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5 Superb Sled Dog Portraits

The top dogs of Inuit art.
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How 10 Inuit Artists Came Together to Weave an Olympic Tapestry

Behind the scenes at the Pangnirtung Tapestry Studio in preparation for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.
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The Story Behind the Silla and Rise Song “Tulukkat”

Charlotte Qamaniq shares the personal inspiration behind the band’s new track.
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15 Ways Pantone’s 2022 Colour of the Year Appears in Inuit Art

Looking to the future with a brand new shade: Very Peri.
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Accessing Ancestral Ways Of Being, Knowing And Creating Through Art

Melodie Sammurtok-Lavallée reflects on Inuit identity, history and aesthetics through the process of creating.
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10 of Your Favourite Stories from 2021

The stories you loved, all wrapped up in a bow.
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10 Nunatsiavut Artists to Know

Explore the breadth of art-making in Nunatsiavut
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How Sewing Sustains Inuit Seamstresses through Generations

Ujarak Appadoo explores how amautiit-making in Arviat has changed over the years.
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Learning the Disappearing Art of Black-bottomed Sealskin Boots

Vanessa Flowers and Veronica Flowers carry on their grandmother’s legacy.
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How Jessie Oonark Turned Qamani’tuaq Into a Hub for Inuit Art

The beginnings of the Baker Lake Sanavik Co-operative.
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7 Bone-Rattling Works of Skeleton Art

We’re bringing you skulls this spooky season.
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What Can Be Learned From the First Generation of Holman Artists?

A look into Helen Kalvak’s contributions to the Ulukhaktok co-operative movement.
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What Did Ookpik Dolls Have to Do With Kuujjuaq’s Co-op Movement?

How Jeannie Snowball’s iconic owl helped to sustain the Nunavik artist co-operative.
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How Inuit Artists Came Together to Establish Nunavik’s First Co-op

Levi Qumaluk, Aisa Qoperqualu, Charlie Sivuarapik and Peter Amautik’s legacy in Puvirnituq.
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How I Choose to Carry on My Family’s Artistic Legacy

Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona examines her grandmother Victoria Mamnguqsualuk’s art.
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4 Must-See Films at imagineNATIVE 2021

Our editors’ top picks from the world’s largest Indigenous media arts festival.
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How Did Kananginak Pootoogook Help Open Kinngait’s First Print Shop?

A brief history of West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative’s early days.
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5 Inuit Artists to Support on Orange Shirt Day

Buy from Indigenous Creators on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
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5 Places to Find Public Inuit Art

Must-see artworks to visit across Canada.
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Inuit Print Gives a Glimpse into Shaman’s Performance

Luke Anguhadluq draws us into the iglu to watch a drum dance.
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5 Friendly Inuit Artworks to Send to Your BFF

Artworks that celebrate friendship, kindness and connection.
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Building a Photographic Community in a Lockdown?

What keeps Inupiaq artist Brian Adams looking to the future.
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Meet the 4 Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award Shortlisted Artists

Inuit artists Eldred Allen, Tarralik Duffy, Kablusiak and Couzyn van Heuvelen in the running for $10,000 prize.
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Processing Change in a Pandemic Using Photography

How Inuk artist Jennie Williams adapted her practice to document family life indoors.
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Why Taqralik Partridge Refocused on Home During COVID-19

An Inuit writer uses photographs to speak to how the pandemic has reinforced her values.
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Inuvialuk artist Nanook Gordon Supports Community with the Creation of Native Arts Society

Canada’s first Indigenous two-spirit, trans-led arts gallery to open in Toronto this fall.
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How an Inuit Photographer Found Comfort Inside During a Global Pandemic

How Chris P. Sampson reframes his world when home means so much more.
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Your Guide to Some of History’s Biggest Inuit Artists

Learn about the life and career of influential artists Kenojuak Ashevak, Jessie Oonark, Tivi Etok, Agnes Nanogak Goose and Gilbert Hay.
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10 Nunavut Artists to Know

Explore the breadth of art-making in Nunavut.
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How 3 Nunatsiavut Women Artists Contribute to the History of Labrador

Recognizing the artistic legacies of Josephina Kalleo, Garmel Rich and Nellie Winters.
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7 Works of Fatherly Love

From hunting to playing and everything in between.
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Carving Out Inuit Rights to Quarry Stone

The value of access to quality serpentinite, argillite and steatite for Inuit artists.
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10 Inuvialuit Artists to Know

Explore the breadth of artmaking in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
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How to Overcome the Erasure of Inuit Identity in Archival Photos

ITK President Natan Obed gives a name to a painful past.
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8 Captivating Caribou Creations in Inuit Art

Tuktu—the animal near and deer to our hearts.
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8 Arctic Landscapes by Inuit Artists

Views of the North from those who inhabit it.
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An Inuit Art Counternarrative to the Group of Seven's Vision of the Arctic

Reexamining the visual language of the North through the watercolour paintings of Niap and Frederick Varley.
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10 Works of Motherly Love

Celebrate the bond between mother and child through Inuit art.
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7 Awesome Avian Artworks in Inuit Art

This one is strictly for the birds
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How Nunatsiavut Artists Use Their Work to Fight Climate Change

Protecting water in the community of Rigolet
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Linking the Land, Sea and Air in Inuit Sculpture and Poetry

Ningeosiak Ashoona and Uvavnuk show the constant flow of nature that moves them to their core.
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Why Are Joe Boats so Expensive?

The enduring popularity of Joe Talirunity’s seafaring sculptures.
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Hunting Caribou Through Inuktitut Poetry and Sculpture

Tegoodligak and Osuitok Ipeelee sing for their supper.
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6 Notable Works of Narwhal Art

An ode to the unicorn of the sea.
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Inuit Poetry and Ceramics that Contemplate Life and Nature

The wind connects works by Tegoodligak, Pierre Aupilardjuk and Leo Napayok.
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The Inuk-Woman Power of Musical Multihyphenate Elisapie

Using art to address injustice.
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6+ Inuit Seasons in 1 Poem and 1 Sculpture

Martha Nasook and Michael Massie bring the stars in one place to celebrate the return of spring.
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7 Seriously Stellar Seals in Inuit Art

These artworks get our seal of approval!
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Niap’s Foray into Mural Art

What one Nunavik artist learned after taking painting to a brand new scale.
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8 Female Inuit Artists at the Top of Their Game

From sculpture to virtual reality, these women are creating amazing work.

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