experience where professional artists broadcast grade-specific programs in dance, drama, music and the visual arts through the Ministry of Education’s LIVE satellite Network; and the Ask Artists video series providing opportunities to build artistic skills in various disciplines, as well as address a variety of social topics such as racism, personal identity, embracing failure, and breaking stereotypes. LIVE Arts is presented in both English and French and reached 37,057 students
in 135 communities in the school year. Full program information can be found at liveartsaskatchewan.com Artists in Communities
Artists in Communities funding provides community- based applicants with opportunities to offer arts- related activities that are linked to local community objectives through partnerships with professional artists and arts organizations. The aim of the program is to contribute to the cultural life of a community and its engagement with the arts. In 2024/25, 30 applicants were supported in the communities of Asquith, Buena Vista, Fond du Lac, Forget, La Ronge, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Regina, Saskatoon, Willow Bunch, and Wynyard. Gallery Grant Program Resources from Sask Lotteries funding are pooled with funding in SK Arts’ Professional Arts Organizations Program (PAOP) to provide 15 galleries with annual funding to support both their professional arts programs and services as well as governance, management, administrative and operational functions. Community-based galleries were supported in Assiniboia, Estevan, Humboldt, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Regina, Regina Beach, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Weyburn and Yorkton. Festivals Grant Program (SaskFestivals) The SaskFestivals program provides funding support to professional festivals organizations and presentation series across the province. The funding supports both artistic and administrative costs of a festival organization’s annual operations, as well as supporting artistic programs and/or events that connect and engage professional artists and the community in a festival setting. In 2024/25, a total of 21 festival organizations were provided operational support and an additional 22 projects were funded. Successful communities included Bengough, Biggar, Forget, La Ronge, Langham, Loon Lake, Moose Jaw, Outlook, Regina, Saskatoon, Swift Curent, Waskesiu Lake and Yorkton. Media Arts Grant The Media Arts Grant is also delivered by SK Arts under the auspices of the Professional Arts Organizations Program (PAOP), and provides operational support to non-profit, community-based film, video and new media organizations throughout the province. In 2024/25, a total of six media arts organizations were supported.
Photo by Kevin Hogarth.
Share and Connect: Indigenous Community Arts Program
The Share and Connect: Indigenous Community Arts program supports Indigenous artists and communities through projects that contribute to arts and cultural revitalization, the intergenerational transfer of knowledge, contemporary, traditional, and non- traditional cultural practices and art forms, as well as promoting Truth and Reconciliation. Share and Connect provides different streams of funding for planning, exhibitions, performances and presenting, mentorships, and artist and community partnership projects. In 2024/25, a total of 12 applications were funded. Successful communities were Big River, Cowessess, Duck Lake, North Battleford, Raymore, Regina, Saskatoon, and Sturgeon Lake. Building Arts Equity: BPOC Program The Building Arts Equity: BPOC Program seeks to increase accessibility and connections to arts and cultural resources by people of colour, specifically people of African, Black, Asian, Latin American, Caribbean, and Middle Eastern descent. The fund supports BPOC artists to create and develop new work within traditional, contemporary and non- traditional art forms; connect with communities; and support the sharing of their artistic knowledge and cultural practices across generations. In 2024/25, 25 artists from Regina and Saskatoon were supported through this grant program. SK Arts Program Delivery SK Arts delivers the preceding six programs through a partnership agreement with SaskCulture. An operational grant is provided to SK Arts to assist with the costs associated with the adjudication, administration and overall program delivery of these funding programs. In addition, through this partnership, SK Arts provides administration services for the Saskatoon Creative Kids Committee. For more information on these grants, visit www.sk-arts.ca
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