Inside the plan to bring the first public visual arts centre to Northwest Territories

As we move forward in our goal to build an art centre in the Northwest Territories, we and our community supporters had the pleasure of speaking with the Globe and Mail. Thank you Melaw Nakehk'o, Fred Sangris, and Sarah Swan for lending your voice to the cause, to Pat Kane for the amazing photos, and to Tavia Grant for writing about us.

Komarnisky noted Yellowknife already has a performing arts space in the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre. That means the needs of the city and territory may not be met by simply copying the Yukon Arts Centre, which offers a NACC-esque performance area.

“I look at them and I see a lot that we’d need here, but we want to make it NWT style, you know what I mean?” she said. “It’s definitely going to reflect our context.”

Read the story here: Inside the plan to bring the first public visual arts centre to Northwest Territories