| Bridges Art Movement |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$12,810 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Johanna & Jayden |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,865 |
A 4-month work term to research and develop a new performance work, as an evolution of 'Live Duet'. |
| Romero, Alejandro |
Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$12,941 |
To create a new body of work: Virgen Barbuda de los Queers, examining queer identity from historic and cultural rituals. |
| Cowessess First Nation |
Cowessess |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$12,957 |
Urban Indigenous Art Workshops: Learn traditional techniques and contemporary expressions in Indigenous art, Revitalizing cultural connection and creative exploration. |
| Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$12,963 |
Support for a 3-month work term, for the continued creation of 'Untitled Peter Tripp Project'. |
| Yan Miller, Mindy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,000 |
A series of six wall mounted smocked and woven cane cowhide works. |
| Froese, Robert |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,000 |
research and produce new ceramic work using specialized soda kiln firing methods |
| Uzelman, Kara |
Nokomis |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$13,000 |
To support the production and exhibition of new work from October 2, 2019 to October 1, 2020. |
| Rose, Melanie |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$13,000 |
To provide documentation and artist fees for the project, Sisopekinam//"S/he rubs medicine of it", a collection of wearable art by Metis designers. |
| Schulz, Judith |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$13,000 |
Produce an eight-show performance of ‘Yaga’ by Kat Sandler in Saskatoon, SK, as an artist collective in collaboration with Live Five’s 2025/26 season. |
| Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,000 |
I will work on the final three stories for a collection of short fiction titled Shame, doing some of the research and writing in Newfoundland. |
| Lee, Erica Violet |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$13,000 |
"On the Prairies We Will Live Forever": a collection of poems exploring urban prairie Indigenous feminist freedoms. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$13,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Rollo, Michael |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$13,000 |
"B I R D" is a 10-minute experimental film that explores a fragile landscape stressed from the effects of human intervention in our world. |
| Duvall, Linda |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$13,000 |
I am inviting 4 musicians to each sing to the land in gratitude. Working with material produced during these events, I will create relevant documentation. |
| Gronsdahl, Troy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,000 |
a creative project that investigates and contemplates the ethics and aesthetics of land-based artistic practice. |
| Martin, Monique |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,025 |
I will be travelling to Gothenburg, Sweden to work with Alexandra Hedberg on a printmaking project that will be exhibited in Sweden and Canada. |
Michael A. Riffel High School
Judy Wensel |
Regina |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$13,026 |
To collaborate with artists Judy Wensel and Shaunna Dunn in Riffel High School's Integrated Theatre Program, That's Possible. |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,200 |
Produce and present "Towards Liberation," a group exhibition featuring emerging and established Saskatchewan-based trans women artists at a time when our rights are under attack. |
Maverick School
Theo Houghtaling |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$13,217 |
Artist Theo Houghtaling will work with students on a zine project in three parts: individual perzines, a collaborative group zine, and group community dispatch. |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,230 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Martin, Monique
St. Anne School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$13,309 |
The students will create an installation artwork for Nuit Blanche that uses lighting and plastic containers, and organize a community participation project at the event. |
| Weber, Joanne |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$13,319 |
To develop the script through exploration of physical movement, sign language, projected visuals, and surtitles to present to an invited audience (workshopped presentation). |
| Mount Royal Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Please Select |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$13,400 |
Establish a student studio art mentorship program with a 2S Indigenous artist fostering agency, identity and cultural celebration via collaborative murals and digital art exhibitions. |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$13,500 |
— |
| Mikkola, Elian |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,500 |
For the production and presentation of a time-based media installation for an upcoming solo exhibition |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
La Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$13,500 |
— |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,560 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Kruger, Samuel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,570 |
To rewrite, remount and produce solo physical theatre show, "Bat Brains or lets explore mental illness with vampires" as part of Live Five's 2023/2024 season. |
| Saltzman, Vera |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,661 |
Rural settler women responding to the beauty and destruction of small remnants of land in SE Saskatchewan to encourage discourse about the land’s intrinsic value. |
| Meneley, Barbara |
Val Marie |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,724 |
To develop, document and disseminate my project "Soil." |
| Frison, Lucas |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$13,802 |
To create an inclusive short film about a young man with Down syndrome pursuing love. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$13,842 |
To write the story of The Battle of Cut Knife Hill accompanied by Chief Poundmaker's speech in English, Cree Syllabics, Roman Orthography, and PISL illustrations. |
Wild Sky Adventure Learning
Laura Hosaluk |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$13,900 |
MĪYO ACIMOWINA ASKIY: (Good Stories Earth) is a workshop exploring old European practices of reinforced earth construction, informed by Indigenous storytelling for children and community. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Erwin, Keisha |
Spiritwood |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
This project is to produce a 10-minute film documenting an Indigenous woman’s experiences while evacuating her traditional territory as a wildfire rages on in Saskatchewan. |
| Wensel, Judy |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$14,000 |
To support a research and creation term to develop a new performance work called "The Last Children." |
| Moose Jaw Cultural Centre Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Tiggelers, Larissa |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,000 |
I am applying for funding to support the costs associated with the production of a new body of work including painting, sculpture and fibre. |
| Claxton, Mark |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
A Regina remount of xTasis Screen/Stage's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee, which was presented in Saskatoon in autumn of 2019. |
| St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$14,000 |
Framing new work for solo exhibitions Art Placement (Jan-Feb. 2023) and VivianeArt/Exposure Photography Festival, Calgary (Feb. 2023). |
| Moose Jaw Cultural Centre Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Beaucage, Marjorie |
Duck Lake |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
I AM YOUR HOLY FREAKNESS is a multidisciplinary creation of collages, installation, poetry performance, and video based on the Movements of my Life. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
— |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,000 |
Development of a 3D rendered 3-channel audio/visual work called All My Dreams Are Made of Water |
| Tucker, Peter |
Moose Jaw |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$14,000 |
I AM DISAPPEARING is a large installation-based sculpture using reclaimed wood beams from the historic Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. |
| Normand, Alexis |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
This project is to write new songs in French and English that explore bilingual identity on the prairies. |
| Red Smarteez Marionettes |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,000 |
To create a script and pre-production for a personal film about disability with a fiction about a former resident of our home. |
| Gomez, Felipe |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
To produce and present “Soundtrack for Adventurous Kids” a 45-minute interactive musical experience. |
| Sinclair, Aaron |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
A multidisciplinary project based on the surreal and abstract experiences an artist has growing up with church, school and a farm in rural Saskatchewan. |
| Hueser, Nicole |
Dalmeny |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
Abyss within is a short film based on my life about an individual trapped by chronic pain and how it affects them physically and psychologically. |
| Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,000 |
This project is to remount our queer physical comedy, "Something in the Water", for presentation by the Adelaide Fringe Festival through co-production with Gluttony Theatre. |
| Feheregyhazi, Andrei |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,100 |
I'm looking for time to create an animated film that will be presented in the form of an augmented reality picture book. |
| Benning, Heather |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,116 |
To create large scale installation sculpture "Winter Sleep" to exhibit at the 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art at the Remai Modern. |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
Air Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
La Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$14,400 |
To create Walking the Prairies, an augmented reality photographic book combining still nature photographs, videos, and thought-provoking notes to share as a hand-held visual experience |
| Alvarez, Kris |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,410 |
Acknowledgement is a creative response to the impact that my current work of opening up about race has had on me. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$14,496 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting three concerts as part of their 12th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
| Gan, Jelly |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,500 |
Collaborative experimental video combining performance art, visual design, ambient music composition, and projections. |
| Kazan, Lina |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$14,577 |
Development, preparation and multiple presentations of Flamenco Borealis' reimagined stage work "Qadar: a Date with Fate" |
Goretzky, Barbara
Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home |
Lumsden |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$14,739 |
Create a collaborative, legacy mural for Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home. Design door decals to make exit doors unique and less confusing for dementia residents. |
| Pegasus Productions |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,750 |
The development, production, and presentation of "After Sundown," a new play by Gordon Portman. |
| Noel-Maw, Martine |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,760 |
Hitch and Agatha: A play in which the Master of Suspense and the Queen of Crime meet, clash and then join forces for the better. |
| Hebert, Dakota |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$14,780 |
To showcase the hard work and talent of Saskatchewan's Indigenous Comedians in Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto, and Ottawa. |
| Mohsin, Ayesha |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,787 |
A multidisciplinary and multilingual (English, Palestinian Arabic and Urdu) performance project examining immigrant cultural practices, involving dance, music and narration from Pakistan and Palestine. |
| Langhorne, Donna |
Air Ronge |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$14,975 |
To acquire materials and equipment required to create and document Aanjitoon, a series of twelve large paintings using an original hybrid Woodlands/Realist style. |
| Zong, Megan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$15,000 |
To develop and produce the world premiere of Unmasked at Live Five in 2020. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Will, Elaine |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,000 |
The Last Band On Earth is a graphic novel about a noise rock band who are trapped in a ramshackle unearthly city run by demons. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
Harmony Arts Program
JanLaree Denbigh |
Moose Jaw |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
Harmony Arts Program will produce a musical theatre production for adults and children to enhance community reducing any financial barrier to participation. |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
Finding courage, embracing Indigenous culture, my new novel. JOE is a vampire but the real killer is alcohol. Mythology and folklore are dominant. |
| Duffy, Tarralik Adina |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
This project is an extension of my soft sculpture series about Inuit food that will be presented at a solo exhibition at Remai Modern. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Dumont Walker, Dawn |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,000 |
To outline and write a novel in supernatural genre about a woman who is possessed by the spirit of a deceased cop and a cow. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Peart, Greta |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
To create an empathy-focused videogame called “Mitch” that explores finding personal growth and groundedness amidst new and unfamiliar experiences. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
Prince Albert |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| It's Not a Box Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$15,000 |
To devise and stage a live Overhear pod-play with Prague storytellers for the Prague Quadrennial 2019 and bring local content for geocache stories. |
| Nash, Megan |
Palmer |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
Write and arrange songs inspired by Crescent Park for an upcoming album in the Moose Jaw Public Library Theatre from mid July to mid November. |
| Allard, Mark |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
"Into Oblivion" (working title) is a graphic novel about the heroic deeds of a handful of Chinese-Canadians in the face of war and pejudice |
| Longman, Mary |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
Passage Home: Public Bronze Sculpture and Custom Healing Park.
Fund request to complete work: Phase 2: 3D printing and casting in bronze |
Kozak, Kathryn
Town of Creighton |
Creighton |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
A mentorship and exhibition opportunity for emerging and established artists of the Northern Saskatchewan. |
| Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
To complete footage for a documentary film on local Queer Seniors by interviewing queer non-Indigenous senior citizens & Two-Spirit Indigenous Elders on the Prairies |
Paivand-Iranian Canadian Society for Cultural Dialogue Inc
Yasaman Tarighatmanesh |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
International Women's Day 2025:
Power of women for peace and collective liberation; through the eyes of women impacted by the cruelty and horror of war |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
Create a full production music video for the song "White Man's World" The song describes the 1885 Fort Battleford Hangings of eight cree warriors |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Ouellette, Dianne |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
To create a 10-12 minute short film that explores similar Métis and Oneida family histories through
storytelling, as I learn to bead. |
| Tootoosis, Lyndon |
Battleford |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
Working on major pieces for upcoming shows in 24/25 in various venues in sk/can utilizing the stories, guidance and blessings of my Elders |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
Michael A. Riffel High School
Shaunna Dunn |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
Exploring theatre techniques to empower neurodiverse and neurotypical students, this project uses design and visual storytelling to reflect emotions, relationships, and foster empathetic collaboration. |
Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop
Muskwa Lerat |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
Future Artistic Minds is an Indigenous-run youth art collective providing accessible, anti-oppressive spaces. Amplifying youth voices, celebrating diversity, and challenging the status quo through art. |
| Margoshes, Dave |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
To write, revise and polish new short stories with an eye to a new collection during an 18-month period starting in January 205. |
