Stained Glass Window Designed by Ningiukulu Teevee Installed at the Bishop Strachan School
Kinngait, NU, graphic artist Ningiukulu Teevee created a work depicting the story of the Owl and the Raven, which was translated into a stained-glass window in the chapel of the Bishop Strachan School (BSS) in Toronto, ON. Teevee is known for depicting traditional stories in dynamic drawings and prints, and in 2023, she was the winner of the Inuit Art Foundation’s Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award. This work is an interpretation of the story of how the owl and the raven got their distinct colouring and was translated into stained glass by glass artist Sue Obata and glassmaker Norbert Sattler. The installation was celebrated on October 6 in a service with BSS high school students.
$5 Million in Funding Will be Released to the Inuit Heritage Trust for the Construction of the Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre
The $5 million funding will come from the final installment of the 2015 Settlement Agreement fund with the government of Canada. Construction on the Nunavut Heritage Centre is expected to start in 2027, with an estimated opening in 2030. The design for the 55,000-square-foot centre includes a museum, a woodworking shop and a theatre. Inuit historical belongings will be brought in once the building has achieved Class A designation from the federal Department of Canadian Heritage, ensuring it offers a suitable environment for storing old items.
Arviat Fashion Designer Advances to the Quarterfinals in International Style Contest
Fashion icon Natalie Owlijoot, Arviat, NU, has advanced to the quarterfinals of the global Style Icon competition presented by Elton John, Charlotte Tilbury and David Furnish. The winner will receive a feature in Flaunt magazine, a $20,000 prize and tickets to Milan Fashion Week 2026. Owlijoot has been sharing looks that celebrate Inuit beauty, confidence and culture since the contest’s early rounds, drawing community support from across Inuit Nunangat. Public voting to determine the semifinalists closed on November 27, 2025, on Style Icon’s website.
Brian Kowikchuk Selected for the 2026 Aejlies Indigenous Arctic Art Residency in Tärnaby
Artist Brian Kowikchuk, from Tuktuuyaqtuuq, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, NT, has been selected for the 2026 Aejlies Indigenous Arctic Art Residency in Tärnaby, Sápmi (Sweden). Kowikchuk’s work primarily consists of acrylic paintings, and he has experience teaching painting classes and designing murals in different communities. He’ll spend about a month working in his own studio and collaborating with the local Sámi community to develop large-scale mural concepts inspired by reindeer, Sámi culture and circumpolar connections, which will be the first murals in the community.
PIQSIQ Nominated for Two Canadian Folk Music Awards
PIQSIQ has been nominated for two Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMAs) in the categories of Indigenous Songwriters of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year for their newest album, Legends (2025). The throat-singing duo of sisters Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay released Legends earlier this year, a concept album rooted in Inuit stories and recorded at Monarch Studios in Vancouver, BC. Winners will be announced during the 21st CFMAs in Calgary, AB, April 9–12, 2026.
MoMA Adds Artwork by Shuvinai Ashoona to Collection
Two drawings by Shuvinai Ashoona, RCA, have been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York: Full Moon (2008) and My Drawings (2006–07). The MoMA’s selection was the result of a two-year collaboration and many visits to Feheley Fine Arts, which represents Ashoona, in Toronto, ON, to get to know Ashoona’s work. The acquisition of Ashoona’s work brings a more contemporary focus to the MoMA’s current holdings of Inuit art, adding her imaginative and modern perspective on life in the Arctic into the collection.
Ningiukulu Teevee Lights Up the Sydney Opera House for Badu Gili: Story Keepers
Work by Ningiukulu Teevee and Gooniyandi elder Mervyn Street will be featured in this year’s edition of Badu Gili–which means “water light” in the language of the Gadigal people–a free event that spotlights local and international Indigenous artists every day in a six-minute projection on the eastern Bennelong sails of the opera house. Badu Gili: Story Keepers is the third iteration of the collaboration between the Biennale of Sydney, the Sydney Opera House and the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain. Sydney studio Vandal animates Teevee’s and Street’s artwork, which will light up the iconic eastern Bennelong sails.