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    Why Taqralik Partridge Refocused on Home During COVID-19

    An Inuit writer uses photographs to speak to how the pandemic has reinforced her values.
  • FarealNanookGordonOlsonBriannaGrassDancingPhoto
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    Inuvialuk artist Nanook Gordon Supports Community with the Creation of Native Arts Society

    Canada’s first Indigenous two-spirit, trans-led arts gallery to open in Toronto this fall.
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    How an Inuit Photographer Found Comfort Inside During a Global Pandemic

    How Chris P. Sampson reframes his world when home means so much more.
  • Ashevak Kenojuak Untitled Owl And Flowers 2008
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    Your Guide to Some of History’s Biggest Inuit Artists

    Learn about the life and career of influential artists Kenojuak Ashevak, Jessie Oonark, Tivi Etok, Agnes Nanogak Goose and Gilbert Hay.
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    10 Nunavut Artists to Know

    Explore the breadth of art-making in Nunavut.
  • RichGarmelFruitBasket
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    How 3 Nunatsiavut Women Artists Contribute to the History of Labrador

    Recognizing the artistic legacies of Josephina Kalleo, Garmel Rich and Nellie Winters.
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    7 Works of Fatherly Love

    From hunting to playing and everything in between.
  • SamayualieNicotyeNamesOutOfRocksDetailCrop
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    Carving Out Inuit Rights to Quarry Stone

    The value of access to quality serpentinite, argillite and steatite for Inuit artists.
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    10 Inuvialuit Artists to Know

    Explore the breadth of artmaking in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
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    How to Overcome the Erasure of Inuit Identity in Archival Photos

    ITK President Natan Obed gives a name to a painful past.
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    8 Captivating Caribou Creations in Inuit Art

    Tuktu—the animal near and deer to our hearts.
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    8 Arctic Landscapes by Inuit Artists

    Views of the North from those who inhabit it.
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    An Inuit Art Counternarrative to the Group of Seven's Vision of the Arctic

    Reexamining the visual language of the North through the watercolour paintings of Niap and Frederick Varley.
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    10 Works of Motherly Love

    Celebrate the bond between mother and child through Inuit art.
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    7 Awesome Avian Artworks in Inuit Art

    This one is strictly for the birds
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    How Nunatsiavut Artists Use Their Work to Fight Climate Change

    Protecting water in the community of Rigolet
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    Linking the Land, Sea and Air in Inuit Sculpture and Poetry

    Ningeosiak Ashoona and Uvavnuk show the constant flow of nature that moves them to their core.
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    Why Are Joe Boats so Expensive?

    The enduring popularity of Joe Talirunity’s seafaring sculptures.
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    Hunting Caribou Through Inuktitut Poetry and Sculpture

    Tegoodligak and Osuitok Ipeelee sing for their supper.
  • ArnarktauokGermaineAWomanWhoBecameANarwhal
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    6 Notable Works of Narwhal Art

    An ode to the unicorn of the sea.
  • AupilardjukPierreNapayokLeoMessagesForTheAfterlifeFBCrop
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    Inuit Poetry and Ceramics that Contemplate Life and Nature

    The wind connects works by Tegoodligak, Pierre Aupilardjuk and Leo Napayok.
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    The Inuk-Woman Power of Musical Multihyphenate Elisapie

    Using art to address injustice.
  • MassieMichealCreativityOfTheSpiritDistantRelationsFbCrop
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    6+ Inuit Seasons in 1 Poem and 1 Sculpture

    Martha Nasook and Michael Massie bring the stars in one place to celebrate the return of spring.
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    7 Seriously Stellar Seals in Inuit Art

    These artworks get our seal of approval!
  • NiapIlagiilutaMural
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    Niap’s Foray into Mural Art

    What one Nunavik artist learned after taking painting to a brand new scale.
  • Arnaktauyok Germaine Ulus
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    8 Female Inuit Artists at the Top of Their Game

    From sculpture to virtual reality, these women are creating amazing work.
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    Inuit Youth Complete First Large-Scale Mural in Nunatsiavut

    Jessica Winters engages community with Makkovik mural.
  • IyaitukNutaraalukPrancingPolarBear
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    The 10 Bear Boogie

    The grooviest bears on the internet.
  • SheppardKaileyMosaicSeaQaumajuqBoardwalkMural
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    How the Qaumajuq Boardwalk Mural Helped to Connect Inuit in Winnipeg

    Nunatsiavut artist Kale Sheppard reconnects with her culture through paint.
  • AleekukKyleNatkusiakIntergalacticCloudberryDancers
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    Qanuq atausiq sanaugaliuqti tukinganik pilaurninganik taakutiguunaq sanauganik sivullivinirminik

    The work of Agnes Nanogak Goose and Peter Aliknak Banksland through the eyes of their descendant.
  • AleekukKyleNatkusiakIntergalacticCloudberryDancers
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    How One Artist Takes Meaning From the Art of His Ancestors

    The work of Agnes Nanogak Goose and Peter Aliknak Banksland through the eyes of their descendant.
  • KaretakCharlotteUntitledArviatHamletOfficeMural
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    Arviat Mural Artist Gives Hamlet Office a Makeover

    How Charlotte Karetak renders the vivid skies of her hometown.
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    7 Portrayals of Whales in Inuit Art

    Kriller artworks that’ll blow you away
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    Your Guide to the Monsters in Inuit Art

    Learn what creatures creep in the legends behind your favourite artworks.
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    Kappianaqtunguat Inuit sanaugangittigut

    Illinniarit qanuq kappianaqtut takkuksauqattarninginik taakutiguunaq unikkaartuatigut takuksauvaktut sanaugatigut.
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    ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᑐᖃᖅ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᔨᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᒪᓂᖅᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᓂᕕᖓᔪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓂᑦ

    What records have been stitched into the wool duffel of Baker Lake?
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    7 Jewellers Whose Work You Should Covet

    This Valentine’s Day and all days.
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    Sheree McLeod Showcases Blanket Toss in Satellite Antenna Mural

    How one Inuvialuk artist approaches an unusual canvas.
  • Goota Ashoona Qaumajuq Sculpture Installation 4. Photo Calvin Lee Joseph.
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    Goota Ashoona Created One of the Largest Inuit Sculptures in the World for WAG Qaumajuq

    The artist reveals the process behind the WAG’s newest piece of public art.
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    How Seeing Herself Represented in Art Helped One Woman Speak Up

    An Afro-Inuk woman finds her perfect niche in one intersectional art exhibition.
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    How Inuit Artists Have Used Pantone’s 2021 Colours of the Year

    Illuminating Ultimate Grey through the works of artists from across Inuit Nunangat.
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    7 Stories You May Have Missed

    The under-the-radar stories of 2020.
  • KudlukThomassieFishingScene
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    11 of Your Favourite Stories From This Year

    The stories you loved, all wrapped up in a bow.
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    What Inuit Artists Are Grateful For In 2020

    5 creators on the positives of the past year.
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    6 Whiskered Walrus Works

    Wondrous ways to depict the massive marine mammal.
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    • Artist Project
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    Creating From Both Sides of the Canada-US Border During COVID-19

    Maureen Gruben and Sonya Kelliher-Combs undertake a reciprocal artist exchange from home.
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    6 of Karoo Ashevak’s Sculptures Speak

    This month’s comic gives Ashevak’s art its own voices.
  • SikoakJasonSacrilege
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    Shiwak to Sikoak: Taking Back My True Surname

    A graphic artist refutes the colonial imposition on their identity.
  • KudlukThomassieManRidingBear
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    10 Nunavik Artists to Know

    Explore the breadth of art-making in Nunavik.
  • KangoakrexMistakenIdentities
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    BIG MAN or I Will Learn to Hunt

    Jordan Angunayuak Carpenter wrestles with the ramifications of his own name.
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