| Sheikh, Sheheryar |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
To complete and refine a literary fiction novel (titled After) about the Covid-19 pandemic, and about a father-son relationship within it, from 05/2022 to 01/2023. |
| Dorion, Leah |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
Create and Install a Metis healing garden and create interdisciplinary artworks while Mentoring a local Metis Artist in the process. |
| Lazurko, Anne |
Weyburn |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
This project is for 5.5 months writing time, with one month of travel to Italy and Germany embedded, to complete my novel, One Woman. |
| Smith, James |
Muskoday |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$18,000 |
I will paint 6 large pieces of acrylic works on canvas. They will be done in abstract/expressionism style. Realims/Geometric. |
| Goobie, Beth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
I want to write a novel, titled Dark Rainbow, that explores Phillipa Upchurch's expansion of consciousness in her senior year at a bible college. |
| Rosenwald/Rose |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
To create new work for Journal of the Plague Year(s) exhibition and on-site residency at Remai Modern, Saskatoon. |
| Hebert, Dakota |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
We want to develop our standup comedy careers by showcasing in Saskatchewan and California, meeting with Industry Professionals, and securing our Social Security Numbers. |
| Moore, Tim |
Shellbrook |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$18,000 |
Develop ideas around theme of erasure - reimagining scrip in a conceptual art form and exhibiting“Remainder,” survey of my work over the last 20 years. |
| Emel, Tod |
Invermere |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$18,000 |
To complete a new body of intermedia work combining audio, sculpture and painting; using post-painterly abstraction to explore 'natural' and 'artificial' worlds |
Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop
Muskwa Lerat |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
The Future Artistic Minds (FAM) is a program at CNYC for youth to explore their creative practice in a safe, identity affirming space. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$18,500 |
For general operating and program support. |
Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated
Eliza Mary Doyle |
Asquith |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$18,509 |
Building local capacity/creating mentorship opportunities with a music camp centred on empowering Indigenous females/female-identifying youth through music/cultural arts in the underserved community of La Ronge. |
Saskatoon Industry Education Council
Muveddet Al-Katib |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$19,000 |
Newcomer youth will learn the Indigenous culture in our community, in this land, and share and continue their cultures through hands-on experiences and stories. |
Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Glenn Sutter |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$19,000 |
In 2024, Songs for Nature aims to offer a summer youth camp in Regina, and a fall adult camp in Prince Albert National Park. |
Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated
Zoe Slusar |
Asquith |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$19,329 |
Building local capacity/mentorship opportunities through a music camp centered on empowering/encouraging Indigenous females/female identifying youth through music/cultural arts in the under-served community of Stanley Mission. |
| Gabriel Dumont Local #11 |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$19,400 |
Sewing Circle hosts Metis cultural arts workshops and then gathers weekly where artists mentor and support the learning of our members. |
Reimer, Joel Dash
Bedford Road Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$19,500 |
We will create a spoken word workshop series on community care with video resources for the Grade 9 Land Based program at Bedford Road Collegiate |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$19,550 |
Connecting communities through stories, music and a sense of place that can foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of cultural heritage. |
| GGFN Elders |
@level1.client.city@ |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$19,752 |
Create an after-school program aimed at First Nation Arts in collaboration with Students, Elders, and community members, showcasing students' work in a final celebration. |
Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop
Muskwa Lerat |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$19,800 |
FAM is an Indigenous-run youth art collective providing accessible, anti-oppressive studio spaces. Amplifying youth voices, celebrating diversity, and challenging the status quo through artistic expression. |
| Knight, Lindsay |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$19,997 |
To mentor and then host an itwewiniyiniwak("word people") storytelling gathering based on creation story(ies) of Treaty Six Territory, including contemporary/traditional rap, comedy, poetry and songwriting. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass & Old Tyme Music Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Community Radio Society of Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
The Gallery/Art Placement Inc.
Biofeedback Art Collective |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
Art Placement and Biofeedback will execute a series of relational projects, workshops, and networking events that will connect, support, and strengthen the Saskatoon artistic community. |
| Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Community Radio Society of Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
The project animates community through our stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward. |
City of Prince Albert
Jesse Campbell |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
Through peer support, curatorial guidance, and professional development, we develop artists' capacity to build long-term community arts programming & projects for marginalized or underserved groups. |
| Chokecherry Studios |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass & Old Tyme Music Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Articulate Ink Press Inc. |
Regina |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Eden Care Communities Foundation Inc.
Misty Wensel |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
To deliver innovative intergenerational dance programming to residents of Eden Care Communities involving creative dance workshops, adaptive movement, exploration, youth participation and intergenerational performance. |
| J.M. Curtain Razors Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Wide Open Theatrical Escapades Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Dene High School
Tenille Campbell |
La Loche |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
We will build the capacity of Dene youth to express themselves musically, in written word story building and through visual imaging of photography. |
| Deaf Crows Collective |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| J.M. Curtain Razors Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Chokecherry Studios
Zoe Slusar |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
This 11-month project will offer youth facing multiple barriers with weekly programming to explore mental health through creative writing, music production and spoken word poetry. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. |
Swift Current |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Prairie Sky School
Holly Yuzicapi |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
Students will learn some traditional indigenous beading techniques, and prepare a spring cultural festival that includes display and demonstration of beading, powwow dancing, and songwriting. |
| Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. |
Swift Current |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| FadaDance Troupe Inc. |
Regina |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Station Arts Centre Cooperative |
Rosthern |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Southwest Cultural Development Group Inc. |
Swift Current |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wide Open Theatrical Escapades Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Community Arts Mentorship Program Incorporated
Zoe Slusar |
Asquith |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
Initiating Phase 2 of the Canoe Lake-Beauval Arts Mentorship Program that continues to build local capability to sustain future programming through the CAMP Mentorship Model |
| Weyburn Art Gallery |
Weyburn |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Sum Theatre Corp.
Pleasant Hill Community Association |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
An artistic inquiry process developed in the Pleasant Hill community, culminating in a documentary play. |
Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc.
Dianne Ouellette |
Regina |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
LTD’ will work with a filmmaker and a digital theatre-artist to digitize an original theatre production. This digitalized production will be witnessed nationally & internationally. |
25th Street Theatre Centre Inc.
The Dark Lady Collective |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
William Brooks will work with theatre and visual artists to engage with the community by creating large-scale, interactive, outdoor theatre-based installations. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Station Arts Centre Cooperative |
Rosthern |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Weyburn Art Gallery |
Weyburn |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wanuskewin Heritage Park |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Artesian Performing Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Station Arts Centre Cooperative |
Rosthern |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Gabriel Dumont Local #11 |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$20,000 |
3 different cultural arts workshops including a Capote making workshop, a series of 3 different forms of beading workshops and a finger woven sash workshop |
Art Gallery of Regina Inc.
Linda Duvall |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
Artists Linda Duvall (SK) and Jillian McDonald (MB/NY) will lead a community-engaged artwork and residency that responds to historical, cultural and discipline-specific approaches to excavation. |
| J.M. Curtain Razors Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Lester B. Pearson Elementary School
Kathleen Arndt |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
Lester B. Pearson Elementary (Gr.1-8) explore personal wonders & cross curricular big ideas, through technical visual arts training, to develop holistical understanding & creative skills. |
| Muskoday First Nation Community School |
Muskoday |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
We will teach youth traditional Pow-Wow drumming, singing and regalia making. We will teach youth to make Indigenous hand drums and rattles. |
Kitchen Party Music, Inc.
Mitchell Dureault |
Forget |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
KLKP Kids Camp: Provide an barrier-free opportunity for children from all walks of life to explore their creativity in collaboration with Saskatchewan musicians and artists. |
| Deaf Crows Collective |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Weyburn Art Gallery |
Weyburn |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Chokecherry Studios |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2024-2025 |
$20,000 |
— |
| Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre Inc. |
Regina Beach |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre Inc. |
Regina Beach |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Burnt Thicket Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Community Radio Society of Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre Inc. |
Regina Beach |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
City of Prince Albert
Lynda Monahan |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
This project will provide individuals with mentorship from a professional artist to build capacity for artists and organizations in Prince Albert to develop residency programs. |
Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop
Muskwa Lerat |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
The Future Artistic Minds (FAM) is a program at CNYC for youth to explore their creative practice in a safe, identity affirming space. |
| Articulate Ink Press Inc. |
Regina |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Ecole St. Pius X
Chancz Perry |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
Artists Chancz Perry and Ashley Johnson will develop innovative programming in kindergarten classrooms focusing on cross-curriculum, self-regulation, and cross-cultural learning experiences, through dance and music. |
25th Street Theatre Centre Inc.
Kelsey Ford |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
Kelsey Ford and Andrei Fehergyhazi will engage under-represented communities and patrons of the 2021 Saskatoon Fringe Festival in creating an interdisciplinary, large-scale, outdoor art installation. |
| Station Arts Centre Cooperative |
Rosthern |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Olafson, Marea
Wynyard Elementary School |
Wynyard |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
To create a 2-D mural and 3-D functional pottery depicting personal land acknowledgment with grades 1,3,5 and 7 students. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
