Subventions pour
artistes émergents

Emerging Artist (Selected by Mishka Lavigne)

Caroline Bélisle est une comédienne, autrice dramatique et féministe ben ben fâchée œuvrant principalement dans la région de Moncton, au Nouveau-Brunswick. Diplômée du programme d’Écriture dramatique de l’École nationale de théâtre du Canada en 2020, elle a également complété la formation en interprétation de l’Université de Moncton quelques années auparavant.  Elle remporte le prestigieux prix Gratien-Gélinas pour Les remugles ou La danse nuptiale est une langue morte, texte également finaliste aux prix littéraires du Gouverneur Général et Antonine-Maillet-Acadie-Vie et traduite en allemand par Frank Weigand (Der Gestank der Welt). Ses œuvres sont produites par le Théâtre l’Escaouette, Satellite Théâtre, le Théâtre Populaire d’Acadie, le Pays de la Sagouine et le Théâtre des Béloufilles. Comme comédienne, on a pu la voir récemment dans son texte Les remugles, Un. Deux. Trois., de Mani Soleymanlou et dans la télésérie Garde partagée. Elle publie aux Éditions Perce-Neige ainsi que chez Bouton d’or d’Acadie.

Emerging Artist (Selected by d’bi.young anitafrika)

Greetings! My name is daniel jelani ellis and I'm a multidisciplinary artist from Jamaica working in performance-installation, playwriting, dub poetry, and acting. My artistic practice is Afrocentric and celebratory. I'm especially passionate about arts-based community organizing for social justice. As a Black queer immigrant, I'm committed to celebrating those of us who live within the margins. I'm a graduate of the English Acting program at the National Theatre School of Canada. I work as the Artistic Associate for Obsidian Theatre Company. I also steer ad-hoc entity Groundwork Redux - an ever-evolving gathering of artists and projects - creating original art, performance, and community activations. Groundwork Redux recently presented my acclaimed solo work speaking of sneaking as the season opener at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. www.groundworkredux.co

Emerging Artist (Selected by d’bi.young anitafrika)

Sashoya Simpson is a Jamaican-born storyteller whose wings have been nurtured within the arms of elders and young ones who mentor her directly and indirectly. Her artistic work embodies Caribbean folklore knowledge and cultural practices through theatre performance, storytelling and literary art. The stories she tells are for her nieces, nephews and future children to see themselves being represented and to keep traditions alive. Her stage play, Lulu, is currently in development and her Picture Book stories, The Instrument Maker et Kimone’s Music have both been recently shortlisted for the CANSCAIP Writing for Children Competition.

“I speak so it can be heard.

I create so it can be seen.

I teach so it can be passed on.”

Emerging Artist (Selected by Berni Stapleton)

Nicole Leona Smith is a writer, theatre creator, director, and producer, who splits her time between  her homes in Cambridge, Ontario and St. John’s, Newfoundland. Her work as a playwright has been  supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Shaw Festival, Green  Light Arts, and Canadian Stage. She is co-Artistic Director of the Grand Falls-Windsor Theatre  Project, in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, and founding Artistic Producer of Sonderlust, a theatre collective dedicated to the creation of original work and the staging of women's stories. As  someone whose mentors have shaped her every approach, Nicole is devoted to making and holding space for new creators of all ages, and her work is most often collaborative. She wants to tell and  platform stories that aim to reach beyond an echo chamber. To be recognized in this way by  Bernardine Stapleton and the Siminovitch Foundation is an honour.