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    Inuit Art Events You Need to Know About in 2024

    With exciting exhibitions, widespread installations and a surplus of festivals to follow, you won’t want to miss the events coming this year.
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    Six Artists Reflect on 2023 and Look Forward to 2024

    Artists' year-end reflections and their hopes for the new year.
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    The 1983 ICC Jam Still Has Lessons to Teach

    Beyond the rousing musical and theatrical performances, the inspiring political messages behind the Inuit Circumpolar Jam 1983 still resonate today.
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    The Circumpolar Indigenous Events to See at ImagineNATIVE 2023

    Content from creators like Lucy Tulugarjuk, Tarralik Duffy and Megan Kyak-Monteith populates the programming at this year’s festival.
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    The Power of Linocut Printmaking

    How the ease and individuality of this medium is helping a new generation of Inuit artists make their mark.
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    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.
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    How Kinngait Artists Depict Their Interiors

    An insider’s look at the history of how Inuit document their homes, dwellings and studios.
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    5 Circumpolar Indigenous Stories to Take in at TIFF this Fall

    New films from Inuit Nunangat to Sápmi debut to international audiences
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    Kiujjutaujuq Nuna

    How northern Indigenous artists are using site-specific projects as an act of reclamation.
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    4 Indigenous Circumpolar Land-Based Art Projects

    How northern Indigenous artists are using site-specific projects as an act of reclamation.
  • The circumpolar Hip Hop Collab performing at Riddu Riddu in 2018
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    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.
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    5 Trailblazing Northern Indigenous Artists to Know

    A broad, circumpolar art history informed by interpersonal connections from Alaska to Sápmi.
  • TukikiPapiaraHelping Hands
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    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.
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    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.
  • BeforeTomorrowMadelieneIvalu
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    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.
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    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.
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    5 Perspectives on Kablusiak’s Boundless Work

    Colleagues and peers on the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award finalist’s humour, care and boundary-breaking.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
  • KautukRobertAfterCuttingUpTwoWalrusesIglulik
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    5 Works That Show the Land Through Robert Kautuk’s Eyes

    The Kangiqtugaapik photographer discusses some of his most striking images.
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    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.
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    Ningiukulu Teevee’s 20-Year Career in 5 Works of Art

    Explore the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted artist’s broad range and talents.
  • GloriaInugaqPutumiraqtuq_SummerCamp2001
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    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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    Kablusiak’s Multidisciplinary Practice in 5 Artworks

    Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award longlister Kablusiak tells us about the special meaning each work has for them.
  • GayleUyagaqiKabloona_Uvagut
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    The Growth of Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona in 5 Artworks

    The KAMA 2023 longlister describes five pieces that illustrate her evolution as an artist.
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    The Story of One Nunavik Family’s Printmaking Journey

    A history of Nunavik printmaking through the generations, with illustrations by Jessica Malegana.
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    Maureen Gruben Shares the Stories Behind 5 of Her Artworks

    A Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted multidisciplinary artist on crisis, collaboration and joy.
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    ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑭᓂᓕᐅᖅᐸᖕᓂᖏᑦ

    ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᒪᔫᒃ ᒪᐃᓚ ᓯᐅᓗᒃ ᔭᐃᑲᑉᓴᓐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑯᕆᔅᑕ ᐅᓗᔪᒃ ᔭᑦᐅᐊᔅᓯᑭᒃᑯᒃ ᑕᐅᑐᖅᑰᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᓕᖅᑐᓂᒃ.
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    ᑭᖑᕚᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑭᓂᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓛᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᖅᑮᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᓱᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒍᓐᓃᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ

    ᓴᖅᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑭᓂᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᑭᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓐᓂᕐᓂᒃ.
  • GearGlenn_IluaniSilami
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    Get to Know Glenn Gear Through 5 Works

    How the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted artist has developed his unique visual language.
  • PeggyPojuktokPudjuktok_Bathurst Inlet_NWTArchives
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    The Changing Face of the Inuit Tattoo Movement

    Scholars Maya Sialuk Jacobsen and Krista Ulujuk Zawadski share their perspectives on the resurgent practices.
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    The Next Generation of Inuit Tattooers on Revitalizing the Practice

    Emerging Inuit tattooers and cultural advocates converse about the resurgence of kakiniit and tunniit.
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    Billy Gauthier Tells the Stories Behind 5 of His Artworks

    The Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted sculptor reflects on major projects and his relationship to the materials that compose them.
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    Deantha Edmunds on 5 of her Most Iconic Musical Performances

    Learn more about the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted classical singer’s work.
  • ManasieAkpaliapik_RespectingTheCircle
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    Manasie Akpaliapik Through 5 Works

    Learn about the 2023 Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award longlisted artist.
  • 2023KAMA_InterviewGraphic_CvHeuvelen
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    The Expansive Work of Couzyn van Heuvelen

    How working in public space and connecting with his audiences is fuelling this artist’s growth.
  • 2023KAMA_InterviewGraphic_NTeevee
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    The Spirited Storytelling of Ningiukulu Teevee

    The Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted artist shares her many sources of inspiration.
  • 2023KAMA_InterviewGraphic_GPutumiraqtuq
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    Gloria Putumiraqtuq Takes Pride in the Strength of Her Culture

    How the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted textile artist passes on knowledge across generations.
  • 2023KAMA_InterviewGraphic_Kablusiak
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    Kablusiak Gives Themself Permission to Play

    The Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted artist celebrates Inuit artistic legacies in their work, while evading colonial expectations of contemporary Inuit representation.
  • 2023KAMA_InterviewGraphic_GKabloona
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    How Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona Builds Connection

    Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted artist Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona commands many mediums, with her family featuring strongly in her practice.
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    Making Space For Maureen Gruben’s Artistic Ambitions

    A textile, installation and performance artist on her growing career—and what she dreams of next.
  • 2023KAMA_InterviewGraphic_GGear PHOTO LISA GRAVES
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    Behind the Immersive Animations of Glenn Gear

    For the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted new media artist, creating is as fundamental as breathing.
  • 2023KAMA_InterviewGraphic_BGauthier_2023KAMA_LonglistHeadshots_BGauthier PHOTO MEGAN STEWART, COURTESY THE NEW HUMANITARIAN
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    How Chance Encounters Inspire Billy Gauthier’s Carvings

    The Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted sculptor channels experiences on the land into his intricate works.
  • 2023KAMA_InterviewGraphic_DEdmunds
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    Deantha Edmunds on Music, Writing, Teaching and Uplifting Others

    How the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award–longlisted classical singer enriches her practice by celebrating the different parts of herself.
  • 2023KAMA_InterviewGraphic_MAkpaliapik
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    How Sculptor Manasie Akpaliapik Pushes Himself

    In a career spanning more than 45 years, Manasie Akpaliapik’s focus remains on improving his craft.
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    David Ruben Piqtoukun Through 5 Works of Art

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    Inuit Artists Inspired by Kenojuak Ashevak

    How an Inuit art icon inspired 7 artists across generations and regions.
  • Robert Kautuk Sea Ice Break Up 2019 Courtesy of the artist
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    Your Guide to Inuit Art in 2023

    Inuit artists are in the spotlight with exhibitions, books and other exciting new initiatives!
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    Susan Aglukark's Mission to Share Stories and Correct Narratives Through Art

    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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