Winnipeg Arts Council

Grants Awarded 2021

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANTS for Artists Working In All Artistic Disciplines

123 requests

$636,091

47 awarded

$244,200

Recipients

  • Gabriela Aguero
  • Karen Asher
  • Jonathan Ball
  • Ian Bawa
  • Emma Beech
  • Leonard Bowen
  • Wren Brian
  • Patricia Brock
  • James Culleton
  • Daniel Donahue
  • Michael Falk
  • Joel Ferguson
  • Shauna Fontaine
  • Hannah Foulger
  • Ariel Gordon
  • Jocelyn Gould
  • Rowan Gray
  • Jillian Groening
  • Mackenzie Gruer
  • Jessie Jannuska
  • Benjamin Kidd
  • Mercedes Emeka Maduka
  • Loricia Matheson
  • Sappfyre Mcleod
  • Peter Meechan
  • Divya Mehra
  • melannie monoceros
  • Stephanie Morin-Robert
  • Omid Moterassed
  • Amber O'Reilly
  • Heidi Ouellette
  • Joel Penner
  • Bev Pike
  • Debra Plett
  • Rory Runnells
  • Andraea Sartison
  • Angeline Schellenberg
  • Timothy Schouten
  • Brenda Sciberras
  • Lara Secord-Haid

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM for Artists & Arts Administrators

13 requests

$10,825

11 awarded

$6,400

Recipients

  • Harnoor Bhangu
  • Patricia Brock
  • Brenda Gorlick
  • Jessica Hodgson
  • Amber O'Reilly
  • Rebecca Sawdon
  • Adam Schwarz
  • Melissa Van Soelen
  • Patricia Wasney
  • Emma Welham
  • Lindsey White

PROJECT GRANTS for Arts Organizations and Collectives

30 requests

$288,995

14 awarded

$129,945

Recipients

  • 10 Million Squares
  • Gallery 1C03
  • Green Kids
  • Manufacturing Entertainment
  • Manitoba Craft Museum & Library
  • Manitoba Cultural Society of the Deaf
  • One Trunk Theatre
  • Polycoro
  • Public Parking Art & Culture Publication
  • Synonym Art Consultation
  • window Winnipeg
  • The Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society
  • Womxn's Film & Video Network
  • Young Lungs Dance Exchange

RESTART Organizational Development Grant

36 requests

$35,171

28 awarded

$27,171

Recipients

  • 10 Million Squares
  • aceartinc
  • Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba
  • ArtsJunktion
  • Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
  • Cluster: New Music + Integrated Arts Festival
  • First Fridays in the Exchange
  • Gas Station Arts Centre
  • Green Kids
  • GroundSwell
  • Little Opera Company
  • La Maison des artistes visuels francophones
  • Manitoba Choral Association
  • Manitoba Craft Council
  • Manitoba Cultural Society of the Deaf
  • Manitoba Underground Opera
  • Mentoring Artists for Women's Art
  • One Trunk Theatre
  • Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art
  • Polycoro Chamber Choir
  • Shakespeare in the Ruins
  • Theatre by the River
  • Theatre Projects Manitoba
  • Virtuosi Concerts
  • Winnipeg Architecture Foundation
  • Winnipeg Music Festival
  • Winnipeg Studio Theatre
  • Young Lungs Dance Exchange

MUSEUMS GRANT

5 requests

$266,000

5 awarded

$240,900

Recipients

  • Dalnavert Museum
  • Manitoba Children's Museum
  • The Manitoba Museum
  • Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Education Centre
  • Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada

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

39 requests

$3,253,785

38 awarded

$2,914,908

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
  • 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

$274,800

24 awarded

$274,800

Recipients

  • Aboriginal Music Manitoba
  • Agassiz Music Incorporated
  • Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
  • Camerata Nova
  • Contemporary Verse 2
  • Dry Cold Productions
  • First Fridays in the Exchange
  • GroundSwell
  • The Little Opera Company
  • La Maison des artistes visuels francophones
  • Manitoba Association of Playwrights
  • Manitoba Choral Association
  • Manitoba Craft Council
  • Music n Mavens
  • NAfro Dance Productions
  • Rosamunde Summer Music Academy
  • send + receive: a festival of sound
  • Virtuosi Concerts
  • Winnipeg Gay and Lesbian Film Society
  • Winnipeg Music Festival
  • Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir
  • The Winnipeg Singers
  • Winnipeg Youth Orchestras
  • WNDX

Assessors

Adriana Alarcon, Zorya Arrow, Scott Benesiinaabandan, Glenn Buhr, Tanya Derksen (Philadelphia, PA), Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Larry Glawson, Ariel Gordon, Joanna Hawkins, Ming Hon, Sally Ito, Niki Little, David McLeod, Davida Monk (Calgary, AB), Kimberley Rampersad (Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON), Candida Rifkind, Lisa Rumpel, John K. Samson, David R. Scott, Alicia Smith, Ray Strachan, Daina Warren, Ben Williams, Cory Wojcik, Lisa Wood, Allison Yearwood, Hagere Selam Zegeye-Gebrehiwot