Action Plan Progress Tracker

9 total action items

Increase opportunities for local artists to share their art skills and knowledge with school aged children.

On-track

Deliverable(s)

  1. Foster relationship between artists/arts organizations, and schools/education bodies. (ECE) – Ongoing On-track
  2. Provide assistance to Indigenous artists, Elders, and knowledge keepers to share traditional artistic skills and knowledge with youth. (ECE) – 2024-2025 On-track
Arts education Arts funding NWT Arts Strategy

Ensure artists have access to professional development opportunities in core aspects of their profession.

On-track

Deliverable(s)

  1. Provide arts-focused training opportunities in information technology. (ITI) – Ongoing On-track
  2. Broker opportunities for locally-delivered business administration training for the creative sector. (ITI) – Ongoing On-track
  3. Provide opportunities for NWT artists to teach workshops and/or mentor youth and early career artists. (ITI) – Ongoing On-track
  4. Develop linkages between the Arts Strategy and the Skills 4 Success Strategic Framework and Small Communities Employment Strategy. (ECE/ITI) – 2024-2025 On-track
  5. Raise the profile of labour market programs and services and encourage the professional development of those engaged in the creative industries in the NWT. (ECE/ITI) – 2024-2025 On-track
  6. Explore ways to support arts and culture organizations to build skills and capacity. (ECE/ITI) – 2025-2027 On-track

Status Summary

  • October 3, 2023: The Government of the Northwest Territories and Canada Council for the Arts announced a new partnership to support development of the NWT arts sector. 
  • July 2024: New two-year Arts Organization Incubator Program launched to helping arts organizations build capacity with $440,000 in funding from the Canada Council will be available to participating arts organizations.
Art-based business Arts education NWT Arts Strategy

Increase public awareness of and engagement with the arts.

On-track

Deliverable(s)

  1. Run regional marketing campaigns to encourage public support and appreciation of local arts and educate about NWT arts and creative sector work. (ITI) – 2025-2027 On-track
  2. Support creation of regional promotional materials to highlight public art in each NWT community (e.g., Art Walk brochures or online tools). (ECE/ITI) – 2024-2025 On-track
  3. Raise the profile of the employment opportunities in the creative industries in the NWT. (ECE/ITI) – 2025-2027 On-track
Art-based business Arts education Public arts NWT Arts Strategy

Encourage private and public investment in the arts.

On-track

Deliverable(s)

  1. Explore how the GNWT can display and promote art and artists in public buildings. (ITI/INF/MACA) – 2024-2025 On-track
  2. Encourage the display of NWT art in non-traditional spaces during renovation or building planning. (ITI/INF/ECE) – 2024-2025 On-track
  3. Develop an awareness campaign regarding the value of including arts and cultural activities and experiences into events and conferences hosted in the NWT. (ITI/ECE) – 2025-2027 On-track
Art-based business Public arts NWT Arts Strategy

Increase access to and availability of materials, technology and equipment across the territory.

On-track

Deliverable(s)

  1. Create an inventory of current northern art suppliers, community tool and equipment-sharing programs and supports. (ITI) – 2025-2027 On-track
  2. Promote the ITI Hide and Fur Program as a source of materials for art and creative projects. (ITI) – 2024-2025 On-track
  3. Seek ways to reduce costs (such as shipping) for raw materials, equipment, and tools to NWT communities and artists. (ITI) – 2025-2027 On-track
  4. Increase access and availability of NWT fur and hide for NWT artists. (ITI/ENR) – 2024-2025 On-track

Status Summary

Art-based business NWT Arts Strategy

Ensure arts stakeholders and community leaders are connected and working together.

On-track

Deliverable(s)

  1. Continue to engage in national networks (such as Canadian Public Arts Funders Network, the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Culture and Heritage Table, the Canadian Crafts Confederation) to share best practices, learn about new opportunities and technologies, in the desire to better support the NWT arts sector. (ECE/ITI) – Ongoing On-track
  2. Work with local Indigenous leaders and knowledge holders to develop and disseminate information about cultural appropriation, respecting cultural protocols, intellectual property rights, copyright, and the importance of respecting, preserving and celebrating traditional knowledge. (ECE/ITI/ENR/EIA) – 2025-2027 On-track
  3. Continue to build relationship and partnerships with NWT arts and culture organizations. (ECE/ITI) – Ongoing On-track
Arts funding Arts organizations NWT Arts Strategy

Explore the creation of an NWT Arts Association.

On-hold

Deliverable(s)

  1. Support the arts community to explore the feasibility or interest in creating an arm’s-length entity that would support and strengthen the NWT creative sector. (ECE/ITI) – 2023-2024 On-Hold
Arts organizations NWT Arts Strategy

Promote the creative sector in the territory and beyond to increase economic development opportunities for all NWT artists.

On-track

Deliverable(s)

  1. Pursue national and international partnerships to find new opportunities and markets for NWT artists. (ITI) – Ongoing On-track
  2. Seek opportunities to incorporate NWT arts and cultural programming into national and international celebrations and events (Olympics, expos, etc.). (ITI) – Ongoing On-track
  3. Look for new and enhanced opportunities to showcase and raise the profile of the NWT arts and creative sector (art displays, live demonstrations and/or performances, etc.). (ITI) – Ongoing On-track
  4. Promote the NWT Arts logo as a mark of authentic artwork in the marketplace and the website as a tool to find NWT art and artists. (ITI) – 2024-2025 On-track
  5. Promote the cultural significance of artwork made in the NWT and how authenticity increases monetary value. (ITI) – 2024-2025 On-track
  6. Create and use digital technologies and social media platforms to promote NWT art. (ITI) – 2024-2025 On-track
  7. Collect, evaluate and publish current data on the NWT arts sector to help identify areas of growth and opportunity. (ECE/ITI) – 2025-2027 On-track
Art-based business NWT Arts Strategy

Improve marketing resources for artists, retailers and organizers.

On-track

Deliverable(s)

  1. Continue to promote the NWT Arts Program to artists, retailers and organizations to create and improve their marketing strategies. (ITI) – Ongoing On-track
  2. Develop resources for artists focusing to improve knowledge of how to sell their artwork in new and innovative ways (e-commerce and social media platforms, how to price artwork, media relations, etc.). (ITI) – Ongoing On-track
Art-based business Arts education NWT Arts Strategy
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