| Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Reimer, Joel Dash
Pleasant Hill Community Association |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
Dash Reimer will partner with different communities in Pleasant Hill to create an artistic response to the question of what safety looks like in community. |
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. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Create choreography project about Easter in Pysanka and showcase it. Awake Tradition through the dance vision. |
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. |
| 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. |
| Rosie & the Riveters |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
This project is to write 60 new songs, the best 12 of which will be recorded on Rosie & the Riveters’ next album. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
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. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
This project is to write down and publish, accompanied by visual images, the story of Broken Knife Lookout on Poundmaker Cree Nation. |
| 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. |
Bishop James Mahoney High School
Cate Francis |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Project grant to work with Health Science Academy students to create collaborative murals at BJM as well as a scientifically focused public art campaign. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Experimental Music Ensemble |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
To present a series of concerts, premiering newly composed and improvised works. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| 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”. |
| Short Cuts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc. |
Big River |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Ecole Dundonald School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Our Grade 4 students will engage in a series of land based explorations with Leah Dorion to explore and represent understandings of our inquiry question. |
Campus Regina Public
Joely Bigeagle-Kequahtooway |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
The collaborative art piece created from a buffalo hide will be displayed in the cultural classroom and will reflect students learning and connection with land. |
| Körner, Miriam |
Air Ronge |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
This project is to complete a first draft of the novel ‘Burnt’ , including travelling to the places the protagonist encounters in her journey. |
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. |
| On Cue Performance Hub |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Negraeff, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
I will produce & direct Sarah Ruhl’s play about relationships, women’s health, & sexuality, titled “In the Next Room” at Persephone’s Backstage in Saskatoon |
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 . |
| The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Conservatory of Performing Arts
Karley Parovsky |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
The Intercultural String Exchange provides professional development for violinists/fiddlers and performance/workshop opportunities for the general public showcasing the violin's multicultural usage. |
| Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To create a first draft of the documentary film Queer Seniors by editing twelve existing interviews of queer Indigenous Elders and settler senior citizens. |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
Over the next year, I would like to pursue three projects that will focus on new material processes and collaboration. |
Bernbaum, Joel
Oskayak High School |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
To study the play Reasonable Doubt with Oskāyak High School students, work with them to create an artistic response, and share this response with public |
| Agecoutay, Richard |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
The following grant proposal is for the research phase of a Video Documentary focused on the people who attend and participate in Saskatchewan Powwows. |
| Association of Manitou Arts & Cultures Inc. |
Manitou Beach |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
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. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| On Cue Performance Hub |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
— |
| Herriot, Trevor |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
to prepare a final draft of the novel I am writing to submit to my editor at HarperCollins. |
Normand, Alexis
École Père Mercure |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
This project is to carry out choral and rock band projects with students who will write and perform songs in French about Père André Mercure. |
| Indigenous Poets Society |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Publish a Zine of indigenous writing, artwork in early 2024 of 50 pages. Create digitally and send to printers at SK and ON branches distribution. |
Evan Hardy Collegiate
Samuel Kruger |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
An original theatre production about relevant issues in the lives of teens utilizing innovative theatrical performance and technology techniques with the guidance of Sam Kruger. |
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. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
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. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Regina International Open Theatre Society |
Regina |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
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. |
| Bird, Lianne |
Balcarres |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Singers from Peepeekisis FN joined with Saskatchewan Gymnaestada to perform at Amsterdam World Gymaestrada Festival to promote Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action. |
| Regina International Open Theatre Society |
Regina |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
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. |
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. |
| Tic Toc TEN |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Tic Toc TEN is a short performance arts festival featuring ten, brand new, multidisciplinary performance pieces by both emerging and established Saskatchewan artists. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary 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. |
| Larsen, Mitchell |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
I am applying to fund an extended creation/development phase of a queer, research-inspired production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Normand, Alexis
Ecole Notre-Dame-des-Vertus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
This project is to carry out a rock camp with students who will learn and perform songs in French about Zénon Park. |
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. |
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. |
La Marre, Rebecca
The Ability Hub YXE |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Artist Rebecca La Marre proposes to both collaborate with and provide targeted services to clients at the North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre. |
Pacquette, John
Churchill Community High |
Black Lake |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Traditional skills knowledge keeper John Pacquette. Dene drum teachings workshops. Drum making, Dene singing, traditional dancing along with hand games. Denesuline Language support. |
Ecole Elsie Mironuck Community School
Tara Semple |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Tara Semple (musician, Sound Bath practitioner) will create Sound Bath experiences for elementary students/teachers using cross curricular/cultural outcomes selected with Rosa Haynes (Arts Ed. Specialist). |
| Normand, Alexis |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Create a concert that recounts my francophone identity-building journey via my new musical repertoire, scored field recordings and storytelling. |
| The Women's Company |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Funds for the production of "Annette is a Bimbo" as part of RISER Regina 2023 presented by On Cue and Why Not Theatre. |
| Haynes, Sierra |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Workshop the first act of the new musical Crazy Girl The Musical in advance of Pacific Theatre’s New Roots Festival Showcase in Vancouver, BC. |
| Darke Hall Society Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
— |
Woytiuk, Jamie
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission - Shayil Home |
Buena Vista |
Media Arts |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
This project will support Shayil Home residents to create personal Photographic Storytelling projects. The projects will be featured in a community exhibition. |
| Ferraton, Dominique |
Gravelbourg |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
To complete and release a 5-part audio piece exploring our relationship with water in Southwestern Saskatchewan. |
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. |
| Kimbley, LJ |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Focusing on writing new music reflective on the personal experience of a two-spirit person in Saskatchewan. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Falynn Baptiste |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
This will be an opportunity for the Nehiyew staff and students to learn Nehiyew songs and poems with Falynn Baptiste and TKK for six weeks. |
| Regina International Open Theatre Society |
Regina |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
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. |
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 |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
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. |
Prince Albert Chuckwagon and Chariot Association
Colten Mike |
Weldon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Running for a Cause, celebrating community talents, with dance, musicians, and artistry |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To create an artistic book- 60 word lexicon of Plains Indian Sign Language in black and white photos, accompanied by the Cree word or phrase. |
| Prairie Spirit Connection |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
The teepees will be centralized for teaching, ceremony, song, providing connection to heritage, for families, children, youth, and foster parents to experience culture connections. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
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. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
To devise, rehearse and perform "Homebuddies" an absurdist interactive outdoor performance exploring housing insecurity and biopolitics, in Saskatoon, in preparation for the Prague Quadrennial. |
| Whirligig Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Whirligig Theatre seeks to produce Jean Genet's queer classic, The Maid's, at Divas Nightclub in downtown Saskatoon. |
| Feuring, Jared |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
We are creating a short film 5-7 minutes in length for festival entry and distribution. |
| Short Cuts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
La Marre, Rebecca
The Ability Hub YXE |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Rebecca La Marre proposes to collaborate with and provide targeted services to clients at the North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre and Out Saskatoon Pride Home. |
Selkirk, Jesse
Bedford Road Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
A project for participants to learn the foundational elements of songwriting and use the artform as a tool for exploring their wellbeing and their identity. |
Selkirk, Jesse
Bedford Road Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
The continuation of a project for participants to learn the foundations of songwriting, using the artform as a tool to
explore wellbeing and identity. |
Bulyea Elementary School
Shaunna Dunn |
Bulyea |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Shaunna Dunn will come to Bulyea Elementary School to work with Grades K-6 students on a collaborative multidisciplinary installation project to present to the community. |
| Murray, Audie |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
Creation of new work that continues my studio exploration into generative refusal through process and material. |
| Gebremichael, Elsa |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
To write and co-produce songs that incorporate traditional Ethiopian elements combined pop / rock elements with producer XSDTRK for my debut Wild Black album. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
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. |
Johnston, Christine
King George Community School |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Teaching youth composition/music production with a midi keyboard. We will write lyrics to the songs created, and perform a selection or two every June. |
| 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 |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$9,955 |
Perfecting the technique of live amplification of dancers’ heartbeats and integrating the technique into a work in progress performance. |
Badger, Joanne
Mistawasis Nehiyawak |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$9,916 |
To provide workshops as a series of porcupine quillwork artistry and preservation of a centuries old Indigenous decor. |
| Schneider, Zoë |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$9,900 |
This proposal seeks funding to support the creation of a solo exhibition of sculpture, video, and installation at Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA in September-October 2024. |
