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Contemporary Inuit art usually is dated to 1948, when Toronto artist James Houston visited the eastern Arctic and returned to Montreal with a few samples of small carvings in stone and ivory.
The new Inuit Art Centre will, Borys says, reorient the gallery's mission, including its workshop and educational programs for local schoolchildren, to place the Inuit collection on par with the ...
The ancient tradition of Inuit tattoos is seeing a modern revitalization. While some artists have gone modern, using tattoo guns, Holly Nordlum hand stitches or hand pokes the intricate Inuit designs.
A new video series includes a complete short documentary and five in-depth interviews with prominent Inuit artists in a new art movement in the North, depicting climate and social change.
The MMFA’s Inuit art collection has come a long way since former director ... Darcie Bernhardt is a 31-year-old Inuvialuk artist based in Halifax whose evocative painting Jijuu’s Patterns, ...
Ashevak. Pootoogook. Ashoona.These household names have come to define what most people picture when they think of Inuit art. Bold block prints and whimsical watercolours; elegant carvings of bone ...
Inuit families in Greenland have passed on their unique costume designs from generation to generation. ... I love that I can combine the western material with pottery and Inuit art," she says.
Teevee’s Mythical Kudlik in Milan [Photo: Canada Goose]. Canada Goose, founded in 1957, is known as a luxury parka brand. But since 2016 it has invested in a growing art collection to display in ...
The Inuit Art Society is holding its annual meeting this week in Corning, its first foray into New York state. ... "His many Arctic-themed designs have achieved international recognition, ...
Greenlandic women are transforming the Arctic's art scene and releasing their Indigenous identity from its colonial past. They're pushing for visibility and representation through their craft.
In the Inuit language, tusarnitut means “sounds that please the ear.” It’s a fitting title for a new exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts focused on the power of songs and music in ...