Winnipeg Arts Council

Grants Awarded 2015

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANTS for Artists Working In All Artistic Disciplines

126 requests

$445,836

46 awarded

$184,200

Recipients

  • Cecilia Araneda
  • Karen Asher
  • Kelly Bado
  • Jonathan Ball
  • Paula Blair
  • Patricia Bovey
  • Mark Cameron
  • Susan Chafe
  • Sarah Ciurysek
  • crys (crystal) cole
  • Tricia Cooper
  • Alexandra Elliott
  • Charlotte Enns-Braun
  • Christine Fellows
  • Gordon Fitzell
  • Brenna George
  • Ken Gregory
  • Janelle Hacault
  • Brenda Hasiuk
  • Vincent Ho
  • Simon Hughes
  • Kyle Janzen
  • Frances Koncan
  • Justin Larrivee
  • Steven Leyden Cochrane
  • Jake MacDonald
  • Shaun Morin
  • Freya Olafson
  • Leigh Anne Parry
  • Matthew Peters
  • Sue Proctor
  • Peter Quanz
  • Dominique Rey
  • Mélanie Rocan
  • Barbara Romanik
  • Sonja Rosenberg
  • Angeline Schellenberg
  • Ryan Smoluk
  • Heather Tiede
  • Charlene Van Buekenhout
  • Mia van Leeuwen
  • Rhayne Vermette
  • Sam Vint
  • Douglas Whiteway
  • Collin Zipp

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM for Artists & Arts Administrators

90 requests

$70,000

75 awarded

$48,500

Recipients

  • Karen Asher
  • Jaimz Asmundson
  • Jolene Bailie
  • Sharon Bajer
  • Pascal Boutroy
  • Ardith Boxall
  • Rick Chafe
  • Gwendolyn Collins
  • Tricia Cooper
  • Rodrigo Couto Beilfuss
  • Richie Diggs
  • Chantal Dupas
  • David Elias
  • Ray Fenwick
  • Clyde Finlay
  • Scott Fitzpatrick
  • Terri-Lynn Friesen
  • Kevin Gabel
  • Ingrid Gatin
  • Susan Gordon
  • Kari Hagness
  • Samantha Halas
  • Kimberly Hildebrand
  • Wren Hookey
  • Andrea Houssin
  • Alison James
  • Brent Johnson
  • Galen Johnson
  • Lisa Jorgensen
  • Thomas Kohut
  • Heather Komus
  • Robert Kotyk
  • Megan Krause
  • Jacqueline Loewen
  • Maria Martins-Karman
  • Hope McIntyre
  • Erica Mendritzki
  • Sarah Michaelson
  • Maurice Mierau
  • Carmelo Militano
  • Bernie Miller
  • James Patterson
  • Gislina Patterson
  • Debbie Patterson
  • Theo Pelmus
  • Samantha Penner
  • Tracy Peters
  • Heidi Phillips
  • Isabella Pisapia
  • Oleg Pokhanovski
  • Andrea Reichert
  • Dominique Rey
  • Andrea Roberts
  • Alison (Ali) Robson
  • Elizabeth Roy
  • Joshua Ruth
  • Andraea Sartison
  • Lara Secord-Haid
  • Erin Senko
  • Sabrina Sethi
  • Cindy Marie Small
  • John Sparrow
  • Angie St.Mars
  • Marijka Stanowych
  • Avery Stedman
  • Tammy Sutherland
  • Margaret Switala
  • Daniel Thau-Eleff
  • Inga Torfadottir
  • David Troya
  • Susan Turner
  • Lindsey White
  • Vicki Young
  • Aaron Zeghers

PROJECT GRANTS for Arts Organizations and Collectives

27 requests

$230,870

16 awarded

$128,500

Recipients

  • Artists in Healthcare Manitoba
  • First Fridays in the Exchange
  • Gallery 1C03
  • Gearshifting Performance Works
  • Manitoba Craft Council
  • Manitoba Early Music & Arts Festival
  • Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition
  • Mennonite Literary Society (Rhubarb Magazine)
  • One Trunk Theatre
  • Parameter Press
  • Q Dance
  • Rosamunde Summer Music Academy
  • Theatre by the River
  • Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg
  • Young Lungs Dance Exchange
  • zone41 Theatre

OPERATING GRANTS for Arts Organizations (3- Year Agreement)

38 requests

$3,309,043

38 awarded

$3,128,265

Recipients

  • aceartinc
  • Arts Manitoba Publications
  • Le Cercle Molière
  • Festival du Voyageur
  • Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg
  • Freeze Frame: Storyline FX
  • Gas Station Arts Centre
  • Jazz Winnipeg
  • Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
  • Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts
  • Manitoba Opera Association
  • Manitoba Printmakers Association
  • Manitoba Theatre for Young People
  • Mentoring Artists for Women's Art
  • 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 Jewish Theatre
  • Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
  • Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers

PROGRAMMING SUPPORT GRANTS for Arts Organizations (2 Year Agreement)

23 requests

$240,825

23 awarded

$238,875

Recipients

  • Aboriginal Music Manitoba
  • Agassiz Music
  • Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
  • Camerata Nova
  • Canzona
  • Contemporary Verse 2
  • Dry Cold Productions
  • The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Winnipeg
  • Groundswell
  • The Little Opera Company
  • La Maison des artistes visuels francophones
  • Manitoba Association of Playwrights
  • Manitoba Choral Association
  • Manitoba Writers' Guild
  • NAfro Dance Productions
  • send + receive: a festival of sound
  • Virtuosi Concerts
  • Winnipeg Gay and Lesbian Film Society
  • Winnipeg Music Festival
  • Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir
  • Winnipeg Singers
  • Winnipeg Youth Orchestras
  • WNDX

Assessors

Jim Agapito, Michael Boss, Ardith Boxall, Mel Braun, Rose Brow (Calgary, AB), Larry Desrochers, Su Ditta (Peterborough, ON), Victor Enns, Karla Ferguson, Gordon Gerrard (Vancouver, BC), Rea Kavanagh, Paula Kelly, Bill Kerr, Serena Keshavjee, Maurice Mierau, Kristin Nelson, Nicole Owens, Bev Pike, Sara Stasiuk, Tom Stroud, Joan Thomas, Faye Thomson, Natasha Torres-Garner, Neil Weisensel, Jennifer Woodbury (Brandon, MB), Jamie Wright.