Matthew Gorgano is an artist and a small business owner who has found his way to turn his passion for art and recycling into not only a business, but a collaborative effort for artists from all over the world to engage and have a safe space to create and appreciate art in the North.
“I kind of stumbled into it back in the late eighties, early nineties, when I was an auto mechanic and I was learning about the city’s waste management program. We have one of the most affluent landfills on the planet, and we still had public access to it, and it was described as a Ikea of the north. And all kinds of creative activity was coming out of the landfill where products were being repurposed.
As Matthew continues his quest to preserve art in Yellowknife, his art shop, Old Town Glassworks, is now looking at what the future looks like. As popularity continues to grow.
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