WINNIPEG – The Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP) announced Thursday a new broadcast partnership with APTN.
Every year, the AIP celebrates its new laureates at a live ceremony that showcases the AIP finalists, winners and performances by artists from across the north and for the first time ever, the ceremony will be broadcast on February 19th 2021 on TV and online, thanks to APTN.
“The AIP is one of Canada’s best kept secrets and we’re thrilled to be able to give this incredible prize, its laureates and the performers from the North the national reach they so deserve,” said Monika Ille, CEO of APTN, in the press release announcing the partnership.
Leela Gilday, artistic director of the AIP awards ceremony, says that this year’s performances will be as wide-ranging and diverse as the north itself, embodying the theme “their blood runs through our blood.” The virtual ceremony will feature artists including Nunavut’s Silla and Rise, Yukon’s Dakhká Khwáan Dancers, the Northwest Territories’ Wesley Hardisty and The Pan Lab Alumni Choir from Nunatsiavut, reads the announcement.
The AIP is working with Indigenous production company Animiki See Digital Production to produce the show.
Tune in on Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. CT on APTN to catch the broadcast, which will also be available to watch on the APTN lumi streaming platform on Feb. 19, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. CT and will be free to watch for 24 hours.
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