Winnipeg Arts Council

Grants Awarded 2023

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANTS for Artists Working In All Artistic Disciplines

145 requests

$759,270

51 awarded

$263,650

Recipients

Nyala Ali
Natalie Baird
Jonathan Ball
Katherine Boyer
Melanie Brannagan Frederiksen
Caitlin Broms-Jacobs
Tayler Buss
Joyce Clouston
Katrina Craig
Deco Dawson
MC de Natividad
Leah Decter
Meganelizabeth Diamond
Anika Dowsett
Catherine Dulude
Nnadozie Ekeocha
Christine Fellows
Devon Gillingham
Jonathan Green
Judah Iyunade
Zilla Jones
Leigh-Anne Kehler
Parker Koepnick
Luther Konadu
Rachael Kroeker
Jessica Landry
Santiago Lasko
Anita Lebeau
Tanner Manson
Natalie Mark
Chase Martin
Sylvia Matas
Rowan McCandless
Divya Mehra
m. patchwork monoceros

Garry Thomas Morse
Mariana Muñoz Gomez
Gislina Patterson
Tracy Peters
Ellen Peterson
Abiola Regan
Angeline Schellenberg
Victoria Sparks
Ella Steele
Sarah Struthers
Danielle Sturk
Jason Tait
Bryce Taylor
Brianna Wentz
Megan Wray
Elio Zarrillo

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM for Artists & Arts Administrators

73 requests

$80,820

44 awarded

$31,750

Recipients

Ian Bawa
Ashley Bieniarz
Irene Bindi
Lawrence Bird
Carol-Ann Bohrn
Sara Bulloch
Tayler Buss
Kamal Chioua
Kristiane Church
Julia Davis
MC de Natividad
Chantel Delorme
Meganelizabeth Diamond
Ryan Diduck
Bramwell Enan
Michael Falk
Abby Falvo
Brenda Gorlick
Kevin Grummett
Grant Guy
Robert Herriot
Lizzy Hoyt
Alison James
Leigh Karras
Quan Luong
Natalie Mark
Darren Martens
Peter Meechan
Grace Nickel
Anastasia Pindera
Hanna Reimer
Reza Rezai
AO Roberts
Alia Ross
Taya Rtichsheva
Lisa Rumpel
Lar Simms
Jenny Steinke-Magnus
Michelle Styles
Leslie Supnet
Chukwudubem Ukaigwe
Tricia Wasney
Emma Welham

PROJECT GRANTS for Arts Organizations and Collectives

35 requests

$341,550

15 awarded

$135,000

Recipients

Art Holm Collective
ArtsJunktion
Carnation Zine
Cluster: New Music + Integrated Arts Festival
Hyper

Manitoba Cultural Society of the Deaf
Manitoba Underground Opera
Manohar Performing Arts of Canada
OurToba Film Network
Prairie Comics Festival
Soul Supreme
SUSTENANCE
Synonym Art Consultation
Tick Tock Performance
We Rock Winnipeg

MUSEUMS GRANT

5 requests

$240,900

5 awarded

$240,900

Recipients

Friends of Dalnavert Museum
Manitoba Children's Museum

The Manitoba Museum
OSEREDOK-Ukrainian
Cultural and Educational Centre
Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada

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

38 requests

$3,062,100

38 awarded

$3,062,100

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 Theatre for Young People
Manitoba Printmakers Association
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 Film Group
Winnipeg Centennial Folk Festival
Winnipeg International Writers Festival
Winnipeg International Children's Festival
Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra
Winnipeg Jewish Theatre
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers

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

27 requests

$370,000

26 awarded

$355,000

Recipients

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

Assessors

KC Adams, Abi Auld, Lori Blondeau, Liz Cooper, Gabriel Daniels, Christina Hajjar, Andrew Johnson, Hee-Jung Serenity Joo, Christine Kirouac, Primrose Knazan, Helene Le Moullec Mancini, Mike Maryniuk, Simon Miron, Ben Reimer, Victoria Sparks, Sam Vint, Tricia Wasney, Jenny Heijun Wills.