Reyes, Lautaro
Saskatoon Open Door Society |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
For the play Welcome to (My Country), Lautaro Reyes interviewed newcomers to Saskatoon. Their gripping stories are retold by the newcomers themselves alongside established artists. |
| 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, Veronique |
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". |
| 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. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Chokecherry Studios |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Ferre Play Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Spinners and Weavers Guild |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Wanuskewin Heritage Park |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| 25th Street Theatre Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Tyme Music Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$42,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$75,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$89,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Mikhaylova, Evgenia |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Recipe Recital is a live performance production on the affects of olfactory and sonic vocabulary on environmental perception. |
| Stark, Maia |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
This self-directed mini-residency will strengthen my narrative painting practice and provide opportunity for collaboration; funding is critical to secure studio space and materials. |
| Neilsen, Ross |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$675 |
I am going to hire Beezneez Recording Service to capture my live band performance on video and audio. |
| Nelson, Josiah |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
This microgrant would help fund my attendance at Sage Hill's Fiction Course, where I would workshop and develop my debut short story collection. |
| Hosaluk, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$930 |
Construction of shipping crates for "The Circle and the Dot" Exhibition July 8, 2025, at the Mann Gallery in Prince Albert, SK. |
| Macdonald, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Myself and a team of professional theatre artists are travelling to Scotland to perform my play, IAGO SPEAKS at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. |
| Butler, Ciel |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Entertaining and diversifying Saskatoon's Fringe Festival 2025 by funding the inclusion of Saskatoon-based drag performers on their all ages, free outdoor stage. |
| Akintade-Oluwagbeye, Oluwaseun Peace |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Dedicating time for the upcoming production of The Newcomer while receiving mentorship to develop technical, leadership, and storytelling skills as an emerging director in Saskatchewan. |
Mookerjee, Abhiroop
Silverspring Elementary School |
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$7,300 |
Introduce street dance in Arts Ed, fostering creativity and physical expression, promoting teamwork, enhancing students' confidence, cultural awareness and creating an inclusive environment |
| Hutchinson, Jonathan |
Saskatooon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
The Uplift Duo will be recording a Christmas album, and putting on a Christmas concert in December showcasing music from the album, and special guests. |
| O'Gorman, Kate |
Sasktatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,095 |
The artist will attend Sage Hill’s 2024 Fiction Course with a focus on revising part one of a three-part novel-in-progress currently titled The Light Chasers. |
| Andronyk, Jeanie |
Shaunavon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,500 |
To fund the creation of a large scale bronze sculpture. |
| Muirhead, Laurie |
Shellbrook |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$500 |
Work with professionals in the area of children's literature to assist me with editing and finding a suitable publisher for my manuscript (Loonies for Lazaro). |
| 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. |
| Larson, Melanie |
Simmie |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$500 |
Fund two virtual exhibitor booths for children’s books that I was invited to. North Central Teachers Convention & Might Peace Teachers Convention, based in Alberta. |
| Thunderchild, Richard |
Spiritwood |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$6,800 |
Classes for adults and youth to learn the powwow craft of headroach-making. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Batycki, Kai |
St Denis |
Theatre |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2024-2025 |
$2,500 |
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| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,500 |
Elevating the production value and visual impact of Ponteix’s live performances via tour-ready custom projections and coordinating stage lighting. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Request of funds to go towards the purchase of 2 flight cases capable of protecting musical equipment while travelling internationally to play at professional performances. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$9,000 |
Write and compose music and lyrics for Ponteix’s next record |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
A two month musical "boot camp" aiming to improve my technical and creative music abilities. |
| Lepage, Mario |
St. Denis |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,450 |
Creation of Ponteix’s new live performance incorporating new written material to support the new album "le canadien errant" to be released autumn of 2024 |
| Tienkamp, Christine |
St. Louis |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Produce Metis beadwork pieces |
| River Road Festival |
St. Louis |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To conduct surveys to research next River Road Festival events and direction. |
| Tienkamp, Christine |
St. Louis |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$4,500 |
To support a Metis Womens Artists evening with an exhibit following, completing and adding new 'li rooz di no piyii' pieces to the exhibit. |
| Rhoda Hardlotte Memorial Keethanow High School |
Stanley Mission |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,415 |
Josh Goff will work with students from the Visual Arts 10/20 class to design a concept for a mural. |
| Firmly Rooted Homeschool Support & Resource Centre Inc. |
Stenen |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To introduce, homeschooled kids, to the benefits and joys of art; and to help build community within a broad spectrum of economically divers families. |
| Firmly Rooted Homeschool Support & Resource Centre Inc. |
Stenen |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To provide an opportunity for rural homeschool children, of various economic backgrounds, to connect with, and build, community through the art of photography. |
| Banga, Kaydence |
Stockholm |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
A music, soundscape and dance based theatrical production exploring youth and artist mental health. |
