THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF ART IN NUNAVUT

2017 Northern Perspectives

Winnipeg, MB

Territorial Corporation of the Government of Nunavut ◦ Headquarters Rankin Inlet

◦ Sales Division Toronto

◦ Authorities Nunavut Development

Corporation Act Regulations Policies and Guidelines

Core Objectives

◦ Creating employment and

income opportunities for Nunavummiut

With an emphasis on

creating employment and income earning opportunities in Nunavut’s small communities

◦ Stimulating the growth of

business

◦ Promoting economic diversification and stability

Economic Support Instruments ◦ Use equity capital

backed up in some cases by operating subsidies in business enterprises, projects and subsidiaries

◦ Target Sectors include Cultural Industries, Fishery, Commercial Harvesting & Tourism

$5.5 million in Employment and Income Earning Opportunities generated for Nunavummiut

Minority Investments - Arctic Fisheries Alliance - Qikiqtarjuaq - Chou Developments – Cambridge Bay - Naujqqraaluit Hotel – Clyde River - NunaVet Animal Hospital - Iqaluit - Pangnirtung Fisheries – Pangnirtung - Sudliq Developments – Coral Harbour Projects Iqalukpik Fish Plant – Chesterfield Inlet Nunavut Qiviut – Kugluktuk NDC Sales Division - Toronto WAG @ the Forks - Winnipeg

Subsidiaries Companies Ivalu- Rankin Inlet Jessie Oonark Center – Baker Lake Kiluk – Arviat Kitikmeot Foods Ltd – Cambridge Bay Kivalliq Arctic Foods – Rankin Inlet Taluq Designs – Taloyoak Papiruq Fisheries – Whale Cove Uqqurmiut Arts and Crafts – Pangnirtung

Nunavut has a culturally vibrant and dynamic “ARTS” sector ◦ Film Makers ◦ Performing Artists ◦ Carvers ◦ Musicians ◦ Artists ◦ Story Tellers

The business side of Nunavut’s

“ARTS” sector is referred to as our Cultural Industries Sector but there are also strong linkages to Nunavut’s Traditional Economy.

Nunavut artists face many of the same challenges as artists in other jurisdictions: ◦ Financial Insecurity ◦ Juggling between

employment and the art ◦ Self promotion;

marketing and selling

Challenges unique to Nunavut’s artists include:

◦ Small local markets ◦ Distance to large markets ◦ Limited internet

connectivity ◦ Access to equipment ◦ Access to raw material ◦ Production overheads ◦ Shipping costs ◦ High Cost of Living

Art is often measured as a $50

million contributor to the Nunavut economy

A study commissioned by the Government estimated there are roughly 3,000 Nunavut residents who derive a portion of their income through art

Using the most basic of assumptions, that the $50 million is distributed equally among Nunavut’s 3,000 artists, yields an average annual individual income of $16,667

For many Nunavut artists, income generated through the sale of art represents their primary source of real income ◦ Limited local employment

opportunities ◦ Limited education levels ◦ Welfare trap dynamics

Nunavut artists

sometimes rely on a mix of social assistance and income generated through the sale of their art

Improving the quality of life for artists and all Nunavummiut: Approximately $1

Billion dollars of wealth in the forms of wages, expenditures and profits earned in Nunavut exits the Territory annually with little to no return

Improving the quality of life for artists:

◦ Hire Local and Buy Local – support

existing Nunavut based businesses, agencies and organizations actively participating in our Cultural Industries Sector

◦ Education is essential; balance is a must. Reliance on the production of art alone in Nunavut will not pay the bills

◦ Ongoing evaluation of all social programming to ensure initiative is rewarded and not penalized

◦ Promote, invest in and foster local community economies, inter-settlement trade and the pan northern economy. “Win at Home”

◦ Policy and Communications

Support marketing organization such as Dorset Fine Arts, Canadian Arctic Producers and NDC’s own Sales Division

Collectively these organizations purchase and finance many millions of dollars of Nunavut art, crafts and soft goods for resale into domestic and international markets

These organizations also employ many Nunavummiut both directly and indirectly; they also reinvest in Nunavut communities

Support Projects that: Generate income earing

opportunities for Nunavummiut Support the growth of Nunavut

business

WAG @ The Forks ◦ Partnership between The

Government of Nunavut, Winnipeg Art Gallery and NDC

◦ Partnership creates a new channel to place and market made in Nunavut arts and crafts with a renown industry partner

◦ Along with creating additional selling opportunities for Nunavut artists and business enterprises this project also positively supports the WAG’S commercial endeavors

NUNAVUT’S MINING SECTOR

NUNAVUT’S FISHING SECTOR

NDC Board Of Directors

◦ Donald Havioyak (Kugluktuk) ◦ Zacharais Kunuk (Igloolik) ◦ John Main (Arviat) ◦ Elizabeth Kingston (Iqaluit) ◦ Kolola Pitsiulak (Kimmirut) ◦ Sakiasie Sowdlooapik

(Pangnirtung) ◦ Helen Kaloon (Gjoa Haven) ◦ Remi Krikort (Kugarruk)

Nunavut Development Corporation

PO Box 249 Rankin Inlet, NU X0C-0G0

PH 867-645-3170 Fax 867-645-3755

Email: darrin@ndcorp.nu.ca Web: www.ndcorp.nu.ca