Art Societies/Organizations
Based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, AKPIK THEATRE, established itself in 2008. Adhering to its namesake, the cloudberry, Akpik Theatre strives to flourish in the northern climate it reflects by:
Developing stories of the circumpolar north, whether oral tradition or contemporary...
Deline is home to many amateur artists and the love for music has been a part of our culture since the first drummers started beating the drum. There is a lot of potential in a small town like this and there was no better example than everyone's beloved artist from our hometown, Anthony Menacho...
Bella Dance Academy is located in Yellowknife, NT and has been providing Yellowknife with high quality dance instruction since 2004.
Bella Dance Academy offers Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Mini Movement, Musical Theatre, Acting Classes, Hip Hop, Pre-Pointe, Pointe, Leaps, Jumps & Turns...
The Bern Will Brown Museum is a private museum that sits on the beautiful shores of Colville Lake, attached to the Colville Lake Lodge. It houses a large array of traditional northern memorabilia that includes arts and crafts, hunting tools, and fur pelts. Painter/Author Bern Will Brown's studio...
CKDance Company is the northernmost Highland Dance studio in the world. It is directed by Cindy Kimove, a champion highland dancer originating from Toronto, Ontario. Highland dance is steeped in Scottish tradition, but deeply influenced by other dance forms including ballet.
CKDance...
DEAD NORTH is a short genre film-making festival that is open to all the good people freezing their faces off North of 60. Over the course of two months, filmmakers from the circumpolar world produce original films in some of the world’s coldest climates.
Established in 2012, over 170...
The Déline Sewing Group is a group of women who gather together twice a week to work on their traditional fine crafts together. The group ranges in age therefore allowing for a transfer of knowledge, experience and different sewing styles to younger generations, and to enhance and contribute new...
The Society delivers arts programs to the community of Fort Good Hope. Programs include the annual hide work learning culture camp; weekly sewing and crafts get-togethers during winter months; traditional arts workshops - moccasin making, mitt making, bead sewing, packsack making, etc. The...
First North Productions is 100% Aboriginal owned and operated, and was established in 2004 by John Gon. Since its inception, Northern-based First North Productions has become a fully integrated independent production company that offers services and develops and produces its own media programs....
Folk on the Rocks originated in 1980 as a non-profit society dedicated to organizing professional development and performance opportunities for Northern performers. Our well anticipated annual music festival draws one of the largest audiences to gather in the North and has gained a national...