The Arts Business Support Fund provides up to $10,000 for the start-up or growth of arts-related business activities in the NWT. This funding is for professional artists, individual entrepreneurs or small businesses that provide (or want to provide) arts-related services or products.
This fund supports the following disciplines:
The Artist Travel and Touring Fund helps NWT artists travel to promote, share or advance their artistic practice through performances, exhibitions, showcases, markets and other professional opportunities.
This fund is for artists who have developed their craft to a level where they are ready to engage broader audiences and pursue opportunities beyond their home community or the NWT.
This fund supports the following disciplines:
The Arts Operating Fund provides financial and developmental support to arts organizations that operate year-round in the NWT. Eligible applicants can receive between $20,000 and $200,000 per year.
This funding supports:
The Large Arts Project Fund provides $15,000 to $100,000 in funding for NWT arts organizations to carry out large-scale arts activities.
This funding supports the costs of delivering a large project -- paying coordinators, northern artist fees, venue and equipment rentals, materials and supplies -- in the following disciplines:
The Medium Arts Project Grant provides $5,001 to $15,000 in funding for medium-scale arts projects and events.
This grant supports a wide range of arts activities, including creation, production, presentation, training and artistic development in the following disciplines:
The Small Arts Project Grant provides $500 to $5,000 in funding for small-scale arts projects to emerging and mid-career artists, craftspeople, groups and organizations.
This grant supports a wide range of arts activities, including creation, production, presentation, exhibition, training and artistic development in the following disciplines:
The Artist to Market Program (AMP) works with national and international partners to create opportunities for NWT artists to showcase their talents and sell their work to new audiences.
AMP provides:
The NWT Arts Program promotes arts and fine crafts to local, national and international markets. Program registration is free to all NWT artists including those in traditional and contemporary visual arts and fine crafts, performing arts, literary arts and film/new media.
