The production centre at PAVED Arts is proud to support the artistic projects of our members through our annual Members Micro Grant. Producing members in good standing can submit their project to receive up to $750 cash and $750 production centre credit.
For the 2025 Micro grant, our jury awarded the micro grant to respectfulchild!
With this grant, they will use our production centre and grant funding to make a film/music video that tells the backstory of how them and their violin fell in love.
“This video will be a ‘prequel’ to the album trailer we made in 2023, where me and my violin gave birth to our album. The video will be structured in two parts — a performance section along with an overarching narrative section.” — respectfulchild
Photo by Lindsey Rewuski
Artist Bio
respectfulchild 敬兒 is an interdisciplinary artist born, raised, and living as an uninvited guest on Treaty 6 Territory. Their work explores the quiet tensions and chaotic beauty of being a queer Chinese-Malaysian settler on the prairies, opening up space for intimate reflection and community dialogue. Rooted primarily with their violin, their practice ranges from live performance and installation to sound design and composition.
