Winnipeg Arts Council

Grants Awarded in 2019

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANTS for Artists Working In All Artistic Disciplines

141 requests

$670,915

45 awarded

$233,370

Recipients

  • Sasha Amaya
  • Don Amero
  • Cecilia Araneda
  • Karen Asher
  • Ian August
  • Abigail Auld
  • Jonathan Ball
  • Rodney Bodner
  • Adam Brooks
  • Yvette Cenerini
  • Rick Chafe
  • Gregory Chomichuk
  • Melissa Coyle
  • Anita Daher
  • Marie-Josée Dandeneau
  • Leah Decter
  • Nora Decter
  • Shawna Dempsey
  • Alexandra Elliott
  • Angela England
  • Elvira Finnigan
  • Waawaate Fobister
  • Bill Fugler
  • Brenna George
  • Jhapes Ally Gonzalo
  • Briony Haig
  • Luther Konadu
  • Anna-Laure Koop
  • Sacha Kopelow
  • Megan Krause
  • Alana MacDougall
  • Alexandra Merrill
  • Mark Neufeld
  • Abimbola Opaleke
  • Debbie Patterson
  • Samantha Penner
  • Ellen Peterson
  • Davis Plett
  • David Robertson
  • Orjan Sandred
  • Rebecca Sawdon
  • Jennifer Still
  • Rhayne Vermette
  • Patricia Wasney
  • Isaac Wurmann

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM for Artists & Arts Administrators

69 requests

$49,750

55 awarded

$37,250

Recipients

  • Sonya Ballantyne
  • Dave Barber
  • Harnoor Bhangu
  • Wren Brian
  • Giuseppe Condello
  • Karen Cornelius
  • Katrina Craig
  • Erica Daniels
  • Shaun de Rooy
  • James Dixon
  • Genevieve Farrell
  • Lydia Hamel
  • Raine Hamilton
  • Nicholas Hamm
  • Grace Han
  • Travis Harrison
  • Franchesca Hebert-Spence
  • Sigrun Helga Jakobson
  • Brent Johnson
  • Bram Keast
  • Bevan Klassen
  • Sacha Kopelow
  • Robert Krause
  • Katherine Mayba
  • Iain Ross McMillan
  • Ingrid McMillan
  • Lisa Mendis
  • Milos Mitrovic
  • Lasha Mowchun
  • Hope Nicholson
  • Kevin Nikkel
  • Erin O'Hara
  • Brandi-lyn Olenick
  • Amber O'Reilly
  • Tim Osmond
  • Davis Plett
  • Denise Préfontaine
  • Karen Press
  • Sue Proctor
  • Erin Propp
  • Matthew Rajfur
  • Jeanne Randolph
  • Aidan Ritchie
  • Andrea Roberts
  • Daria Salamon
  • Christopher Simonite
  • Michiko Singh
  • Katharina Stieffenhofer
  • Danielle Sturk
  • Maribeth Tabanera
  • Gabriel Tougas
  • Daina Warren
  • Patricia Wasney
  • Neil Weisensel
  • Kerri Woelke

PROJECT GRANTS for Arts Organizations and Collectives

36 requests

$304,539

19 awarded

$150,650

Recipients

  • Aboriginal Music Manitoba Inc.
  • Art Holm Collective
  • ArtsJunktion mb Inc.
  • Blinkers Art and Project Space
  • Canzona Inc.
  • Cluster: New Music + Integrated Arts Festival
  • Gallery 1C03
  • Manitoba Underground Opera
  • Prairie Voices Inc.
  • Quanz Dance Company (Q Dance)
  • Rose and Max Rady Jewish Community Centre
  • Sick + Twisted Theatre
  • The Kitty Girl Collective
  • Theatre by the River
  • Vault Projects
  • window Winnipeg
  • Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society
  • Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg
  • Young Lungs Dance Exchange

MUSEUMS GRANT

5 requests

$260,000

5 awarded

$266,000

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 2 of a 3-Year Cycle)

39 requests

$3,585,173

39 awarded

$3,253,785

Recipients

  • aceartinc.
  • Arts Manitoba Publications
  • Le Cercle Moliere
  • Festival du Voyageur
  • Folks are 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 School of Contempoary 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

$273,000

23 awarded

$273,000

Recipients

  • Agassiz Music Incorporated
  • Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
  • Camerata Nova
  • Contemporary Verse 2
  • Dry Cold Productions
  • First Fridays in the Exchange
  • Gearshifting Performance Works
  • GroundSwell
  • La Maison des artistes visuels francophones
  • Little Opera Company
  • 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

Gabriela Aguero, Gerry Atwell, Annie Beach, Irene Bindi, Andrea Del Campo, Niamh Dooley, Ray Fenwick, Alison Gillmor, Morgan Hamill, Takashi Iwasaki, Jeffrey Kohut, Nick Kowalchuk, Todd Martin, Nicky Mehta, Garry Thomas Morse, Heidi Phillips, Bill Richardson, Ali Robson, Gurpreet Sehra, Marijka Stanowych, Katherine Twaddle, Treasure Waddell.