| 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. |
| Cowessess First Nation |
Cowessess |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$12,957 |
Urban Indigenous Art Workshops: Learn traditional techniques and contemporary expressions in Indigenous art, Revitalizing cultural connection and creative exploration. |
| Badger, Joanne |
Sturgeon Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$16,834 |
To continue teaching the art of porcupine quillwork at an intermediate level on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. |
| Ledoux, Maureen |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$15,000 |
We will have a Women's Wellness Weekend at Wanuskewin Heritage Park for Adult Indigenous Women aged 30 and up. |
| Stobart Community School |
Duck Lake |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,500 |
We wish to start a hoop dance program to accompany our existing drum and dance program. Requiring funds to make hoops and hire an instructor. |
| L'Hirondelle, Cheryl |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$17,752 |
To share, with Metis songwriter Berk Jodoin, my method of co-writing songs with incarcerated relatives in 2 SK correctionals & arrange/record/produce/master a song from each. |
| Stonechild, Jacob |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
I am currently looking for funding to continue my art projects not only to share but to teach those who might be interested thank you |
| Prairie Spirit Connection |
Regina |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$10,000 |
The teepees will be centralized for teaching, ceremony, song, providing connection to heritage, for families, children, youth, and foster parents to experience culture connections. |
| Armstrong, Audrey |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
Large visual artworks identify Treaty 6 and Métis territory. A community art wall invites participants to deepen their awareness of and relationship to this land. |
| Gabriel Dumont Local #11 |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$20,000 |
3 different cultural arts workshops including a Capote making workshop, a series of 3 different forms of beading workshops and a finger woven sash workshop |
| Moosomin, Miranda |
North Battleford |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$9,104 |
beading, capes, moccasins, leggings, hair ties, earrings, cuffs, sewing; ribbon skirts, shirts, jingle dresses, shirts, traditional day dresses. for ceremony purposes in Alberta and Saskatchewan. |
| Big River Metis Local #59 |
Big River |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$19,550 |
Connecting communities through stories, music and a sense of place that can foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of cultural heritage. |
| Asapace, Laten |
Raymore |
— |
Share and Connect |
2024-2025 |
$2,000 |
A project to share and preserve First Nations culture through dance, beadwork, and singing, fostering community healing, learning, and cultural pride. |
| Smith, James |
Muskoday |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
Building a medicine wheel based on stories and actual testimonies from Elders and existing wheels. Making a legacy project to last for generations. |
| Northern Village of Ile a la Crosse |
Ile-a-la Crosse |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
Kihteyak kiskinahihmewak oskayak (Elders teaching youth)
This project is in preparation of the Ile a la Crosse 250th celebration in 2026. |
| Brass, Philip |
Balcarres |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$16,400 |
Artist(s) Philip Brass and Stephanie Bellefleur will partner with Mid Summers Arts Festival to create a Public Art Mural for Fort Qu'Appelle Valley Friendship Centre. |
| Knight, Lindsay |
Saskatoon |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
Two streaming online musical performances similar to NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts with Indigenous artists from Saskatchewan. |
| Muskoday First Nation Community School |
Muskoday |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$20,000 |
We need to inspire Indigenous youth through cultural regalia making classes. We will hold afterschool sessions with students and their families as support. |
| Hundt, Paige |
Battleford |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$600 |
The Blessing Box is an unlocked, accessible place where you can donate gently used items for others to take whenever they need. |
| Half Breed Creations |
Maple Creek |
— |
Share and Connect |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
To establish a collective to apply for funding in January 2026 for an arts and culture day at Nekaneet First Nation during Culture Days 2026. |
| 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. |
| Sum Theatre Corp. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Expanding Sum Theatre's e-capacity by creating a participatory website. |
| Free Flow Dance Theatre Company |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
The purpose of this project is to perform technological upgrades to improve our ability to deliver programming and content online via video and live streaming. |
| Common Weal Community Arts Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Hire a consultant to provide training on the ethics of online programming and support artists with strategies on how to engage community through virtual platforms. |
| Friends of the Broadway Theatre Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Complete overhaul of our Ticketing, Point of Sale and Membership software, combining all into one web-based system. |
| 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. |
| Persephone Theatre |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Request for support week long Theatre Manager intensive training for Youth Tour Coordinator, Box Office Management and Staff. |
| Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc. |
Regina |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Build digital capacity and aquire accessible digital equipment to increase organizational capacity, resilience and responsiveness within Saskatchewan through disability arts and culture. |
| Kenderdine Art Gallery |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
To increase our organizational capacity to produce effective online content through increased community connections and redistribution of funds to skilled though precariously employed cultural workers. |
| Art Gallery of Swift Current |
Swift Current |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We will hire a professional videographer to create virtual tours of our next two upcoming exhibitions to help us regain, retain and broaden our audience. |
| Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Staff and board will take a 6-day training course and create concrete change for more equitable, diverse, and inclusive environments for our staff and public. |
| Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We want to increase our digital production capabilities, to enable us to record and broadcast Saskatchewan artists via podcast, live stream, etc. |
| Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Inc. |
Yorkton |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$4,825 |
Upgrade and replace aging and soon to be obsolete computer and technology infrastructure. Manage change and succession for a new Director & Curator position. |
| AKA Gallery Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Re-envision AKA's organizational framework, working with diverse consultants and colleagues challenge institutional assumptions and biases in order to better support artists, communities, and staff. |
| Neutral Ground Inc. |
Regina |
Visual |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
Address the barriers to equity at Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre through an in-depth anti-racism training program lead by Future Ancestors Inc. |
| Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To support the enrolment of our Managing Editor in the online Certificate in Publishing program from the Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University. |
| Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To cover expenses of Thistledown Press’ transition in ownership. |
| Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We would like to work with a consultant and explore ways to increase our digital capacity and navigate/adapt to the future of the literary/arts/festival sector. |
