MicroGrant Success Stories

Matchmaker MicroGrants:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• Adrian Wallace & Colleen Taffe – Piece of Mind – The Making Of (Drama-mentary Film)
• Anubha Jha – “Bollywood Reimagined – 80s & 90s Music Magic” (Concert)
• Chelsea Johnson – Reimagined Roots Collective (Music Video)
• Colleen Snell – Stories in the Woods (Dance Film)
• Dechen Yee – 2nd Annual ‘Strings Attached’ Event (Multi-arts Event)
• Demetrius Nath – Mississauga Music Nights (Concerts)
• Matthew Sabido – Table Stage – Live Actual Play Show & Experience (Immersive Theatre & RPG Events)
• Matthew Zadkovich – Matt Zaddy New Album 2026 (Music Recording)
• Max Kingsbury – The Tumblers (Theatre Play)
• Michael Ventola – The Kick Back (Concert)
• Mississauga Theatre Players – SWAP Senior Jubilee (Theatre & Creativity Program for Older Adults)
• Mollie Garrett – Mississauga: a guidebook from memory (Community Storytelling Project)
• Rob Aguiar – Glimpse (Live Music Event Series)
• Ruba Zouzou – Andalusian Nights concert From Damascus to Granada (Concert)
• Sachin Sharma – Khat Mein (Music Video)
• Shallum Xavier – Under The Same Sun (Concert)
• Shazia Javed – Unwedding (Film)
• Thomas Francis – Five Ways Home (Music EP)
• Tom Barlow – Barlow Album Release (Music Album)
• Zohra Zoberi – Therapeutic Lies (Book)

Matchmaker MicroGrants:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• Amanda Bernard (Shawish Market) – Indigenous Art Journey (Visual Art & Craft Exhibition & Marketplace)
• Anna Yin – Peace and Harmony through Poetry and Music (Poetry & Music Fusion Project)
• Asha Ponnachan – Comical Depression (Film)
• Cynthia Crofoot – Prioritized (Film)
• Dechen Yee – STRINGS ATTACHED (Multi-Arts Event)
• Donovan Locke – Swingin’ in the ‘Sauga (Jazz Concert)
• Emmanuel Teji – Shelf Life (Film)
• Leo Dias (Sauga Plein Air Group) – Plein Air Competition at Riverwood Park
• Lincoln Blaché – Becoming (Music Single)
• Mehad-Munawar Muhammad – Poetry By The Falls (Poetry Event)
• NeoVoce Philharmonic Choir – Revitalizing Senior Lives Through Voice and Fine Arts (Creative Activation Project for Seniors)
• Radhika Baskar – Veena Jazz Odyssey (Music Recording & Videos)
• Raquel Jaworski – Raquel’s Riot- Let’s Inspire Female Talent (LIFT) (Music Showcase & Competition)
• Saad Tauseef – Chai & Samosa Open Mic Series (Open Mic Concerts)
• Stephanie Braganza – Until We Meet Again (Music Single)

Matchmaker MicroGrants:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• Anubhav Singh – City Of Bystanders (Film)
• Archy Jay – Bagpipes meet Bollywood (Music Video)
• Caterina Sauro – Exprosé (Spoken Word Events)
• Emily Klatt (Windmill Music) – “Merry and Bright” A Traditional Christmas Concert
• Gaby Al Botros – JazzYat – Arabic Jazz Concert
• Gee – Reset (Music Video)
• Gladys Lou – Elasti-city (Multimedia Exhibition)
• Gordon Culley – The Long Way Home (Film)
• Jade Hilton – One Night in Tennessee (Album & Tour)
• Lorraine Brown – Vintage Fashion Show
• Meena Chopra – “A Journey into a Charismatic Chiaroscuro” (Self-Published Interactive Book)
• Pratap Reddy – “Shards of Verse” (Self-published Book)
• Raul Pinto – El Gigante Egoista (Theatre Production)
• Rob Aguiar – Glimpse Into The Heart of a Singer Songwriter Interview Series – Season 2 (Podcast & Concerts)
• Ruba Zouzou – Syrian Damascene Windows (Concert)
• Tennyson King Most Of My Days (Music Video)

Matchmaker MicroGrants:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• Arlene Paculan – EP Recording Project: Ever Onward Believer
• Caterina Sauro – Poetry & Spoken Word Events: Exprosé
• Hibah Mian – Visual Art Exhibition: Dreamland Phase II: Unveiling Identities, Honoring Histories
• Joanne Feely DeGraaf – Visual Art Project: Woods of Wonder- Cawthra Trail
• Lorraine Brown – Fashion Show Event: Canada Celebration Fashion Show
• Matthew Zadkovich – Music Recording Project: 2024 Matt Zaddy New Single
• Mileena Sobreira-Yousufy – Album Recording Project: BABY
• Sandra Clarke – YouTube Video Production: Craftivism and Visible Mending Masterclass

Project MicroGrants:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant – Moving Memoris by Sabyashi Nag
• ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant – Jubilee Seniors Theatre and Acting Program by Mississauga Players Theatre
• Community Art Activation MicroGrant – Speak Your Truth by Stay Woke
• Community Art Activation MicroGrant – Nature’s Canvas: Grow Your Tomorrow by Studio.89
• Community Art Activation MicroGrant – Mississauga Community Fashion Runway by Thipashini Balakrishnan
• Music Showcase Event Production MicroGrant – The Sauga Continues by JD Era
• Theatre in the Park MicroGrant – War of the Worlds Reimagined by Frog in Hand
• Theatre in the Park MicroGrant – The Great Blue by Marilyn Campbell

Matchmaker MicroGrants:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• Anna Yin – Polyphonic celebration for Mississauga’s 50th Anniversary
• Archy Jay – Scotland the Brave India the bold
• Cat Bernardi – Muovermi
• Caterina Sauro – Exprosé
• Heather Christine – Soul Call 
• Muniyat Haque – The Picture of Parveen
• Ruba Zouzou – DNA Cultural Music Performance
• Sabrina Narzoles Aly – Do We Have Time?
• Qurat Dar – Sauga Poetry

Sponsored by MAC

• JACELYN – Ice Flower
• Leah Duarte – Unclean Heads
• Mississauga Writers Group – Writing Contests 

Career Development MicroGrants:
Sponsored by MAC

• Carolyn Topdjian
• Gaby Al Botros
• JSAL
• Sahar Golshan
• Sarena and Sasha Nanua
• Sasha Shevchenko
• Simran Patel
• Susan Ksiezopolski
• Tahira Rajwani
• Tylor Key-Carr
• Vishakha Ghosh

Project MicroGrants:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant – Writing to Heal – Express Yourself Artfully by Susan Ksiezopolski
• Community Activation MicroGrant – Carlis Place Concert Series by Michael Bacon
• Poetry Event MicroGrant – Sauga Poetry
• Theatre in the Park MicroGrant – Daylight Again by Megan Cruz
• Music Showcase Event Production MicroGrant – Mississauga Music Nights by Demetrius Nath
• Visual Art Exhibition Curation MicroGrant – Dreamland by Hibah Mian

Sponsored by MAC

• ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant – drumIN by Samuel Liu
• Career Development MicroGrant – Zohra Zoberi

Matchmaker MicroGrants:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• Anna Yin – Public Art to Engage and Unite (film and poetry)
• Caterina Sauro – Exprosé, poetry nights
• Colleen Snell – Noir, a dance theatre production
• Maya Saggar – Sonny’s Big Game Youth Arts Event Series
• Vivek Mehmi – Humble & Hungry Music Fest 2023
• Yen Linh Thai – Snail Mail: Connecting Mississauga Creatives & Community

Sponsored by MAC

• Denise Leslie – Behind the Scenes Song Development Process
• Joanne Feely DeGraaf – Generations I – Oak Branch at Nuit Blanche
• Keith Garebian – Poetry is Blood CD
• Lisa Shen – Bird Notes, poetry chapbook debut
• Noelle Hamlyn – Lifers at the Royal Ontario Museum
• Tennyson King – Chinese Indie Folk Recording Album Project
• Mississauga Writers Group – Four writing contests

Project MicroGrants:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• Dance on Film MicroGrant – My Carmen by Dora Paszuk
• Music Showcase Event Production MicroGrant – Cheers & Beers Concert Series by Bree Taylor
• Short Documentary Film MicroGrant – Everything Off Balance by Arlene
• Short Documentary Film MicroGrant – KANAKIYOST: Art, Identity, and Belonging by Cathleen MacDonald
• Theatre in the Park MicroGrant – A Pastel-Coloured Land by Andrew Gaboury
• Visual Art Exhibition Curation MicroGrant – Show and Tell Art Exhibition by Fausta Facciponte

Sponsored by MAC

• ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant – Now I See Me, Now I Don’t (workshops) led by Anna Silgardo
• ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant – Wellness Art Workshop Series led by Visual Arts Mississauga

Matchmaker MicroGrant Winners:
Sponsored by by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• Gladys Lou – Semiotics of Water (multimedia installation)
• Heather Christine – Mentor Magic – new single and video (music)
• Matt Zaddy – New Single and video (music)

Sponsored by MAC

• Anju Malhotra – Food for Thought (film)
• Anna Wojcik – Opera Outreach Program (music/education)
• Cat Bernardi – Mona Lisa (music)
• Cullen McFater – Daylight Again (film)
• Gordon Culley – Everythings Gonna Be Alright (film)
• Jaimie Poon – Between Us Being Album (music)
• Lincoln Blaché – Mykonos (music)
• Radhika Baskar – AMALGAM, A fusion music project (music)
• Sandra Clarke – Build Your Art Business Guied and Workbook (visual art/education)
• THE iDENTiTY CRiSiS – New Single and Video (music)

Project MicroGrants:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• ArtsCare Program Development MicroGrant – Pocket Art (workshops) led by Netta Ussyshkin
• Dance on Film MicroGrant – Voyage by Candace Kumar
• Dramatic Short Film MicroGrant – Mothering by Emily Ryder
• Theatre in the Park MicroGrant – Ghost Light by Za Hughes

Matchmaker MicroGrant Winners:
Sponsored by MAC

• Anna Wojcik, opera recital
• Anna Yin, Haiku workshops and anthology
• Jayda Hope, Imagine the Pain the Land Must Carry (art exhibition)
• Manahil Bandukwala, A Woman Wide Awake (book project)
• Mauve, Dream State (music video)
• Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensemble, COVID recovery strategy
• Pilar America, Spanish Guitar Album recording

Project MicroGrants:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• Dance on Film MicroGrant – Zachary Seto
• Touring Words of Meaning MicroGrant – Anjula Evans
• MAC Funded Fusion Animated Music Video MicroGrant – Mauve (musician) & Matthew Salisbury (animator)

Matchmaker MicroGrant Winners:
Sponsored by MAC

• Alex Pollard – Lost and Found (dance)
• Alison Syer – Drawn In (visual art/literature)
• Anna Wojcik – Outdoor Opera (music production/concerts)
• Arlene – Harmony//Innocence (music recording)
• Karin Elyakim – Sunrises for Darling (film)
• Matt Zaddy – #TogetherAtHome (open mic concerts)
• MAYBE MAY – Still Mine (music recording)
• Rohan Dhupar – Venus & Adonis (dance)
• Susan Ksiezopolski – Creative Resilience, Artful Way to Bounce (multi-genre workshops)
• Tanisha Cunningham – Hair Care (theatre production)
• Zohra Zoberi – The Other I (literature)

Career Development MicroGrant Winners:
Sponsored by MAC

• Angela Chao – Colours that Make Mississauga (visual art)
• Heather Christine – Vocal Coaching Mentorship (music)
• Julia Juhas – Film Directing Mentorship (Film)
• Maria Lagarde – Art2Connect Credit Valley Trail (visual art/literature)

Project MicroGrant Winners – Phase One:
Sponsored by RAMA Gaming House & supported by Charitable Gaming at City of Mississauga

• Theatre in the Park MicroGrant – Jasmine Sawant
• Artists on Film MicroGrant – Angela Chao
• Touring Words of Meaning MicroGrant – Wali Shah
• Touring Words of Meaning MicroGrant – Qurat Dar
• Musicians as Video Makers MicroGrant – Dimitri Hyacinth, Tennyson King, Justin Moy, Paige Blossom and Danny Lwin, Cmagic5, Shan Fernando, Andrea Arthur, Abhishek (Abby V), Cat Bernardi, & Vivek Mehmi
• Dance as a Movie MicroGrant – Colleen Snell, Co-Founder & Artistic Director of Frog in Hand Productions
• Dance as a Movie MicroGrant – Emily Roman, from Elite Dance Company

Project MicroGrant Winners – Phase Two:

• Mississauga Invitational Fine Arts Show (Date TBC) – Ashley Beerdat, Grace Miah, Jackie Gallagher, Cathy Clark, Debby de Groot, Sandra Robson, Joanna Turlej, Rosemary Broos, Sujata Chander, Shobha Wagley, Adriana Rinaldi, Laura Beaton, Sue Archibald, Gabby Tutak, Sjon de Groot, Noelle Hamlyn, Sofia Berger, & Raheel Patel

Project MicroGrant Winners – Phase Three:
Co-sponsored by Bell

• Art of Wellness (Documentary) – Susan Ksiezopolski

Matchmaker MicroGrant Winners:
Sponsored by MAC

• Demetrius Nath, musician and vocalist/guitar player of MAYBE MAY
• Emily Ryder, filmmaker
• Jacelyn Holmes (JACELYN), singer-songwriter
• Matt Zaddy, acclaimed musician and music educator
• Tony Truong, filmmaker
• Heather Christine, award-winning singer-songwriter
• You Made It!, a rising Mississauga-based arts collective
• Tsochoy Go, artist and digital illustrator
• LCI Movement, dance program
• Lisa Alves, lyricist and producer, in collaboration with Jessica Goddard
• Mabrook Entertainment
• Deep Ganguly, bansuri player and educator
• Denise Leslie, jazz songstress
• Tennyson King, international touring musician
• Cat Bernardi, jazz vocalist and composer

Career Development MicroGrant Winners:
Sponsored by MAC

• Matt Easter
• Keith Garebian
• Deepa Mahanti

MicroGrant Winners:

• Angela Chao and Susan Ksiezopolski – “Feel It” Exhibits
• Frog in Hand – “Stories in the Woods” interactive outdoor dance/theatre production
• Cathleen MacDonald – “Film Incubator Workshop” series
• Khaula Mazhar – “Pollinator’s Paradise” mural at the Mississauga Valley Community Centre