Winnipeg Arts Council

Grants Awarded 2018

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANTS for Artists Working In All Artistic Disciplines

140 requests

$733,746

41 awarded

$225,460

Recipients

  • Brady Allard
  • Kelsey Braun
  • Kevin Lee Burton
  • Margaret Carey
  • Connie Chappel
  • Méira Cook
  • Sarah Crawley
  • Alain Delannoy
  • Hannah Doucet
  • Sonia Eidse
  • Joanne Epp
  • Christine Fellows
  • Ray Fenwick
  • Shaun Finnigan
  • Jen Funk
  • Grant Guy
  • Jamie Hay
  • Kathleen Hiley
  • Ming Hon
  • Sarah Jo Kirsch
  • Solmund MacPherson
  • Sylvia Matas
  • Emma Mayer
  • Lorri Millan
  • Milos Mitrovic
  • Kristin Nelson
  • Casimiro Nhussi
  • Heidi Phillips
  • Bev Pike
  • Shaylyn Plett
  • David Alexander Robertson
  • John K. Samson
  • Becky Sawdon
  • David Raphael Scott
  • Suzie Smith
  • Kristin Snowbird
  • Diana Thorneycroft
  • Hazel Venzon
  • Rhayne Vermette
  • Kristen Wachniak
  • Xiaonan Wang

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM for Artists & Arts Administrators

80 requests

$60,872

55 awarded

$33,750

Recipients

  • Susan Algie
  • Sasha Amaya
  • Aliza Amihude
  • Cecilia Araneda
  • Sharon Bajer
  • Andrew Balfour
  • Emma Beech
  • Stephanie Berrington
  • Jacob Brodovsky-Yager
  • Christopher Burke
  • Dorothy Carroll
  • Chloe Chafe
  • Angela Chalmers
  • Kristiane Church
  • Deco Dawson
  • Alexandra Elliott
  • Callen Froese
  • Hannah Godfrey
  • Jillian Groening
  • Grant Guy
  • Margaret Jayne Hammond
  • Jessee Havey
  • Kathleen Hiley
  • Richard Holden
  • Ming Hon
  • James Jansen
  • Lindsay Johnson
  • Kevin Klassen
  • Greg Klymkiw
  • David Knipe
  • Frances Koncan
  • Sacha Kopelow
  • Diane Lafournaise
  • Keri Latimer
  • Geneviève LaTouche
  • Kenneth Lavallee
  • Stephen Locke
  • Patrick Mugosa
  • Jazmin Papadopoulos
  • Gislina Patterson
  • Matthew Peters
  • Debra Plett
  • Jeanne Randolph
  • Joshua Ruth
  • Matthew Schellenberg
  • Gurpreet Sehra
  • Nicole Shimonek
  • Suzie Smith
  • Cyrus Smith
  • Maribeth Tabanera
  • Robert Taite
  • Brittany Thiessen
  • Robyn Thomson Kacki
  • Shelley Vanderbyl
  • Cory Wojcik

PROJECT GRANTS for Arts Organizations and Collectives

35 requests

$298,250

19 awarded

$153,750

Recipients

  • AA Battery Collective
  • Aboriginal Music Manitoba
  • ArtsJunktion
  • Cluster: New Music + Integrated Arts Festival
  • First Fridays in the Exchange
  • Sick + Twisted Theatre Collective
  • Vault Projects
  • Young Lungs Dance Exchange
  • Canzona
  • Company Link
  • Polycoro Chamber Choir
  • Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society
  • Gallery 1C03
  • Winnipeg Architecture Foundation
  • Centre culturel franco-manitobain
  • Virtual Productions
  • Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library
  • Prairie Comics Festival
  • SLAM!

OPERATING GRANTS for Arts Organizations (Year 1 of a 3-Year Cycle)

39 requests

$3,585,172

39 awarded

$3,253,785

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
  • Manito Ahbee Festival
  • 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)

24 requests

$279,665

23 awarded

$262,655

Recipients

  • Agassiz Music Incorporated
  • Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
  • Camerata Nova Inc.
  • Contemporary Verse 2
  • Dry Cold Productions
  • Gearshifting Performance Works
  • Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Winnipeg
  • GroundSwell
  • Little Opera Company
  • La Maison des artistes visuels francophones
  • Manitoba Association of Playwrights
  • Manitoba Choral Association
  • Manitoba Craft Council
  • NAfro Dance Productions
  • Rosamunde Summer Music Academy
  • send + receive: a festival of sound
  • Virtuosi Concerts
  • Winnipeg Gay and Lesbian Film Society (Reel Pride)
  • Winnipeg Music Festival
  • Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir
  • Winnipeg Singers
  • Winnipeg Youth Orchestras
  • WNDX

Assessors

Grants Assessors for 2018: Jonathan Ball, Andrea Bell, Ryan Rajendra Black, Jaime Black, Paula Blair, Jen Budney (Saskatoon, SK), Alexandra Elliott, Zoreh Gervais, Carolyn Gray, Alan Greyeyes, Jessee Havee, Gilles Hébert, Sarah Jo Kirsch, Keri Latimer, Craig Love, Claire Marshall, Ross McMillan, Doug Melnyk, Anne Molgat, Heidi Ouellette, Nicole Owens, Helga Pakasaar (Vancouver, BC), Paul Robles, Chris Sigurdson, Suzie Smith, Jennifer Still, Danielle Sturk, Margaret Sweatman, Isaac Thomas (Toronto, ON), Rhayne Vermette, Laurence Véron