Inuit artists are in the spotlight with exhibitions, books and other exciting new initiatives!

Annie Pootoogook, Tim Pitsiulak, Niviaxie and more set new personal records at Inuit art auctions.

The beloved Nunavut singer-songwriter ends 2022 with a new album, a kids’ book and an award celebrating her humanitarian efforts.

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What were 2022’s most notable events in the Inuit art world?

Inuk author’s book on disc numbers took her out of comfort zone.

Prestigious $50,000 award recognizes outstanding research, leadership potential.

The Nunatsiavummiut multimedia artist combines memories and imagination in this illustrated story.

The Inuk illustrator shares the cross-cultural inspirations behind his favourite works.

Piirainen joins the National Gallery of Canada curatorial team.

As Associate Curator, Partridge will develop exhibitions, lead acquisitions, and champion new and diverse voices from across the circumpolar north.

Nunavut artist to work with program that sees $5,000 donated to food bank.

The legacy and lasting impact of the CBC North recording sessions.

Exploring cross-cultural traditions through tattoo design and illustration.

The National Screen Institute launches the second edition of its TikTok Accelerator.

Annual $5,000 Saunderson Prize recognizes emerging artists with great potential.

How Inuit art at Expo 67 shaped perceptions of Inuit art and artists then and now.

How Bronson Jacque gathered information from his community to develop his video game on Inuit legends.

Contemporary, historical Inuit artists to share the world stage at “Canada’s art fair”

Telefilm joins network funding Arctic Indigenous productions

How the gift of a Greenlandic annoraaq connected Jonas Henderson to his culture.

First Inuktut-language channel in Canada aims to change their broadcast status.

The Arctic Arts Summit exhibition highlighting the bonds across the circumpolar North.

Kinngait Studios Arts Manager discusses 2022 standouts.

Inuit and Sámi filmmakers bring Arctic life to the screen at Indigenous film and media arts fest.

Inuk artist’s design is one of four selected to recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

A cross-Americas exhibition at the Power Plant illuminates the commonalities between Indigenous artists, their relationships to the land and desire for ancestral knowledge.

This September 30, we invite you to spend time with and amplify the voices of Indigenous artists.

Jason Sikoak co-designs Truth and Reconciliation Medallion.

Nunatsiavut Inuk artist Bronson Jacque explains what it takes to create authentic and multifaceted characters.

Inuit art installations you just can’t miss in Toronto at Nuit Blanche.

Director Tiffany Ayalik explains the process behind the film about Kylik Kisoun’s quest for autonomy.

Follow Bronson Jacque on his journey into video game development.

An interview with Chelsea McMullan and Tagaq on their new documentary premiering at TIFF 2022.

An interview with cultural historian Mark David Turner on his new book “On Inuit Cinema | Inuit Takugatsaliukatiget”

Circumpolar filmmakers use 360-degree screens to blend Indigenous storytelling with new technology.

A roundtable discussion with asinnajaq, Heather Igloliorte, Kablusiak and Krista Ulujuk Zawadski.

How one Labrador Inuk artist speaks Indigenous Futurisms and family through digital collage.

The Inuk throat singer tells her story in an immersive music doc at Toronto film festival.

Inuk artist celebrates World Indigenous Peoples’ Day with three new backgrounds available worldwide.

A queer Inuk artist reflects on Inuit sovereignty in poetry, photography and drawings.

CCA partners with Yukon government and the IAF.

Why choose this artwork to celebrate Nunavut Day?

Yet in spite of the lack of an enduring arts industry, a cooperative system, institutional support or scholarly interest, Nunatsiavut continues to produce such exceptional artists as Michael Massie, John Terriak and Heather Campbell.

Despite the fact that love and sex in the Canadian Arctic is not new, images of erotic scenes have rarely graced the pages of the IAQ. Here, we push past voyeuristic taboos to bring us into the pulse of recent erotic Inuit art.

Curator Jeremy Emerson on selecting 50 short circumpolar films for the AAS's Pirruvik program.

How did prints by one Inuk get published in the South in 1915?

10 Inuit archival photographs given new names and context.

World’s first Inuk opera singer says classical music is for everyone.

The CEAC spent decades moderating the sale of Inuit art to southern audiences by prohibiting works deemed unacceptable from entering the market. We examine what works were rejected and why.