SAGA funding will help support the marketing and performer pay for an inclusive fashion weekend including a Friday night gala and Saturday block party with runway shows in September 2024.
Grantees
Spokane Arts Grant Awards (SAGA) funds multiple programs and projects three times every year through a competitive application process. Grant winners carry out arts related activities in the Spokane area during the twelve months following their award date. Awards can be for any amount up to $10,000.
SAGA defines the term “arts” by observing our community’s creative activity. We live in a region populated by many cultures, talented in varied crafts and trades, and curious about learning and engaging in technique, expression, and artistic community. SAGA has funded blacksmithing and glassblowing, cultural art forms such as canoe making, performance, exhibition, education, therapy, and individual artistic development. We have also funded arts-based businesses and new collaborations.
SAGA stands on the principle that creatives should be paid for the work they do and we educate both the broader community and the artistic sector that creative work has value.
2023 was SAGA’s seventh year serving the Spokane region. At the end of its seventh year, SAGA had funded 171 proposals providing a total of more than $800,000 dollars to local artists, organizations, and businesses. Below we provide a complete list of each of our awardees since our first year of funding in 2017.
View just the most recent year’s winners here.
Spark Central
Children, teens, and adults will create original poems, short stories, and artworks in workshops facilitated by local authors and artists using prompts inspired by the city’s five Expo themes.
Luis Garcia
Luis Garcia creates a new drama about a deaf boy and a compassionate dishwasher.
Ridgeline Band Boosters
As is the case with many schools, Ridgeline has kept plenty of equipment long after its useful lifespan. SAGA support will help lessen the personal financial burden on educators.
If You Could Save Just One
Just One creates opportunities for creative expression and exposure to artistic career paths for Hillyard youth.
Laboratory
Laboratory provides higher power projection equipment and a new website for equipment reservations.
SFCC Fine Art Department
The Spokane Falls Community College (SFCC) Fine Art Department has received SAGA support to help create a fully-funded, annual, 3-month artist residency.
Space Queers, LLC
A showcase of local LGBTQ+ stand-up comedians, drag performers, and more coming together to present a raucous helping of queer joy.
Friends of Manito
The 2024 Festival will celebrate Expo ’74’s 50th anniversary with a full lineup of cultural and musical performances throughout the day.
Baharat Dance Company
An Arabian market in Spokane, like one would find in the big cities of the Middle East and North Africa.
Rachel Baker
untouchable is a comedy short film inspired by true stories about the pains of growing up. Originally a one-woman show, it tells the story of a girl growing up while navigating and overcoming limitations, bullying, and learning what it means to be a “good” person.