The GNWT will soon be launching a special program to help Northern artists to showcase their talents.
The Artist to Market Program will introduce opportunities through markets and cultural events outside the Northwest Territories where consumers come to see and purchase work directly from artists. The aim of AMP is to support NWT artists to participate in an identified opportunity, enabling them to show and sell their work, as well as network with potential future clients, collaborators, and supporters in southern markets.
These new connections will help Northern artists find larger audiences and raise their profile, which in turn, will increase the demand of art coming from the NWT.
This plan is part of Goal 4 of the NWT Arts Strategy, which is designed to strengthen the NWT creative sector, as well as Action 4.3 to promote the creative sector in the territory and beyond to increase economic development opportunities for all NWT artists.
AMP provides project-specific funding for NWT artists to attend identified out-of-territory markets and events together as a group. Successful applicants will receive funding for airfare and accommodation costs. Funding for additional eligible costs will be reimbursed after the project is complete.
