| 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. |
| Oblong and Oboe |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Exploration, creation and development to expand a 20-minute clown piece to a full 60-minute tourable production at the Manitoulin Centre for Creation and Performance. |
| Wasiuta, Vivian |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Experimentation with Saskatchewan Grown Vegetation as Natural Dye. This supports creating pieces for the Prairie Fibre – Full Circles Exhibition, Saskatchewan Craft Council, January 2026. |
| Bessai-Saul, William |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Experimental dance film based on my comic strip "Bird People,” from storyboarding, costumes, sets, rehearsals, filming, music, editing; to a finished live performance and movie. |
| Semko, Jacob |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,555 |
Expanding traditional fine-art wood block printmaking by developing methods with novel tools and techniques |
| Sum Theatre Corp. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Expanding Sum Theatre's e-capacity by creating a participatory website. |
| Mardell, Rachel |
Prince Albert |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Expand my practice by attending an online course on Botanical Printing, and purchase supplies to complete. |
| Severight, Tanya |
Whitecap |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Expand my fabric design skills to make Story Star Quilts, by adding embroidery and sublimation images to the quilts, ribbon skirts and make dolls. |
| Chabros, Diana |
Val Marie |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Expand current body of work, (samskāra: Stories of Discernment), with ten large oil paintings for potential solo exhibition at mid-sized gallery venues in western Canada. |
| Pask-Thompson, Karen |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Exhibit 30-35 works at the Chapel Gallery in NB for first solo show outside Saskatoon. Taking advantage of an opportunity to exhibit in 2022. . |
| Nawaz, Zarqa |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$7,238 |
Everyone loves to watch a good crime story. But we've never seen a play about mosque heist. I'd like to write that play. |
| Mount Royal Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Please Select |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$13,400 |
Establish a student studio art mentorship program with a 2S Indigenous artist fostering agency, identity and cultural celebration via collaborative murals and digital art exhibitions. |
Dr. Brass School
Terrance Littletent |
Yorkton |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$15,643 |
Establish a Pow Wow group within our school to foster a sense of belonging and community for all students. |
| Saskatoon Open Door Society |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Establish a body to research and coordinate artistic programming in partnership with Saskatoon Open Door Society. |
| Mehlsen, Erik |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Erik Mehlsen is the principle songwriter for Sharp 5 Records; is seeking opportunity to write the music for the 2022-2023 production cycle. |
| Buffalo, Myrna |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Engaging with participants at the "Renewing Our Spirit" event regarding stories and teachings from Residential School Survivors. |
Mistawasis Nehiyawak High School
Kris Moffatt |
Leask |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Engage students in art therapy sessions, complete a friendship canvas and develop a video of these process. Friendship and culture. |
Saskatchewan Band Association
Paul Suchan |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Engage developing youth composers, through collaboration with a professional composer, in the creation of a 4-piece band composition celebrating the Saskatchewan Band Association’s 40th anniversary. |
| 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. |
Mabrouk, Rawda
École Forest Grove School |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2024-2025 |
$7,700 |
Empowering transformation and confidence through the realm of contemporary dance. |
| Froese, Ellen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Ellen is embarking on a tour across Saskatchewan, Alberta and the NWT up to Folk On The Rocks Music Festival in Yellowknife, NT. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
éemi is representing Saskatchewan at a prestigious and international music competition in Granby, Québec with two musicians from Montreal. |
| Scott, Tallus |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Educational project to develop drum performance practices and recording practices under the tutelage of Stephane Chamberland, Dave Elitch, and Flavio Cirillo. |
| Dene High School |
La Loche |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$5,492 |
Educational expedition. This project is to support and gain Indigenous knowledge through teachings and experiences. Participants will be exposed to all facades of Indigenous led projects and businesses that will encourage our Youth in taking pride of their heritage and identity as indigenous peoples. |
| Weber, Hailey |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Educational courses in traditional Japanese artmaking and support to conduct field research in Japan. This research will inform the creation of a body of work. |
| Harris, Carla |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Editing my first collection of disabled narrative poetry I will attend an immersive, facilitated writing program focused to revise my manuscript for submission to publishers. |
| Ferguson, Louisa |
Meacham |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Ecological Restorative Art project is a site specific art installation designed and executed in collaboration with community members and The Meewasin Valley Authority. |
| Eastend Arts Council |
Eastend |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Eastend Arts Council will rebuild its website to grow our community, and support the arts through innovative on&off-line programing associated with Wallace Stegner House |
| Baraniecki, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
During this time, I'm looking for innovative ways that people can still experience thought-provoking art by creating immersive projections around the city. |
| Vida, Mackenzy |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
During spring 2025, participants will come together to paint and beautify the community garden boxes, a vital resource for those facing food insecurity. |
| Legris, Sylvia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
During my project period I will complete the first draft of a new poetry collection, The Principle of Rapid Peering. |
| Mitchell, Terri-Lynn |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Duo Estelle is asking for $1000 to support the costs surrounding our three city Saskatchewan tour including transportation fees for guitarist Emily Shaw from Ottawa. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,500 |
Dramaturgy, rewrites, & remounting 'Identity Crisis' for a 2024 tour to the Winnipeg & Edmonton Fringe Festivals with John Turner, Karen Hines, Kenn McLeod. |
| 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. |
| YXE Drag Collective |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,378 |
Drag Me Across the Prairies will present LGBTQ+ drag artistry across the three Prairie provinces expanding on last years successful Saskatchewan Drive-in tour. |
| 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. |
| Dog Patch Music Festival Inc. |
Loon Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Dog Patch Music Festival is requiring funds to assist in paying musicians. |
| Dog Patch Music Festival Inc. |
Loon Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
Dog Patch Music Festival is requesting funds to assist in paying our musicians. |
| Otayemi, Demilade |
saskatoon |
Theatre |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Documenting the collaboration process between SUM Theatre and EDM Lab through, interactive documentation methods. Inspiring future collaborations and youth engagement in artistic and engineering careers |
| The Garrys |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Documentation/recording/mixing costs of The Garrys' Live score of "Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages", to be performed on Oct. 25th at the Roxy Theatre. |
| Fidelak, Terri |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Documentation of a collaborative sound and performance piece created by Rania Al Harthi, Kris Alvarez, Terri Fidelak, and Jess Richter. |
| Kozak, Kathryn |
Creighton |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Do you hear what I hear, is a participant activated installation. It's focused on the inner sounds of trees and the non-human world. |
| On the Boards Staging Company, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Diversifying our program delivery by incorporating live streaming into the production model of independent performing artists. |
| Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Direct and finish a narrative short film that deals with alcohol abuse and reverses racial stereotypes. |
| Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,780 |
Direct and finish a narrative short film about beekeeping and the ecological issues effecting bees. |
| Kazan, Lina |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$14,577 |
Development, preparation and multiple presentations of Flamenco Borealis' reimagined stage work "Qadar: a Date with Fate" |
| Wiwchar, Michelle |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Development of the libretto for “Orpheus and Eurydice: Nox”, a modern, queer response to my existing work with Kendra Harder, “Orpheus and Eurydice... ish”. |
| Hagan-Egyir, Rebecca |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,573 |
Development of second draft of novella, Kingdom of Waking Dreams. |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$14,000 |
Development of a 3D rendered 3-channel audio/visual work called All My Dreams Are Made of Water |
| Kuse, Stephanie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Developing technical quality and scope of abstract digital video art utilizing natural textures. |
| Standing, Cyrus |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$4,488 |
Developing my art form of story telling and tell the stories of Dakota history, Kinship, language and my community in Saskatchewan |
| Macnab, Bonny |
Mervin |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Developing knowledge for a sustainable, bio-diverse art practice through mapping color extraction from Canadian plants. Rebuilding connection to sense of place through experience with plants. |
| Willey, Leon |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Developing and creating a door to door interactive theatre show. In consultation with artists in Stratford Ontario this May, to be performed outside, this summer. |
| E.D. Feehan Catholic High School |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Developing an indigenous drumming and singing group of indigenous youth leading to a community event and performance. |
| Holowachuk, Dorianna |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,500 |
Developing an artistic vision and repertoire list, and supplementing skills in preparation to direct a newly-formed independent choir. |
| Gauvin, Vanessa |
Swift Current |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Developing a relationship between Artist and Camp, create music curriculum targeted for youth & engage community working towards an Artist-project grant for June to August. |
| 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 |
| The Gallery/Art Placement Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Develop plans with Biofeedback Collective for artist in communities project proposal to support development of artist community through intergenerational dialogue, mentorship, and exchange. |
| 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. |
| wherewe.collective |
Tisdale |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Develop dance progressive dance workshops geared towards students age 12-18 as well as teachers. All workshops developed for the collective's upcoming sleep-away dance camp. |
| Fernandez, Cezar Patrick I |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$8,587 |
Develop and produce new works for three exhibitions in the Philippines. |
| Melberg Schwier, Karin |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
Develop an in-progress literary prairie fiction manuscript, Inheriting Violet, a sequel to my award-winning debut novel, and produce a finished draft ready for substantive editing. |
| Aubichon, Holly |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Develop a website, creating a map to share where traditional tattoo-artists work and build community-backed resources for future inclusion of tattooing during ceremonies and events. |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,147 |
Develop a collection of 10 large watercolor self portraits featuring moments of my activist history. |
| Rosenwald/Rose |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
Develop "exhibition-in-a-box" package to tour our installation, Journal of the Plague Year, plus create new work that chronicles the temperature of the times. |
| Fisher, Craig |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Despite CP, I use computers and digital devices. During COVID, I watch birds at my window. With web camera, I will stream my small world. |
| Naytowhow, Joseph |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
designing and manufacturing 500 CD singles of my original song "Born From Dirt" about my fragmented memories of being stolen away to attend residential school. |
| Dene High School |
La Loche |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Dene High School in La Loche will establish a relationship with local and internationally recognized guitar and vocalist Damien Cheecham. |
| LaRiviere, David |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,400 |
Deliver paper at 12th annual Deleuze & Guattari Studies academic camp and conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, and apply research to collaborative project. |
| Perry, Chancz |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Deliver a movement-based workshop at Connectively Moving Our Dance and screen two short-videos at the IABD International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance. |
| Logan, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,311 |
Dedicate significant time to working on the completion of my first independently developed release while solidifying my artistic identity through the exploration of sound. |
Winston Knoll Collegiate
Chrystene Ells |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$39,432 |
Deaf youth engage with personal artistic practices, guided by curated artists reflecting areas of classroom cultural demographics and intersectionality, including Deafness, LGBTQ, Indigenous and Newcomer. |
Reimer, Joel Dash
Pleasant Hill Community Association |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
Dash Reimer will partner with different communities in Pleasant Hill to create an artistic response to the question of what safety looks like in community. |
| Garneau, David |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,000 |
Dark Chapters is a collection of still life paintings that metaphorically depict issues familiar to contemporary Indigenous people. |
| Dancing Sky Theatre Inc. |
Meacham |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Dancing Sky Theatre is implementing environmentally sustainable practices at all levels of our organization. We is hoping to purchase refurbished Ipads from TechSoup Canada. |
| Hosaluk, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Dances with Props is the development of a dance piece inspired by contact improvisation investigations, as they relate to my craft practice. |
| Lehner, Katelyn |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,649 |
Custom inner ear monitors to provide consistency between shows to refine live vocal skills |
| Central Urban Metis Federation Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
CUMFI would like to provide jigging lessons as a cultural and entertaining event for children ages 5 to 15 to revitalize the dance Metis. |
| Dunbar, Geanna |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Culturally immersive myself, honor and celebrate Indigenous art while fostering cultural appreciation. To showcase skills and contribute to the economic empowerment of Indigenous artistic talent. |
| Slusar, Zoe |
@level1.client.city@ |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Creative sessions with the Grade 6s, 7s and 8s to build on existing relationships and explore the students’ needs/interests in developing future artistic musical projects. |
| Creative Options Regina, Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Creative Options Regina wishes to facilitate a Painting workshop, where participants would have the opportunity to partake in the art form while gaining artistic skills. |
North Park Wilson School
Joel Bernbaum |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Creative Action is a new Grade 8 Arts Program. Partnering with Joel will enhance the program from the very first year of its existence! |
| Schultz, Chantel |
Estevan |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Creation/installation/exhibition of work in sculpture and drawing for an upcoming solo exhibition at the Estevan Art Gallery & Museum. |
| Cameron, Steph |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Creation, development and demonstration recordings of songs for album, Blood Moon. Expansion of live performance repertoire. |
| McGuinty, Mooky |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$9,747 |
Creation time to script write and production plan 13 episodes of a preschooler and neurodivergent student, screen based educational program |
| Epp, Carole |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Creation of work for the exhibition borderLINE: 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art, plus travel to install the work in Edmonton in September. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Metcalfe, Shayne |
Waldheim |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Creation of monologues through an experimental writing and performance process. Scripts will be created from documentary style interviews of actors then used for video monologues. |
| Balion, Audra |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,410 |
Creation of final two chapters of "Flight Nineteen," a silent (wordless) sci-if/fantasy graphic novel exploring biological and technological transformation. |
| Ells, Chrystene |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Creation of concept art/previsualization for planned 'mytho-feminist' film 'Tor Woman' including a photoshoot with a costumed model, and sketches and paintings based on these photos. |
| 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. |
Fidelak, Terri
Christ the King School |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Creation of a large, temporary sculptural installation using locally-sourced clay to engage students in learning about connection to land and sustainability through the creative process. |
| 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. |
| Moker Wernikowski, Connie |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$3,050 |
Creation of a contemporary dance duet to be accompanied by original poetry and music. |
| 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 |
| Cabildo Esquivel, Priscila |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2024-2025 |
$5,000 |
Creation of 2 pieces of Arte Huichol in animal skulls for a Day of the Death altar display. |
| Willems, Alexander |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,249 |
Creation grant to write, storyboard, and develop a short film exploring how sobriety impacts social dynamics. |
