Recipient Community Discipline Program Year Amount Description
Prairie Sky School
Melanie Rose
Regina Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $15,000 Students will work with lead artist Melanie Rose and other guest artists to create a collaborative felted blanket, and individual patches responding to social issues.
Neufeld, Clint Osler Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $6,000 This project uses ceramic figurines of 1990s Canadian peacekeepers to explore memory, trauma, and identity, preserving personal and collective histories through fragile, reflective forms.
Barreno, Cristian Regina Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 I want to frame 3 original paintings and 2 prints on canvas for a 3-year touring exhibition presented by OSAC.
Burns, Brody Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $14,000 Wanuskewin residency, workshop, and exhibition Septemeber 2026, Exhibition title: GIANTS
Lund, Shelby Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $2,090 This grant is to support the creation of three large-scale semi-abstract, soak-stain inspired paintings on canvas, communicating my lived experience with hearing loss.
LaPlante, Brianna Regina Visual Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2025-2026 $7,500 I will learn the traditional technologies of hide development and painting from community and elder/knowledge keeper engagement while working on my new body of artwork.
Weber, Hailey Saskatoon Visual Independent Artists Program 2025-2026 $5,000 Funding to support the creation of a body of work exploring forest fires.
Merasty, Leighsa Meadow lake Visual Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2025-2026 $16,000 I want to create the first chapter of a graphic novel that is an indigenous retelling of a fairytale.
Devine-Tajgardan, Negar Saskatoon Visual Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 to develop and create weaving pieces with patterns inspired by Persian textile to show at At Gallery of St. Albert
Hager, Brianne Battleford Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Attending a professional ceramics course in Saskatoon through November 2025 - January 2026.
Rose, Melanie Regina Visual Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists 2025-2026 $15,500 Provide artist fees and supplies to create a thirteen piece wearable art collection for presentation at an Indigenous Fashion Show at the MacKenzie Art Gallery.
Haraldson, Judy
Prairie Fibreshed Network Inc.
Strasbourg Visual Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $6,910 “Prairie Fibre — Full Circles”, a SCC Gallery fibre arts exhibition, will feature public textile demonstrations. We seek funding to pay demonstrators at CARFAC rates.
Bellefleur, Stephanie
Muscowpetung Education Centre
Balcarres Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $14,036 Intercultural Mural Grade 6 to 12, Venezuelan Artist, Stephanie Bellefleur and Land Based Educator; Cree, Saulteaux Knowledge Carrier and Artist Philip Brass for Muscowpetung School.
Willow Bunch Branch Library
Stephanie Bellefleur
Willow Bunch Visual Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $15,780 Intercultural mural with artist(s) Stephanie Bellefleur and Knowledge Carrier Philip Brass. Arts and Culture workshops informed by ecological literacy at Willow Bunch Library.
Turtleford Community School
Bonny Macnab
Turtleford Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $9,500 Students partner with a visual artist to create a calming, art-infused wellness room linking visual expression to emotional regulation, belonging, and mental wellness.
Ecole Alvin Buckwold School Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $14,000 The artist will support Grades 5–8 in set design, collaborate in cross-curricular learning with students, and continue developing their own artistic practice during the residency.
Goretzky, Barbara
Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home
Regina Visual Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $13,735 Create a collaborative (residents, families, artists and staff) 3-D legacy mural that celebrates and beautifies their space.
Nicolle-Phillips, Shelly Regina Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 I want to participate in a residency/workshop at the WIN Herbarium in Winnipeg to deepen my knowledge of species in native prairie for my art.
North Park Wilson School
Josh Jacobson
Saskatoon Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $10,000 A 2,600 sqft mural exploring the connection between land and Metis identity through student-led artmaking guided by Knowledge Keeper, artist, and the Creative Action team.
Mackasey, Michèle
William Mason School
Snowden Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $10,000 William Mason School students will engage with artist Michèle Mackasey, Elders, Cultural Advisors and other knowledgeable community members in a land-based art-making project.
King, Karlie
Balfour Collegiate
Regina Visual Artists in Schools 2025-2026 $6,016 Ceramicist Karlie King will work with Balfour Collegiate's (BAC) AP 20/30 for five weeks (May/June) and focus on the curriculum dedicated to clay.
Lakewood Lodge Resident Council
Shannon Mclean
Big River Visual Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $1,760 The grant is to fund a muralist to paint a mural on an entrance wall in our facility.
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.
Barreno, Cristian Regina Visual Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Create 2 new paintings for an OSAC touring exhibition called 'Nisto'.
Mahdian, Mahdi Regina Visual Building Arts Equity 2025-2026 $5,000 Create an oil painting series linking the skies of Iran, Ukraine, and Canada, transforming landscapes into reflections on migration, belonging, and the universality of horizon lines.
Fuh, Simon Regina Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 To support the exhibition of Int. Exotica. Night., a new video work by Kate Whiteway and Julia Hendrickson at Bunny Artist Social Club.
Town of Mossbank Mossbank Visual Artists in Communities 2025-2026 $991 We will be bringing in a professional artist to plan a project for Old Wives Lake Festival 2026 with Tourism and Council.
Shaw, Carey Saskatoon Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Travel to Calgary, AB to attend the Exposure Festival's North West Showcase Exhibition opening at Contemporary Calgary, which I am included in.
Lopez, Roberto Regina Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Cover framing costs for five paintings within a broader exhibition display, ensuring professional presentation for public exhibition on January 23rd and beyond.
Monsebroten, Bailey Regina Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $850 I would like to buy supplies to create a jewelry collection for the Metis Nation Saskatchewan offices in Ottawa.
Bandur, Breanne Saskatoon Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 I will be attending the Vermont Studio Center to participate in their Visiting Artist & Writer Residency Program from March 2nd - 20th, 2026
McCallum, Janaya Prince Albert Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $665 To fund my first solo exhibition in a gallery, “Carousel of Time” at the John V. Hicks Gallery in Prince Albert (April 1st - 23rd, 2026).
Lowry, Nancy Saskatoon Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Remai Modern plans to tour a survey exhibition of my work and I need to stabilize the corners of my paintings before the tour.
Szlpacka, Aleksandra REGINA Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 To create 2h live painting event and share my other work through a printed professional portfolio to showcase my artistic practice.
Shurniak Gallery Inc. Assiniboia Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $2,000 Shurniak Art Gallery, Assiniboia Arts Council, Town of Assiniboia will collaborate to create 20 street pole banners featuring local artwork, themed as Prairie Roots.
Miner, Colin Saskatoon Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Travel to William Kentridge Studio in Johannesburg (South Africa) for visual research, networking, practice-based learning, and collaboration development for a future installation artwork project.
Chabros, Diana Val Marie Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 Respond to invitation from Saskatoon's The Two Twenty to install paintings for community/business exhibition (three month Riversdale Art Walk) and conduct new project research.
Bagatim, Tabata Saskatoon Visual Microgrant Program 2025-2026 $1,000 This grant enables me to attend a Noborigama wood-firing workshop in Cunha, Brazil, reconnecting with cultural heritage while learning increasingly rare ceramic firing practices.
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Photo Credit: Artist Evie Ruddy partnered with UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity on a photography project featuring trans and non-binary people. Photo by Charity Marsh.