Winnipeg Arts Council

Grants Awarded in 2020

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANTS for Artists Working In All Artistic Disciplines

144 requests

$678,335

47 awarded

$222,435

Recipients

  • Omolola Ajao
  • Yisa Akinbolaji
  • Brady Allard
  • Zorya Baskier-Pasternak
  • David Bergen
  • Barbara Bottle
  • Keith Cadieux
  • Sarah Ciurysek
  • Sarah Crawley
  • Alexis Dirks
  • Hannah Godfrey
  • Marieke Gruwel
  • Samantha Halas
  • Erin Hembrador
  • Richard Holden
  • Kelsey Hutton
  • Glen Johnson
  • Cuinn Joseph
  • Bram Keast-Wiatrowski
  • Jeffrey Kent
  • Julie Lumsden
  • Sam Mackinnon
  • Chelsey Mark
  • Lisa Mendis
  • Jamie Michaels
  • Jordan Molaro
  • Charlene Moore
  • Mariana Muñoz Gomez
  • Scott Nolan
  • Freya Olafson
  • Bolanle Oriyomi
  • Joel Penner
  • Samantha Penner
  • Alex Poch-Goldin
  • Lyndon Radchenka
  • Bill Redekop
  • Cherissa Richards
  • Beth Schellenberg
  • Joseph Sevillo
  • Mylene Simard
  • Joanne Soldier
  • Leslie Supnet
  • Margaret Sweatman
  • Melissa Van Soelen
  • Fabian Velasco
  • Hazel Venzon
  • Connor Wielgosz

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM for Artists & Arts Administrators

16 requests

$12,000

9 awarded

$6,250

Recipients

  • Kelly Bado-Giesbrecht
  • Connie Chappel
  • Amber Epp
  • Rachel Erickson
  • Christina Hajjar
  • Rea Kavanagh
  • Primrose Knazan
  • Jocelyne Le Leannec
  • Nicole Shimonek

PROJECT GRANTS for Arts Organizations and Collectives

19 requests

$167,190

10 awarded

$74,000

Recipients

  • Art Holm Collective
  • Blinkers Art and Project Space
  • Carnation Zine
  • The Fracas Collective
  • Full of Days Collective
  • Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library
  • Polycoro Chamber Choir
  • Sick + Twisted Theatre
  • We Quit 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 3 of a 3-Year Cycle)

39 requests

$3,253,785

39 awarded

$2,929,908

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
  • 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

$281,000

24 awarded

$281,000

Recipients

  • Aboriginal Music Manitoba
  • Agassiz Music Incorporated
  • Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
  • Camerata Nova
  • Canzona
  • 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
  • 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

Yisa Akinbolaji, Ashley Au, Sonya Ballantyne, Rodrigo Beilfuss, Kevin Lee Burton, Méira Cook, Marie-Josée Dandeneau, Christine Fellows, Jillian Groening, Ann Hodges, Dana Kletke, Luther Konadu, Casimiro Nhussi, Andrea Roberts, David A. Robertson, Ian Ross, Sheila Spence, Emily Solstice Tait