| Brenna, Beverley |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,500 |
--A YA novel following eighteen-year-old Kay as she navigates FASD and grade twelve in a new school, discovering her bio mom, and a twin brother. |
| 25th Street Theatre Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| 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. |
| Weber, Angel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,996 |
I've been invited to the first special event workshop and exhibition held by the international association for my art form - the International Tsumami-Zaiku Association. |
| Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Complete the first draft, then revise and rewrite into a second draft my young adult horror novel FULL MOON CHRISTMAS. |
The Ability Hub YXE
Rebecca La Marre |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$39,000 |
Artist led workshops at The Ability Hub and OUT Saskatoon Pride home. Rebecca will bring the workshop to 3 diversity focused organizations outside of Saskatoon. |
| Hosaluk, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
'The Circle and the Dot' is a mixed-media Installation influenced by folklore and Saskatchewan architecture. New work is scheduled for exhibition for 2024. |
| Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$42,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
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. |
Martin, Monique
Brevoort Park School |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
Students will make art inspired by working with a Saskatoon Symphony musician, the art will be displayed digitally in conjunction with Symphony events. |
| Kirchmeier, Kurt |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$9,000 |
To write a short speculative fiction novel about a man returning to his childhood home to face unresolved trauma and unanswered questions about his past. |
Selkirk, Jesse
Bedford Road Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
A project for participants to learn the foundational elements of songwriting and use the artform as a tool for exploring their wellbeing and their identity. |
| Nepjuk, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$9,275 |
I will be researching and developing, and then presenting my death-centred production TEA. CAKE. DEATH. at the 2023 Saskatoon Fringe. |
| Martin, Monique |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,661 |
I am installing and exhibiting a large installation based printmaking piece and attending the International Printmaking Biennial in Duoro, Portugal, which is an invitational event |
| Bear's Song Collective |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,500 |
To create a documentary short that features drag queens and king who have read stories to children to discuss the backlash in an artistic response. |
| Bryans, Amber |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$610 |
Provide framing for my linocut prints that will be featured in a solo exhibition August 15-17, 2023. |
| 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. |
Slusar, Zoe
Chokecherry Studios |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$40,000 |
This residency will involve myself (ZHE the Free) supporting and collaborating with Chokecherry youth in two artistic modalities (film and music) to share their stories. |
| 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. |
| Ay, Caramba! Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
To attend COYUNTURA, a National Latinx Theatre Gathering to connect and network with Latinx artists across Canada |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$12,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$89,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| 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. |
| Whirligig Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Whirligig Theatre seeks to produce Jean Genet's queer classic, The Maid's, at Divas Nightclub in downtown 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. |
| Francoeur, Paige |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
This grant money would be used to pay myself and a dramaturge to complete a new draft of my play. |
| 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 |
| Olsen, Farideh |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,500 |
To write a 60-90min show about motherhood that integrates music and comedy. |
| Coppens, Nathan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,800 |
To help cover costs associated with producing I Have No Idea with Live Five in March, 2024. |
| Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
To create the March chapter for Agatha's Almanac, an ongoing 16 mm documentary film and experiment with eco-processing and rayograms. |
| Coughlan, Conor |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
This grant would enable me to take a temporary leave from work and turn my primary focus towards songwriting and recording. |
| Bird-Wilson, Lisa |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To attend three writing residency/retreat locations as I research, write, edit, and revise my book-length memoir, Magpie Dreams. |
| Morgun, Jessica |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
Explore collaborative drawing and installation work with JingLu Zhao, working toward creating a body of work together as an emerging artist collective. |
| McKenzie, Tiess |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,178 |
To compose and workshop three new pieces for string quartet, in collaboration with local performers in Saskatoon. |
| Polischuk, Katelyn |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
Funding production of The Josephine Knot by Meg Braem as a part of Live Five's 2023/2024 season. |
| Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,500 |
To develop, write, and storyboard my debut feature-length bilingual screenplay. |
| 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. |
| Murawsky, Graham |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
To write a new Factor Chandelier solo record in Saskatchewan focused sonically on expanding my prairie sound and taking it to the next level. |
| 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. |
| Trapp, Amanda |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
I'll be travelling to NYC to take classes to deepen/refresh my acting and dance practice, ensuring I am working to the best and safest extent. |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$75,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| 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. |
| St. Germaine, Yvonne |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To write and perform a brand new full-length album that is contingent upon my newly released single "Sacred Tree" inspired by Sixties Scoop survivors. |
| Bandur, Breanne |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
A body of work that investigates adapting my drawing practice to a smaller scale, carrying forward formal attributes and conceptual considerations of my large-scale works. |
| Hill, Milo |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
Uplift LGBTQIA+ voices and showcase the wealth of local talent in 12 all-ages drag shows at the Saskatoon Fringe Festival |
| Moccasin, Ryan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$12,000 |
This project is to assist me in writing the first two pilot episodes of a TV series called "First Among Equals". |
| Richardson, Jordie |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Seeking funding for compensation for assistant fight directing services with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan. |
| Cross, Roberta |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Complete writing a memoir essay, ready for publication, with the support of a SWG Writing Retreat and ten days of dedicated professional creative literary practice. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
The artist will work with classroom teachers to produce small books in Cree and English, modeling from familiar stories, helping students learn their Cree language. |
| 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. |
| Cuthand, Shawn |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$10,031 |
To produce a comedy web series "That Deadly Cousin," which uses super 8/digital film which focuses on urban Indigenous kinship bonds. |
| Persephone Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$235,750 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Remai Modern |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$197,830 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$174,380 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| AKA Gallery Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$76,880 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Bridges Art Movement |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$12,810 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Buffalo Berry Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$35,950 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Burnt Thicket Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$30,750 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Chokecherry Studios |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$12,810 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Common Weal Community Arts Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$145,760 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Community Radio Society of Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,560 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Friends of the Broadway Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$46,130 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$57,920 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Kenderdine Art Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$33,580 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| La Troupe du Jour Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$80,980 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| On the Boards Staging Company, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$30,700 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$145,550 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$38,950 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$25,630 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Opera Association |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$25,630 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Sum Theatre Corp. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$38,950 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$106,600 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wanuskewin Heritage Park |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wide Open Theatrical Escapades Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Jarrett, Alexandra |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
I will be conceptualizing 50 poems dedicated to the land and nehiyaw language. I will be incorporating political, matriarchal and MMIW elements. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Knight, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
I plan to write a rock musical exploring the theme of the integration of indigenous men in a colonial society |
| Philips, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to attend the Sage Hill Spring poetry colloquium led by poet Jane Munro to work on finishing revisions to a poetry manuscript. |
| Kraft, Madison |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2023-2024 |
$2,500 |
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| 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. |
| Poitras, Jarrid Curtis Lee |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$585 |
I have been successfully nominated for Country Album of The Year for the Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards and need to attend in person. |
| Devine-Tajgardan, Negar |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$430 |
I would need a grant to create an installation for Nuit Blanch, as the program budget can't cover all my material and labor expenses. |
| Sun, Qiming |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I plan to create an ephemeral sculptural installation accompanied by a ritualistic performance piece during my stay at Monica Bodirsky's "Awakening" Artist Residency. |
| Sirett, Nicola |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
For one hundred consecutive days over the summer, I will make one public sidewalk chalk drawing (usually of an animal) each day. |
| Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To create a first draft of the documentary film Queer Seniors by editing twelve existing interviews of queer Indigenous Elders and settler senior citizens. |
| Wanuskewin Heritage Park |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Offering a free, drop-in art collaboration in with Metis artists Holly Tennant and Leah Dorion to connect with the Prince Albert Indigenous community through art. |
| Belanger, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$6,084 |
The funds will assist in the creation and development of new material for Kokum Ernestine and her pet bird Muckatoon (puppet) . |
| Biofeedback Art Collective |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,985 |
Biofeedback Collective creates collaborative artworks for an exhibition at Alt Haus inspired by an exploration into “womens-work” and craft. |
| Aden Bowman Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Collaborating with Rebecca La Marre to research and plan future Artist in School grants centering on ceramics and youth mental health. |
| Glenn, Allyson |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$700 |
Travel to Portugal to attend Córtex Frontal Artist-in-Residence to conduct research and make new paintings for Eclipse series for solo exhibitions in Greece in 2024. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,865 |
We will host choreographer and educator Kunji Ikeda to develop KSAMB’s performative practice of "Falling Queer" by critiquing 2 public performances and leading 2 workshops. |
| Conquergood, Lorna |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$800 |
Create a portrait of a woman who fled Kabul in 2021 as part of a collaborative exhibition to highlight Afghan women's stories. |
