Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists' Collective Inc.
Skyler Anderson |
Regina |
Theatre |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To develop traditional stories into stage performances with puppets. |
Slusar, Zoe
Chokecherry Studios |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$40,000 |
This residency will involve myself (ZHE the Free) supporting and collaborating with Chokecherry youth in two artistic modalities (film and music) to share their stories. |
St Angela Merici Residence
Tara Stratton |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,230 |
12 months, weekly SpinPoi classes for seniors, promoting fitness, cognitive stimulation, social interaction, and creativity. Seek support to enhance wellbeing through art and movement. |
| 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. |
The Ability Hub YXE
Rebecca La Marre |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$39,000 |
Artist led workshops at The Ability Hub and OUT Saskatoon Pride home. Rebecca will bring the workshop to 3 diversity focused organizations outside of Saskatoon. |
| Woytiuk, Jamie |
Buena Vista |
Media Arts |
Artists in Communities |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I plan to offer an introduction to photographic storytelling. |
| Aden Bowman Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Collaborating with Rebecca La Marre to research and plan future Artist in School grants centering on ceramics and youth mental health. |
| Arcola Community School |
Regina |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$850 |
To provide an opportunity for our students to collectively participate in a beading activity . |
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$9,769 |
To introduce the practice of porcupine quill placement on birchbark to Grade 7 to 12 at the Sturgeon Lake Central School, Sturgeon Lake Reserve, Saskatchewan. |
Badger, Joanne
Sturgeon Lake Central School |
Sturgeon Lake |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$5,672 |
To introduce the skill of porcupine quill zig zag stitching on felt, to youth in school, on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan. |
| Bert Fox Community High School |
Fort Qu'Appelle |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
In collaboration with the Artist, we will build solid relationships with several Indigenous female students whom have expressed interest in reconnecting to their culture. |
| Bulyea Elementary School |
Bulyea |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,293 |
Shaunna Dunn and I would like to explore the idea of "changes in personal and topographical landscapes" with the K-6 students at Bulyea School. |
Bulyea Elementary School
Shaunna Dunn |
Bulyea |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Shaunna Dunn will come to Bulyea Elementary School to work with Grades K-6 students on a collaborative multidisciplinary installation project to present to the community. |
Cameron, Ian
St. Augustine Community School |
Regina |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,585 |
An integrated music education program comprised of in-class, regular school-hour sessions featuring creative components, cultural perspectives, and cross-curricular outcomes. |
Colette Bourgonje School
Diana Roelens |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$6,486 |
Grade 7 large scale collaborative collage mural project exploring individual and collective experiences depicting how place, history and environment contribute to the formation of community. |
| Dr. Brass School |
Yorkton |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Terrance Littletent will visit Dr. Brass School to engage with staff & students, collaborating with teachers to create a future Indigenous Dance Project |
| École Père Mercure |
North Battleford |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Invite Alexis Normand to conduct consultations with our staff and students in order to plan a music-based project we will carry out together in 2024. |
École St. Paul
Colin Richet |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$7,613 |
Students will write and record a song. |
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. |
| 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. |
| Marion Graham Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$7,940 |
Marion M. Graham will host the spoken word poet/hip hop artist Dash Reimer for a 1 month arts residency. |
Martin, Monique
Brevoort Park School |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
Students will make art inspired by working with a Saskatoon Symphony musician, the art will be displayed digitally in conjunction with Symphony events. |
Michael A. Riffel High School
Judy Wensel |
Regina |
Theatre |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$13,026 |
To collaborate with artists Judy Wensel and Shaunna Dunn in Riffel High School's Integrated Theatre Program, That's Possible. |
| Minahik Waskahigan Elementary School |
Pinehouse Lake |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$32,000 |
The proposal for the residency would be the instruction of the program they will be presenting to the students as a whole class or groups. |
| Montessori School of Regina |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Provide our school with three, one-day workshops to determine which artist we want develop a partnership with through the Project or Residency Grant. |
Normand, Alexis
École Père Mercure |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
This project is to carry out choral and rock band projects with students who will write and perform songs in French about Père André Mercure. |
Prairie Sky School
Terrance Littletent |
Regina |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$11,297 |
This project is to create a spring dance festival, inspired by three guest dancers, hoop dance, wind, and kites. |
Selkirk, Jesse
Bedford Road Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
A project for participants to learn the foundational elements of songwriting and use the artform as a tool for exploring their wellbeing and their identity. |
Selkirk, Jesse
Bedford Road Collegiate |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
The continuation of a project for participants to learn the foundations of songwriting, using the artform as a tool to
explore wellbeing and identity. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman
Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
The artist will work with classroom teachers to produce small books in Cree and English, modeling from familiar stories, helping students learn their Cree language. |
| Turtleford Community School |
Turtleford |
— |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$7,850 |
Bonny Macnab will work with students from k-12 on art inspired by land based learning. She will also mentor select students. |
| wâhkôhtowin School |
saskatoon |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Students will be able to make ribbon skirts/shirts/beading to take home so they have them for feasts, round dances and pow wows. |
Wildeman, Tatum
Father Megret High School |
Saskatoon |
Dance |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$20,000 |
The project will provide youth access to dance for promotion of mental health through connection, celebration of culture, and foster expression of grief and trauma. |
| William Mason School |
Nipawin |
Visual |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Find and work with artist(s) and partners who help navigate the creative process for a project reflective of community involving all students. |
| Al-Katib, Muveddet |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Finding my truth to reassess my traditional art to create a unique contemporary identity through a Western perspective and exploring the dynamic nature of truth! |
| 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. |
| Brown, Sharon-Ann |
Regina |
Literary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
I would like to publish the second book in the Adventure of Baby Alfie series. The book is called 'Gameday for Baby Alfie'. |
| Cabildo Esquivel, Priscila |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$2,062 |
'KIN Movement" is art exchanged for kindness. "Ojos de Dios" - weavings traditional to the Indigenous Huichol of Mexico - are traded for good deeds. |
| Carter, Nathan |
Loon Lake |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
A free music concert showcasing music, fashion and visual art created by myself and other artists identifying as BPOC. |
| Garlimah, James |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
This project/Album is a result of over ten years of writing and recording my own music. This Project will server is my debut album professionally. |
| Gascon, Girlynne |
Regina |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Mentorship with artist Patrick Fernandez with focus on finding cultural identity and production of individual work and collaboration for exhibition. |
| Hernani Merino, Bruno |
Regina |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To support the completion of 20 paintings for a solo gallery exhibition, showcasing the painting style I have been developing for the last 10 years |
| Jegede-Ikpen, Oghenerukevwe |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To explore a new musical frontier by blending traditional African rhythms with modern synths and diverse languages, and fusing Afrobeats with the Canadian sound. |
| Kamyabi, Marzia |
Pilot Butte |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
The Horrors of Nine to Five: workplace violence impacts over 70% of Canadians. Dedicated to the victims of workplace violence who took their own lives. |
| Kharsa, Ali |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Write, rehearse, and record 3 new songs and host a community event in Saskatoon with music with an open mike. |
| Mabrouk, Rawda |
Saskatoon |
Multidisciplinary |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Explore the paradoxes of an Egyptian woman, bridging trauma of oppression in Egypt to the challenges of life in Canada through tracing movement onto canvas. |
| 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. |
| Nwabuko, Daniel |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Highlight, showcase and bring awareness to the beauty in diversity of black hair - the different types, forms and styles that it appears to come. |
| Otayemi, Demilade |
saskatoon |
Theatre |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Documenting the collaboration process between SUM Theatre and EDM Lab through, interactive documentation methods. Inspiring future collaborations and youth engagement in artistic and engineering careers |
| Reid, Sonia |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
A community weekend to learn more about Black gospel choir music workshop culminating in a live music performance. |
| Shahabadi, Mahboubeh |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
Art gallery portraying traditional Persian mosaic patterns and design. Providing a unique opportunity to explore the ancient history of Iran through an artistic lens. |
| Sun, Qiming |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
This funding is meant to support my year-long production of new artworks and the cultivation of many solo/group exhibitions during my 2024-25 Saskatoon Bunkhouse residency. |
| Umeh, Charles |
Regina |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
I want to develop a screenplay of my cultural feature film title Dirty Hands. |
| Weber, Angel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,670 |
To study tsumami-zaiku, the Japanese craft of folding silk squares into complex flora and fauna arrangements, and become a certified tsumami-zaiku teacher. |
| Wu, I-Ying |
Regina |
Dance |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
This project invites artists to train in my Daoism-inspired improvisation practice, exploring how this approach can be a training method for diverse cultural backgrounds. |
| Zafaremili, Elham |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Building Arts Equity |
2023-2024 |
$4,383 |
I aim to combine Persian calliography and painting. |
| Ackerman, Clinton |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$16,000 |
Composition of an art song using the poetry of "The Lost Words." Written for voice, piano, and electronics. Connecting the poetry to environments across Saskatchewan. |
| Afenfia, Michael |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
The "Head of the Baptist" is a collection of short stories and poetry exploring Nigerian-Canadian identity and relationships within the context of Canadian multiculturalism. |
| Al-Harthi, Rania |
Regina |
Multidisciplinary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
Funds from this grant will be used to support an upcoming collaborative project at PAVED Arts. |
| Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
I plan to finish writing a novel-in-stories entitled Penny Fictions which is presently one-sixth complete. |
| Andino Suns |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,600 |
Goal: Develop a psychedelic cumbia album by refining draft musical / lyrical concepts, merging traditional cumbia rhythms with innovative experimental sounds. |
| Arnott, Johanna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
The production of A Bronte Without Genius by Johanna Arnott in Live Five's 2023-2024 Season |
| Atkins, Amalie |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
To create the March chapter for Agatha's Almanac, an ongoing 16 mm documentary film and experiment with eco-processing and rayograms. |
| Bandur, Breanne |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
A body of work that investigates adapting my drawing practice to a smaller scale, carrying forward formal attributes and conceptual considerations of my large-scale works. |
| Barabas, Mishel |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To create medium to large scale portrait (with unique settings) paintings. A body of work to exhibit, engage and connect with community. |
| Baraniecki, Jordan |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,000 |
I am applying to create a series of paintings that explore the intersections between contemporary Surrealist painting and three-dimensional collage. |
| Battie, Kyath |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$11,500 |
This short film will focus on creating nocturnal collage imagery of Vancouver Island as a supernatural place of privilege and pristine beauty. |
| Benjamin, Paul |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To study traditional Māori music and instruments in Marae (Māori community) with Cultural Expert Tohunga (Elder) Dr. Pouroto Ngaropo and Grammy winning instrumentalist Jerome Kavanagh. |
| Berenbaum, Jenna |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
Writing, re-writing and editing my play 18 Jews Order Chinese Food until it is ready for production and publication. |
| Berglund, Blake |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,520 |
I will return home to the family farm to write new material influenced by family dynamic, rural culture and personal themes. |
| Billingsley, Alyssa |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
Dramaturgy of 'Identity Crisis' with physical theatre / bouffon icons Deanna Fleysher and Karen Hines from July 14 2023 - August 16 2023. |
| Blackett, Tim |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
Writing the second half of my novel, "We Were Meant to be Grownups," currently about 35k words in length. |
| Bogan, Jillian |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,716 |
This grant is to finish a collection for exhibiting as well as do research travel with Alison Norlen, my mentor in the CARFAC mentorship program. |
| Bohn, Brooke |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
My project is to create many works to place in public shows and spaces to help solidify myself as an emerging artist. |
| Bonneau, Devon |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$14,948 |
An Independent theatrical presentation of Billy Bishop Goes to War by John MacLachlan Gray |
| Brenna, Beverley |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,500 |
--A YA novel following eighteen-year-old Kay as she navigates FASD and grade twelve in a new school, discovering her bio mom, and a twin brother. |
| Bundon Pfeifer Henderson |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
Funds for bundonpfeiferhenderson to develop audio, projection, and installation concepts for the new play 'Tommy & Pere', by Arthur Milner. |
| Bundon, Johanna |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,000 |
To research and create a dance piece, within a body of solo work, through Fall 2023. |
| Cameron, Heather |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
To create “helix” - a 10 minute contemporary dance duet in collaboration with acclaimed contemporary music composer Nicole Lizée. |
| Cameron, Ian |
Regina |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To study C6th Pedal Steel Guitar with professional musician Michael Eckert by taking weekly lessons over internet video call. |
| Coppens, Nathan |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,800 |
To help cover costs associated with producing I Have No Idea with Live Five in March, 2024. |
| Coughlan, Conor |
Saskatoon |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,000 |
This grant would enable me to take a temporary leave from work and turn my primary focus towards songwriting and recording. |
| Dill, Khodi |
Vanscoy |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$12,000 |
I am applying for this grant in order to revise and complete a novel, for which I have completed a first draft. |
| Dinsmore, Rowen |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
A project expanding my artistic practice through new ideas and mediums while obtaining advice and critique through mentorships with professional artists from Saskatchewan. |
| Doyle, Eliza Mary |
Asquith |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,898 |
Music collaboration with professional musician Kiera Dall'Osto to inspire/complete/infuse fresh music ideas; proceed to workshop album material in Nashville before recording follow-up full-length album. |
| Eger, Ruby |
Regina |
Dance |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$2,320 |
The opportunity to take part in a 1 week intensive training program under a renowned contemporary company, Rubberband in Montreal, Quebec. |
| Elixir Ensemble |
Riverside Estates |
Music |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,485 |
Rehearsal and performance of two programs (three concerts) of chamber music in Saskatoon and Rosthern, SK for the Elixir Ensemble 2023-24 season. |
| Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To develop my research on Indigenous theatre methods combined with my literary text Red People Red Magic. Create a virtual platform for global artistic presentation. |
| Francoeur, Paige |
Saskatoon |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
This grant money would be used to pay myself and a dramaturge to complete a new draft of my play. |
| Froese, Robert |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$13,000 |
research and produce new ceramic work using specialized soda kiln firing methods |
| Garcia-Luna, Gabriela |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$17,000 |
New body of work and research in relation to my feminine Mexican ancestry, based on photographic documentation of Mexican and Saskatchewan flora. |
| Gares, Jessica |
Regina |
Theatre |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,000 |
'The Rehearsal' is a devised play to be independently produced and presented as part of the RISER Project's inaugural season in their Regina expansion. |
| Gares, Jessica |
Regina |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,474 |
I am seeking funds to complete post production work on my short film "Fuck" I shot this past summer, which I wrote, directed, and produced. |
| Garez, Simon |
Saskatoon |
Media Arts |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,500 |
To develop, write, and storyboard my debut feature-length bilingual screenplay. |
| 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. |
| Gronsdahl, Todd |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,246 |
I am building and photographing "historical" scenes to exhibit with my Saskatchewan Maritime Museum installations at upcoming solo exhibitions in Swift Current and Edmonton. |
| Gronsdahl, Troy |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$18,000 |
to create a video and sound installation comprised of a woodwind quartet playing in the northern Saskatchewan wilderness. |
| Hagel, Mandie |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$3,611 |
I will be continuing the work of my poetry manuscript that examines how my relationships we affected throughout or by the pandemic. |
| Haines, Cat |
Regina |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,147 |
Develop a collection of 10 large watercolor self portraits featuring moments of my activist history. |
| Han, Xiao |
Saskatoon |
Visual |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,000 |
To attend an artist residency which aims to research and develop my photograph into public art which creates spaces and connections for Saskatoon-based BIPOC communities. |
