchase Fund	2021-2022	$2,500	I will use a laptop for writing scripts and filming audition videos using applications like QLab for sound editing and FinalCutPro for video editing.
Cram, Kathie	Saskatoon	Literary	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$937	I will work with a mentor, Tara Gereaux, to complete a solid draft of the second third of my novel. A draft of the first third of the novel is complete.
McFarlane, Melanie	Moose Jaw	Literary	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	I will work with Robert Currie, former poet laureate of Saskatchewan, in a poetry mentorship focused on writing poetry about growing up in Saskatchewan.
Rose, Karen	Regina	Dance	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$6,700	I wish to create material to choreograph three new solos for three individual dance artists, and in this creative process, advance my choreographic skills.
Angus, Meagan	Regina	Theatre	Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists	2019-2020	$7,500	I would intern at the Globe Theatre to further my theatrical training and create a solo performance.
Devine-Tajgardan, Negar	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	I would like a grant for installation and finalizing of my work for Mann Art gallery exhibition during Spring 2022.
Bergbusch, Sarah	Regina	Theatre	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	I would like funding to support the cost of flights to New Zealand in order to perform at the NZ Fringe Festival.
Janvier, Bobby	La Loche	Visual	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2019-2020	$6,370	i would like to build a skiff, sled and a canoe. I would like to build more if i could get the tools.
Anderson, Charles	Regina	Literary	Independent Artists Program	2019-2020	$10,000	I would like to complete a collection of quirky, humorous literary essays entitled The Boy in the Window.
Parovsky, Karley	Regina	Music	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$7,500	I would like to compose 3 pieces and make 5 demos all inspired by isolation and the emotions deeply felt at this time.
Fern, Lucy	Prince Albert	Visual	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2021-2022	$2,000	I would like to create 10 new pieces art work to showcase my work at the art galleries in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
Campbell, Tara	Saskatoon	Visual	Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists	2019-2020	$6,725	I would like to create a collection of beaded jewelry and accessories that reflect the intertwining of Hip Hop culture and Indigenous culture.
Tsougrianis, George	Swift Current	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$12,000	I would like to create a nature documentary that examines the landscape and the wildlife of Grasslands National Park.
Weber, Angel	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	I would like to create a pieces and apply to show at the Jack Millikin Centre & Wiebe Works Wearable Art Gala.
Lavallee, Terri	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2019-2020	$4,500	I would like to create a stylized bridal gown embellished with Nehiyaw bead work, along with beaded accessories and matching mens cufflinks and tie clip.
Yuzicapi, Holly	Fort Qu’Appelle	Visual	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2020-2021	$7,500	I would like to do traditional quillwork on a buffalo robe. Quillwork is the oldest art form from the land we live on.
Boutin-Maloney, Byrun	Riceton	Music	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	I would like to film a show and create a documentary that captures the event. I will publish the audio online as a live album.
Smith, James	Muskoday	Media Arts	Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists	2021-2022	$2,000	I would like to illustrate a book that has Elders stories from all over Saskatchewan in it.
Deiter, Christine	Balcarres	—	Share and Connect	2022-2023	$2,000	I would like to plan for a youth/Elder Saulteaux Tipi camp. This camp would be about Saulteaux language, culture and games.
Wanotch, Tori-Lynn	Saskatoon	Visual	Equipment Purchase Fund	2022-2023	$2,000	I would like to purchase a leather walking foot machine and a Cricut to continue to grow as an independent designer of leather goods.
Pederson, Krystle	Saskatoon	Music	Equipment Purchase Fund	2021-2022	$2,500	I would like to purchase a new MacBook Pro complete with Logic Pro and more storage space so I can record in my own studio.
Candline, Randi	Saskatoon	Visual	Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists	2019-2020	$6,500	I would like to take time off work to on a fully beaded Men's Grass Dance regalia.
Knight, Lancelot	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$8,000	I would like to take time to write music reflecting the current state of things from addiction to mental health and everyday life.
Wesaquate, Kevin	Saskatoon	Visual	Microgrant Program	2021-2022	$1,000	I would like to use my welding and fabrication skills to create metal sculptures that reflect my identity as a plains Cree.
Kardash, S.J.	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$10,000	I'm about to release a self-funded debut solo album, and this grant would enable me to continue writing more music for the next release.
Dieter, Mark	Fort Qu'Appelle	Theatre	Independent Artists Program	2021-2022	$4,000	I'm applying to re-develop a First Nations stage adaptation of Anthony Burgess' cult classic novel "A Clockwork Orange" for script submission purposes in 2022.
Feheregyhazi, Andrei	Saskatoon	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$14,100	I'm looking for time to create an animated film that will be presented in the form of an augmented reality picture book.
Martell, Rueben	Waterhen Lake	Visual	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	I've been asked to speak at the Blood in the snow film festival, I'm using the funds to supplement travel and 20% of the accommodations.
Horner, Valerie Joy	Prince Albert	Visual	Microgrant Program	2022-2023	$1,000	I've been invited to produce a solo exhibition of nature photographs. "5 Minutes From Home" will run June 1-30 @ the John V. Hicks Gallery
MacPherson, Jera	Regina	Visual	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Ibid. Collective will be mounting a three week exhibition of work by emerging contemporary artists from Saskatchewan, Canada and the United States.
Krips, Spencer	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$4,989	Immersive 360-degree music performance, pairing improvised music with recorded natural sounds. Custom visualizers will be created to respond to the music and projected during performance.
Eden Care Communities Foundation Inc.	Regina	Literary	Artists in Communities	2022-2023	$984	In collaboration with artist Kevin Wesaquate we will participate in 3 poetry workshops to enhance our understanding of Truth and Reconciliation.
Dene High School	La Loche	Visual	Artists in Schools	2022-2023	$2,000	In consultation with our Sask Arts partner, Dene High Arts program will establish a relationship with a SK potter capable of First Nation pottery instruction.
Oblong and Oboe	Saskatoon	Theatre	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$2,000	In May, 2020 we will continue the development of our clown piece, presenting and filming it in front of an audience after COVID-19 has passed.
Floen, Dawn Lawrence	Bruno	Visual	Equipment Purchase Fund	2022-2023	$3,440	In my practice as a jewellery artist, a pulse ARC welder would allow me to solder precious metals quickly, saving time/energy and requiring less ventilation.
Cameron, Howard	Duck Lake	Multidisciplinary	Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists	2019-2020	$7,500	In my process of learning Cree stories from elders, I will illustrate images that coincide with the stories. Thus, limiting the need for English translation.
Poitras, Jarrid Curtis Lee	Saskatoon	Music	Microgrant Program	2020-2021	$1,000	In order to market export my music I am in need of providing a professional music video to talent buyers and international music festivals.
Gauvin, Vanessa Camp Shagabec Committee	Swift Current	Music	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$5,144	In partnership with Camp Shagabec, this project creates a dedicated youth music program, serving the Cypress Hills and area
Actor Director	Saskatoon	Music	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$5,800	In preparation for a debut album, we will workshop and develop existing demos and lyrics, and collaborate and rehearse with local musicians to provide orchestration.
St. Michael Community School Karrnnel Sawitsky	Saskatoon	Music	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$40,000	In reconciliation, St. Michael Community School will collaborate with Metis Knowledge Keepers, elders, fiddlers to explore the relationship of music, cultural identity and colonization.
Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc.	Regina	Music	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$2,000	In response to teacher requests, the RSO seeks to include an Indigenous Song the Link Up program for Grade 3-6 students to learn and sing.
Cameron, Ian	Regina	Music	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$4,000	In the time of COVID-19, what is a performing/recording artist to do? Learn and practice. I'll use the grant for lessons and paid rehearsal time.
Berglund, Blake	Regina	Music	Equipment Purchase Fund	2022-2023	$1,450	In-ear monitors are needed as stage volume has caused inner ear damage. Their precision will assist in strengthening my vocals and tightening harmonies.
Ziwa, Thandiwe	Regina	Music	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$2,000	Income for living expenses while working full time on music
Fournier, Lauren	Regina	Media Arts	Independent Artists Program	2020-2021	$5,188	Incredible, Instant Adoring Father is a single-channel video that uses performance for camera and humour to "heal" the world's daddy issues in an apocalyptic time.
Youth Matter	Melfort	Visual	Artists in Communities	2022-2023	$1,000	Indigenous artist Kevin Pee-ace and Musician, J.J. Voss will be sharing their lived experiences with youth at our Mental Wellness for Youth Symposium.
Cando Community School	Cando	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$1,000	Indigenous culture through the arts - drumming
Logan, Faith B.	Regina	Visual	Microgrant Program	2019-2020	$1,000	Ingredients foraged during my daily life are distilled into ink for a site-responsive installation in the Window Gallery at Neutral Ground, 18 October-15 November 2019.
Cameron, Heather	Regina	Dance	Independent Artists Program	2022-2023	$11,770	Initial research, community building, and creative development towards a new site-specific contemporary dance project in the Heritage neighbourhood of Regina, SK.
Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated Zoe Slusar	Asquith	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2022-2023	$20,000	Initiating Phase 2 of the Canoe Lake-Beauval Arts Mentorship Program that continues to build local capability to sustain future programming through the CAMP Mentorship Model

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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.