Winnipeg Arts Council

Grants Awarded 2014

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANTS for Artists Working In All Artistic Disciplines

189 requests

$712,110

44 awarded

$170,250

Recipients

  • Recipients:
  • Zach Bales
  • Zorya Baskier-Pasternak
  • Emily Baxter
  • Jeremy Bowkett
  • Kelsey Braun
  • Michael Benjamin Brown
  • Méira Cook
  • Sigrid Dahle
  • Leah Decter
  • Derek Dunlop
  • Chantal Dupas
  • Ray Fenwick
  • Ariel Gordon
  • Ufuk Gueray
  • Grant Guy
  • Ming Hon
  • Alison James
  • Glen Johnson
  • Darryl (Deco Dawson) Kinaschuk
  • Jesse Krause
  • Megan Krause
  • J.J. Kegan McFadden
  • Diana McIntosh
  • (Iain) Ross McMillan
  • Erica Mendritzki
  • Colleen Nelson
  • Kristin Nelson
  • Grace Nickel
  • Scott Nolan
  • Debbie Patterson
  • Matthew Patton
  • Bev Pike
  • Andrea Roberts
  • Andraea Sartison
  • Angeline Schellenberg
  • James Scoles
  • Douglas Smith
  • Elaine Stocki
  • Athena Thiessen
  • Natasha Torres-Garner
  • Susan Turner
  • Treasure Waddell
  • Neil Weisensel
  • Aaron Zeghers

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM for Artists & Arts Administrators

60 requests

$44,000

60 awarded

$35,750

Recipients

  • Recipients:
  • Aliza Amihude
  • Abigail Auld
  • Michelle Boulet
  • Paul Butler
  • Tatiana Carnevale
  • crys (crystal) cole
  • Tricia Cooper
  • Sarah Crawley
  • Marco Cunha
  • Stephen Currie
  • Elizabeth Denny
  • Tanya Derksen
  • Michael Dudeck
  • Spencer Duncanson
  • Derek Dunlop
  • Chantel Emond
  • Brenda Gorlick
  • Ken Gregory
  • Ufuk Gueray
  • Janelle Hacault
  • Kristin Haight
  • Rose-Anne Harder
  • Sarah Helmer
  • Madeline Hildebrand
  • Kathleen Hiley
  • Ann Hodges
  • Brian Hunter
  • Phillippe-Alexandre Jacques
  • Shawn Jordan
  • Lisa Kehler
  • Lindsey Koepke
  • Coral Maloney
  • Sarah Michaelson
  • Lindsay Nelko
  • Colleen Nelson
  • Ursula Neufeld
  • Bruce Okrainec
  • Sue Proctor
  • Peter Quanz
  • Christopher Read
  • Brian Richardson
  • Mélanie Rocan
  • Brenda Sciberras
  • Gurpreet Sehra
  • Wendy Seversen
  • Rachel Smith
  • Jennifer Smith
  • Suzie Smith
  • Jolanta Sokalska
  • Marijka Stanowych
  • Elaine Stocki
  • Michael Swickis
  • Robert Taite
  • Jeffrey Thorsteinson
  • Kelsey Todd
  • Sam Vint
  • Daina Warren
  • Alissa Watson
  • Collin Zipp

PROJECT GRANTS for Arts Organizations and Collectives

23 requests

$186,150

16 awarded

$119,800

Recipients

  • Recipients: Arts and Disability Network Manitoba
  • Centre culturel franco-manitobain
  • Company Link
  • Envoi Literary Foundation
  • First Fridays in the Exchange Inc.
  • Gearshifting Performance Works
  • Manitoba Craft Council
  • Moshi Moshi!
  • RAW: Gallery of Architecture and Design
  • Royal Canadian College of Organists - Winnipeg Centre
  • Storefront Manitoba: Centre for Architecture, Design and Planning
  • Theatre by the River
  • Theatre Incarnate
  • The Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society
  • Winnipeg Spoken Word Festival
  • Young Lungs Dance Exchange

OPERATING GRANTS for Arts Organizations (Year 3 of a 3-Year Cycle)

52 requests

$3,463,913

52 awarded

$3,093,350

Recipients

  • Recipients:
  • aceartinc.
  • Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
  • Border Crossings Magazine
  • Camerata Nova
  • Le Cercle Molière
  • Festival du Voyageur
  • Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg
  • Freeze Frame: Storyline FX
  • Gas Station Arts Centre
  • Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Winnipeg
  • GroundSwell
  • Jazz Winnipeg
  • The Little Opera Company
  • Manitoba Association of Playwrights
  • Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
  • Manitoba Choral Association
  • Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts
  • Manitoba Opera Association
  • Manitoba Printmakers Association
  • Manitoba Theatre for Young People
  • Manitoba Writers' Guild
  • Mentoring Artists for Women's Art
  • NAfro Dance
  • National Screen Institute - Canada
  • PLATFORM: centre for photographic + digital arts
  • Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art
  • Prairie Fire Press
  • Prairie Theatre Exchange
  • Rainbow Stage
  • Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
  • Royal Winnipeg Ballet
  • Sarasvàti Dramatic Theatre Productions and Repertory
  • The School of Contemporary Dancers
  • Shakespeare in the Ruins
  • Theatre Projects Manitoba
  • Urban Shaman: Contemporary Aboriginal Art
  • Video Pool Media Arts Centre
  • West End Cultural Centre
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery
  • Winnipeg Centennial Folk Festival
  • Winnipeg Film Group
  • Winnipeg International Children's Festival
  • Winnipeg International Writers Festival
  • Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra
  • Winnipeg Music Festival
  • Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir
  • The Winnipeg Singers
  • Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
  • Winnipeg Youth Orchestras
  • Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers
  • Winnipeg Jewish Theatre
  • WNDX

PROGRAMMING SUPPORT GRANTS for Arts Organizations (Year 1 of a 2-Year Cycle)

9 requests

$84,300

9 awarded

$78,700

Recipients

  • Recipients: Aboriginal Music Manitoba
  • Agassiz Music Incorporated
  • Canzona
  • Contemporary Verse 2
  • Dry Cold Productions
  • La Maison des artistes visuels francophones
  • send + receive: a festival of sound
  • Virtuosi Concerts Inc.
  • Winnipeg Gay and Lesbian Film Society (Reel Pride)

Assessors

Derek Aasland, Jolene Bailie, Keith Cadieux, Lancelot Coar, Ginny Collins, Anita Daher, Sigrid Dahle, Carolyn Gray, Eric Lesage, Steven Leyden Cochrane, Divya Mehra, Gabriela Rehak, John K. Samson, Lisa Stinner-Kun, Reva Stone, Rose van der Hooft, Rhayne Vermette, Doug Whiteway, Vicki Young