| Olsen, Farideh |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To write 40 songs about motherhood for the musical component of a one woman show that integrates music, comedy and storytelling. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
We will administrate a 4 day youth poetry festival in Saskatoon at The Remai Modern through showcases, workshops and community building events. |
| Kardash, S.J. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
Between November - April we will be writing new songs for future release under Reignwolf. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
JazzFest Regina 2020 is an accessible, citywide music festival in parks, bars and venues featuring local, emerging, and national artists many events are free. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting three concerts as part of their 14th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
| Dog Patch Music Festival Inc. |
Loon Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
Dog Patch Music Festival is requesting funds to assist in paying our musicians. |
| Dowling, Katherine |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To independently produce and present “The Elegy Project”—an intimate solo piano performance on expressions of grief and loss—at three historical Saskatchewan venues in May 2023. |
| 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. |
| Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc. |
Big River |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Country at the Creek Music Festival is an annual outdoor Music event held just outside of the community of Big River |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
To gain financial support for Saskatoon's free literary arts festival, The Word On The Street. |
| Unheard Sound Collective |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To present the 11th edition of Sounds Like: An Audio Festival with the theme "Duality" in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 12-13 and October 13-14, 2023. |
| Central Urban Metis Federation Inc |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
7th annual CUMFI Metis Cultural Days are days of celebrating Metis Music, Dance, Theatre, Art, Culture, and Language. |
| Biggar Old Time Music Festival Committee |
Biggar |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
A three-day professional music festival celebrating and revitalizing the cultural, historic, and artistic nature of Old Time Music and Dance in rural Saskatchewan. |
| Outlook & District Heritage Museum |
outlook |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
Our festival takes place outside, we want to create a safe place for our performers and community members to come together. |
| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
Music collaboration with musician/producer Nich Davies to inspire/complete/infuse fresh musical genres/ideas, proceed to workshop/collaborate album material with my band before recording follow-up full-length album |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
Nuit Blanche Regina is a free, accessible, night-time festival showcasing public art installations and engaging audiences in Regina's Warehouse District on Saturday, August 28, 2021. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Complete the first draft, then revise and rewrite into a second draft my young adult horror novel FULL MOON CHRISTMAS. |
| Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
I plan to finish writing a novel-in-stories entitled Penny Fictions which is presently one-sixth complete. |
| The Salt Shaker Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
This application is seeking funding for the Salt Shaker Festival, a 3-day multi-media arts festival set in Manitou Beach on July 12th-14th, 2024. |
| 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. |
| Bennett, Andrew |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
To develop live versions of my vocal music and present a live show at The Refinery in Saskatoon on December 11th. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
SAWCI will host Word Splash, an evening of Indigenous literature with emerging and established Indigenous writers live in Saskatoon, virtually Canada-Wide in a hybrid event. |
| Regina Reggae Festival |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
Annual Regina Reggae Festival hosted downtown Regina |
| Holophon Audio Arts |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
To host the third annual Wavefield Experimental Music and Sound Festival in September 2026. |
| 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. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Strata Festival of New Music is a 3 day festival featuring newly composed music by beginner, emerging and established Canadian and Saskatchewan composers. |
| Black Professionals and Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
A multicultural, multidisciplinary festival that celebrates Black culture from within the Black Diaspora (African-Canadian, Afro-Latino, African, Caribbean etc.) community in Saskatchewan. |
| Balion, Audra |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
Publish and print the completed omnibus of silent graphic novel of Flight Nineteen, a sci-fi/fantasy exploring transformation, technological progress, and humanity. |
| 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. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
18th Cinergie Festival, International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon |
| Dog Patch Music Festival Inc. |
Loon Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Dog Patch Music Festival is requiring funds to assist in paying musicians. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
We are seeking support for the 34th edition of our Cathedral Village Art Festival to be held in Cathedral at the end of May. |
| 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. |
Old Coronach Street Festival
Stephanie Bellefleur |
Coronach |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
Local professional Artist, Stephanie Bellefleur will engage and collaborate with community members to create a large scale mural on Coronach's historic Centre Street. |
| Sarasa Performance Laboratory Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Poundmaker Performance Festival is an intercultural and Indigenous Performance Festival within a Laboratory setting. The Festival takes place in an Indigenous community and structures. |
| 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. |
| Regina Pride Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
A celebration of Regina’s gender and sexually diverse communities through a presentation of artistic, cultural, and social events meant to educate, entertain, and enlighten audiences. |
| Fight or Flight Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
The Unforgettables has been selected for Live Five Independent Theatre’s upcoming season. This grant will help us pay our artists a living wage. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
The Strata Festival of New Music is a 3 day festival featuring newly composed music by beginner, emerging and established Canadian and Saskatchewan composers. |
| Neufeld, Travis |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
To support the writing and completion of a Saskatchewan-set feature film screenplay called Wildfire. |
| Wiebe Works Creative Productions Inc. |
Langham |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
Art in The Garden Festival: An annual celebration of Saskatchewan art and music, featuring local performers, artisans, and interactive experiences, fostering community and creative expression. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
We are seeking support for the 33rd annual 'Cathedral Village Arts Festival'. A free six day celebration of the creative spirit showcasing local grassroots talent. |
| Regina Jazz Society Corp. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
JazzFest Regina 2026 celebrates our 18th annual jazz festival with fun events announcing & ushering in summer in Regina and Southern Saskatchewan. |
| Hambrock, Meredith |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
To write a second draft of my literary horror novel about climate change. |
| Ritornello Chamber Music Festival |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
Fresh. Homegrown. Inspired. Original. Ritornello is building on years of success and looking towards the future. 3 great concerts exploring chamber music in Saskatoon's core. |
| 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. |
| Catch The Wave Collective |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
To support eligible expenses for the 2026 Season of Catch the Wave Series including artist fees, honoraria for personnel, promotion, and production costs. |
| SK Theatre Design Festival |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
An annual theatre festival providing opportunities for professional designers to create, connect, and learn that features light and sound shows for the public. |
| Alpha Kids Crew |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
Game Theory V is a free community festival focusing on youth, female, and non-binary involvement in Breakin’ and growing awareness to the street dance culture. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Kitchen Fest: A series of 8 inter-ractive evening concerts over two weeks presenting Saskatchewan musicians collaborating with professional musicians from across Canada and the World. |
| Cline, Heather |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
I am creating a multi-media exhibition, viewing the landscape through a conservation lens, walking the land with people affiliated with the Nature Conservancy of Canada. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
19th Edition International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon CINERGIE |
| Gan, Jelly |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
A music video using Chinese pop culture aesthetic references from C-dramas, 80s Mando pop, and karaoke. |
| Radius Communications Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc. |
Big River |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
Country at the Creek Music Festival is an annual outdoor Music event held just outside of the community of Big River. |
| Waskesiu Recreation Association Inc. |
Waskesiu Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Lakeside Music Festival is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival. 2023 attendance was 5000+. All performers are from Saskatchewan, and Sunday specifically highlights Indigenous talent. |
| Holophon Audio Arts |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
To launch Regina’s inaugural sound art festival running from October 26th, 2024 to October 27th, 2024. |
| Team Auroraman |
Humboldt |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$8,000 |
This project is for Team Auroraman to collaboratively create the 48 page graphic novel “The Adventures of Auroraman: Good Times in the Badlands” |
| 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. |
| Raine, Nathan |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
Principle photography for a short crime film about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism, set in cold and snowy Saskatoon. |
| Holy Guacamole Dance Festival |
Martensville |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
Holy Guacamole is a 350-person, 3-day Saskatoon community dance festival including workshops, performances, social dances. Predominantly Latin dance while featuring other cultural dance guest performances. |
| Berglund, Melanie |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
Create music and lyrics for the Belle Plaine project that explores the theme of home. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
Kitchen Fest: A series of 8 inter-ractive evening concerts over two weeks presenting Saskatchewan musicians collaborating with professional musicians from across Canada and the World. |
| Black Professionals and Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Black History Month Saskatchewan is a two-day multidisciplinary festival in February, that provides Black cultural education and appreciation in the province of Saskatchewan. |
| Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
To host the second edition of the Borealis Flamenco Festival consisting of performances by local and critically acclaimed international artists, and many workshops and classes. |
| Shaw, Carey |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To create a narrative short film about a 2SLGBTQ+ character who who has an unexpected encounter during an isolated period in her life. |
| 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. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
We will administrate a 4 day youth poetry festival in Saskatoon through showcases, workshops and community building events. |
| 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. |
| Ay, Caramba! Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,960 |
World premiere of The Newcomer by Yulissa Campos as part of the Live Five 2024-2025 season. |
| Marion Graham Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$7,940 |
Marion M. Graham will host the spoken word poet/hip hop artist Dash Reimer for a 1 month arts residency. |
| Wagner, Bernadette |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,914 |
To further develop, inform, and strengthen the hybrid manuscript, Unclear Future, with land-based information and experience. |
Chief Whitecap School
Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$7,899 |
Students will be part of a creative community as they experience researching, writing and illustrating to create a book on our school virtues. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$7,899 |
Students will observe and learn about the importance and impact of recording their knowledge in writing, by working closely with an author. |
| Turtleford Community School |
Turtleford |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$7,850 |
Bonny Macnab will work with students from k-12 on art inspired by land based learning. She will also mentor select students. |
| Lesiuk, Dana |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,832 |
An animated 'fairy tale' symbolizing Ukrainian history, with vivid live-action rhythmic 'dream' sequences expressing the art of its diaspora juxtaposed with that of its homeland. |
| Metcalfe, Shayne |
Waldheim |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,832 |
Complete post-production on my feature film. |
Humboldt Public School
Monika Kinner |
Humboldt |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$7,820 |
We propose that Monika Kinner, Fibre Artist, guide Humboldt Public School students to create a colourful fabric mural on 15 fence panels surrounding the school. |
| Elixir Ensemble |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,814 |
To present a series of three concerts in Saskatoon, featuring the Elixir Ensemble and guests. |
| Hankewich, Melanie |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,800 |
To compose and arrange 8-10 new songs about my upbringing in Saskatchewan on my great grandparents' homestead. Works will be used in performance and recording. |
| Epp, Carole |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,771 |
This grant covers the creation of a new body of politically themed functional ceramics and includes a one month residency at the Archie Bray Foundation. |
| North Battleford International Street Performer Festival Association Inc. |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$7,700 |
— |
Mabrouk, Rawda
École Forest Grove School |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$7,700 |
Empowering transformation and confidence through the realm of contemporary dance. |
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. |
| Nicholson, John |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,673 |
My goal is to write, demo and arrange orchestral charts for a holiday X-mas album that I will eventually record with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. |
| Never Never Shakespeare |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,666 |
To fund a theatrical production of Twelfth Night through the lens of Queer culture, for presentation in Saskatoon, in January of 2025. |
| Fulcher Gagnon, Jesse |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,650 |
A multi-month collection of performance-for-video pieces that will be digitally assembled to create my first Métis sash in a video piece for exhibiting. |
École St. Paul
Colin Richet |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$7,613 |
Students will write and record a song. |
| Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,600 |
Create and develop Contemporary dance choreography intended for use in a full-length show set in Saskatoon and film final material for future development. |
| EmDance |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$7,550 |
Bridging the Gap is a street dance festival that is focused on building connections between street dance communities across the prairie provinces and within Saskatchewan. |
| 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. |
| Okihcihtaw, Marc |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$7,500 |
This collaboration will bring together various traditional music artists and create an album/collection of traditional and social hand drum songs. |
| Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Album of original music shedding light on problems facing aboriginal people today. Addiction, Mental Health, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women |
| Saskatoon Poetic Arts Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Week-long performance series and poetry boot camp, featuring spoken word artists from Saskatchewan and across Canada in collaboration with artists in other disciplines. |
| Campbell, Tenille |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
"natural desire, embodied" is a series of ten portraits featuring Indigenous men who embody desire through an Indigenous woman’s gaze, exploring land, identity and lust. |
| Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To present a full-length show entitled "Behind Us" in Saskatoon, SK. Intended for future goals of national and international touring as well as festival submissions. |
| 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. |
| Bandur, Breanne |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
A body of work that investigates adapting my drawing practice to a smaller scale, carrying forward formal attributes and conceptual considerations of my large-scale works. |
| Auger, Kristen |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To create editions of hand-pulled, beaded, and woodcut prints that will be a graphical demonstration of my journey of learning nêhiyawêwin (the Cree language). |
