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Handmade work from northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan: a storefront on Flin Flon’s Main Street and a marketplace that ships across North America and Europe.
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Fine art, home goods, clothing, beauty, food and seasonal work, all made north of 54.
The project
A market built for northern makers
Uptown Emporium is a physical store in Flin Flon and a non-profit e-commerce platform. It opened in November 2020 and is owned and operated by the Flin Flon Arts Council.
Its purpose is simple: widen the market for northern artists by photographing, pricing, marketing and shipping their hand-crafted work, which in turn supports small businesses, tourism and the region’s cultural sector.
What began with 11 vendors now carries work from more than 100 artisans, with Northern Champions connecting makers from Flin Flon to The Pas, Creighton, Cranberry Portage and communities across the north.
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The storefront
Main Street, Flin Flon
The Uptown Emporium Centre grew from a 475 square foot proof-of-concept into a 2,100 square foot hub: a place to warehouse, meet and sell work, and a bigger room to show what northern makers produce.
Behind the counter, a small team photographs, ships, prices and markets so artists can stay in their studios, with inventory, customer service, small-business training and shipping all part of the same project.
imagiNorthern grew out of this work, connecting Regional Champions, artists and communities so northern creative economies keep building.
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Take home something made in the north
Browse the full Uptown Emporium, North of 54, and buy directly from the makers imagiNorthern was built to amplify.
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