Brokering Services
Connecting artists and community in projects that fuel growth and innovation, and revitalize places.
At Business & Arts NL, we believe that meaningful partnerships between the creative and private sectors have the power to transform spaces, experiences, and communities. Through our Brokering Services, we help businesses, organizations, and institutions engage directly with artists across Newfoundland and Labrador— bringing creativity to everything from events to appreciation gifts to public spaces.
Whether you're seeking to commission a mural, select corporate or event gifts with heart, or reimagine your space with the arts in mind, our team helps you navigate the process—connecting you with artists, managing logistics, and ensuring your goals align with professional artistic standards and your unique vision.
Recent Partnerships & Case Studies
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Marcia Huyer
Vince Jones
Emily Pittman
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The Airport is committed to offering an exceptional airport experience for passengers and enhancing the economic, environmental, social, and cultural wellbeing of our community.
The growing public artwork initiative contributes to creating a singular and memorable experience that will shape passengers’ first and last impressions of this place, spark their imaginations, and connect them to the unique spirit of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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To create a mobile piece of public artwork that helped bring attention to the new 2025 GV70, and help advertise Business & Arts NL’s Explore Art NLpublic art app.
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Kyle Bennett
Kaeleigh Fitzgerald
JoAnn Goosney
Marcus Gosse
Miranda Harvey
Matthew LeDrew
Robyn Love
Tiffany Lyver
Sabrina Pinksen
Angelina Rogers
Trish Rogers
Monika (Dee-Jay) Rumbolt
Jessica Winters
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Supported by the Government of NL for Year of the Arts and delivered by Municipalities NL and Business & Arts NL, with sponsorship from The Paint Shop.
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To engage citizens, local businesses, and tourists in performances, workshops, artist talks, and open studio events
To foster the creation of works of public art in community centres
To reinforce community centres as important locations for human connection and building community identity.
To feature twelve artists, creators, and painters from across the province.
Read more:
Spotlight on Our Creative Home with Municipalities NL and Business & Arts NL
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This work created an opportunity for over 100 artists to have artwork purchased or commissioned and displayed in mental health inpatient units across the province.
The most significant amount of artwork was placed in the new Mental Health and Addictions Centre in St. John’s.
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The parameters for artwork selection for this project included:
Honour the voices of individuals and family members’ experiences with mental illness and substance use disorders
Actively incorporate the perspectives of Indigenous, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, disability and migrant perspectives
Increase visual connections to land, place, nature and/or human experience as a means of stress and aggression reduction
Connect staff, patients and visitors within the facility to images of life and communities across the province
Foster dialogue and knowledge exchange
Engage the community at large and promote these facilities as a space that promotes the integration between arts, science, and wellness
Enhance the hospital experience with the healing power of art
Interpret the sensory and restorative aspects of the natural world
Some works will acknowledge the history of Mental Health and Addictions treatment in NL
Be of high quality
Make the hospital environment feel less institutional
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Vessela Brakalova
Marc Fiset
Ian Gillies
Robert Hengeveld
Julie Lewis
Kevin-Barry Martin
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City of St. John’s
The Inn by Mallard Cottage
Quidi Vidi Artisan Studios
Quidi Vidi Brewery
The Wharf
Leaman Signs
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To add outdoor public artworks as another element to entice foot traffic down to explore and enjoy all that Quidi Vidi Village has to offer.
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MINI St. John’s
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To create a mobile piece of public artwork that helped bring attention to the new 2023 MINI Countryman, and helped advertise Business and Arts NL’s Explore Art NL public art app.
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St. John’s International Airport Authority
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To enhance travellers’ sense of arrival in Newfoundland as soon as they step off the plane.
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Genesis St. John’s
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Showcase the new Genesis GV80, advertise Business & Arts NL’s Explore Art NL public art app, and build on Genesis St. John’s reputation as a creative, community-engaged brand.
Let’s Work Together
Alliances with the arts can help invigorate your team, connect the community to your brand, and contribute to our thriving, modern province.
We are the go-to resource in Newfoundland and Labrador for organizations looking to collaborate with artists. Contact us if you need help engaging an artist for:
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Live entertainment
Locally-made Christmas card orders
Custom staff, customer, or thank you gifts
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Sharing your space for a short time, testing out a new artist-led workshop
Hiring entertainment
Conference support: entertainment, workshops, movement breaks, and more
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Artist-led team building, creativity workshops,
Public speaking coaching
Hiring actors for simulations and staff training
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Public art
Artist residencies
Design collaboration
Interested in starting a conversation?
We offer workshops, lectures, lunch-and-learns, which can be customized to any area of interest.
Recent presentations include:
Getting StARTed: building arts-business partnerships
Getting StARTed: arts-based projects large and small for municipalities
Building Cultural Vitality (for municipalities)
Building Cultural Vitality (for community-builders)
