| Philips, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to attend the Sage Hill Spring poetry colloquium led by poet Jane Munro to work on finishing revisions to a poetry manuscript. |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Participate at Contact Ontarois |
| Tegenkamp, Diana Hope |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to work with manuscript editor, Anne Simpson, to complete the final stage of my poetry manuscript about my father, Metis activist Don Nielson. |
| Houghtaling, Theo |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Stay in and travel between cities in Ontario and Quebec for artistic research and development opportunities |
| Indigenous Student Achievement Pathways | College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
We would like to contract a birch bark knowledge keeper to share traditional practices related to birch art and resonant topics of symmetry and translation. |
| Latendresse, Jacqueline |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Remount and tour my contemporary dance work Stutter to the Connections/Collisions Cabaret in Edmonton at Mile Zero Dance. |
| McGonigal, Britten |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I have been invited by my supervisor and applied instructor Dr. Tina Alexander-Luna to participate and perform in her NATS conference lecture recital. |
| Maxwell, Aralia |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
The proposed grant will help to fund fees and expenses for my participation in the Alchemy Artist Residency in Hillier, ON in August 2019. |
| McKay, Cameron |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I am asking for a materials budget for a group exhibition that will transform a gallery space into an immersive installation. |
| Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I will choreograph a piece of a larger project about the importance of tradition and culture. The project's centerpiece is Ukrainian Easter Egg, Pysanka. |
| Fisher, Craig |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Despite CP, I use computers and digital devices. During COVID, I watch birds at my window. With web camera, I will stream my small world. |
| Burns, Harriet |
Nipawin |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I am making 5 vests for Shoal Lake Cree Nation - 2 with white leather and 3 with tan color with a beaded logo |
| Harpham, Lindsay |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To create, present and promote my contemporary dance choreography and provide an artistic opportunity for a Saskatchewan based emerging artist by producing a dance film. |
| 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. |
| Toppings, Tyler |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Attend a mask and baby clown intensive hosted by John Turner. |
| Matyushenko, Valentyna |
Grandora |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
I will learn in-depth characteristics of steps, music, and cultural details of the Volyn region of Ukraine, before choreographing a famous Ukrainian play. |
| Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To do presentations at the Frankfurt Book Fair and cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland at universities, schools, literary events and for community art groups. |
| The Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC) |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Generating Momentum is an activist leadership training camp for youth between the ages of 18-35 that is largely facilitated by Artists. |
| Walliser, Rachel |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
My proposal is to cover travel and accommodation expenses for rehearsals in Saskatoon for the production of my first professionally produced script, Breaking the Curse. |
| Kozak, Kathryn |
Creighton |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Do you hear what I hear, is a participant activated installation. It's focused on the inner sounds of trees and the non-human world. |
| Plett, Devo |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
I will be showing my work with in a group exhibition in LA, I plan to attend the show. |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Participation at the Banff Musicians in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts in January 2023 |
| Conly, Bonnie |
Grasswood |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Spend nine days in the boreal forest exploring techniques and materials--developing artworks collaboratively with other multi-disciplinary visual and performing artists at the Emma International Collaboration. |
| Thompson, Sylvia |
Pennant |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I want to make Hot Buckman larger approximately 3.5 feet |
| Ormshaw, Rachel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I have been awarded a week-long residency to create pewter castings of small objects using silicone molds, expanding my skills in mold-making and metal casting. |
| Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
A playwriting workshop of an extended version of an existing script. |
| Janze, Rachel |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to - and within - the Gitxsan nation to share in learning to sustainably harvest planting tannins for barktanning animal and salmon skins. |
| Dussion, Mary |
Nipawin |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To provide financial support to purchase materials to start my own business making moccasins and ribbon skirts. |
| Bergbusch, Sarah |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I would like funding to support the cost of flights to New Zealand in order to perform at the NZ Fringe Festival. |
| 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. |
| James, Patrick |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I am investigating current technologies (3d printing, live virtual renderings and projections) from outside the theatre industry to research the impact on the audience. |
| 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. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Creating and live-streaming 'Angry At The Internet: A COVID-versary Birthday Cabaret' while working with David Connolly of Drayton Entertainment and producing high-quality support material. |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
éemi is representing Saskatchewan at a prestigious and international music competition in Granby, Québec with two musicians from Montreal. |
| Holmes, Shannon |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will share my new work-in-progess devised peice "Brux" at the Freedom & Focus Conference and will receive critical freedback and support from voice-centred artists. |
| Mendez, Edward |
Warman |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I will dive deeply into pedagogy, stage combat, and movement systems at the Paddy Crean Workshop taking place in Banff, AB January 3-9, 2024 |
| Utman (Koops), Victoria |
Macoun |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I hope to successfully launch my debut novel, WHO WE ARE IN REAL LIFE published by Groundwood Books, which releases February 6, 2024. |
| Boucher, Adreanna |
Prince Albert |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
This pilot explores the viability of a long-term partnership with the P.A. Public Library to provide access to theatre programs and resources for local youth. |
| Baerwaldt, Wayne |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
As co-curator of Leesa Streifler's touring retrospective at Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary, I need to install & publicly introduce the show |
| Wasiuta, Vivian |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Experimentation with Saskatchewan Grown Vegetation as Natural Dye. This supports creating pieces for the Prairie Fibre – Full Circles Exhibition, Saskatchewan Craft Council, January 2026. |
| Kelly, Morgan |
Weyburn |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I plan to shoot a short historical fiction film about a woman artist on the prairies with a small crew and local actors. |
| Hainsworth, Alexa |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attend The Vermont Studio Center - Artist Residency Vermont US, September 2025. For the creation of new large-scale fibre sculpture/installation and performance. |
| Nicolle-Phillips, Shelly |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I want to participate in a residency/workshop at the WIN Herbarium in Winnipeg to deepen my knowledge of species in native prairie for my art. |
| Morin, Lawrence |
Ile a la Crosse |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Lawrence will have his artwork video taped so that our younger generation will know how to gather, prepare and utilize supplies from nature. |
| Penner, John J |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
The grant proposal is to replace my old deteriorating resin coated plywood darkroom sink with a chemical resistant stainless steel sink. |
| River Road Festival |
St. Louis |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To conduct surveys to research next River Road Festival events and direction. |
| Benjamin, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To debut my new Cultural Intelligence photo exhibition "Exploring CQ" at the Warman public library during the month of January. |
| Bradshaw, Kathy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
I am seeking financial support to participate in a US encaustic retreat and exhibition which I was recently awarded through the International Encaustic Association. |
| Robertson, Morgan |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
A mandolin with a built-in pick-up is essential for my practice because, in my band (guitar bass, drums) micing it is next to impossible. |
| Wynyard and District Museum Committee |
Wynyard |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
This proposal aims to engage an artist(s) to work with our community in creating a plan and vision for a series of public art murals. |
| Janvier, Sylvia |
LaLoche |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To support cultural art in ribbon skirt making and beading practices. To keep traditional art and culture alive in the Dene/Metis community. |
| SUNTEP Prince Albert |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Over six weeks SUNTEP Prince Albert students will work with an artist to learn the cultural teachings, design and create a ribbon skirt. |
| Bernbaum, Joel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To do 20 interviews with Saskatchewan Jews and Muslims to begin a verbatim theatre play about the Gaza war and its effect on our community. |
| Pepper, Gordon |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I would like to introduce, present and discuss my experimental documentary film 'Discarnate: McLuhan's Wake' at the Ethnografilm festival in Paris, France. |
| Michaud, Jean-Marie |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
To attend a Writers Retreat/Master Class under Louis-Dominique Lavigne with BC playwrights and connect with their Artistic Director. |
| de Gooijer, Nicole |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I aim to create an elaborate bird statue costume for two Fringe Theatre Festivals this summer, engaging and entertaining crowds through interactive street performance. |
| St. Luke Alternative School |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I would like an art therapist to come work in each classroom using art as a means to explore emotional regulation and self- identity. |
| Bethany Manor |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Finding Colour in a Saskatchewan Winter - A Survey Course of Visual Media with Angela Palen |
| Brochu Lambert, Anne |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Support for artworks transportation, installation and attending opening of first solo in public gallery outside of Saskatchewan (Artist Run Centre CAVA, Edmonton, Alberta). |
| Dufour-Contreras, René |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel and attend imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts festival to showcase Buffalo Futurism. |
| Craig Penner, Josephine |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Oral Presentation at The European Conference on Arts & Humanities 2019. |
| Markatos, Michelle |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attend Eutopia Art Residency Ceramics Symposium in Meteora, Greece to develop new sculptural work, exchange ideas with international artists, and deepen my practice in ceramics. |
| Logan, Faith B. |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Ingredients foraged during my daily life are distilled into ink for a site-responsive installation in the Window Gallery at Neutral Ground, 18 October-15 November 2019. |
| Baerwaldt, Wayne |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To deliver a public lecture on Zachari Logan's work and visit Verona's renowned Palazzo Giusti to begin to co-curate Logan's solo exhibition for April, 2021. |
| Vibank Regional School |
Vibank |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Invited artist, Holly Yuzicapi, will teach students about Indigenous art practices ending with a culminating collaborative project - the creation of a star blanket. |
| Martin-Arcand, Logan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
We will present live readings of The Gay Card through several live social media webcasts from the living rooms of the writer, director, and performers. |
| Mohsin, Ayesha |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
"Ayesha's ASMR" is an original 45min theatrical production, it will be performed at Shu-box and also made available online on lexemetheatre.com and various other channels. |
| Buffalo People Arts Institute |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To purchase a video recording device, lighting and microphone to use in creating videos on how to create a variety of Indigenous-related art workshops |
| Thevenot, Michelle |
Osler |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To purchase photography and video equipment required to capture and present my work and that of artistic collaborations in a professional way. |
| Perry, Chancz |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To provide support to a professional BIPOC artist who is developing new work in Saskatchewan that is advancing his artistic practices beyond Canadian borders. |
| Merasty, Marcus |
Creighton |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
For my continued professional development at a dance artist over the summer with a focus in somatic movement practices |
| Smith, Amanda |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Upon hearing my pre audition tape, I have been asked to audition at the RCM. I am requesting funding to complete that audition. |
| Maverick School |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Provides an overview of the persons involved and processes undertaken to investigate and construct an effective art program for the Artist in Schools Project. |
| Youth Matter |
Melfort |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Indigenous artist Kevin Pee-ace and Musician, J.J. Voss will be sharing their lived experiences with youth at our Mental Wellness for Youth Symposium. |
| Krause, Larry |
Christopher Lake |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To perform my Western music before an audience that has great influence in talent buying for gigs in BC and Alberta for the 2023 season. |
| Hobsbawn-Smith, Denise |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Attend Awards Ceremony for Taste Canada Book Awards in Toronto. My book, Bread & Water, is a finalist in Culinary Narratives category. |
| Inglis-McQuay, Darren |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To exhibit a photo-based installation of fieldwork collected from the WeTu artist residency over a two week period at the Maritime Museum of Saskatchewan. |
| Seniors Centre Without Walls Saskatchewan |
Bushell Park |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Brain Engaging Art for Seniors |
| Sakimay Goose Lake School |
Balcarres |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Interview Metis Elders and ask, what do you want children to know about the Metis culture? |
| Xiao, Li |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
To purchase a computer, an external hard drive and updated software for my professional photography development. Current computer works very slowly and malfunction frequently. |
| MacDonald, Joel |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I will participate in masterclasses by cello professors Orfeo Mandozzi and Wen-Sinn Yang, including intensive individual instruction and ensemble playing. |
| Brimacombe, Rachel |
Lumsden |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
A 12 month Metis women’s program to help me understand my role in our nation with art classes, teachings |
| Knight, Lancelot |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Showcase and attend Departure Festival and Conference (formerly Canadian Music Week) in Toronto, ON. |
| Bernbaum, Joel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
This grant will allow me to purchase a new laptop , an essential tool to both my playwriting and artistic community building practice. |
| Wesaquate, Kevin |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
To accept the Writer in Residency which has been offered to me. My ask is for the flight to attend October 15th return October 31st. |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I will be traveling to Venice, Italy to participate in a workshop with Marilyn Arsem and present a performance at Venice International Performance Art Week. |
| Brochu Lambert, Anne |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Researching, acquiring, and assembling technology components to support the soundtrack of four generation of women’s voices integrated into an art installation activated by viewers. |
| Desgranges-Jean, Elizabeth (Ellie) |
Birch Hills |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Framing and printing supplies to create the "Individuality" installation to be exhibited at the Winter Festival Art Show and Sale in the winter of 2021. |
| Campos, Yulissa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Workshop for I, Frida by Yulissa Campos that is going to be feature at the Singapore Fringe Festival |
| Sandbeck, Derek |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Requesting material support for a short term BAM residency for the month of February 2021. |
| Macza, Jason |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Introduce the 12 rules of animation, (basic film theory) storytelling. These principles add strength to multi media and inclusion. To Test enthusiasm for future projects. |
| City of Humboldt Cultural Services |
Humboldt |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To facilitate four community dialogues with Indigenous artist Kevin Peeace and the Humboldt community, especially youth, to collaborate on a Reconciliation art project. |
| First Nations University of Canada |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To engage knowledge keepers that hold the history of natural color pigments (plant, animal, mineral). building capacity to hold public workshops on pigment use. |
| Harder, Kendra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Participation in Fresh Squeezed Opera's Online Vocal Lab 2022 where I will collaborate on a new operatic work |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To produce a mixed medium sex-ed zine for trans girls who have had bottom surgery. |
| Richter, Jessica |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
I am seeking funding to cover the fee for the Caetani Air Residency in British Columbia. |
| Breiter, Cameron |
Warman |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
What I wish to do is to participate in the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and participate in their Canadian east coast tour entitled "Aurora". |
| Sanchez Espitia, Esperanza |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to honour Saskatchewan land by creating an experimental cameraless short film.
Project name: Prairie Tribute
Genre: Experimental 16 mm cameraless
Length: 3 minutes |
| Wanotch, Tori-Lynn |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I wish to procure 7 buffalo skulls to paint. In my paintings I will share the 7 sacred teachings, depicted in acrylic paint. |
| Wolfe, Aurora |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Attend Emma Lake Artist Collaboration residency in summer 2024. |
