Listen to Dis' Funds
These funds may support disability-led arts by sustaining programs, outreach, and creative opportunities for disabled artists across Saskatchewan. This ensures disabled artists have space to create, grow, and be heard.
* The Legacy Fund helps build long-term financial stability so disability-led arts can continue to grow and evolve for future generations.
* The Impact Fund allows donors to support current and near-term artistic activity.
These funds may support disability-led arts by sustaining programs, outreach, and creative opportunities for disabled artists across Saskatchewan. This ensures disabled artists have space to create, grow, and be heard.
* The Legacy Fund helps build long-term financial stability so disability-led arts can continue to grow and evolve for future generations.
* The Impact Fund allows donors to support current and near-term artistic activity.
Who We Are
Listen to Dis’ Community and Art Organization Inc. is Saskatchewan’s first and only disability-led disability arts organization. Since 2006, Listen to Dis’ has worked with d/Disabled artists to create original performance, music, and interdisciplinary work rooted in lived experience and disability culture.
The organization began as a small collective of artists exploring somatic movement, voice, and storytelling with disabled artist Traci Foster. Over time, it has grown into a provincial arts organization supporting disabled artists to create their craft, collaborate with peers, and share work with audiences across Saskatchewan.
Programs and Artistic Work
Listen to Dis’ delivers artist-driven programs that centre access, care, and creative excellence. Programs such as LTD’ Voice provide disabled artists with opportunities to create original work, perform publicly, and build confidence as creative leaders. Additional performances, workshops, and community-engaged projects support artistic growth while expanding public access to disability arts and culture.
Through this work, disabled artists are supported to experiment, take creative risks, and share stories on their own terms, while audiences engage with work that challenges ableism and broadens understanding.
Purpose of the Funds
The Flow Through Fund and Legacy Fund were established to support the sustainability and growth of disability-led arts through Listen to Dis’ Community and Art Organization Inc.
Donations to these funds may support:
- Artistic creation, rehearsal, and presentation
- Programs such as LTD’ Voice and other performance initiatives
- Accessible workshops, training, and mentorship
- Community outreach and provincial touring
- Artist support, collaboration, and leadership development
The Flow Through Fund and Legacy Fund were established to support the sustainability and growth of disability-led arts through Listen to Dis’ Community and Art Organization Inc.
Donations to these funds may support:
* The Legacy Fund helps build long-term financial stability so disability-led arts can continue to grow and evolve for future generations.
* The Impact Fund allows donors to support current and near-term artistic activity.
Community Impact
Gifts to these funds may help ensure that disabled artists continue to have meaningful opportunities to create, perform, and connect with audiences. Donor support strengthens disability culture in Saskatchewan and contributes to a more inclusive and representative arts landscape.
I can proudly say that after becoming a member of Listen to Dis’, nothing can stop me — not my disability, and absolutely not fear. Through this organization, I have found my way to a professional career in the arts.
10% Charity Matching Program
* For the Listen to Dis’ Funds, the 10% Charity Matching Program applies to the Legacy Fund only.