| Chabros, Diana |
Val Marie |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Expand current body of work, (samskāra: Stories of Discernment), with ten large oil paintings for potential solo exhibition at mid-sized gallery venues in western Canada. |
| Craig Penner, Josephine |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Working under the mentorship of Rachela Abate (a senior artist in my field), I will spend time on research and professional development. |
| Broadway Business Improvement District |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
RedBall is a traveling public art piece considered “the world’s longest-running street art work” and moves through a city with a new site each day. |
| Ramsay, Jessica |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
I plan to study with a teacher in Berlin who is both an incredible mentor and networker, but also specializes in teaching physiology of violin. |
| Kazan, Lina |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
We will develop techniques of Flamenco duet performance (Dance & Guitar) by inviting two top artists specialists in the area to coach us. |
| Bernbaum, Joel |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
To travel to Australia and do an artistic apprenticeship with BIGhART - Australia's leading social arts and social change organization. |
| Stonhouse, David |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Participate in the Wassaic Project Summer Artist Residency, New York. |
| Boechler, Jared |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
To undertake production on project influenced by local study in arctic region of Lapland, Finland. |
| Johnson, Ashley |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
A continuation of a collaborative project The Moving Heart between Karlie King and Ashley Johnson. We combine dance, sculpture with an interactive exhibit exploring anatomy. |
| Kuz, Tessa |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
A professional development project for Saskatchewan based dance artist Tessa Rae Kuz to research the creative process of Margie Gillis via The Legacy Project. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Integrating musical and physical theatre practices while developing a one-person show at the Manitoulin Conservatory of Creation and Performance. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
I will create a one-woman production of spoken word, song and dance for the Regina Fringe Festival 2021. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Video capture training of SSO team and musicians as we launch online streaming/digital concerts to remove barriers of access for audiences during pandemic and beyond. |
| On the Boards Staging Company, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Diversifying our program delivery by incorporating live streaming into the production model of independent performing artists. |
| Sum Theatre Corp. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Expanding Sum Theatre's e-capacity by creating a participatory website. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
The purpose of this project is to perform technological upgrades to improve our ability to deliver programming and content online via video and live streaming. |
| Common Weal Community Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Hire a consultant to provide training on the ethics of online programming and support artists with strategies on how to engage community through virtual platforms. |
| Friends of the Broadway Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Complete overhaul of our Ticketing, Point of Sale and Membership software, combining all into one web-based system. |
| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
PAVED Arts intends to create an online open-source equipment booking and members access portal, in partnership with Video Pool artist-run in Winnipeg. |
| Persephone Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Request for support week long Theatre Manager intensive training for Youth Tour Coordinator, Box Office Management and Staff. |
| Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Build digital capacity and aquire accessible digital equipment to increase organizational capacity, resilience and responsiveness within Saskatchewan through disability arts and culture. |
| Kenderdine Art Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
To increase our organizational capacity to produce effective online content through increased community connections and redistribution of funds to skilled though precariously employed cultural workers. |
| Art Gallery of Swift Current |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We will hire a professional videographer to create virtual tours of our next two upcoming exhibitions to help us regain, retain and broaden our audience. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Staff and board will take a 6-day training course and create concrete change for more equitable, diverse, and inclusive environments for our staff and public. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We want to increase our digital production capabilities, to enable us to record and broadcast Saskatchewan artists via podcast, live stream, etc. |
| AKA Gallery Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Re-envision AKA's organizational framework, working with diverse consultants and colleagues challenge institutional assumptions and biases in order to better support artists, communities, and staff. |
| Neutral Ground Inc. |
Regina |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Address the barriers to equity at Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre through an in-depth anti-racism training program lead by Future Ancestors Inc. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We would like to work with a consultant and explore ways to increase our digital capacity and navigate/adapt to the future of the literary/arts/festival sector. |
| Battie, Kyath |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
To research the creation of multiple fictional landscapes by unifying 16mm colour film imagery and digital editing techniques. |
| Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
I will revise and polish the manuscript for a novel about three generations of a Saskatchewan farm family. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
A two month musical "boot camp" aiming to improve my technical and creative music abilities. |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
To study C6th Pedal Steel Guitar with professional musician Burke Carroll by taking weekly lessons over Zoom video call. |
| Burnouf, Jordyn |
ile a la Crosse |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Storytelling through media to share land-based practices and worldview from an Indigenous lens. Videography, storytelling, and a virtual exhibit to capture northern lifestyle and art. |
| Morin, Myrtle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Photography Book Series, and first in the series. Answers the question, "Who Am I" and will be around IRS, Sixties Scoop and Foster Care. |
| Stevens, Tracy |
Regina |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
To write a film script titled: THE RIVERS FLOW: A NATIONAL TRAGEDY, the untold love story of Marguerite Monet dit Bellehumeur and Louis Riel. |
| Daniels, Kelly |
Cando |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
A workshop of deer hide preperation and hand drum making following protocol and the participants will learn ceremonial and social Cree songs and sacred stories. |
| An, Andrea |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Funding will cover rent and grocery costs, while I take a five month unpaid work leave, to prioritize songwriting and composition for my upcoming LP. |
| Epp, Carole |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Attend a ceramic residency at The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts to research ancient Greek vase painting and make contemporary narrative political pottery. |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Educational project to develop drum performance practices and recording practices under the tutelage of Stephane Chamberland, Dave Elitch, and Flavio Cirillo. |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Purchase of a custom built computer for 3D rendering that will advance technical complexity of artist's work. |
| Wilcox, Zane |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
I am applying for funding for dedicated studio time to develop a new watercolour painting process. |
| Mikkola, Elian |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Purchase of a laptop for portable video editing to participate in professional development mentorship program and further post-production capacity. |
| Wagner, Bernadette |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
To revise and polish a children's literature manuscript, Crybaby. |
Cameron, Ian
St. Augustine Community School |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
Vinyl records will be used as a platform to teach different school subjects and achieve curriculum outcomes. Students will then write/record/produce their own compilation record. |
| Benson, Scott |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
A Carbon Fibre Violin would allow me to take my instrument into extreme conditions (hot and cold climates) without worrying about damaging the instrument. |
| The Salt Shaker Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
This application is seeking funding for the Salt Shaker Festival, a 3-day multi-media arts festival set in Manitou Beach on July 7-9. 2022. |
| Burke, Kelley Jo |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
To spend three months completing a working draft of a play, "Rigby" to be workshopped with Listen To 'Dis Community Arts Organization in spring/summer 2023. |
| Bennett, Andrew |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
My computer is struggling to keep up with the CPU demands of contorting and producing my voice within Ableton Live. |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
The proposed grant is to study with renowned drum educator Dave Elitch in his studio in Los Angeles. |
| La Marre, Rebecca |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
I plan to attend the Flex Residency Program at the Medalta International Artists in Residence Program in Medicine Hat, Alberta in 2023. |
| Farm Fest Terre Ferme Festival Ltd. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
For support towards a (mostly) folk music festival which includes market, workshops and visual arts exhibit. |
| Regina Chamber Music Festival |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
The project is the presentation of three nights of chamber music concerts and related events in the community, by international and local artists. |
| Macnab, Bonny |
Mervin |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Developing knowledge for a sustainable, bio-diverse art practice through mapping color extraction from Canadian plants. Rebuilding connection to sense of place through experience with plants. |
| Benjamin, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To study traditional Māori music and instruments in Marae (Māori community) with Cultural Expert Tohunga (Elder) Dr. Pouroto Ngaropo and Grammy winning instrumentalist Jerome Kavanagh. |
| Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To attend an artist residency which aims to research and develop my photograph into public art which creates spaces and connections for Saskatoon-based BIPOC communities. |
| Arnott, Johanna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
The production of A Bronte Without Genius by Johanna Arnott in Live Five's 2023-2024 Season |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To study C6th Pedal Steel Guitar with professional musician Michael Eckert by taking weekly lessons over internet video call. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Dramaturgy of 'Identity Crisis' with physical theatre / bouffon icons Deanna Fleysher and Karen Hines from July 14 2023 - August 16 2023. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To develop my research on Indigenous theatre methods combined with my literary text Red People Red Magic. Create a virtual platform for global artistic presentation. |
| Macdonald, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
The development of a creative work in the form of a full-length play through dramaturgy, workshops, redrafting, and public feedback. |
| Barabas, Mishel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To create medium to large scale portrait (with unique settings) paintings. A body of work to exhibit, engage and connect with community. |
| Dinsmore, Rowen |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
A project expanding my artistic practice through new ideas and mediums while obtaining advice and critique through mentorships with professional artists from Saskatchewan. |
| Nepjuk, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To transcribe and compile research data gathered during the production/duration of the game EVERY BODY DOES IT at the Saskatoon Fringe in August 2023. |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Study advanced drum techniques & mentorship career paths for a 5 day period, Jan.2-6, 2024, with renowned drum educator Dave Elitch in Los Angeles. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
JazzFest Regina 2024 celebrates its 16th annual jazz festival kicking off summer in Regina and Southern Saskatchewan along with our Saskatchewan festival fun events season. |
| Garlimah, James |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
This project/Album is a result of over ten years of writing and recording my own music. This Project will server is my debut album professionally. |
| Mabrouk, Rawda |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Explore the paradoxes of an Egyptian woman, bridging trauma of oppression in Egypt to the challenges of life in Canada through tracing movement onto canvas. |
| Kharsa, Ali |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Write, rehearse, and record 3 new songs and host a community event in Saskatoon with music with an open mike. |
| Jegede-Ikpen, Oghenerukevwe |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To explore a new musical frontier by blending traditional African rhythms with modern synths and diverse languages, and fusing Afrobeats with the Canadian sound. |
| Shurniak Gallery Inc. |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
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| Brown, Sharon-Ann |
Regina |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
I would like to publish the second book in the Adventure of Baby Alfie series. The book is called 'Gameday for Baby Alfie'. |
| Hernani Merino, Bruno |
Regina |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To support the completion of 20 paintings for a solo gallery exhibition, showcasing the painting style I have been developing for the last 10 years |
| Sun, Qiming |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
This funding is meant to support my year-long production of new artworks and the cultivation of many solo/group exhibitions during my 2024-25 Saskatoon Bunkhouse residency. |
| Reid, Sonia |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
A community weekend to learn more about Black gospel choir music workshop culminating in a live music performance. |
| Nafisa, Fatima |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Phase 1 of an ASL Poetry multimedia project aimed at expressing the Deaf BIPOC experience. |
| Gascon, Girlynne |
Regina |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Mentorship with artist Patrick Fernandez with focus on finding cultural identity and production of individual work and collaboration for exhibition. |
| Al-Katib, Muveddet |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Finding my truth to reassess my traditional art to create a unique contemporary identity through a Western perspective and exploring the dynamic nature of truth! |
| Otayemi, Demilade |
saskatoon |
Theatre |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Documenting the collaboration process between SUM Theatre and EDM Lab through, interactive documentation methods. Inspiring future collaborations and youth engagement in artistic and engineering careers |
| Wu, I-Ying |
Regina |
Dance |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
This project invites artists to train in my Daoism-inspired improvisation practice, exploring how this approach can be a training method for diverse cultural backgrounds. |
| Nwabuko, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Highlight, showcase and bring awareness to the beauty in diversity of black hair - the different types, forms and styles that it appears to come. |
| McDougall, Bradley |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Rehearse and tour my re-written one man show “Night Sweats” to Regina & Saskatoon Fringe Festivals and Flin Flon & North Battleford. |
| Rosenwald, Betsy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
To attend an artist residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, Virginia. |
| Mathieu, Veronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Research manuscripts of violin works written by four women composers in Calgary (AB), and Paris (France) in June 2024. |
| Gronsdahl, Todd |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
This project is to bring curator and gallery director, Dominique Toutant to Saskatoon to visit artist studios and to present a talk. |
| Klassen, Vanessa |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
This is a 2-part project for which I will create new typeset editions of three selected clarinet works by Canadian composers, then record each one. |
| Eve, Sophia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
To complete a literary fiction manuscript, ALL THIS TO SAY. Themes include socioeconomic and racial identities in motherhood, art vs artist, and ethics vs desire. |
| Mwela, Nyasha |
Regina |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Create and compose 4 songs. |
| Reid, Sonia |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
A community weekend Black gospel choir workshop culminating in a live music performance. |
| Robinson, Kemesha |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Vocal coaching under the mentorship of Sonia Reid in Jazz & Blue |
| Ba, Flany |
Regina |
Dance |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
The Creative Lab: a collaborative space uniting Canadian dancers to develop, challenge, and showcase hard-to-learn skills through guided creative exploration and shared understanding. |
| Hutchinson, Jonathan |
Saskatooon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
The Uplift Duo will be recording a Christmas album, and putting on a Christmas concert in December showcasing music from the album, and special guests. |
| Kathrotia, Yash |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Compose a multi-movement orchestral work that features Bansuri as a solo instrument and supplement it with professional looking scores and MIDI audio files. |
| Bates, Colton |
RM of Sherwood |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Screenplay development and writing. |
| Abbott, Mika |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Seeking professional development through a residency, 1:1 instruction, workshops that will support my artistic growth while developing a photography-based project exploring space and class. |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Study advanced drum techniques & mentorship career paths for a 6 day period, Jan.15-20, 2025, with renowned drum educator Dave Elitch in Los Angeles, California. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Reid, Sonia |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
To train for certification as a NeuroVocal Method® Licensee. |
| Holophon Audio Arts |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
To host the second annual Wavefield sound art festival running from September 26th to September 27th, 2025. |
| Española, Aldeneil |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
A monthly drag show that runs for three months of winter (Dec-February or Jan-March) to give opportunities for the BIPOC Drag Artists of Saskatoon, |
| Ouedraogo, Helene |
Regina |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
une retraite pour corriger POEMES ET ROMAN
, puis une relecture par un ecrivain de la Saskachewan
enfin l'édition des deux oeuvres. |
