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The Art of Joy: Pitseolak Qimirpik’s Shift from Sculpture to Drawing
How the Kinngait artist switched to graphic art and found success.
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5 Works to Celebrate Spooky Season
For Halloween, IAQ staff reflect on haunting works by five circumpolar Indigenous artists.
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Where to Find Inuit Art at Art Toronto 2024
From exhibitor booths to panel talks to the Focus exhibition—Inuit art has a powerful presence at this year’s fair.
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65 Years of Colour in 6 Kinngait Prints
From black and dark blues to bright yellows and pinks—how has colour use changed over time at Kinngait Studios?
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Three Northern Art Festivals that Bring Community Together
A look at the importance of art festivals for artists and communities.
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When Is Future? When Is Now?: Wolf Babe Collective's Curatorial Debut
IAQ Assistant Editor Tiffany Raddi reflects on visiting the When Is Future? When Is Now? exhibition.
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Summer Sights across the Arctic
IAQ staff reflect on their favourite aspects of summer across the North through works by five circumpolar Indigenous artists.
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The Importance of Community Pride Events
IAF Artist Services Manager Amy Norman reflects on her experience going to and performing at the Happy Valley-Goose Bay Pride festival.
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5 Works of Art to Celebrate Nunavut Day
A look at works by Nunavummiut from across the Kitikmeot, Kivalliq and Qikiqtaaluk regions.
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Making Room for Inuit Curators to Thrive
Taqralik Partridge and Heather Igloliorte discuss the situation facing Inuit curators at Canadian institutions today.
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The Day Takuginai’s Johnny the Lemming Flew Away
The crew behind the Iqaluit children’s show didn’t realize how popular their puppet star was—until he disappeared.
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How Them Days Magazine Has Kept Labrador History Alive
For nearly 50 years, one small publication has preserved local/regional Inuit stories, language and culture.
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These 5 Jewellery Pieces Will Inspire Your Look for Pride this Year
A look at five Pride-inspired beaded works by circumpolar Indigenous artists.
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The Talurjuaq Dye Experiment That Brought Tundra Plants to Runways
Celebrating the enduring legacy of women’s collective Arnaqarvik and their natural dye experiments.
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10 Inuvialuit Multidisciplinary Artists to Know
A look at Inuvialuit artists who work with various media in their artistic practices
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Reviving Alaska Native Fish Skin Tanning
How artists like Marlene Neilsen are rebuilding traditional skills and passing on their knowledge.
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10 Inuvialuit Performers and Designers to Know
A look at Inuvialuit artists working in the performing arts and fashion design
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10 Inuvialuit Sculptors and Jewellers to Know
A look at Inuvialuit artists working in sculpture and jewellery
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10 Inuvialuit Graphic Artists and Painters to Know
A look at Inuvialuit artists working in painting, drawing and printmaking
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Kalaallit Nunaat on the World Stage: Inuuteq Storch's Exhibition at the 60th Venice Biennale
Kira Lennert Olsen visits the Venice Biennale and reflects on what it means for a Kalaaleq artist to exhibit in the Danish Pavilion.
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National Gallery of Canada Hires the Most Inuit Staff for a Public Art Gallery in Southern Canada To Date
The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) in Ottawa, ON, has made history by having the most Inuit-staffed department of a gallery in Southern Canada.
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Inuit Art Events You Need to Know About in 2024
With exciting exhibitions, widespread installations and a surplus of festivals to follow, you won’t want to miss the events coming this year.
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Six Artists Reflect on 2023 and Look Forward to 2024
Artists' year-end reflections and their hopes for the new year.
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The 1983 ICC Jam Still Has Lessons to Teach
Beyond the rousing musical and theatrical performances, the inspiring political messages behind the Inuit Circumpolar Jam 1983 still resonate today.
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The Circumpolar Indigenous Events to See at ImagineNATIVE 2023
Content from creators like Lucy Tulugarjuk, Tarralik Duffy and Megan Kyak-Monteith populates the programming at this year’s festival.
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The Power of Linocut Printmaking
How the ease and individuality of this medium is helping a new generation of Inuit artists make their mark.
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Carving on the Land with Uriash Puqiqnak
A photo essay that offers a glimpse into the world of the sculptor and his iconic Gjoa-Haven style.
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How Kinngait Artists Depict Their Interiors
An insider’s look at the history of how Inuit document their homes, dwellings and studios.
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5 Circumpolar Indigenous Stories to Take in at TIFF this Fall
New films from Inuit Nunangat to Sápmi debut to international audiences
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Kiujjutaujuq Nuna
How northern Indigenous artists are using site-specific projects as an act of reclamation.
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4 Indigenous Circumpolar Land-Based Art Projects
How northern Indigenous artists are using site-specific projects as an act of reclamation.
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Northern Beats, Righteous Rhymes: The Arctic Heats up 50 Years of Hip-Hop
50 years since its advent in the Bronx, circumpolar Indigenous artists continue to expand hip-hop as a storytelling practice.
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5 Trailblazing Northern Indigenous Artists to Know
A broad, circumpolar art history informed by interpersonal connections from Alaska to Sápmi.
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The Need for Female Mentorship in the Inuit Film Industry
Bronwyn Szabo journeys through comedy, horror and intersectional feminism to find out why mentors are a necessity when making movies.
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5 Perspectives on Ningiukulu Teevee’s Expressive and Colourful Prints
Colleagues and peers reflect on the significance of the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award finalist’s drawings, prints and her distinct and playful storytelling.
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Arnait Video Productions: Women Telling Their Own Stories
Looking back at the early development and achievements of an award-winning, all-female Igloolik film collective.
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5 Perspectives on Maureen Gruben’s Connection to Place
Colleagues and peers discuss the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award finalist’s deep relationship to land, community and her materials.
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5 Perspectives on Kablusiak’s Boundless Work
Colleagues and peers on the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award finalist’s humour, care and boundary-breaking.
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5 Perspectives on Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona’s Diverse Body of Work
Colleagues and peers discuss the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award finalist’s layered practice, graphic style and joyful presence.
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5 Perspectives on Billy Gauthier’s Material-Driven Sculptures
Colleagues and peers reflect on the significance of the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award finalist’s sculpture, activism and care for the natural world.
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Our Culture is not a Box of Trinkets: Open Letter to Opera de Saint-Étienne
Inuk musician and artist writes to Opera de Saint-Étienne about appropriation of Inuit culture and copyright infringement in their recent show La Nonne sanglante.
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5 Works That Show the Land Through Robert Kautuk’s Eyes
The Kangiqtugaapik photographer discusses some of his most striking images.
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Couzyn van Heuvelen Tells the Stories Behind 5 of His Artworks
Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award longlister Couzyn van Heuvelen shares the layered meanings behind some of his most iconic works.
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Ningiukulu Teevee’s 20-Year Career in 5 Works of Art
Explore the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted artist’s broad range and talents.
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The Memories Embedded in 5 of Gloria Putumiraqtuq’s Artworks
The Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award-longlisted artist tells the tales that underpin her work.
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Kablusiak’s Multidisciplinary Practice in 5 Artworks
Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award longlister Kablusiak tells us about the special meaning each work has for them.
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The Growth of Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona in 5 Artworks
The KAMA 2023 longlister describes five pieces that illustrate her evolution as an artist.
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The Story of One Nunavik Family’s Printmaking Journey
A history of Nunavik printmaking through the generations, with illustrations by Jessica Malegana.
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Maureen Gruben Shares the Stories Behind 5 of Her Artworks
A Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted multidisciplinary artist on crisis, collaboration and joy.
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