| St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,975 |
Production of new work towards the AGA/Remai 2020 Biennial and La Presence des Femmes at CAVA Edmonton. |
| Tootoosis, Lyndon |
Battleford |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$16,000 |
Create 6 large sculpture.
Sharing Our beliefs and customs pertaining to mourning and loss.
These I share with the blessings of my Elders and community |
| Bert Fox Community High School |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
In collaboration with the Artist, we will build solid relationships with several Indigenous female students whom have expressed interest in reconnecting to their culture. |
| Nachtigall, Jeff |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
The production and exhibition of a body of work for the Museum of Temporary Art, an evolving pop-up with locations throughout Regina and rural Saskatchewan. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
Creation of a one-person show directed by John Turner with music by Sheldon Corbett that coalesces music and neo-bouffon from October 2021-March 2022. |
| Buttered Ghost Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
We are seeking funding to pay the engaged artists of an all original horror comedy anthology radio play series that is presented as a podcast. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| McArthur, Robert |
Carlyle |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$16,000 |
I want to build on my existing work; the creation of Nakoda lullabies, and the creation of a recording, a book, and a presentation series. |
| The Dim Coast |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
To create a custom digital instrument that ‘performs’ a group sound installation, online audio stream and audiobook inspired by Moose Jaw writer, Vivian Darroch-Lozowski. |
| Bradford, Michael |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$16,000 |
This project is to complete a middle-grade novel called Bonewalkers, the third book in the Nightside series, published by Orca Books Publishers. |
| Nolan, Yvette |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$16,000 |
To produce The Art of War, an original play by Yvette Nolan at the Refinery in September 2020. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ackerman, Clinton |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
Composition of an art song using the poetry of "The Lost Words." Written for voice, piano, and electronics. Connecting the poetry to environments across Saskatchewan. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Moore, Tim |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$16,000 |
To complete the body of work "Erasure is Futile" for a scheduled group exhibition and future solo exhibition potential. |
| Grummett, S.E. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
To create a new Theatre for Young Audiences show exploring gender diversity for presentation in Calgary and Saskatoon planned for May 2023. |
| Knight, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$16,080 |
We want to continue our series of satirical news monologues and comedy skits centered around an indigenous comedy perspective, and develop into an episodic series. |
| Baerwaldt, Wayne |
Assiniboia |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,116 |
To conduct original research, develop curatorial premises, write critical essays and deliver art exhibitions in Saskatchewan and abroad |
| Rowley, Mari-Lou |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,200 |
This grant will allow me to complete, revise and polish my manuscript Palingenesis, a poetic memoir of trauma, survival, revival and ultimately, redemption. |
| Erwin, Keisha |
Spiritwood |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$16,300 |
This project is to produce a short 10-minute film about a disconnected Sixties Scooped father and his reconnecting half-Black daughter returning home to La Ronge. |
| Knight, Lindsay |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$16,336 |
To plan, present, mentor and perform "The TMRWS" Indigenous Women in Hip Hop Festival in Treaty Six Territory on July 12, 2024. |
| Brass, Philip |
Balcarres |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$16,400 |
Artist(s) Philip Brass and Stephanie Bellefleur will partner with Mid Summers Arts Festival to create a Public Art Mural for Fort Qu'Appelle Valley Friendship Centre. |
| LaRiviere, David |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,448 |
Production of new large-scale artwork for the 2020 Biennale of Contemporary art, opening September 26th at the Alberta Gallery of Art (confirmed). |
| Grummett, S.E. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$16,500 |
To finish the development of my next solo-show, “Nude Parade” unpacking trans trauma porn and the commodification of identity through a month-long workshop with collaborators. |
| Hill, Gerald |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,500 |
I’ll complete the first draft of a book of poems called The Table. |
| Reyes, Lautaro |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$16,500 |
I am developing a script and workshop for my play, Welcome to My Country, which is created from interviews with immigrants and refugees to Saskatoon. |
| C. Lysias Designs |
Rosthern |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$16,500 |
Passion for Fashion Project, "Project Iskotew" raises awareness on the residual effects of residential schools, while promoting culture, and healing through fashion. |
| Wensel, Judy |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,543 |
Collaborative exploration and development phase of new interdisciplinary work with visual artist Shaunna Dunn. |
| Kazan, Lina |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,585 |
To create a Flamenco screen dance film with original music and choreographies to be presented at the Victoria Flamenco festival and other digital platforms. |
| Petersen, Myrna |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$16,705 |
Airborne, a mini-documentary, features Saskatchewan's air ambulance and the 1948 story behind the first baby born over North America, recalled by 105-year old Marie Dubreuil. |
| Weber, Joanne |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,714 |
The project is the development of a script by Joanne Weber about the Deaf settlers who immigrated to Qu'Appelle Valley in the early 1900's. |
| Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$16,834 |
To continue teaching the art of porcupine quillwork at an intermediate level on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. |
| Payne, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,859 |
Creation of a body of electronic light-based work, consisting of light box compositions and projection installation, for public exhibition across Canada |
| Lowry, Nancy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,918 |
Create large scale paintings which push my perceived physical limits while highlighting the important intergenerational role of non-male artists from the Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops. |
| Garcia-Luna, Gabriela |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
New body of work and research in relation to my feminine Mexican ancestry, based on photographic documentation of Mexican and Saskatchewan flora. |
| Al-Harthi, Rania |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
Funds from this grant will be used to support an upcoming collaborative project at PAVED Arts. |
| Thurmeier, Tim |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$17,000 |
To produce a 45-60 minute documentary called The Great Train Reverie, which follows four Saskatchewan musicians who toured Eastern Canada by train. |
| Garcia-Luna, Gabriela |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$17,000 |
To create multimedia studies and works for a confirmed solo exhibition at the MJM&AG, exploring concepts of human and natural environment resilience and adaptation. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$17,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Oblong and Oboe |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
The final stage of development and world premiere of Oblong and Oboe Stir the Pot as part of Live Five’s 20th Season in Saskatoon. |
| Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$17,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wensel, Judy |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$17,000 |
To support the pre-production, rehearsal and presentation of a new performance work called The Last Children. |
| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions is creating professional work for theatre artists and will present 'Spring Awakening' by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, February 23-March 2. |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
The project connects community through stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward. |
John Diefenbaker Public School
Leah Dorion |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$17,000 |
Create a mural for John Diefenbaker School honouring Victor Thunderchild & legacy artwork on vinyl prints for school windows to showcase artwork throughout the schhol. |
| Winston Knoll Collegiate |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$17,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Regnier, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$17,000 |
I propose to write and workshop an opera on the subject of the novel "La vie devant soi" by Romain Gary |
| Eskowich, Graydon |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$17,000 |
Proposal for the production of the independant short film 'Headstones,' a 15-20 minute dark comedy/drama to be filmed in Saskatchewan in the Summer of 2025. |
Riversdale Community Association
Jasmyn Albert |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
The Riversdale Community Association seeks to hire three Ribbon-Skirt Designers to teach our residents how to sew their own, and showcase those skirts around Riversdale. |
| Fidelak, Terri |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$17,000 |
Creation of new, large scale, sculptural installation, with exploration of performative elements, occurring from November 2020 to October 2021. |
| Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. |
Swift Current |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$17,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Burnt Thicket Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$17,000 |
Develop the script and music of the musical Breathe by Sienna Holden and produce the world premiere in Saskatoon |
| Froese, Ellen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$17,077 |
Ellen Froese will be presenting her brand new album via residency and touring from November 2022 - March 2023. |
| Goodwyn, Amber |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$17,110 |
We are seeking funding for the collaborative production of an episodic experimental feminist science fiction musical called Porous (working title). |
OUTSaskatoon Inc.
Marjorie Beaucage |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$17,125 |
OUTSaskatoon will create a two spirit drum group through drum making and singing in Saskatoon through a 10 week project called Healing Through The Drum. |
| Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. |
Swift Current |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,430 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,440 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
La Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$17,500 |
For general operating and program support. |
Buena Vista School
Jillian Ross |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$17,560 |
Students will use various printmaking techniques (letterpress, silkscreen, linocut and collograph) to give positive feedback to those in the community that creating place for pollinators. |
| Seesequasis, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$17,600 |
Enclosing Some Snapshots: The photography of Métis activist James Brady. A photobook coinciding with Saskatchewan exhibitions. |
| L'Hirondelle, Cheryl |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$17,752 |
To share, with Metis songwriter Berk Jodoin, my method of co-writing songs with incarcerated relatives in 2 SK correctionals & arrange/record/produce/master a song from each. |
| Goodwyn, Amber |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$17,900 |
Production of concept album dance choreography, costuming, projection, and sculpture / props for live presentation |
| Gronsdahl, Troy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
to create a video and sound installation comprised of a woodwind quartet playing in the northern Saskatchewan wilderness. |
| Bauche, Dean |
Eastend |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
Create an exhibition of contemporary portraiture exploring stories related to grief, loss, trauma and mental health, providing insight and hope for both contributors and audience |
| Epp, Olivia |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
'The Butcher' is a narrative short film to be directed by me. With a team of mostly women, our film is about womanhood and survival. |
| Vanderhaeghe, Guy |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
I will be working on a collection of creative nonfiction tentatively entitled Because Somebody Asked Me To. |
| Richter, Jessica |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
This proposal seeks funding to support the creation of a solo exhibition of film and installation work at the Estevan Art Gallery in February 2023. |
| Bornstein, Eli |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
Publication of my journals from two Arctic trips (1986-1987), together with artwork and photographs, for my 100th birthday in 2022; introduction, editing by Roald Nasgaard. |
| Artesian Performing Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$18,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wilson, Thorina (Nina) |
Broadview |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
The project focuses on the Cree creation story regarding the importance of the moose, using color, symbolism, syllabics to retain the story for the future |
| Piper, Lynette |
Lebret |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
'Driver's Licence' is the story of an elderly man who loses his licence after a series of accidents and run-ins with police. |
| Cameron, Heather |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
To create “helix” - a 10 minute contemporary dance duet in collaboration with acclaimed contemporary music composer Nicole Lizée. |
| Jodoin, Berkley |
Leader |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
Create a full length album of original songs, while bringing light to the suicide crisis our communities have been experiencing. |
| Dufour Bowes, Arnolda |
Dalmeny |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$18,000 |
Apples & Traintracks is a multi-sensory art and short film exhibit based on the history & resiliency of the Road Allowance Metis. |
| Artesian Performing Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Mackasey, Michèle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$18,000 |
To create two Memory-bottle-portraits commemorating lost family members, using tiny glass bottles filled with coloured transparent liquid; a pixelated process resulting in two-dimensional sculptural works. |
| Smith, James |
Muskoday |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
Building a medicine wheel based on stories and actual testimonies from Elders and existing wheels. Making a legacy project to last for generations. |
| Vincent, Angus |
Yorkton |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
Create a script/play in a musical format, along with music, with story lines of life and love on a reserve and urban setting. |
| Wanuskewin Heritage Park |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$18,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Akintade-Oluwagbeye, Oluwaseun Peace |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
The development and production of 'The Concubines.The Wives.The Ritual', a maximalist queer play by Peace Akintade, premiering as part of Live Five Theatre’s 2025/26 season. |
| Uzelman, Kara |
Nokomis |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
To support a solo exhibition at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, including production of new work and remounting of older work, scheduled for March 2022. |
| The Feather |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
This project is to help us produce season four of our satirical streaming series, The Feather News. |
| Hlady, Dustan |
Moose Jaw |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
Looking for funding to assist in the production and distribution of a highly engaging web-series. |
Eden Care Communities Foundation Inc.
Heather Cameron |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
To deliver innovative multigenerational programming to Eden Care Communities involving creative dance, musical exploration and capturing the process through the creation of a music video. |
| Cando Metis Local 55 Incorporated |
SASKATOON |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
We'd tell the story of the Cando and District Metis. Cando, Willowfield and Beljennie had a big Metis population with a story to tell. |
| Campbell, Maria |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
Mahmaskatch Project, Phase One: kiyokiwin – visiting various people and communities in Saskatchewan and Alberta to share and record achimowina (stories) for future podcast series |
| Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
WATCH YOUR CORNER will be a new cinematic film installation created for a confirmed exhibition in Alaska and research stage for an Artist book |
| Northern Village of Ile a la Crosse |
Ile-a-la Crosse |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
Kihteyak kiskinahihmewak oskayak (Elders teaching youth)
This project is in preparation of the Ile a la Crosse 250th celebration in 2026. |
| Gronsdahl, Todd |
Clavet |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$18,000 |
Funding for materials and some living expenses to create new sculptures, prints and a video for three upcoming solo exhibitions. |
| Wanuskewin Heritage Park |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Profit, Shavaun |
Eastend |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
An artistic response of personal reflections to the previous 3 years spent developing programming and facilitating art with individuals residing in Long Term Care. |
| Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated |
Asquith |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$18,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated |
Asquith |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| L'Hirondelle, Cheryl |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
create a 360°VR music video/installation of the song 'To All Our Nations' from my Why the Caged Bird Sings project for exhibition in Regina 2023. |
| The Feather |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
This project is to help us write season two of our comedy series "The Feather News" streaming on APTN Lumi. |
| Philips, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
I intend to complete a new poetry manuscript centred around the long poem as a conduit for the transcendent power of personal and environment grief. |
| Kirkby, Mary-Ann |
Prince Albert |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
Over the course of a year, I plan to write the first draft of an historically based, non-fiction book titled “Untold, The Hutterite Story” |
| YXE Drag Collective |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
Drag Me Across Saskatchewan a Drive-In Drag Show Tour will provide drag entertainment for prides across Saskatchewan in a drive-in setting this summer. |
| Dotson, Allan |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
This grant is to publish a graphic novel, and will include professional editorial, design, production and printing costs, as well as promotion of the book. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
Finishing the first handwritten draft of my new novel, tentatively titled APPARITIONS, and typing, arranging, and editing the manuscript's second draft. |
