| Akintade-Oluwagbeye, Oluwaseun Peace |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
This grant supports the development and presentation of Ori Ara Emi, an Afro-centric exhibition and workshop blending Poet Laureate, Peace Akintade’s, visual and auditory poetry. |
| Bagatim, Tabata |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Attending the NCECA 2025 conference, to connect and learn from renowned ceramic artists to help improve my surface design techniques aligning with my forms. |
| Farnan, Colin |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
This grant will fund the development of an Artist in Residence project that partners professional artist Colin Farnan with the physical disability community of Saskatchewan |
| Anderson, Darryl |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I want to hire a videographer to video four songs at a live show for promotion and new single release |
| Vas, Eva |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
This project will teach me innovative educational techniques, and provide insights to elevate my artistic value as a designer and educator. |
| Devine-Tajgardan, Negar |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
After a short international residency I would like to attend a month-long residency in Saskatoon to reflect my observation, elaborate my creation and share it. |
| Jack Millikin Centre, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
We want to gather our community of artists and supporters to a visioning session for Art Alley, the next step for the Jack Millikin Centre. |
| Ay, Caramba! Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Artistic Leadership Residency by the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal |
| Slusar, Zoe |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
ZHE will host regular workshops/creative sessions with students; focused on exploring students interests on what kind of musical/creative projects they would like to further explore. |
| Latendresse, Jacqueline |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Remount and tour my contemporary dance work Stutter to the Connections/Collisions Cabaret in Edmonton at Mile Zero Dance. |
| Antymniuk, Amber |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
This opportunity would allow me to work with students in a community school where they would write and illustrate their own children's book. |
| Ewert Twa, Allison |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I have been invited to Karachi, Pakistan to particiapate in the filming of Season 3 Pakkay Dost. I will be connecting with the other artists, |
| Whitbread, Liz |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$465 |
I want to assist in planning and running a development workshop of a new Saskatchewan Play - The Boat, by Todd Devonshire. |
| Gauthier, Jean-Sébastien |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Bring together JS Gauthier and Demilade Otayemi for a collaborative studio intensive inspired by the Benin Bronzes using 3d scans, traditional sculpture and 3D printers. |
| Ormshaw, Rachel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I have been awarded a week-long residency to create pewter castings of small objects using silicone molds, expanding my skills in mold-making and metal casting. |
| Benjamin, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,179 |
Collaborate with Toronto composer Sodhivine and Saskatoon Cree songwriter Falynn Baptiste. Create new music that will be adapted for my upcoming CQ Concert performances. |
| Bryans, Amber |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$750 |
To build relationships and explore opportunities with schools in Saskatoon and area, working toward a future Artist in Schools residency or project. |
| Campbell, Maria |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Creation of a dedicated website for my past work and as a portal for upcoming podcast project and other community interaction opportunities. |
| Scantily Glad Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
This project is to travel to Seoul, South Korea for a developmental workshop of new show “Slugs” with live animator / puppet artist, Zach Dorn |
| Ly, Jenny |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,125 |
developing a cone shaped roller to make prints for exhibition |
| Krawchuk, Steph |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
I am traveling to New York in April to participate in an exhibition that I am a part of at 57w57arts. |
| L'Hirondelle, Cheryl |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,800 |
restoring/reversioning and creating emulators of my net.art projects for upcoming survey exhibition |
| Saskatoon Experimental Music Ensemble |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,070 |
Present a concert to premiere a collection of new compositions by Graeme Dyck. |
| Gil & Wil |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Support our debut release of professionally-produced music by organizing and executing shows in key communities within Saskatchewan. |
| Hobsbawn-Smith, Denise |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$9,124 |
Complete and revise collection of form poetry about essayist M.F.K. Fisher – including sonnets, villanelles, pantoums, ghazals, palindromes, abecedarians– ready for submission to publishers. |
| Tenold, Darla |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
Research Joan Phipps' Assiniboia Downs, Marquis Downs and Exhibition Track thoroughbred racing career for a book length biography. |
| Sparrow, Don |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$9,200 |
I intend to create three interconnected comic book memoir stories, each with a unique visual or narrative style, to be published together in an anthology. |
| The Salt Shaker Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$12,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
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. |
| Corbett, Emily |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$930 |
Travel to Regina for a 2-day handbuilding workshop with internationally renowned ceramic artist Sunshine Cobb. |
| Li, Darren |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Continue, finalize, and install works for the GlogauAIR artist residents' Open Studios event on March 14-15, 2025. Create professional presentation tools (business cards, etc.) |
| Gan, Jelly |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
A music video using Chinese pop culture aesthetic references from C-dramas, 80s Mando pop, and karaoke. |
| Read, Leanne |
SASKATOON |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$500 |
I will experiment with a player piano mechanism outside its traditional context, exploring motion through paint, light, and animation to visually represent its hidden sound. |
| Dahlem, Madeleine |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,791 |
A ten-day workshop to transform a written word cantata into a hybrid musical/spoken word form, including three days of musical improvisational work. |
| Janzen, Ava |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
A six-week professional development opportunity to attend Canada’s Music Incubator’s Artist Entrepreneur program in Toronto, receiving in-person mentorship and industry training in Spring 2025. |
| Mathieu, Véronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,250 |
Research manuscripts, archival materials, and new violin works written by women composers in Frankfurt and Munich (Germany) in August 2025. |
| Kirchmeier, Kurt |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$12,500 |
To write a young adult novel about a teen who gets caught in a time loop deep in the back-country of the Canadian Rockies. |
Farnan, Colin
Spinal Cord Injury (Saskatchewan) Inc. |
Saskatoon |
— |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$40,000 |
The Artist in Residency proposal is a partnership with artist Colin Farnan and Spinal Cord Injury Sask. A physical disability advocacy organization in Saskatchewan |
| Hambrock, Meredith |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$8,000 |
To continue working on my short story collection. |
| Bagatim, Tabata |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
Complete a two-month residency at Medalta to develop large-scale ceramic sculptures and refine surfaces to deepen emotional impact and advance my artistic practice. |
| Wicks, Bob |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
I have been accepted to participate in a unique residency with the Prague Shakespeare Company, June 15th to August 10th, 2025 |
| 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. |
| Vas, Eva |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,000 |
To develop a short drama film script about a young dressmaker who explores traditional craft through the lens of filmmaking and wardrobe design. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Farrow, Kody |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
To attend the FDC National Stage Combat Certification Conference in Saskatoon in August 2025, receiving my Basic Actor Combatant Certification. |
| 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. |
| Bulas, Patrick |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,800 |
As part of our ongoing collaboration, Jordan Schwab and I are planning to do a short, one week residency at SNAP Gallery in Edmonton, AB. |
| Saskatoon Experimental Music Ensemble |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
To present a series of concerts, premiering newly composed and improvised works. |
| Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,800 |
Prepare final elements (music licenses), Travel to present new feature film in for World Premiere (Copenhagen) and NorthAmerican Premiere (Toronto), followed by local confirmed events. |
| Ay, Caramba! Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,960 |
World premiere of The Newcomer by Yulissa Campos as part of the Live Five 2024-2025 season. |
| St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,000 |
Creation of newwork towards an expanded exhibition of All that You Change Changes You at the Kamloops Art Gallery in September 2026. |
| Bryans, Amber |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$3,516 |
Time and materials to produce works that explore pattern & repetition in linocut printmaking. |
| Bradshaw, Ryan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to New Zealand for two opportunities: performing and leading a workshop at the BurlesKiwi International Festival, and headlining at a monthly poetry night. |
| Dyck, Graeme |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$824 |
Publicly present 'Quantum Gates,' a newly composed interactive audio installation about gate-based quantum computing, at a 'Quantum Canada Open Doors' event. |
| Ballantyne, Kistin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
imagineNative is a Film/Media Arts festival held in Toronto, I have been invited to attend due to my involvement in the project "Buffalo Futurism". |
| Houle, Jade |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
As a Nehiyaw man, suicide is ever-present among friends & family in my life. With my music, I hope to inspire listeners to choose life. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Thistledown Press's Acquisitions Editor and Editorial Director, Elizabeth Philips, has been invited to attend the Indigenous Editors' Circle as a non-Indigenous participant in May, 2025. |
| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,301 |
Artistic Director to attend the Biennial national artist-run centre gathering "Against the Current", hosted by the Ottawa Art Gallery’s Alma Duncan Salon, AXENÉO7 and SAW. |
| Little Opera on the Prairie |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
LOOP presents a public vocal masterclass led by acclaimed Saskatoon clinicians, offering participants professional development through enhanced vocal performance and presentation. |
| Saint Luke School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2025-2026 |
$21,000 |
Getting back to nature, using land based and social emotional learning, and expressing that learning through art. |
| Gilmore, Carmen |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$875 |
I'd like to attend the online Sage Hill non-fiction writing course and study under author Jenna Butler. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$12,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Española, Aldeneil |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
I will study the "Bakla" culture of the Philippines through fabric paintings, fabric manipulation, styling and fashion design. |
| Parker, Kara |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
— |
| Goodon, Jayde |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$12,500 |
My plan is to create a large collection of paintings to hold a public and open art exhibition. |
| Alexson, Kamisha |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
This project interviews Elders about ancestral history, using their teachings to guide a visual story of the seven generations through mixed-media portraits. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Oyatogun, Oluwafunmilayo |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
Enchanted Concerts fuses orchestral music and storytelling, celebrating 65 years of the rich legacy and global impact of Nigerian music through the Black Orchestra. |
| Persephone Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$235,750 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Remai Modern |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$197,830 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$174,380 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| AKA Gallery Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$76,880 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Buffalo Berry Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$35,950 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Burnt Thicket Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$30,750 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Common Weal Community Arts Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$145,760 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Community Radio Society of Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Knight, Lancelot |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Showcase and attend Departure Festival and Conference (formerly Canadian Music Week) in Toronto, ON. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Friends of the Broadway Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$46,130 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$57,920 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Kenderdine Art Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$33,580 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| La Troupe du Jour Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$80,980 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| On the Boards Staging Company, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$30,700 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$145,550 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$38,950 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$25,630 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Opera Association |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$25,630 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Sum Theatre Corp. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$38,950 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$106,600 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wide Open Theatrical Escapades Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| 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 |
| Lafond, Mika |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$5,500 |
The creation of 5 children's books in nêhiyaw syllabics. The books will highlight Treaty 6 Territory Land, Language, Story, and Emotional Wellbeing. |
| Cuthand, Shawn |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
I would like to take a script I have developed and edit/format it to make into a PSA comic book about addictions. |
| Stratton, Tara |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$700 |
A 7-day poi retreat with mentor Nick Woolsey to advance in flow arts, dance, and performance, aiming for mastery and artistic growth. |
| Baird, Gavin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
I am applying for funding to continue to development and write a new independent feature-length screenplay titled "Uranium Boy." |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Kehler, Danielle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
To visually articulate the importance of "for as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow" in context of the Treaties |
