| Mathieu, Véronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,250 |
Research manuscripts, archival materials, and new violin works written by women composers in Frankfurt and Munich (Germany) in August 2025. |
| Mathieu, Véronique |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
Research, record, and prepare performance editions of violin works by Canadian composer Violet Archer. |
| Mendez, Edward |
Warman |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$3,950 |
I will obtain my Advanced Actor Combatant Certification through Fight Director's Canada at The 2025 National Stage Combat Certification Conference in Saskatoon, SK |
| Milner, Arthur |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$13,628 |
The premiere production of WEYBURN 1959, a new play exploring psychedelic research for mental health at the Weyburn Hospital in the 1950s. |
| Murray, Audie |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,800 |
Creation of new work that continues my studio exploration into generative refusal through process and material. |
| Nelson, Josiah |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,353 |
To edit my collection of fabulist short stories, which explores relationships, solitude, and the artist's life. |
| Nemoto, Kana |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,670 |
Create a dance duet with Ashley Johnson with choreographic guidance from Connie Moker Wernikowski, exploring authentic movement inspired by prairie landscapes and subtle somatic awareness |
| 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. |
| Nicholson, John |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,673 |
My goal is to write, demo and arrange orchestral charts for a holiday X-mas album that I will eventually record with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. |
| 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. |
| Petersen, Myrna |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$16,705 |
Airborne, a mini-documentary, features Saskatchewan's air ambulance and the 1948 story behind the first baby born over North America, recalled by 105-year old Marie Dubreuil. |
| Phelps Bondaroff, Amber |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$9,000 |
To develop a series of essays and illustrations, exploring my experiences of new motherhood, as a white settler, living on the Prairies. |
| Porter, Jacob |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,500 |
I'm developing a graphic novel which I plan to present to publishers at Toronto Comic Arts Festival (this June). The grant would be for travel. |
| Regnier, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$17,000 |
I propose to write and workshop an opera on the subject of the novel "La vie devant soi" by Romain Gary |
| Reyes, Lautaro |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$16,500 |
I am developing a script and workshop for my play, Welcome to My Country, which is created from interviews with immigrants and refugees to Saskatoon. |
| Richter, Elke |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
I am seeking funding to attend the BAI Master Class THE MIRROR OF MAGIC: Animating Artforms through Ritual and Visionary Practice with Emily Hunt. |
| Romero, Alejandro |
Battleford |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$12,941 |
To create a new body of work: Virgen Barbuda de los Queers, examining queer identity from historic and cultural rituals. |
| Sandbeck, Derek |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,850 |
A collaborative sculpture project exploring the intersection of neon and porcelain, blending technical learning, material experimentation, and community-driven practice rooted in play. |
| Saskatoon Experimental Music Ensemble |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
To present a series of concerts, premiering newly composed and improvised works. |
| Savage, Candace |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,000 |
'Buffalo Is Our Relative' is a nonfiction book that honours the return of buffalo to Indigenous lands by amplifying the voices of young Indigenous adults. |
| Schiller, Lisa-Marie |
Carrot River |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,500 |
I am an emerging artist requesting funding to create a body of work from June to December 2025. |
| 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. |
| Sparrow, Don |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$9,200 |
I intend to create three interconnected comic book memoir stories, each with a unique visual or narrative style, to be published together in an anthology. |
| St. Pierre, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,053 |
Creation of newwork towards an expanded exhibition of All that You Change Changes You at the Kamloops Art Gallery in September 2026. |
| Stock, Shayna |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,500 |
Research and writing retreat toward development of my first manuscript of poetry |
| Tenold, Darla |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
Research Joan Phipps' Assiniboia Downs, Marquis Downs and Exhibition Track thoroughbred racing career for a book length biography. |
| Truszkowski, Robert |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,660 |
The Large Letter Project: To produce large-format, digitally-generated, CNC-cut, wooden "movable type" letters in order to hand-print text on long rolls of Kozuke paper. |
| Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
To research and write a novella, Voice of the Cycad, and to complete my short story collection. |
| Utman (Koops), Victoria |
Weyburn |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
To complete a submittable final draft of a young adult novel about teenage sisters exploring their Japanese-Canadian identity at comic con. |
| Van Opstal-Tamez, Ingrid |
Kipling |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$6,000 |
This proposal is to support research, drafting, and creation of new work combining both traditional paper mâché and paintings for future exhibitions and professional development. |
| Vas, Eva |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,000 |
To develop a short drama film script about a young dressmaker who explores traditional craft through the lens of filmmaking and wardrobe design. |
| Weber, Hailey |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
Funding to support the creation of a body of work exploring forest fires. |
| Wecker, Sabine |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
Growing Roots: Working towards becoming an established ceramic artist, step one. |
| Wicks, Bob |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
I have been accepted to participate in a unique residency with the Prague Shakespeare Company, June 15th to August 10th, 2025 |
| Woytiuk, Jamie |
Buena Vista |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$4,976 |
Merging my mother’s MS story with self-portraiture, I create a visual language of grief, reclaiming presence while exploring the textures and process of loss. |
| Yokozawa Farquharson, Hanna |
Saltcoats |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2025-2026 |
$14,000 |
Creating immersive artworks across diverse mediums for three solo exhibitions starting Autumn 2026 |
| Alexson, Kamisha |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
This project interviews Elders about ancestral history, using their teachings to guide a visual story of the seven generations through mixed-media portraits. |
| Baird, Gavin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
I am applying for funding to continue to development and write a new independent feature-length screenplay titled "Uranium Boy." |
| Bigeagle-Kequahtooway, Joely |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
To interview 13+ matriarchs to ask questions about the important matriarchs in their life. Lessons learned and future visions/hope for future and their legacies. |
| Campbell, Maria |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$18,000 |
Mahmaskatch Project, Phase One: kiyokiwin – visiting various people and communities in Saskatchewan and Alberta to share and record achimowina (stories) for future podcast series |
| Cuthand, Shawn |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
I would like to take a script I have developed and edit/format it to make into a PSA comic book about addictions. |
| Gladue, Raeanne |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
I would like to make a documentary on children in care who are aging out of the system and show the challenges they face. |
| Goodon, Jayde |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$12,500 |
My plan is to create a large collection of paintings to hold a public and open art exhibition. |
| Houle, Jade |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
As a Nehiyaw man, suicide is ever-present among friends & family in my life. With my music, I hope to inspire listeners to choose life. |
| Kehler, Danielle |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
To visually articulate the importance of "for as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow" in context of the Treaties |
| Lafond, Mika |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$5,500 |
The creation of 5 children's books in nêhiyaw syllabics. The books will highlight Treaty 6 Territory Land, Language, Story, and Emotional Wellbeing. |
| Mistik Studios |
Leoville |
Media Arts |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$10,000 |
Developing a mystical, Indigenous-inspired cooking/sim game that integrates cultural practices, storytelling, and Indigenous art, providing a platform for Indigenous perspectives in interactive media. |
| Pascal, Madison |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$5,000 |
Supplemental funds to help create a new body of work. |
| Roden, Marjorie |
Regina |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
I shall be working on the first draft of my second Western Canadian science fiction novel, tentatively titled "Winneton Web", the second in the series. |
| Rose, Melanie |
Regina |
Visual |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2025-2026 |
$7,500 |
I want to make thirteen land-based eco-printed & botanically dyed textiles that will be featured in a 2026 Indigenous Fashion Show & fundraiser in Regina. |
| 5 Guys Named Dave |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Five Guys Named Dave would like to record and release our first ever professionally-recorded live-off-the-floor old-time album. |
| Akintade-Oluwagbeye, Oluwaseun Peace |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Dedicating time for the upcoming production of The Newcomer while receiving mentorship to develop technical, leadership, and storytelling skills as an emerging director in Saskatchewan. |
| 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. |
| Alvarez, Kris |
Regina |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Saskatoon's Kyuubi Culture Artist Collective has invited me to participate in their 2025 collaborative artist residency project as the artist for the month of May. |
| Ballantyne, Kistin |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
imagineNative is a Film/Media Arts festival held in Toronto, I have been invited to attend due to my involvement in the project "Buffalo Futurism". |
| 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. |
| Beau Nectar Collective |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Creative residency with renowned mentor Christian Bordarier |
| Bellefleur, Stephanie |
Willow Bunch |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Toronto for arts and culture festivals to participate in panel discussion; Muse Arts and support as ambassador for the Downie & Wenjack Fund. |
| Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Meet with casting and artistic directors at Stratford. See theatre at Stratford, Shaw and Drayton. Pitch my new play to prospective theatres. |
| Bigeagle-Kequahtooway, Joely |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$750 |
To attend ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival June 4 - 6, 2025 in Toronto as part of a contingency for Buffalo Futurism app |
| Bogdan, Pearl |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Manuscript consultation from professional editor at publishing press. |
| Bradshaw, Ryan |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to New Zealand for two opportunities: performing and leading a workshop at the BurlesKiwi International Festival, and headlining at a monthly poetry night. |
| Budgell-Eaglespeaker, Forrest Scott |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Showcase and panelist speaker at Breakout West 2025 in Winnipeg |
| 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. |
| Butler, Ciel |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Entertaining and diversifying Saskatoon's Fringe Festival 2025 by funding the inclusion of Saskatoon-based drag performers on their all ages, free outdoor stage. |
| Calf Child-Dubois, Acahkos |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Collaborated on application called Buffalo Futurism that was selected for imagineNATIVE; need funding for travel/accommodations |
| Chadwick, Madison |
Regina |
Dance |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
With this funding I’d attend professional dance classes in Vancouver, British Columbia to further develop my artistic voice and technical training. |
| Circle Made Artist Society |
Saskatoon |
Other |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,975 |
Circle Made will produce a free, bi weekly oral arts performance series for 4 months that utilizes hip hop cyphers and poetry slams. |
| CrossRoute |
Moose Jaw |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
A public performance of Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time' |
| Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Promote new novel - at writers festival in Calgary, called WHEN WORDS COLLIDE, author reading at Bow Valley Ranche also local media interest |
| Dirty Sanchez Orchestra |
Prince Albert |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$900 |
Travel to Brandon MB July 18 and Winnipeg MB July 19 to play an all ages punk show and a two day punk festival |
| Dufour-Contreras, René |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel and attend imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts festival to showcase Buffalo Futurism. |
| Dyck, Graeme |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$824 |
Publicly present 'Quantum Gates,' a newly composed interactive audio installation about gate-based quantum computing, at a 'Quantum Canada Open Doors' event. |
| Dynamic Video Imaging Corporation |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
Facilitate the travel and professional development of Dynamic Video Imaging through attending the 50th 'Toronto International Film Festival' for the premiere of our film 'KLEE'. |
| Farrero, Charley |
Meacham |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Transport, install and uninstall works for the exhibition ' L'elevateur de Meacham' at Centre d'arts visuels de l'Alberta (Edmonton). Attendance at the Opening July 10. |
| Ferraton, Dominique |
Gravelbourg |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Framing eight photographs for a juried group exhibition at the Art Gallery of Swift Current opening in October 2025. |
| Fisher, Craig |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Just Us/Justice: Life Inside a Group Home - digital photo exhibition of daily lives of residents at Wascana Care Facility. Images taken using artist's foot. |
| Francoeur, Paige |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
This microgrant will help cover the costs of living in another city while I receive directing mentorship at The Globe Theatre. |
| Frigon, Raphaele |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Ephemeral salt sculpture approximating my trans body, made of cattle licks, exploring embodiments and relationships to this land. |
| Gilmore, Carmen |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$875 |
I'd like to attend the online Sage Hill non-fiction writing course and study under author Jenna Butler. |
| Gonzalez, Julia |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attend Outdoor Heroes International 2025 residency in Mitwitz, Germany. Exploring creativity in
relation to pressing global themes such as climate, culture, community, belonging and regeneration. |
| Griffin, Leanne |
Dundurn |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$875 |
To participate in Sage Hill's Online (Zoom) Playwriting Lab with Vern Thiessen to refine my script, Personal Space, for submission to theaters for potential production. |
| Hager, Brianne |
Battleford |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attending a professional ceramics course in Saskatoon through November 2025 - January 2026. |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Develop and perform "After Abigail Shrier" a live cinema performance at Nuit Blanche YXE combining Super 8 film loops and live soundscapes. |
| Hainsworth, Alexa |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Attend The Vermont Studio Center - Artist Residency Vermont US, September 2025. For the creation of new large-scale fibre sculpture/installation and performance. |
| Henderson, Leah |
Melfort |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$670 |
Attend a week-long Independent Workshop with Prince Albert artist George Glenn to refine technical skills, explore new approaches, and deepen visual investigation techniques. |
| Hosaluk, Laura |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$930 |
Construction of shipping crates for "The Circle and the Dot" Exhibition July 8, 2025, at the Mann Gallery in Prince Albert, SK. |
| 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. |
| Janze, Rachel |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to - and within - the Gitxsan nation to share in learning to sustainably harvest planting tannins for barktanning animal and salmon skins. |
| Janzen, Ava |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Write and record songs with Juno award-winning songwriter and producer Zach Zanardo to complete and release my debut six-song EP 'Call Me Vikki' |
| Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre |
Maple Creek |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
To create an exhibition of art by those who have endured a major trauma and have used art to process pain, grief, abuse and neglect |
| Kakakaway, Torrie |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Poundmaker Cree Nation for a PISL workshop that will directly inform a new theatrical work told entirely through Indigenous and Deaf visual languages. |
| Kelly, Morgan |
Weyburn |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I plan to shoot a short historical fiction film about a woman artist on the prairies with a small crew and local actors. |
| Khan, Tanisha |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$500 |
To attend the SWG Summer Retreat where I will draft and revise short stories to help further my artistic practice. |
| King, Karlie |
Regina |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$640 |
I am one of the juried Visual Artists for Nuit Blanche YXE 2025, and will be showcasing my wearable lantern entitled 'Illuminated Archetype'. |
| Knight, Lancelot |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Showcase and attend Departure Festival and Conference (formerly Canadian Music Week) in Toronto, ON. |
| Kovach, Jaye |
Kipling |
Media Arts |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Winnipeg to present a new film, “Care & Tenderness” followed by an in-person Q&A. |
| Krug-Iron, Christopher |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$1,000 |
I will attend the Fight Directors Canada Nationals Workshop in August 2025, attaining my Basic Actor Combatant certification. |
| Kyuubi Culture |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Microgrant Program |
2025-2026 |
$2,000 |
To continue our pilot program: Kyuubi Micro Residency, which provides free studio and gallery space for underrepresented artists in Saskatoon art community. |
| 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. |
