ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᒃ Double Vision: Exhibition Tour with Maya Wilson-Sanchez
Join Maya Wilson-Sanchez for an interpretive tour of ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᒃ Double Vision, recorded at the opening reception on Saturday, January 20. Video: Jonathon Fulton
HERD: Inuit Voices on Caribou | inuitvoicesherd.com
'HERD: Inuit Voices on Caribou' is a story of people and caribou, as experienced by Inuit from the Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut regions of Labrador, Canada, who have been living with caribou population declines and a total hunting ban since 2013.
The word Eskimo is an offensive term that has been used historically to describe the Inuit throughout their homeland, Inuit Nunangat, in the arctic regions of A...
Listen to this episode from The Secret Life of Canada (Archive) on Spotify. Bonus! Meet Kenojuak Ashevak, the world-renowned and multi-award winning artist and first lady of Inuit Art.
Kinngait Studios: Six Decades of Printmaking and Prosperity in the Canadian Arctic
A conversation and virtual studio visit with William Huffman, Audrey Hurd, and Juumi Tapaungai. Moderated by Elisa German and Galina Mardilovich. Presented b...
Jamasie Teevee - DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts
Jamasie began to draw in the early 1960s while living in an Inuit Camp on the coastline of southern Baffin Island. During that time, he concentrated primarily on the copper engraving technique, ferrying copper plates back and forth between his campsite and the co-operative in Cape Dorset.
(EP 9) Conversations with Ian Dejardin: Pudlo Pudlat
"What you have here on display is a hunter who has an astonishing imagination and brings it to bear on a new artform" - Ian DejardinDiscover the fascinating ...
Pudlo Pudlat | IAQ Profiles | Inuit Art Foundation
Pudlo Pudlat's works blend tradition with modern technology, depicting a wide variety of subjects such as helicopters, new technology and scenes of everyday life. Pudlat began his career as a sculptor
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, a bold, innovative and caring museum that is welcoming to all disciplines such as the visual arts, history and science.
Elizabeth Nutaraluk Aulatjut | Marion Scott Gallery | Inuit Art Vancouver
Elizabeth Nutaraluk Aulatjut was born in 1914. A member of the inland-dwelling Ihalmiut, she lived in the area around Ennadai Lake before moving with her family to the coastal community of Arviat in the 1960s. She was part of a small group of similarly displaced members of her group who took up stone carving following […]
Get to Know the Artist Pitseolak Ashoona: An ACI Educational Video
Pitseolak Ashoona (c.1904/8–1983) was a trailblazing figure in the world of modern Inuit art. She is part of the groundbreaking first generation of Inuit artists to produce drawings and prints through the establishment of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-op in Kinngait (Cape Dorset) in the 1950s. Her understanding of art as a form of
personal expression and communication has resonated with artists for generations. Pitseolak Ashoona’s art includes over eight thousand
original drawings and requires viewers to consider the artist’s experience and worldview, including the themes of community and respect for the land. Visit aci-iac.ca/education
Pitseolak Ashoona | IAQ Profiles | Inuit Art Foundation
Born on the Southeast coast of Tujjaat and based in Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU, Pitseolak Ashoona’s work depicts the strength, resilience and identity of women. A self-taught artist working primarily
Watch this ACI video, featuring Christine Lalonde, on the life and work of Pitseolak Ashoona, one of the first Inuit artists to produce drawings in the early 1960s. Find out how her thousands of depictions of traditional daily life and legends inspired generations of Inuit artists in her wake.
Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Talk with Pat Feheley, Sarah Milroy & Terry Ryan
On Saturday, February 16, a memorial talk was held at the McMichael to pay tribute to Kenojuak Ashevak who passed away on January 8, 2013.Pat Feheley of Fehe...
The iconic prints of late Canadian artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013) almost single-handedly came to define Arctic art both in Canada and on the world stage...
Kenojuak Ashevak | IAQ Profiles | Inuit Art Foundation
Kenojuak Ashevak, CC, ONu, RCA was born in the outpost camp of Ikirasaq, on the southern coast of Baffin Island, to Silaqqi and Ushuakjuk, the latter a hunter, fur trader and respected shaman. Ashevak
Filtering the Arctic world through her vivid imagination, Kenojuak Ashevak and The Enchanted Owl helped Inuit printmaking take off.The Enchanted Owl is perha...
Davidialuk Alasua Amittu | IAQ Profiles | Inuit Art Foundation
Davidialuk Alasua Amittu was a widely respected storyteller from the Nunavgirnaraq winter camp in Nunavik who was greatly inspired by the traditional stories he heard as a child. Amittu began his arti
The Nomadic and the Monstrous: The Stories of Victoria Mamnguqsualuk | Inuit Art Quarterly
With a body of work that continues to speak to contemporary issues of displacement, scarcity and community, this Feature explores the breadth of Mamnguqsualuk’s depictions of the legendary Inuit wanderer Kiviuq as well as scenes of horrific and...