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News Roundup: Tautuktavuk (What We See) Wins Award at TIFF
Plus: New cultural campus coming to Iqaluktuuttiaq, record attendance for Bonavista Biennale and more!
Profile
How Brian Adams Connects with Inuit Culture Through Photography
The Anchorage, AK-based artist interested in Inuit sovereignty, decolonization and climate change.
News
Tarralik Duffy Opens Pop Art Mural at OnSite Gallery
Fourth mural in the Up Front Series helmed by Salliq, NU, artist, recontextualizes the foodstuff of her childhood.
News
Ningiukulu Teevee wins 2023 Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award
Kinngait graphic artist becomes third winner of the IAF’s $20,000 prize, plus solo exhibition and residency at WAG-Qaumajuq.
Profile
Why Joar Nango Questions Architectural Histories in the Circumpolar North
Feature
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.
News
News Roundup: New Art Released From Elisapie, Cape Dorset Print Collection
Plus: Maata Kyak at New York Fashion Week, new children’s book by Etua Snowball and more!
Profile
Why Fur is Important for Yup’ik Artist and Advocate Ilegvak
The many shifting forms of expression by the fashion designer based in Sheet’ká, Alaska.
Beyond the Gallery
A Glimpse into KAMA Shortlister Show, Anaanatta Unikkaangit (Our Mother’s Stories)
WAG-Qaumajuq’s Assistant Curator Marie-Anne Redhead on the process behind the first-ever exhibition of finalists for the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award.
Interviews
Watch KAMA 2023 Shortlister Ningiukulu Teevee’s Artist Talk
If you missed the live conversation, check out the video recording to hear Ningiukulu Teevee discuss her creative process and love of storytelling.
Profile
How Carola Grahn Inserts Sámi Worldviews into the Arts Landscape
More on the writer, curator and contemporary conceptual artist from Jokkmokk, Sweden.
Feature
How Kinngait Artists Depict Their Interiors
An insider’s look at the history of how Inuit document their homes, dwellings and studios.
Feature
5 Circumpolar Indigenous Stories to Take in at TIFF this Fall
New films from Inuit Nunangat to Sápmi debut to international audiences
Interviews
Watch KAMA 2023 Shortlister Kablusiak’s Artist Talk
If you missed the live conversation, check out the video recording to hear Kablusiak discuss their creative practice and subverting expectations of Inuit art.
Profile
The Secrets Within Sonya Kelliher-Combs’ Artwork
How the Iñupiaq and Athabascan artist reveals the cultural histories embedded in material.
Profile
The Vivid World of Kalaaleq Artist Ivínguak’ Stork Høegh
A look at the colourful collages by the graphic designer from Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).
Interviews
Watch KAMA 2023 Shortlister Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona’s Artist Talk
If you missed the live conversation, check out the video recording to hear Kabloona discuss her journey so far as an emerging artist.
Feature
Kiujjutaujuq Nuna
How northern Indigenous artists are using site-specific projects as an act of reclamation.
Feature
4 Indigenous Circumpolar Land-Based Art Projects
How northern Indigenous artists are using site-specific projects as an act of reclamation.
Interviews
Watch KAMA 2023 Shortlister Maureen Gruben’s Artist Talk
If you missed the live conversation, check out the video recording to hear Gruben discuss creating art on the land and gathering stories as part of her practice.
Feature
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.
Interviews
Watch KAMA 2023 Shortlister Billy Gauthier’s Artist Talk
If you missed the live conversation, check out the video recording to hear Gauthier discuss his approach to activism and the tiny details hidden in his works.
Beyond the Gallery
3 Indigenous Photographers Highlighting Circumpolar Kinship
The Arctic Arts Summit photo exhibition “Land of None | Land of Us” challenges ideas of an unoccupied arctic.
Beyond the Gallery
How to Curate an Immersive Performance Journey on the Land
Behind the scenes with Reneltta Arluk on Nuihařuq, the performance-arts component of the 2022 Arctic Arts Summit.
Feature
5 Trailblazing Northern Indigenous Artists to Know
A broad, circumpolar art history informed by interpersonal connections from Alaska to Sápmi.
Feature
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.
Feature
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.
News
News Roundup: Indigenous Fashion Arts Reveals 2024 Festival Lineup
Plus: CRTC hears applications for Inuit TV Network and Uvagut TV and more!
Interviews
News
5 Questions with Theresie Tungilik, CARFAC’s First Inuk President
The artist shares her goals and vision for the advocacy organization.
News
News Roundup: Jessie Oonark Textile Breaks Auction Record
Plus: Myrna Pokiak designs new coin; Theresie Tungilik appointed CARFAC president and more
Beyond the Gallery
Creating Circumpolar Connections at the 2022 Arctic Arts Summit
Highlights from the Whitehorse event that brought together artists and organizations from across the global North.
Beyond the Gallery
Behind the Scenes Curating Atlantikumi // In the Atlantic
How Nuuk Kunstmuseum director Nivi Christensen brought the ocean into one of her favourite exhibitions.
Feature
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.
Feature
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.
Feature
5 Perspectives on Kablusiak’s Boundless Work
Colleagues and peers on the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award finalist’s humour, care and boundary-breaking.
News
Kablusiak Shortlisted for the 2023 Sobey Art Award
The multidisciplinary Calgary-based artist is a second-time finalist for the prestigious prize.
Feature
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.
News
IAQ Wins Cover Grand Prix at 2023 National Magazine Awards
Cover by Katherine Takpannie and Taqralik Partridge takes home the gold.
Feature
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.
Feature
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.
Artist Project
Katherine Takpannie and Taqralik Partridge Meditate on Colour
A collaboration examining the cultural, linguistic and aesthetic possibilities of colour.
News
5 Innovative Artists Shortlisted for 2023 Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award
Billy Gauthier, Maureen Gruben, Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona, Kablusiak and Ningiukulu Teevee are finalists for the prestigious art prize.
News
Mary Simon Wears Annuraaq Designed by Beatrice Deer to Coronation
Canada’s Governor General brought contemporary Inuit fashion to King Charles III’s coronation.
Feature
5 Works That Show the Land Through Robert Kautuk’s Eyes
The Kangiqtugaapik photographer discusses some of his most striking images.
News
Inuit Art Quarterly Nominated for 3 National Magazine Awards
Feature
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.
Feature
Ningiukulu Teevee’s 20-Year Career in 5 Works of Art
Explore the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted artist’s broad range and talents.
Artist Project
Photographer Holly Andersen on Capturing Life in Makkovik
The prolific Nunatsiavut artist shares some of her favourite shots from out on the land.
News
Kablusiak Longlisted for the 2023 Sobey Art Award
This marks the second time the multidisciplinary Calgary-based artist has been nominated for the prestigious prize.
Feature
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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