| Lenko, Timothy |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To write a collection of musical theatre songs adapting the George MacDonald novel 'The Princess and the Goblin' and contract a composing consultant for coaching. |
| Brass, Philip |
Balcarres |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Pipe Stone carving youth mentorship opportunity at Community and School Chief Payepot, First Nation. |
| Kybalion Movement |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
To request a micro-grant for alleviating expenses for a unique opportunity to present a Canadian Breaking artist at the international street dance festival “Hip-Fest 2019”. |
| Janvier, Bobby |
La Loche |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Would like to construct paddles with traditional artwork designs using carving and hand painting designs. |
| Sheri & Heather Benning |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
A mini-documentary foregrounding the shift to intensive agriculture in rural SK, including poetry from Sheri's forthcoming book, Field Requiem. |
| J.M. Curtain Razors Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Support for 4 Saskatchewan artists (including 2 yet-to-be-funded by SKArts Independent Artists) to create short films arising from Trespassers Waltz, for consideration at S.P.A.N.E. (Screenings of Performance Art in the Natural Environment). |
| Jackson-Reynolds, Chloe |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
— |
| Deaf Crows Collective |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To provide accessibility to future Deaf Crows Collective theatre productions for deaf, hard of hearing, and Deaf patrons through the use of surtitling equipment. |
| Art Gallery of Swift Current |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Install a dynamic pilot mural project along the Chinook Parkway to enhance public art, community well-being, and grow the gallery's presence in the community. |
| Dump Babes |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Perform 5 shows in Western Canada to promote our new album 'Known Liar', 4 of them as tour support for Miesha and the Spanks. |
| Sbot N Wo |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Voice/Electronics duo Sbot N Wo has been invited to perform at Sappyfest, a nationally recognized arts and music festival in Sackville, NB |
| Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
We are looking for support to undertake a reading / book launch tour in support of our fall release of books. |
| Wilson, Katie |
Regina |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$1,993 |
1-month of preceding or support phase (Monday, January 6 - February 14, 2025) in composition, arrangement, and rehearsal of demo single “Didn't Ask”. |
| Biofeedback Art Collective |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,985 |
Biofeedback Collective creates collaborative artworks for an exhibition at Alt Haus inspired by an exploration into “womens-work” and craft. |
| Circle Made Artist Society |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,975 |
Circle Made will produce a free, bi weekly oral arts performance series for 4 months that utilizes hip hop cyphers and poetry slams. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,950 |
We will bring a mini-tour of spoken word poetry workshops and performances for youth to smaller SK urban centers. |
| Churchill Community High |
La Ronge |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,934 |
Traditional Hand Drum Making allows artist, pipe carrier and lodge keeper to come into the classroom. After drum completion, youth participate in a Blessing Ceremony. |
| Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,921 |
To tour our award-winning queer theatre/comedy show "Creepy Boys" to Regina (presented by Curtain Razors), Winterruption festival (Saskatoon) and OUTStages festival (Victoria) in early 2024. |
| Finegan, Kate |
North Battleford |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,920 |
Three-week stay at Artscape Gibraltar Point during spring migration season to research and develop novel-in-progress set in Toronto during bird migration. |
| Maier, Lenore |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,920 |
This project application will support my endeavors to learn the education of new percussive styles through formal drum lessons and mentorship from Graham Templeman. |
| Moosomin Visual Arts Centre |
Moosomin |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,915 |
This would be a one-day event that would celebrate the opening of the Visual Arts Centre and allow people to explore the opportunities presented. |
| Seidel, Louise |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,899 |
This computer is powerful enough to design, run sound and projections along with dedicated graphics with or without a tech booth for theatre productions. |
| Fulcher Gagnon, Jesse |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,885 |
As a recent graduate of the MFA Studio Art program at the UofS, I hope to continue exploration of my practice and strengthen my portfolio. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,865 |
We will host choreographer and educator Kunji Ikeda to develop KSAMB’s performative practice of "Falling Queer" by critiquing 2 public performances and leading 2 workshops. |
| Rabbitskin, Ashley |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$1,850 |
Explore the spiritual interconnection between land and the human body. Bridging the gap. Express my relationship with Mother Nature, nurtured and embedded by my grandmother. |
| Perry, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,830 |
Purchase of a computer to meet the high-performance demands of the music software I use to create and record all of my music |
| Feheregyhazi, Andrei |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,828 |
An interactive augmented reality experience that changes depending on how viewers engage with it. |
| Leader and District Arts Council |
Leader |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,820 |
Provide an affordable and accessible opportunity for rural youth to receive choral, speech arts, and music training by a professional. |
| Jungwirth, Jessica |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,800 |
— |
| Ferraton, Dominique |
Gravelbourg |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,772 |
Travel to a solo exhibition in Montreal as part of the Wild City Mapping collective and housing expenses while hosting accompanying workshops |
| Exclamation Productions |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,750 |
Provide affordable and engaging professional musical theatre productions to rural Saskatchewan communities while expanding theatre viewing and performance opportunities in Regina and area. |
| Zarubin, Brooke |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,750 |
— |
| Española, Aldeneil |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,750 |
— |
| Rogalski, Settena |
Dundurn |
Media Arts |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,750 |
— |
| Ding, Marco |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,750 |
— |
| Ding, Marco |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$1,750 |
— |
| Bates-Hardy, Courtney |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,740 |
To attend the Sage Hill Summer Poetry Workshop, where I will work on my second poetry manuscript, tentatively titled "The Anatomy of a Monster". |
| BTWN Magazine |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,706 |
To complete an end-of-year print run and subsequent virtual launch of Issue 2, Volumes 1-3 of BTWN Magazine. Printed at Saskatoon’s Globe Printers. |
| Van Rees, Ken |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$1,700 |
To purchase a specialized desktop kiln |
| Dancing Sky Theatre Inc. |
Meacham |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,650 |
The world premiere of THE CURST by Kelley Jo Burke, music by Library Voices, including projections and complex sound design. Developing new personal artistic skills. |
| Lehner, Katelyn |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,649 |
Custom inner ear monitors to provide consistency between shows to refine live vocal skills |
| Arcana Kings |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,617 |
Create a new drum and percussion interactive performance piece for our band Arcana Kings that will be added to our new 2023 tour and on |
| Chadwick, Madison |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,573 |
With this funding I’d attend the 2024 b12 dance festival in Berlin, a professional development opportunity to attend research workshops taught by international dance artists. |
| Afro Tribes Festival Incorporated |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,540 |
Love Jazz is a celebration in commemoration of black history month and to raise awareness about our initiatives with enchanting music. |
| Haywire Farm Festival |
Codette |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,539 |
Funding would be used to bring artists together to offer workshops at the festival. |
| Goretzky, Barbara |
Lumsden |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,523 |
A new computer for ease of projection, memory storage, and screen display are greatly lacking in my current laptop when creating large murals. |
| Redding, Katlyn |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,500 |
Attend Midwest Band Clinic for world-class professional development, networking, community building and rejuvenation of self and teaching / creating practice. |
| Gelhorn, Avery |
Prince Albert |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Wirtz, Kayanna Rae |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,500 |
Artist is needing to update aging computer for design work, iPad will be able to speed up work flow to allow for more projects. |
| Bear's Song Collective |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,500 |
To create a documentary short that features drag queens and king who have read stories to children to discuss the backlash in an artistic response. |
| YXE Drag Collective |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,500 |
A Country themed Virtual Drag Show to create stay at home programming. |
| Rathgeber, Carolyn |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Schiller, Lisa-Marie |
Carrot River |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,500 |
I am an emerging artist requesting funding to create a body of work from June to December 2025. |
| Porter, Jacob |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,500 |
I'm developing a graphic novel which I plan to present to publishers at Toronto Comic Arts Festival (this June). The grant would be for travel. |
| Cummings Truszkowski, Sarah |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
Present a framed series of silkscreen and painted text-based works on paper to be shown at an Art Gallery of Regina group show in 2021. |
| Moore, Sandee |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,500 |
Remount an interactive electronic sculpture, The Mixer (2001) and update the work with a new video game element that turns statisticcs into skateboard ramps. |
| Saltzman, Vera |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$1,500 |
Purchasing a darkroom processor would provide a consistency from start to finish when using sensitive chemicals for colour film. Currently I borrow one. |
| Kembel, Suki |
Regina |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2025-2026 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
To bring guest choreographers Danny Grossman, Graham McKelvie and Newton Moraes to Saskatoon to participate in our 25th anniversary season special events/Gala. |
| Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,500 |
One week of artist fees (for 3 artists) to test and prepare materials and technical elements, prior to a workshop week on a new script. |
| Rice, Bruce |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
Poetry project travel and research; participation in solstice ceremonies and events, engagement with Indigenous people and other stewards of Ohio's Hopewell Earthworks. |
| Cain, Sienna |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Mantyka, Drew |
SASKATOON |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery |
Moose Jaw |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,500 |
Presenting contemporary dance by New Dance Horizons in response to Edward Poitras' exhibition as part of National Day of Truth & Reconciliation community programming. |
| Redding, Katlyn |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,500 |
Attend the British Columbia Music Educators Association Conference in Richmond, BC from October 18th - 22nd 2023. |
| Wightman, Nevada |
Toronto |
Media Arts |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Ejike, Victor |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,500 |
For completion of pre-production tasks for A Miry Ground, a feature-length film that tells the story of how domestic violence affects African Immigrant families |
| Sonntag, Mayson |
Regina |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Andronyk, Jeanie |
Shaunavon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,500 |
To fund the creation of a large scale bronze sculpture. |
| Zarubin, Alicia (Ali) |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Semple, Zenaya |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Closs, Sarah |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$1,500 |
— |
| Elder, Daniel |
Regina |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$1,485 |
Purchase of digital hand percussion instrument to expand live show performance ability and further artistic practice. |
| Virgo, Sean |
Eastend |
Literary |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,456 |
My laptop has worn out, so I’ve fallen back on an old desktop, itself pretty geriatric: portability is important to the way I write |
| 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. |
| All My Relations Creative Connections |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,436 |
Purchase supplies to expand our community-engaged artistic practice which will promote development for a young artist collective in our community through the Coming In Project. |
| Rhoda Hardlotte Memorial Keethanow High School |
Stanley Mission |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,415 |
Josh Goff will work with students from the Visual Arts 10/20 class to design a concept for a mural. |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,400 |
To kickstart the formation of The Saskatoon Experimental Music Ensemble: a community music ensemble in association with Prairie New Music Festivals. |
| Robson, Frances |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,385 |
I am switching to a new laptop for my photography/book work and the old software will not work on it efficiently. Adobe Creative will help. |
| Hunks, Jacqueline |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,363 |
Phase 1: Travel to Saskatchewan ferries to photograph; research their histories, and gather community memories as groundwork for future paintings, leather collages, and text. |
| Shine Reggae Network Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,348 |
To facilitate much needed market research and conduct promotional workshops for the 2022 Shine Reggae Network Saskatchewan reggae festival. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,309 |
Professional development at Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance of a solo bouffon show with Karen Hines and directorial mentorship under John Turner. |
| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,301 |
Artistic Director to attend the Biennial national artist-run centre gathering "Against the Current", hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery’s Alma Duncan Salon, AXENÉO7 and SAW. |
| Bulyea Elementary School |
Bulyea |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,293 |
Shaunna Dunn and I would like to explore the idea of "changes in personal and topographical landscapes" with the K-6 students at Bulyea School. |
| Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,260 |
We would like to attend the Festival and Event Management Masterclass for professional development of our staff. |
| Wolverine Wood Fire Collective |
Meacham |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,250 |
Members Paula Cooley, Tabata Bagatim, Anastasia Kinzel, Rebecca La Marre, will learn to fire salt and soda kilns during the CARFAC SK Mentorship program. |
| Renkas, Brayden |
Estevan |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2021-2022 |
$1,250 |
— |
| Wiebe, Nicole |
Swift Current |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2021-2022 |
$1,250 |
— |
St Angela Merici Residence
Tara Stratton |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,230 |
12 months, weekly SpinPoi classes for seniors, promoting fitness, cognitive stimulation, social interaction, and creativity. Seek support to enhance wellbeing through art and movement. |
| Bear's Song Collective |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,225 |
Bear's Song Collective is invited for an multi-media art installation at Apophony Press in Saskatoon SK from September 8 to 16, 2022. |
| Indigo Joseph |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,225 |
The micro grant will help cover travel costs for our upcoming tour supporting The Dead South in early January 2023
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| Ulan-Hohol, Mykola |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$1,225 |
Upgrade to a Dell G 15 laptop to adequately support my professional music career |
| Young, Tom |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,216 |
Explore watercolour as a professional art form, seek ways to strengthen watercolour community, heighten 2023 symposium awareness as a foundation to the future. |
| Macdonald, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,200 |
I am a writer currently not owning a functioning laptop. My desktop and the MacBook (circa 2009) is no longer able to update nor function. |
| Magalong, Wren |
Regina |
Theatre |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$1,200 |
A series of courses with the Canadian Institute of Theater Technologies on using the ETC lightning console. |
| Watson, Lyndon |
Regina |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,200 |
To purchase a 14-inch bandsaw which will allow me to create my woodwork pieces without limits. |
| Gonie, Jalisa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,200 |
To train at the Manitoulin Conservatory and receive direction and dramaturgy from John Turner for a festival-length clown piece. |
| Morton, Jeff |
Kennedy |
Media Arts |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,191 |
Izotope RX 9 Advanced to enable a professional standard of audio production, mastering, editing, and repair in my practice as a sound artist and composer. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,186 |
This project which will include 25- 40 children/youth from South East Sask communities in an inclusive musical performance selection |
| 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. |
