| Spilchen, Danielle |
Warman |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$4,583 |
Our collective will produce and present George F. Walker's Zastrozzi as part of Live Five's 2024-2025 season in November/December of 2024. |
| Black Professionals and Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$5,725 |
Our festival is a multidisciplinary festival celebrating Black culture in Saskatchewan through music, fashion, and educational initiatives, fostering intercultural understanding and community engagement. |
| Outlook & District Heritage Museum |
outlook |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$8,000 |
Our festival takes place outside, we want to create a safe place for our performers and community members to come together. |
| St. Michael Community School |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Our goal is for Lloys Dubois to come and teach our students about his creative process and incorporate his Ojibway teachings using symbols and animals. |
| Ecole Dundonald School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Our Grade 4 students will engage in a series of land based explorations with Leah Dorion to explore and represent understandings of our inquiry question. |
| Rock My Gypsy Soul Music Festival |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Our Music festival is a not for profit event, held over 1 day, in downtown Prince Albert. |
| THE 525 ART POP-UPS INC. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Our pop-up art exhibition on November 25th and the pre-exhibit artists’ workshop aim to develop early-career artists who have little to no prior exhibiting experience. |
| W3APONS |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$12,000 |
Our project is a 5 month writing period that will include collaborations with notable songwriters John-Angus MacDonald (The Trews) and Clayton Bellamy (The Road Hammers). |
Thomson Community School
Jayde Goodon |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$11,500 |
Our project will strive to improve the literacy skills of students by exploring historical Indigenous artwork and incorporating traditional ways of teaching. |
| Westview Public School |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2025-2026 |
$30,130 |
Our resident would instruct a music, drama, and dance program in our school, since we that don't have a current music program in place. |
| Holy Rosary Community School |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Our school is permanently closing in June of 2023. We are implementing a school-wide art project to assist with the transition, through art and self-expression. |
| Portal of Understanding |
North Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Our sculpture is based on the idea of a multicultural totem using wood carving, paper making and forming, welded steel, felting and various other techniques. |
Wynyard Composite High School
Brianna LaPlante |
Wynyard |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
Our students will work in consultation with Indigenous artist Brianna LaPlante to create a mural that represents the 94 calls to action. |
Holy Family School
Kevin Pee-ace |
North Battleford |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Our students will work with Kevin Peeace to create a legacy piece (painting) in the hall of our school to represent our students and community. |
OUTSaskatoon Inc.
Marjorie Beaucage |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$17,125 |
OUTSaskatoon will create a two spirit drum group through drum making and singing in Saskatoon through a 10 week project called Healing Through The Drum. |
| SUNTEP Prince Albert |
Prince Albert |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Over six weeks SUNTEP Prince Albert students will work with an artist to learn the cultural teachings, design and create a ribbon skirt. |
| Kirkby, Mary-Ann |
Prince Albert |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
Over the course of a year, I plan to write the first draft of an historically based, non-fiction book titled “Untold, The Hutterite Story” |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
Over the next year, I would like to pursue three projects that will focus on new material processes and collaboration. |
| Van Opstal-Tamez, Ingrid |
Windthorst |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Paint a mural at a local music festival to expand my skills in public art and meet the needs of visual arts in small communities. |
| Roelens, Diana |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Paper sculpture and collage installation with Grade 8 class highlighting prairie wetlands in conjunction with a Ducks Unlimited WCE Project with the school |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Participate at Contact Ontarois |
| Goodpipe, Erin |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$1,000 |
Participate in a theatre workshop; supporting the creation and development of Children of the Bear, created by Todd Houseman, which I am a co-director. |
| Burns, Sherron |
North Battleford |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Participate in art, myth and mask making 5 day intensive workshop exploring natural materials as led by award winning artists Chrystene Ells and Xstine Cook. |
| Laird, Tonia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$475 |
Participate in the SWG self-directed retreat to work on manuscript due August 31st and network with fellow writers. |
| Stonhouse, David |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
Participate in the Wassaic Project Summer Artist Residency, New York. |
| Peters, Charles |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$700 |
Participating in a devised theatre workshop with Frantic Assembly, a celebrated UK theatre company while they are in Saskatoon for the first time. |
| Paquet, Daniel |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Participation as photographer in the creation of the work "What belongs to us" at the International Center for Contemporary Culture Tabakalera, with choreographer, Suzanne Miller. |
| Lebel, Emilie |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Participation at the Banff Musicians in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts in January 2023 |
| Harder, Kendra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Participation in Fresh Squeezed Opera's Online Vocal Lab 2022 where I will collaborate on a new operatic work |
| Fortier, Zoe |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Participation in Orange, contemporary art group exhibition at the Expression professional arts centre in St-Hyacinthe Quebec in June. |
| Zegeye-Gebrehiwot, Hagere Selam "shimby" |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Participation in the Oberhausen Seminar: examining global moving image practices in the context of a festival, interrogating the infrastructures that allow film to circulate. |
| Bourque, Marie-Véronique |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$500 |
Participation in the The Ali Ryerson Jazz Flute Master Class. This training will be offered online from January 3 to January 8, 2021. |
| Longman, Mary |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
Passage Home: Public Bronze Sculpture and Custom Healing Park.
Fund request to complete work: Phase 2: 3D printing and casting in bronze |
| C. Lysias Designs |
Rosthern |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$16,500 |
Passion for Fashion Project, "Project Iskotew" raises awareness on the residual effects of residential schools, while promoting culture, and healing through fashion. |
| passion2action Youth Empowerment |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
passion2action hopes to engage young artists to produce multidisciplinary content for INSPIRE, our flagship youth empowerment celebration that introduces students to new, local role models. |
| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
PAVED Arts intends to create an online open-source equipment booking and members access portal, in partnership with Video Pool artist-run in Winnipeg. |
| PAVED Art + New Media |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
PAVED Arts is hosting the Saskatoon iteration of the One Take Super 8 event taking place on Tues. Sept. 10th, 2019. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$14,496 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting three concerts as part of their 12th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,000 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting three concerts as part of their 14th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
| Per Sonatori |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$11,504 |
Per Sonatori will be presenting two concerts as part of their 11th season, as well as workshops for both professional and emerging musicians. |
| KSAMB Dance Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$9,955 |
Perfecting the technique of live amplification of dancers’ heartbeats and integrating the technique into a work in progress performance. |
| Dump Babes |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Perform 5 shows in Western Canada to promote our new album 'Known Liar', 4 of them as tour support for Miesha and the Spanks. |
| Mathieu, Veronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Perform of a recital, assess the needs of the community, and evaluate possibilities for developing a longer term residency. |
| Mathieu, Veronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$830 |
Perform, and offer outreach teaching and presentations during the first Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival in Nebraska this coming August. |
| Hoggarth, Opal |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,163 |
Peyote Ugly is a show that combines live music with alternative drag in Regina and Saskatoon. |
| Nafisa, Fatima |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Phase 1 of an ASL Poetry multimedia project aimed at expressing the Deaf BIPOC experience. |
| Hunks, Jacqueline |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,363 |
Phase 1: Travel to Saskatchewan ferries to photograph; research their histories, and gather community memories as groundwork for future paintings, leather collages, and text. |
| Morin, Myrtle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
Photography Book Series, and first in the series. Answers the question, "Who Am I" and will be around IRS, Sixties Scoop and Foster Care. |
| Brass, Philip |
Balcarres |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Pipe Stone carving youth mentorship opportunity at Community and School Chief Payepot, First Nation. |
| Baudemont, David |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Plaines aquarelles is a collection of water color paintings and poetic aphorism in reaction to confinement in the western plain. |
| Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Planning a culturally grounded Junior Sâkêwêwak mentorship program through community consultations with youth, artists, and Elders to guide future Indigenous arts engagement. |
| Creative Options Regina Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Planning and artist engagement for the "Foundations - Indigenous Artist In Residency" program for COR / Inclusion Regina. |
| Laird, Tonia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,750 |
Planning and writing of high fantasy novel with themes of decolonization, kinship, and intergenerational trauma and healing. |
| Ecole St. Gerard School |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Planning for future work with Kevin Peace. |
| Mushtaq, Warsha |
SASKATOON |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2025-2026 |
$1,500 |
Poetry of Resistance delivers 1–2 hour workshops to 5–8 Saskatoon high school classes, exploring how poetry and art can empower and inspire us amidst existential threats to marginalized communities and our shared, natural world. |
| Rice, Bruce |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
Poetry project travel and research; participation in solstice ceremonies and events, engagement with Indigenous people and other stewards of Ohio's Hopewell Earthworks. |
| Graham, John |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
Post-production work on the art film STILL HERE and submissions to film festivals worldwide in 2024 & 2025. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Poundmaker-Life, Legacy, Liberty. An exhibition commemorating the exoneration of Chief Poundmaker from the false charge of Treason by this white supremacist state, Canada. |
| Bellefleur, Stephanie |
Willow Bunch |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,885 |
Power Haus is a literary art book which explores; passion for community engagement and the introspective effects of colour therapy through the public art lens. |
| Melanson, Kendra |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$635 |
Power Moves Training of Applicate Kendra Melanson AKA Bgirl Quest by Bboy Siahnara
Project Dates: February 6–8, 2026
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,935 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions is creating professional work for theatre artists and will present 'Hand to God' by Robert Askins in Live Five's 2022/2023 season. |
| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions is creating professional work for theatre artists and will present 'Spring Awakening' by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, February 23-March 2. |
| Ppl r Ppl Productions |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$2,000 |
Ppl r Ppl Productions presents:
{Title of Show}, a four person, 1 pianist, 1 act musical
Performed at the Refinery and The Dekker Centre |
Prairie Sculptors' Association
Manitou Beach Recreation Board |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Communities |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
Prairie Sculptors' Assoc. (PSA) and Manitou Beach Recreation Board will host a sculpture symposium including public art workshops and a community art project. |
| Malinsky, Charles |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,000 |
Preliminary development of a new narrative series of paintings entitled, "Alisa and the Seven Deadly Sins." |
| 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. |
| Aubichon, Holly |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$620 |
Prepare for solo exhibition in the fall 2024 and afford my studio while taking time off to do this work! |
| McNaughton, Judy |
Prince Albert |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$975 |
Prepare, pack, and drive six artworks for the Between Us exhibition at Art Gallery of Regina for the opening on January 18, 2023. |
| In The Headlights |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Present 15 minutes of the play at the Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta Showcase (Oct. 24 - 26th) in Fort Saskatchewan, AB. |
| Mathieu, Véronique |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Present a concert featuring works by women composers with commentary prepared by a musicologist, and offer music workshops for students. |
| 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. |
| Cummings Truszkowski, Sarah |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
Present a framed series of silkscreen and painted text-based works on paper to be shown at an Art Gallery of Regina group show in 2021. |
| Mathieu, Veronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Present and perform at SHE Festival of Women in Music in Arkansas during an international conference which celebrates the contributions of women in music. |
| Katsiris, Constantine |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$700 |
Present current work-in-progress "Morose Code" in a live performance as part of Collide Festival. |
Mathieu, Veronique
Saskatoon Public Library |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
Present six free interactive and educational concerts involving different musical traditions at Frances Morrison Public Library (Saskatoon) and in North Battleford . |
| McDougall, Bradley |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,336 |
Presentation of my one man show Night Sweats, a personal story of coming out during the AIDS crisis and parallels with Covid. |
| Alexander-Luna, Tina |
Regina |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Presenting a lecture-recital with pianist Leanne Regehr at International Congress of Voice Teachers in Toronto, Ontario, about art song contributions of Canadian composer Violet Archer. |
| Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$5,238 |
Presenting a performance of our multimedia musical work "Out Loud" in Regina, to coordinate with performances in Saskatoon and Edmonton |
| Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery |
Moose Jaw |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,500 |
Presenting contemporary dance by New Dance Horizons in response to Edward Poitras' exhibition as part of National Day of Truth & Reconciliation community programming. |
| Wong, Wing Tak Nova |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,640 |
Presenting Historically Informed Performance of early and late Italian, French and German violin-harpsichord music, and Baroque dance step workshop, to the Saskatoon community. |
| Wecker, Sabine |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$848 |
Presenting my MFA thesis exhibition at this year’s UAAC conference in London, Ontario at the panel “Left in the Dark” chaired by Anna O’Meara. |
| Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,402 |
Presenting my one-person show "Mother Calling" in a double bill with Regina singer/actor Shannon Holmes, via RISER Regina's presentation series |
| Pridmore, Helen |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,887 |
Presenting performances of self-created vocal works, plus voice/electronics improvised music, in Washington State, USA |
| Raine, Nathan |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
Principle photography for a short crime film about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism, set in cold and snowy Saskatoon. |
| Veith, Ulrike |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Print a large format photograph in 9 panels for installation in a bus shelter, part of Kunst im Weg, a 2 day event in Germany |
| Oneschuk, Sarah |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,500 |
Printmaking residency at Banff Centre, magnifying crochet linework as it shifts from static object to abject subject, evoking the uncanny through failure, tension, distorted familiarity. |
| Thomson, Samuel |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2024-2025 |
$798 |
Procure a new guitar to serve as a replacement for Sam's current instrument, which is no longer functional. |
| Pistachio, Mara |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$800 |
Produce a culturally focused, youth-friendly, community-based drag show called United Diversity: A Drag Show. |
| Morgun, Jessica |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Produce a short video artist talk to communicate the project "Thoughts and Prayers" |
| Shadowpaw Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,875 |
Produce an audiobook version of the novel The Laundryman by Dwayne Brenna, to be narrated by the author. |
| 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. |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2024-2025 |
$13,200 |
Produce and present "Towards Liberation," a group exhibition featuring emerging and established Saskatchewan-based trans women artists at a time when our rights are under attack. |
| Tienkamp, Christine |
St. Louis |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Produce Metis beadwork pieces |
| Pawlowich, Raistlin |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
Produce, record & edit a single off my debut album. |
| Wilson, Nic |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$15,150 |
Producing an exhibition, artist's book, and texts as an artist and 2021-2022 writer-in-residence at Gallery 44 in Toronto. |
| Void Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Producing zines with Indigenous peoples and newcomers for distribution in Princeton, USA and Dublin,
Ireland |
| Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
Production and presentation of the 2024 Borealis Flamenco Festival Series consisting of three shows and various workshops. |
| Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$7,000 |
Production and presentation of the 2025 Borealis Flamenco Festival Series consisting of two shows, a film screening, and various workshops. |
| Flamenco Borealis |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2025-2026 |
$9,000 |
Production and presentation of the 2026 Borealis Flamenco Festival Series consisting of two shows and various workshops. |
| Ewenin, Ron |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Production and sale of 100, 2023 native art calendars to be sold across Saskatchewan. |
