Art and artists

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  • Here are entered works relating to the arts in general, including the visual arts, decorative arts, handcraft, textile arts, literature, the performing arts, and film and media arts.

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  • PAASH 2020 edition

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    • UF Fine arts

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    72 Archival description results for Art and artists

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    Many of the records were created by the division's predecessors, the Museums/Heritage and Cultural Affairs divisions of the Department of Culture and Communications. Records include policy development files, reports on funding and training for community heritage organizations, exhibit storylines, NWT Arts Council reports, and minutes from the Exhibit Committee, Marketing Committee, and from a divisional strategic planning meeting.

    Northwest Territories. Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Culture and Heritage division (1992-1997)
    N-1999-026 · Accession · [1970-1990]

    Records consist of nine stories from Pangnirtung written in syllabics; and one file containing results of a questionnaire on the value of the magazine 'Inuttituut.' The sound recordings contain an interview with Markoosie and traditional Inuit songs and games.

    McGrath, Robin

    Records document the evaluation process of a funding proposal submitted by the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre. Additionally, files contain a report produced by the division regarding the Open Sky Artist's Festival in Fort Smith.

    Northwest Territories. Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment. Investment and Economic Analysis division

    Records date from 1990-1999 and include files related to the marketing and promotion of northern arts in crafts in North America, Japan and Europe, and the role of the department in the development of the Master of the Arctic exhibit. The bulk of the records consist of strategic planning materials concerning public relations for the department, business planning files related to arts and crafts development in the communities, program planning files and objectives from Natural Resources section, Trade and Investment Division, and Arts and Crafts section, as well as an annual report from the Inuvik Region. In addition, there is Deputy Minister correspondence concerning the relationship between Economic Development and Tourism, Business Credit Corporation and NWT Development Corporation, briefing notes, files from senior management meetings and Premier Panel Meeting, the Arts and Crafts Committee and internal newsletters.

    Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. Investment and Economic Analysis division

    Records include policy files, reports and studies, correspondence, and case files related to tourism, co-ops, arts and crafts, community stores and other business, and loan programs. The files were held by the Central Registry and include some records created by the department's predecessors, including the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Industry and Development, and records from the federal government.

    Records are from the Central Registry system, Economic and Industrial Series (62 Block) and include files relating to Co-operatives, Arts and Crafts, Business Development, Foods, Settlements, Project Operations, Companies, Forestry, Marketing, Agricultural and Industrial Development and Financial Planning.

    The images depict the arts and crafts display and the Dene and Inuit demonstrations that took place at the 1976 Olympics. In addition, there are two copies of a brochure entitled "1976 Olympics, Government of the N.W.T. Arts and Crafts" and an introduction to the demonstration of games, dancing and drumming performed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

    Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Arts and Crafts division
    Wilf McNeil, 1918-1979
    N-1990-025 · Accession · [1975?]

    This accession consists of one 17x25 cm mounted black and white portrait photograph of Wilf McNeil, a Fort Smith wood carver.

    Valpy, Bruce, 1954-
    N-1991-061 · Accession · 1983

    This accession consists of the original manuscript for the unpublished play "Hornby", written by Bruce Valpy. The play, set in the Thelon River area in the winter of 1926-1927, features the characters Jack Hornby, Edgar Christian and Harold Adelard.

    Valpy, Bruce
    332 · Fonds · 1967-1988

    This fonds consists of approximately 22 centimeters of textual material and 19 photographs generated by the Northwest Territories Arts and Crafts Council. Included in this material are files of correspondence dated from 1975-1988, material related to a funding proposal submitted to the Department of Economic Development and Tourism, budget information, minutes of council meetings, the council's constitution and by-laws, material from the 1980 AGM in Inuvik and a copy of the Federal cultural policy review. In addition, there is material related to other Arts and Crafts organizations such as the Canadian Craft Council, Canadian Council on the Arts, Inuvik Arts and Crafts Society, Yellowknife Guild of Crafts and the Native Women's Association of the Northwest Territories. There are also copies of magazines containing articles related to the council, newspaper clippings, membership information, reports on various conferences, eight copies of "Artisan News" from 1978-1980, copies of the NWT Arts and Crafts Council Newsletter from Spring 1979 and Spring 1980, information about the design of the logo for the organization and records related to awards and exhibitions. The photographs depict arts and crafts workshops held in Inuvik and the founding members and Board of the Northwest Territories Arts and Crafts Council.

    Northwest Territories Arts and Crafts Council
    Erik Watt fonds
    113 · Fonds · 1929-1995

    This fonds consists of 1,207 photographs, including 852 predominantly black and white negatives and prints, and 355 colour slides.

    The majority of the images were taken by Erik Watt between 1950 and 1995. These images fall into two broad groups: those that Erik Watt took during his career as a journalist in the 1950s and 1960s, and those Erik took primarily in the 1980s and 1990s while he was employed in various capacities. The majority of the 1950s-1960s photographs are black and white and show locations within the Northwest Territories, however, images from northern Alberta, northern Manitoba, and northern Quebec complement the overriding theme of Canada's north. A wide range of subject matter is represented in these photographs, including: DEW line operations; educational activities; views of northern communities and people from both the eastern and western arctic; Aboriginal reserves; mining operations; church work in the north; road construction; and special functions such as the official opening of public buildings. The 1980s-1990s photographs are colour slides and primarily document mine sites and infrastructure.

    The remainder of the photographs were taken by Erik's father, Frederick Watt, and date between 1929-1933. These images include the first air mail flight to Aklavik, images of floatplanes and pilots, prospecting and staking activities and the establishment of the Cameron Bay settlement and mine. Some of these images were used in Frederick Watt's book "Great Bear: A Journey Remembered".

    Watt, Erik
    Northern Ephemera Collection
    N-1999-032 · Accession · 1966-1980

    Records include a Native Press calendar from 1979, a Native Communications Society calendar from 1980, a Northern Games brochure from 1974, 3 political brochures for Claire M. Barnabe from 1979, a NWT Travelog from 1966 and a 1975 programme for "Handel's Messiah."

    N-1992-080 · Accession · 1979

    It contains the programme for the musical "Two Hands and For Ever", which was produced and written by Robin Beaumont and Graham Hall in 1979, with music and lyrics by Robin Beaumont. The programme contains short biographical sketches on many of the workers and performers of this musical.

    St. Pat's Society for Musical Theatre
    N-1999-002 · Accession · 1997-1998

    Records include photographs taken by taken by Roberta McGregor when she was the adult educator at Sambaa K'e (Trout Lake). Photographs may have been used in "community book". There are a variety of scenic shots, community activities & handicrafts. Edward Jumbo is the man preparing a birch log for snowshoes making and working on preparation of tobaggon boards. The birch bark baskets were made by Norma Jumbo.

    McGregor, Roberta
    Singing North, The
    N-1992-104 · Accession · [1974]

    It contains one published program for the musical production "Canterbury Tales," presented by The Singing North.

    Northern Musicians Project
    N-2005-014 · Accession · 2003-2014

    Records include recordings and transcripts of interviews with northern musicians that were conducted by Pat Braden as part of a project supported by the Cultural Project Contribution Program of the Government of the Northwest Territories. The objective of the project was to interview northern 'pop' musicians in order to document their experiences and gain insight into the NWT music community between the 1950s and 1990s. The musicians interviewed included Archie Loutitt, Tony Buggins, Wilf Schidlowsky, George Mandeville, Albert Canadien, Angus Beaulieu, Herbie Beaulieu, Tom Hudson, John Tees, Alex Czarnecki, Gary Tees, Ted Wesley, Kevin Mackie, John Landry, Richard Lafferty, Pat Burke, and Allen Daniels.

    Braden, Pat