Art Societies/Organizations

Music NWT is a non-profit, service-based association dedicated to helping develop and foster music and the music industry in the Northwest Territories.

The Music Teachers Association of the NWT supports NWT music teachers at all levels, both with private studios and in schools. Beyond being involved with their own students, Music Teachers’ Association members are involved in fostering musical excellence and appreciation amongst their pupils and...

Norman Wells Historical Centre (1989) portrays the history of the construction of the Canol Pipeline, geology, bush aviation, Mackenzie riverboats and Sahtu Dene culture. The Centre hosts an annual arts exhibition and its Great Bear Gallery gift shop features traditional Dene craft items, and...

he Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC) is a 297 seat theatre, with an additional 4 accessible seats, located in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada. It was built with the help of the Globe and Mail newspaper publisher, whose fundraising efforts raised money from various sources across Canada. It is...

The Northern Life Museum and Cultural Centre holds what is considered among the best collection of northern native and early white settlement material in Canada. Our collection is comprised of over 17,000 artifacts including traditional work of the Inuit, Inuvialuit, Dene and Metis, as well as...

The Northwest Territory Métis Nation is comprised of the indigenous Métis originally from the South Slave in the Northwest Territories.

The membership is politically represented by the Fort Resolution Métis Council, the Fort Smith Métis Council, and the Hay River Métis Government Council...

The NorthWords organizing committee was born on a snowy day in February, 2006. Conversations at literary events in Yellowknife, NWT, had led a number of writers and readers to the conclusion that there should be a summer literary arts festival in the community to showcase and support Aboriginal...

The NWT Creative Collective was formed in 2015 in order to foster artistic creativity and opportunities in the Northwest Territories, Canada. While serving our community’s youth is at our core, our events have quickly become an integral part of Yellowknife’s annual arts calendar.

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An eco-friendly festival that brings together Old Town merchants, artists and musicians. A weekend of activities for the whole family!

Open Sky Creative Society (OSCS) was formed in 1999 by local artists & arts supporters who saw a need for an arts & cultural service organization as well as presentation & artist outreach opportunities the Dehcho. It is the only active non-profit, non-governmental, artist, and...

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