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
Ferguson, Louisa	Meacham	Visual	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$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.
Wasteste, Angelo	Fort Quappelle	Music	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$1,000	Purchase pro audio recording equipment to record traditional Dakota songs (wars songs, pow-wow, kahomanie, spiritual) and Dakota oral stories for preservation of language.
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
Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. Jason Surkan	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$10,000	This project engages youth to create an installation that explores how the rhythms and patterns of Métis tectonics can be translated through contemporary architectural design.
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.
Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc.	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$1,000	This project consists of a partnership with artist/architect Jason Surkan, Oxbow Architecture, Nuit Blanche Saskatoon to facilitate youth workshops in digital design and fabrication.
City of Prince Albert	Prince Albert	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$1,000	To contract Jesse Campbell as a Curator for Artists in Community project coordination in Prince Albert.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Clinton Ackerman Music	Regina	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2019-2020	$10,000	Host a week long summer camp of creativity and interdisciplinary art creation.
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
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.
Centre Francophone BDS	Bellevue	Music	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$1,000	To discover through community consultations, research, and project planning how to bring music back to our communities.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Art Gallery of Swift Current Shon Profit	Swift Current	Visual	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$10,000	Provide and document for research a professional artist-led weekly art class for Wolf Willow Health Centre LTC to implement into a sustainable program during lockdowns.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Goretzky, Barbara Town of Lumsden	Lumsden	Visual	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$10,000	To start the first stage of a large mural at the museum, depicting the settlement of the area, beginning with Indigenous people to the present.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Centre Francophone BDS Alexis Normand	Bellevue	Music	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$10,000	To start a youth choir who will perform three songs in French for “Les rendez-vous de la francophonie” and host Café Culture gatherings in Bellevue/St.Louis/Domrémy.
Atcheynum, Kasey	Saskatoon	Literary	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$1,000	To assess the creative literary community needs of Black diaspora by conducting research analysis to develop a plan for a longer term project and residency.
Wildeman, Tatum Father Megret High School	Saskatoon	Dance	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$10,000	Utilizing dance to strengthen Indigenous youths' knowledge and connection to their language and culture while improving their sense of mental wellness.
Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. Laura Hosaluk	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2019-2020	$6,000	Sock Puppet workshop
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.
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.
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.
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.
Muskoday First Nation Community School	Muskoday	Music	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$1,000	We want to meet and become familiar with processes of artists that will carry out future activities for our upcoming Artists in Communities- Residencies grant.
Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc. Judy Wensel	Regina	Theatre	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$20,000	LTD' Artists and Judy Wensel will support creative community members with disabilities in an online-focused exploration of Caryl Churchill's play, Love and Information.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jack Millikin Centre, Inc.	Saskatoon	Visual	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$1,000	1. Bring together emerging artistic blacksmiths to explore the transmission of sound through metal. 2. Explore concept of permanent, four-season blacksmith facility at Ness Creek.
Mathieu, Veronique Saskatoon Public Library	Saskatoon	Music	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$10,000	Present six free interactive and educational concerts involving different musical traditions at Frances Morrison Public Library (Saskatoon) and in North Battleford .
Creighton Community School Karen Clark	Creighton	Visual	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$7,356	This school led program will provide opportunities for youth and parents to experience visual arts and gain knowledge of traditional Cree teachings, values,
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.
Doyle, Eliza Mary Canoe Lake Cree Nation	Asquith	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.
Camp Shagabec Committee Vanessa Gauvin	Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park	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
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.
Doyle, Eliza Mary Girls Rock Camp Saskatoon	Asquith	Music	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$10,000	Providing continued opportunity for female empowerment by building local capacity through strengthening, mentoring and expanding the Girls Rock Saskatoon program to under-served/remote communities in Saskatchewan.
Larsen, Mitchell	Saskatoon	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$1,000	We will communicate with the above organizations to develop arts-based community wellness workshops with remote delivery options.
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.
CARFAC Saskatchewan Clint Neufeld	Regina	Visual	Artists in Communities	2020-2021	$43,500	We propose an artist residency where Travelling Mentor Clint Neufeld offers critical engagement, professional development opportunities, and expanded community for artists working in rural Saskatchewan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
E.S. Laird Middle School	Lloydminster	Music	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$1,000	Work with local elders and drummers to create a sustainable pow wow and round dance drum group for young men in Lloydminster.
McKenzie, Tyrone	Saskatoon	Music	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$1,000	High school bands in two communities: Engage students in conversations to develop a new composition. Provide workshops, partnering with students to develop a virtual concert.
Loreburn Central School	Loreburn	Music	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$1,000	To develop drumming as part of the music in class, and potentially have a group for students to take part in outside of class time.
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.
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/
Sylvia Fedoruk Elementary School	Saskatoon	Visual	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$500	A class field trip to SCYAP art gallery and art centre to learn about their activism in the Saskatoon community based on Saskatchewan curriculum.
Keethanow Elementary School	Stanley Mission	Media Arts	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$1,000	Multi media experience for Kindergarten to Grade 3 - hands on arts for busy kids
Minahik Waskahigan Elementary School	Pinehouse Lake	Music	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$1,000	We would like this grant to support the start-up of an arts program in our school teaching students music.
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.
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.
Good Spirit School Division	Yorkton	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$1,000	To initiate a pilot ceramic program at the YRHS with SK Artist- Marea Olafson collaborating with art teacher Jana Martinuk supporting the Art Curriculum.
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.
Prairie Valley School Division # 2018	Regina	Music	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$1,000	The aim is to introduce First Nation singing to students (gr. 6-12) utilizing local resources and proven champion singers.
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.
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.
Balfour Collegiate - Balfour Arts Collective Tessa Kuz	Regina	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$10,000	“Who Am I?” is designed to impact young people as they investigate, represent, express and embrace empowered self-identity through the arts.
Midale Central School	Midale	Theatre	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$6,600	Midale Central School to partner with Missoula Theatre Group to create 2 school and community theatre events.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bradley, Bevin	Saskatoon	Visual	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$1,000	Through three workshops students will learn to communicate, and to develop abstract thought through their art, and be invited to talk about their art one-on-one.
Thomson Community School Chancz Perry	Regina	Multidisciplinary	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$39,432	Our Artist in Residency project is a multidisciplinary arts program designed to decrease stress and increase resiliency in youth.
Stoughton Central School	Stoughton	Music	Artists in Schools	2019-2020	$1,000	Song Writers Circle with Saskatchewan Recording Artists Glen Strong and Forrest Eaglespeaker.
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.
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.
Eagle's Nest Youth Ranch	Prince Albert	Visual	Artists in Schools	2020-2021	$500	We would like to showcase our student's stories through their lens as artists. We would end up with a magazine they can share.

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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.