Paint Your Perfect Summer! Summer Art Camp 

The Draw of the Great Outdoors – July 13-17, 2015

Ages 6-12
Cost: $27
Limit: 10 kids

Drawing Inspiration from Canadian artists such as Tom Thompson and the ‘Famous Group of Seven’ we will venture into the wilds around Yellowknife to capture the sub arctic terrain with our drawing tools and paint.

A typical day will include:  a morning excursion, picnic lunch, free play, and an afternoon in-studio art lesson

Day camp runs from Monday to Friday. Camp begins at 9:00am (drop off is...lire la suite

Call for PARTICIPATING ARTISTS for the Contemporary Inuit Art Collection Imago Mundi Project, FONDAZIONE BENETTON STUDI E RICERCHE, Treviso, Italy in collaboration the Inuit Art Foundation.

Luciano Benetton of the Fondazione Benetton Studi e Ricerche, Treviso, Italy has launched a unique project to collect works of art by established and emerging artists from countries all around the world. Imago Mundi, is a non-profit, cultural, democratic and global project that looks to the new frontiers of art - personalities, countries, emerging landscapes, languages and...lire la suite

Northern Choral Music Commission

Dates and Times: Friday, May 1 at 5:00 pm

The Yellowknife Choral Society is commissioning new Choral works for its choirs!
Are you a singer/songwriter, composer or music arranger living in the NWT? 
If yes, this opportunity may be for you!
Through this project, the YCS wants to:
- Increase Northern choral repertoire;
- Promote Northern composers, musicians and choirs;
- Provide opportunities for the YCS choirs to sing different genres of music; and
- Celebrate the NWT's unique artistic...lire la suite

The new NWT Arts Program 2014 launch newsletterlire la suite

Way Up North: An Arctic Symphony 

This film explores the making of an incredibly eclectic event: for one year some of Canada's top musicians are captured as they work with 100 kids in remote Arctic communities to create music echoing the elusive beauty of the Canadian North. Featuring ultimate (ice-)road trip scenes, nerve-inducing flights in 60-year-old rickety turbo props, and a lot of scenes shot in extreme temperatures, this film series tails kids, musicians and their communities in a spiritual, physical, and creative journey into the power of music and the power of dreams....lire la suite

Coming off the heels of the successful Northern Play Reading Series produced by Akpik Theatre last February in Yellowknife, NT, Reneltta Arluk begins a great adventure to rediscover one of the lost icons of north. Born in the Northwest Territories in 1838, Inuk woman, Tookoolito was a guide for southern maritime explorers, traders and whalers throughout the Canadian Arctic. In her lifetime, Tookoolito traveled further than many other Inuit. She was part of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, owned a house in Connecticut and in her teens met the Queen Victoria. In 1871, she was a significant...lire la suite

Call for submissions

Showcase and Sell your Works on Artailer, Canada’s Premier Online Gallery for Contemporary art

Artailer is an online-curated art marketplace. Everyday thousands of enthusiastic art lovers and collectors visit Artailer.ca seeking for Original Canadian artworks. Artailer gets you and your works in front of the target buyers.

Created out of the necessity to conveniently access contemporary works of art within all the regions in Canada, Artailer is on the move to becoming one of the...lire la suite

Volunteer with the ARCC 

The ARCC is currently recruiting volunteers and potential board members.

If you are interested in taking on a more active role with ARCC or in the broader Yk arts community, this is a great way to do it.  Email ykarcc@gmail.com to join or to get more info on these positions. 

If you'd like to find out about other volunteer opportunities, sign up for the volunteer mailing list on the YK ARCC website: http://ykarcc.com/

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Lunch Pail Theatre: First Call for Actors and Crew

Lunch Pail Theatre presents the award-winning play, “Twelve Angry Jurors”

Set in 1956 and originally titled 12 ANGRY MEN, the play has been updated with a diverse cast of men and women set to deliberate on a murder case.  There have been few changes to the powerful script and though some details have been updated — the basics of the story and characters are timeless.

Twelve Angry Jurors, must decide whether or not to reach a guilty verdict and sentence the 19 year old defendant to death. At...lire la suite