| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions presents:
{Title of Show}, a four person, 1 pianist, 1 act musical
Performed at the Refinery and The Dekker Centre |
| Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
GTNT will hire fluently Cree Indigenous artists to partially translate Shakespeare's King Lear into Cree in November 2021 |
| Pascal, Madison |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To celebrate the Official Bird of Regina: the Black-capped Chickadee. Representation of the community's commitment to environmental stewardship and the wellbeing of its bird populations. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
To continue our pilot program: Kyuubi Micro Residency, which provides free studio and gallery space for underrepresented artists in Saskatoon art community. |
| Regina Symphony Orchestra Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
In response to teacher requests, the RSO seeks to include an Indigenous Song the Link Up program for Grade 3-6 students to learn and sing. |
| It's Not a Box Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To write, record, and release a trilogy of interactive thriller podplays designed to be played entirely in the comforts of your own home |
| Sum Theatre Corp. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
We are applying for assistance with the cost of COVID safe staging for our Saskatchewan Tour of Theatre in the Park. |
| La Troupe du Jour Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Translating and adapting sections of King Lear into French, a project done in partnership with GTNT to create a trilingual version of the play. |
| Chrysalis Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Chrysalis Theatre will produce the play My Name is Rachel Corrie, at La Troupe du Jour. |
| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
PAVED Arts is hosting the Saskatoon iteration of the One Take Super 8 event taking place on Tues. Sept. 10th, 2019. |
| Eastend Arts Council |
Eastend |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Eastend Arts Council will rebuild its website to grow our community, and support the arts through innovative on&off-line programing associated with Wallace Stegner House |
| Smith, James |
Muskoday |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
I would like to illustrate a book that has Elders stories from all over Saskatchewan in it. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Senior dance artist Terrill Maguire visits SK from ON for the first time to work with Free Flow Dance Theatre. |
| Reimer, Joel Dash |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
A Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III Camera + Lens would elevate my practice greatly and bring the calibre of my artistic offerings to the professional level. |
| Ding, Nino |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
— |
| Dynamic Video Imaging Corporation |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Facilitate the travel and professional development of Dynamic Video Imaging through attending the "Reelworld Film Festival" and premier of our film "A Storm Blows Over". |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
We are taking a team of youth poets to Toronto to participate in Voices of Today, a national SpoCan-sanctioned poetry festival for youth. |
| 25th Street Theatre Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Anita Smith, the Executive Director of 25th Street Theatre, will travel to Victoria, BC to attend the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals conference. |
| Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To spend a week experimenting and playing in development of our queer, physical comedy collaboration: "Creepy Boys" for Melbourne Fringe Festival and future touring. |
| Aubichon, Holly |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Develop a website, creating a map to share where traditional tattoo-artists work and build community-backed resources for future inclusion of tattooing during ceremonies and events. |
| Chaos Encouraged Productions Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Create a 4ft by 4ft stage for Trans and Genderqueer Drag performers to present a unique show at Nuit Blanche YXE in Saskatoon. |
| The Spare Room Gallery |
Cut Knife |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
We require funding for 2025 while we establish alternative sources of core funding for support and promotion of our local region's artists. |
| Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
This project is to travel to Seoul, South Korea for a developmental workshop of new show “Slugs” with live animator / puppet artist, Zach Dorn |
| Nind, Monique |
Grenfell |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To produce four original paintings (24x30)in a series titled "The Love of Fishing' and artistic journals describing the creative process for each piece. |
| LITFACE |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
LITFACE is requesting funding for a hip hop music video focusing on transitions through life and perseverance through struggles. |
| Hip Hop Hoop Dance Productions |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To support Hip Hop Hoop Dance during a process of shifting their theatrical production from live performance to the digital realm of animated video. |
| Armstrong, Audrey |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Large visual artworks identify Treaty 6 and Métis territory. A community art wall invites participants to deepen their awareness of and relationship to this land. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Poundmaker-Life, Legacy, Liberty. An exhibition commemorating the exoneration of Chief Poundmaker from the false charge of Treason by this white supremacist state, Canada. |
| Void Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Producing zines with Indigenous peoples and newcomers for distribution in Princeton, USA and Dublin,
Ireland |
| Hewitt, Declan |
Regina |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
— |
| Biofeedback Art Collective |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Biofeedback is creating an online platform to curate a virtual art show for emerging Saskatchewan artists as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| Shadowpaw Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To produce Shadowpaw Press's first audiobooks, for two novels to be published this fall. |
| Prince Albert Potter's Guild |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
We would like to bring in Dawn Candy, a Canadian ceramic artist from Red Deer Alberta, for a workshop on extensive surface design. |
| THE 525 ART POP-UPS INC. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Our pop-up art exhibition on November 25th and the pre-exhibit artists’ workshop aim to develop early-career artists who have little to no prior exhibiting experience. |
| pîkiskwêw, she speaks |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
“Pîkiskwêw, she speaks,” a captivating performance night celebrating Indigenous women and feminine voices on October 5 at Saskatoon’s Art Bar. |
| Indigenous Poets Society |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Sending the Indigenous Poets Society team to participate/compete in the CFSW 2019 for flights and accommodation and food support at event. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
This project aims to uplift and reinvigorates the stagnant Saskatchewan artist community under COVID lockdown through a virtual exhibition about creativity and enthusiasm. |
| Diakuw, Mike |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Research, write, build, and workshop an artist/audience collaborative shadow puppetry show about social behaviour with with groups of children and parents. |
| The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts |
North Battleford |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
On Dekk- Pesented by Battlefords Untapped is a partnership between the Dekker Centre and Battlefords Untapped Podcast to celebrate artists in the Battlefords and area |
| One Take Super 8 Regina |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
The One Take Super 8 event is an annual film festival dedicated to super 8 filmmaking for the local community to create analog films. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
A dance, music, and spoken-word performance on nature and capitalism, workshopped in an inner-city theatre residency, combining live music, mixed ability ensemble improvisation, and outreach. |
| It's Not a Box Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
To co-produce, co-direct, and co-design a production of Overhear as a performance and an installation in Taiwan with producing partner Performosa Theatre. |
| Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. |
Swift Current |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Host four performances of "Leave it to Weavers" by Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre |
| Asapace, Laten |
Raymore |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
A project to share and preserve First Nations culture through dance, beadwork, and singing, fostering community healing, learning, and cultural pride. |
| The Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
The funding with this grant would go towards attending the Canadian Arts Presenting Association Conference 2019, in Ottawa, Ontario. |
| Dancing Sky Theatre Inc. |
Meacham |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Dancing Sky Theatre is implementing environmentally sustainable practices at all levels of our organization. We is hoping to purchase refurbished Ipads from TechSoup Canada. |
| Tweidt, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Seeking funding to explore directing as a mentee during the production of Two Bees The Anger of Ernest and Ernestine. |
| Gwepa |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Gwepa dance team hosts professional salseros Yasbek Cervantes and Rocio Reyes (Mexico) for 2 days and 1 half day of intensive professional development workshops |
| Bridges Art Movement |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
To provide financial support for BAM as we develop our Artist Residency program |
| La Ronge Arts Council Corp. |
La Ronge |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
To engage local indigenous artist DLanghorne to give artist talks and painting sessions to school groups and others while OSAC exhibit 'Common Truths' is here. |
| Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Sage Hill is applying for funding to undertake a 3-Phase Strategy Project to respond to new circumstances that have emerged for the organization. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
BIPOC Ballads is a 6 speaker series. Funding would provide cost of venue, feature poets, equipment, ASL Interpreters and prizes for poets and slam winners. |
| Chinese Dance Club of Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Professional dance instructor Zhaojia Wu instructs Korean K-pop dance routines. They will be presented on January 22, 2023 at the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon. |
| Baraniecki, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
I am applying to create a series of paintings that explore the intersections between contemporary Surrealist painting and three-dimensional collage. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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”. |
| The Feather |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
The Feather is looking to get funding for artist fees to do a Christmas project and live stream which involves mentorship within the collective. |
| In The Headlights |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Present 15 minutes of the play at the Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta Showcase (Oct. 24 - 26th) in Fort Saskatchewan, AB. |
| 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 |
— |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Cabildo Esquivel, Priscila |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$2,062 |
'KIN Movement" is art exchanged for kindness. "Ojos de Dios" - weavings traditional to the Indigenous Huichol of Mexico - are traded for good deeds. |
| Stinn, Cassandra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,071 |
Creating an immersive performance experience for the release of my newest work, “Returnings,” my first work for small ensemble. |
| O'Gorman, Kate |
Sasktatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,095 |
The artist will attend Sage Hill’s 2024 Fiction Course with a focus on revising part one of a three-part novel-in-progress currently titled The Light Chasers. |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,100 |
To produce and premiere 'The Open Soul Of The Prairies' - a solo dance work choreographed by Margie Gillis, performed by Tessa Rae Kuz. |
| Alexander, Bridget |
Weyburn |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$2,125 |
— |
| Leschyshyn, Ava |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$2,125 |
— |
| Cram, Kathie |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,142 |
This is a research project to better integrate the lived experiences of survivors of the military regimes in Bolivia 1964-1982 into my novel "Shedding Skin". |
| Benjamin, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,200 |
I use my 12-year-old computer with outdated IOS for music production and editing photos for my Photo Exhibitions: a new MacBook Pro would remediate. |
Lipton School
Holly Yuzicapi |
Lipton |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$2,210 |
We have asked Holly Yuzicappi to provide a introduction to Indigenous art and natural materials to our grade 7-9 students. |
| Gares, Jessica |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,249 |
I'll interview experts, outline story, write multiple drafts, gather feedback, and storyboard my first feature film, exploring familial relationships amid climate change's affects in Saskatchewan. |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,262 |
This project is to produce a short film for my song "Métamorphose" with Stephanie Kuse |
| McCreary, Sara Michelle |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,274 |
Miniature futurism dioramas blending technology and traditional knowledge and are based on prairie life. They depict climate change impacts and resilience from global nation collaboration. |
| Devine-Tajgardan, Negar |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,290 |
production, installation and presentation of art works at the above mentioned art centers and provide artist talk and community engagement programs at ARTSPLACE gallery |
| Eger, Ruby |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,320 |
The opportunity to take part in a 1 week intensive training program under a renowned contemporary company, Rubberband in Montreal, Quebec. |
| Stonhouse, David |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,364 |
For additional assistance for materials, installation and shipping costs as POWERBOXES will be expanding to a large solo exhibition at Godfrey Dean Arts Gallery, Yorkton. |
| Phillips, Geoff |
Maple Creek |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,399 |
A desktop computer is essential to edit professional photos of my artwork ready for print with photoshop, prepping for online media promotions, and for storage. |
| Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,400 |
I need a good quality camera to enhance my art practice in all my major visual practices: media-based public art, socially engaged arts, and performance. |
| Weger, Rebecca |
Regina |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2019-2020 |
$2,400 |
— |
| Bundon, Johanna |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,400 |
Senior contemporary dance artist Davida Monk gifting each of Johanna Bundon and Krista Solheim a solo from her anthology of new work Songs Without Words (SWW). |
| Wicks, Bob |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,400 |
My current MacBook Pro (2012 model) has become unreliable and insufficient in supporting my artistic practice: a new computer would help me make a living. |
| Maier, Lenore |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,400 |
This project application will support my continued educational endeavors to learn new percussive styles through formal drum lessons and mentorship from Graham Templeman. |
| Pedersen, Courtney |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,428 |
"A Poet's Blouse" will be a series of short videos and accompanying photography, portraying poets and their words through these visual mediums. |
| Kroczynski, Jackie |
North Battleford |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,449 |
I sing, play keyboards, guitar and more with my interface and computer as I create demo tracks of my music using Logic Pro. |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$2,450 |
“As a studio musician who does a lot of remote sessions (recording and sending tracks), a new computer will better help me meet this demand.” |
| Blackman, Shawn |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$2,492 |
To purchase an Amp Profiler which is essential equipment needed to expand my musical practice to a greater extent into live performance and remote recording. |
| Stobart Community School |
Duck Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,500 |
We wish to start a hoop dance program to accompany our existing drum and dance program. Requiring funds to make hoops and hire an instructor. |
| Zarubin, Brooke |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2022-2023 |
$2,500 |
— |
Ukrainian Museum of Canada
Amalie Atkins |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$2,500 |
Resulting from her month-long residency, Amalie Atkins will create and exhibit new work inspired by and incorporating artifacts from the museum's permanent collection. |
| Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,500 |
To film the November chapter for Agatha's Almanac, a 12 chapter experimental documentary and to begin time-lapse experiments with plants for intervals between chapters |
| Pederson, Krystle |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$2,500 |
I would like to purchase a new MacBook Pro complete with Logic Pro and more storage space so I can record in my own studio. |
| Hnatuk, Byron |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,500 |
Lighting software to assist and enhance a designer's ability to create designs quickly and efficiently and share that information with theatres. |
| Brophey, Erin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$2,500 |
To purchase a gouging machine to precisely remove the interior of bamboo in order to produce reeds for my oboe. |
