Sponsorship Fund
The Sponsorship Fund is an annual funding opportunity available to our members worth $500.
Applications for this open in the new year and members simply have to fill a google form with information on how the $500 would support their current printmaking practice. This fund is meant for printmakers at any stage of their career from emerging to established.
Bree Tabin
2023 SPONSORSHIP FUND WINNER
Bree Tabin (BREE) is a printmaker, sculptor, and muralist, based on Treaty 4 territory in Regina, SK. Their primary focus throughout their practice is art accessibility and community engagement. Maintaining parrhesia and queer identity in their work, Bree creates for expression of duality, community and connection – making work with bold messaging in rejection of subtlety. Currently pursuing their Bachelor of Arts in visual arts at the University of Regina, Bree is grateful to be learning in the community they grew up in. Follow the trail of cackling laughter, and you’ll find Bree.
Amber Bryans
2022 SPONSORSHIP FUND WINNER
Amber Bryans is a Saskatoon-based artist working in painting and printmaking. Inspired by a childhood shared between Saskatchewan's Boreal forests and southern prairie, her works often feature landscapes, forests, prairie skies, and wildlife, particularly birds. Amber uses her art to explore the natural world, our internal human experiences, and human interactions with nature. Amber discovered linocut printing in the spring of 2020, and since then printmaking has become a dominant part of her art practice.
Jo Shepherd
2024 SPONSORSHIP FUND WINNER
Jo Shepherd grew up on a farm near Moosomin, SK, and later moved to Winnipeg, where she earned a history degree and discovered printmaking through a Youth Outreach program at Martha St. Studio. Drawn to linocut, she began creating prints at home while renting studio space to produce her work.
After returning to Saskatchewan and completing a Library and Information Technology diploma, Jo continued to develop her linocut practice while raising her son, Milo. She now works at mâmawêyatitân centre in Regina, where she occasionally teaches printmaking. Using her own press at home, Jo explores reduction and multi-block techniques, often inspired by native plants and pollinator-friendly gardening.