| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Kitchen Fest: A series of 8 inter-ractive evening concerts over two weeks presenting Saskatchewan musicians collaborating with professional musicians from across Canada and the World. |
| Manitou Beach Literary Festival |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
Multi genre contemporary literary festival celebrating excellence in local, provincial, national and international literature through presentation of book launches, author readings, workshops, panels and performance. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
JazzFest Regina 2023 celebrates its 15th. annual festival kicking off summer and our festival event season. |
| Unheard Sound Collective |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
To present the 11th edition of Sounds Like: An Audio Festival with the theme "Duality" in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 12-13 and October 13-14, 2023. |
| Regina Pride Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
A celebration of Regina’s gender and sexually diverse communities with a series of artistic, cultural, and social events intended to educate and entertain our audience. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
18th Cinergie Festival, International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
The Strata Festival of New Music is a 3 day festival featuring newly composed music by beginner, emerging and established Canadian and Saskatchewan composers. |
| Regina Chamber Music Festival |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
The project is the presentation of three nights of chamber music concerts and related events in the community, by international and local artists. |
| 25th Street Theatre Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$42,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$12,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$89,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$75,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Queer City Cinema Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$32,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Regina Folk Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$80,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Cultural Festivals |
Swift Current |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Bengough Municipal Arts Council Inc. |
Bengough |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$26,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
Air Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$15,650 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| The Salt Shaker Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
This application is seeking funding for the Salt Shaker Festival, a 3-day multi-media arts festival set in Manitou Beach on July 12th-14th, 2024. |
| Waskesiu Recreation Association Inc. |
Waskesiu Lake |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Lakeside Music Festival is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival. 2023 attendance was 5000+. All performers are from Saskatchewan, and Sunday specifically highlights Indigenous talent. |
| Black Professionals and Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Black History Month Saskatchewan is a two-day multidisciplinary festival in February, that provides Black cultural education and appreciation in the province of Saskatchewan. |
| Central Urban Metis Federation Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
7th annual CUMFI Metis Cultural Days are days of celebrating Metis Music, Dance, Theatre, Art, Culture, and Language. |
| 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. |
| Regina Highland Festival Association Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
This project will support Celtic music performance at the SHGCF, featuring local professional musicians and world-renowned musician Fred Morrison from Scotland. |
| Write Out Loud Poetry |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
We will administrate a 4 day youth poetry festival in Saskatoon through showcases, workshops and community building events. |
| Sarasa Performance Laboratory Inc. |
Paynton |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Poundmaker Performance Festival is an intercultural and Indigenous Performance Festival within a Laboratory setting. The Festival takes place in an Indigenous community and structures. |
| Cathedral Area Community Association |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
We are seeking support for the 33rd annual 'Cathedral Village Arts Festival'. A free six day celebration of the creative spirit showcasing local grassroots talent. |
| Holophon Audio Arts |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
To launch Regina’s inaugural sound art festival running from October 26th, 2024 to October 27th, 2024. |
| Regina Blues Association |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,700 |
The Mid-Winter Blues Festival features both MainStage and free live blues music events featuring diverse local, national and international performers throughout Regina. |
| Alpha Kids Crew |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
Game Theory VI is a free community festival focusing on youth, female, and non-binary involvement in Breakin’ and growing awareness to the street dance culture. |
| Country at the Creek Music Fest Inc. |
Big River |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Country at the Creek Music Festival is an annual outdoor Music event held just outside of the community of Big River |
| The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$7,000 |
Hosting a series of diverse emerging and established writers and musicians from across Canada. Paying artists to extend their tour to include Saskatchewan's small audiences. |
| Regina Jazz Society Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
JazzFest Regina 2024 celebrates its 16th annual jazz festival kicking off summer in Regina and Southern Saskatchewan along with our Saskatchewan festival fun events season. |
| One Take Super 8 Event |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$6,500 |
This project will help artists create and exhibit 25 new films as part of the annual OTS8 film event dedicated to developing filmmakers in Saskatchewan. |
| Kitchen Party Music, Inc. |
Forget |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Kitchen Fest: A series of 8 inter-ractive evening concerts over two weeks presenting Saskatchewan musicians collaborating with professional musicians from across Canada and the World. |
| Saskatchewan Jewish Arts Festival |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$5,800 |
To fund the creation & production of a series of Saskatchewan Jewish Arts Festival "pop up" events, leading up to our next full festival (2025) |
| Prairie New Music Festivals Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
The Strata Festival of New Music is a 3 day festival featuring newly composed music by beginner, emerging and established Canadian and Saskatchewan composers. |
| 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. |
| Federation des Francophones de Saskatoon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
19th Edition International Francophone Film Festival of Saskatoon CINERGIE |
| Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,650 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Napatak Ramble Music & Arts Inc. |
La Ronge |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Nuit Blanche Regina Arts Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Nuit Blanche Saskatoon Contemporary Arts Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Regina Folk Festival Inc. |
Regina |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$80,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| RIFFA Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,175 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Saskatoon Blues Society Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$14,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$12,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| 25th Street Theatre Centre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Bengough Municipal Arts Council Inc. |
Bengough |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$26,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Cultural Festivals |
Swift Current |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$30,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old-Tyme Music Society, Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Northern Saskatchewan International Children's Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$42,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Music |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$75,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$89,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Yorkton Film Festival |
Yorkton |
Media Arts |
SaskFestivals |
2024-2025 |
$53,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
| Constant, Shannon |
Cumberland House |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Create jackets with an indigenous artist |
| Deiter, Christine |
Balcarres |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
I would like to plan for a youth/Elder Saulteaux Tipi camp. This camp would be about Saulteaux language, culture and games. |
| Miyawata Culture Association Inc. |
Paynton |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$15,011 |
A series of Plains Indian Sign Language workshops to actively teach, reanimate Cree language learning using PISL. Live and Virtually. |
| Bird, Lianne |
Balcarres |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Singers from Peepeekisis FN joined with Saskatchewan Gymnaestada to perform at Amsterdam World Gymaestrada Festival to promote Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action. |
| Bear's Song Collective |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$15,500 |
To provide intergenerational teachings about birch, spruce and porcupines and using their natural resources to create birch bark baskets and documenting the entire process. |
| Smith, James |
Muskoday |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Ask younger indigenous people what they think about Art. Show them how to develop these ideas ranging from educational, spiritual experiences, hardships, beauty nature, aspirations. |
| Muskoday First Nation Community School |
Muskoday |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
We will teach youth traditional Pow-Wow drumming, singing and regalia making. We will teach youth to make Indigenous hand drums and rattles. |
| Knight, Lindsay |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$19,997 |
To mentor and then host an itwewiniyiniwak("word people") storytelling gathering based on creation story(ies) of Treaty Six Territory, including contemporary/traditional rap, comedy, poetry and songwriting. |
| Friday, Tekeyla |
Webb |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
Create the Stop-Motion Animation short film Escape from Residential School by mentoring youth to help with the production, pass on my skills and build community. |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
The project animates community through our stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward. |
| 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. |
| George-Heese, Tracey |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
The project will have three components; an artist residency, a 3 session workshop circles and exhibition of final pieces. For the personal residency, I will focus on on the creation of a Treaty 4 Dress that reflects on my ancestors who were signatories of the Treaty 4 document. |
| 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. |
| Gabriel Dumont Local #11 |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$19,400 |
Sewing Circle hosts Metis cultural arts workshops and then gathers weekly where artists mentor and support the learning of our members. |
| Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$11,780 |
To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Nehiyawak(Cree Peoples), on Treaty Six Territory. |
| Petit, Marcel |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To create a first draft of the documentary film Queer Seniors by editing twelve existing interviews of queer Indigenous Elders and settler senior citizens. |
| Wanuskewin Heritage Park |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
Offering a free, drop-in art collaboration in with Metis artists Holly Tennant and Leah Dorion to connect with the Prince Albert Indigenous community through art. |
| Belanger, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$6,084 |
The funds will assist in the creation and development of new material for Kokum Ernestine and her pet bird Muckatoon (puppet) . |
| Friesen, Marcy |
Carrot River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$6,084 |
I would like to carry out a mentorship that is shaped by ideas of matriarchy and intergenerational relationships. |
| Pewapsconias, Janelle |
Paynton |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$9,900 |
For youth descendants of Indian Residential School to capture survivance stories through family tree art, spoken word, and storytelling for Orange Shirt Day 2023. |
| GGFN Elders |
@level1.client.city@ |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$19,752 |
Create an after-school program aimed at First Nation Arts in collaboration with Students, Elders, and community members, showcasing students' work in a final celebration. |
| Ledoux, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$12,664 |
To hold a three day Moccasin-making class in Mistawasis reserve. |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
The project connects community through stories, music and connection to our land by highlighting knowledges of past to create new pathways forward. |
| Knight, Lindsay |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$16,336 |
To plan, present, mentor and perform "The TMRWS" Indigenous Women in Hip Hop Festival in Treaty Six Territory on July 12, 2024. |
| Indigenous Poets Society |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Publish a Zine of indigenous writing, artwork in early 2024 of 50 pages. Create digitally and send to printers at SK and ON branches distribution. |
| Gladue, Raeanne |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Fund research hours for cultural film. Documentary on a native man's journey how sixty scoop and residential schools had an impact on cultural self identity. |
| Cando Metis Local 55 Incorporated |
SASKATOON |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
We'd tell the story of the Cando and District Metis. Cando, Willowfield and Beljennie had a big Metis population with a story to tell. |
| Anderson, Skyler |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To lead, mentor, and direct a group of young and emerging indigenous artists from Treaty 4 through a devised performance at the Treaty 4 Grounds. |
| Saskatoon Symphony Society |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Video capture training of SSO team and musicians as we launch online streaming/digital concerts to remove barriers of access for audiences during pandemic and beyond. |
| 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. |
