Annie Manning

Biography

Annie Manning, CM, was a textile artist and educator from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU. Having learned to sew by watching her mother, Udluriak, at a young age, Manning shared her skills and knowledge with younger generations through sewing workshops and school activities.

Manning prided herself on making her dolls distinctive from others by using wooden pieces for their heads and embellishing their traditional clothing with tiny, colourful beads [1]. After sculpting the facial features with special hand tools, she carefully painted in the details and added tresses of yarn for the doll’s hair. Manning honed her skills by studying those around her to ensure her creations were true to life. This attentive observation appears in the detailed natural expressions, movements, and body shapes of her many dolls.

In addition to her artistic practice, Manning had an impressive career as an educator and community leader. In the 1960s she became Kinngait’s first indigenous teacher and the first Inuk Justice of the Peace of Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin Island), NU [2]. After retiring from teaching, Manning made dolls full time. A number of her pieces have travelled throughout Canada in the 1970s Crown-Indigenous Department show, The Things that Make Us Beautiful, and are housed within the Canada Council Art Bank collection in Ottawa, ON.

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Accomplishments:
2004: Appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada for a lifetime of distinguished service to her community.

ᐋᓂ ᒫᓂᖕ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᓯᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅ (CM), ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᓂ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᙵᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᒥᖅᓱᕆᐅᖅᓴᕐᓂᑯ ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓂ ᑕᐅᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᓱᓂ, ᐅᓪᓗᕆᐊᕐᒥᑦ, ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐅᖑᓪᓗᓂ, ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑦᓯᓲᖑᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᒥᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᒥᓂ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᔮᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒻᒥᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᑎᖅᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᑰᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᓯᐊᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ 2004−ᒥᑦ, ᒫᓂᖕ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓂ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖁᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᒥᓂ.

Artist Work

About Annie Manning

Medium:

Jewellery, Textile

Artistic Community:

Kinngait, Nunavut, Inuit Nunangat

Date of Birth:

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1943

Date of Death:

Artists may have multiple dates of death listed as a result of when and where they passed away. Similar to date of birth, an artist may have passed away outside of a community centre or in another community resulting in different dates being recorded.

2020