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Foreign Affairs committee There's already set in place a tag called the Igloo Tag, which authenticates Inuit art made by Inuit. Also, the Government of Nunavut is currently developing a tag called the Nunavut brand. It's a tag that would be on all pieces of art and it would be registered online. Therefore
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford
Foreign Affairs committee I don't think there's really the infrastructure to do that in a mass sense. One of the biggest issues is, for example, sealskin garments. There are lots of ties and vests and things like that. There's a huge demand for them. But, honestly speaking, the artists can't keep up with
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford
Foreign Affairs committee No, there are no standards set as far as that goes. It's up to the artists.
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford
Foreign Affairs committee Certainly as an organization we are currently only getting approximately $30,000 a year for the international marketing of art. There definitely are programs out there and applications for them go out, and whether or not they get approved, there is still not a lot put out there—n
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford
Foreign Affairs committee I don't know if that's really going to affect the arts industry that much. Like you said, a lot of the resources they use for their art include quarrying for stone and that kind of stuff for the carvings and the sculptures. I guess one thing would be sealskin. A lot of sealskin i
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford
Foreign Affairs committee For the most part, yes. They're mostly in abundance, yes.
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford
Foreign Affairs committee In Nunavut?
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford
Foreign Affairs committee Supposedly, there are over 3,000. There are about 700 artists that we have registered as members. We consider them to be active artists, full time, and art is their main source of income.
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford
Foreign Affairs committee They say it's over 3,000. They say most everyone is an artist in some sense.
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford
Foreign Affairs committee Yes, it's probably over 10%.
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford
Foreign Affairs committee As tourism is becoming a stronger and stronger industry in Nunavut, it definitely opens many doors for a lot more sales in Inuit art, particularly in Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, and Cambridge Bay, the hubs of Nunavut. A lot of sales are happening in the lobbies of the hotels, and in r
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford
Foreign Affairs committee Thanks, Chris. As Chris stated earlier, I'm the executive assistant for Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association, and also in charge of developing projects. I'm going to speak to the status of the economy of Nunavut in relation to the arts. With a population of about 30,000—appro
March 26th, 2013Committee meeting
Justin Ford