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    • Interviews

    Watch the KAMA Winners Roundtable Conversation

    Three winners of the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory (2019), Tarralik Duffy (2021) and Ningiukulu Teevee (2023), discuss the impact of the prize on their lives and practices.
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    Lucy Tulugarjuk on Co-Directing the Award-Winning Film Tautuktavuk (What We See)

    The actor and director opens up about the writing process, her next project and the importance of support.
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    • Interviews

    Watch KAMA 2023 Shortlister Ningiukulu Teevee’s Artist Talk

    If you missed the live conversation, check out the video recording to hear Ningiukulu Teevee discuss her creative process and love of storytelling.
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    • Interviews

    Watch KAMA 2023 Shortlister Kablusiak’s Artist Talk

    If you missed the live conversation, check out the video recording to hear Kablusiak discuss their creative practice and subverting expectations of Inuit art.
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    • Interviews

    Watch KAMA 2023 Shortlister Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona’s Artist Talk

    If you missed the live conversation, check out the video recording to hear Kabloona discuss her journey so far as an emerging artist.
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    • Interviews

    Watch KAMA 2023 Shortlister Maureen Gruben’s Artist Talk

    If you missed the live conversation, check out the video recording to hear Gruben discuss creating art on the land and gathering stories as part of her practice.
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    • Interviews

    Watch KAMA 2023 Shortlister Billy Gauthier’s Artist Talk

    If you missed the live conversation, check out the video recording to hear Gauthier discuss his approach to activism and the tiny details hidden in his works.
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    • Interviews
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    5 Questions with Theresie Tungilik, CARFAC’s First Inuk President

    The artist shares her goals and vision for the advocacy organization.
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    • Interviews

    Kyle Aleekuk Tells the Stories Behind 5 Works of Art

    The Inuk illustrator shares the cross-cultural inspirations behind his favourite works.
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    • Interviews

    Inuvialuk Artist Kyle Aleekuk Melding Traditions in Toronto Mural

    Exploring cross-cultural traditions through tattoo design and illustration.
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    • Interviews

    Exploring Northern Indigeneity with the TETHER Curatorial Team

    The Arctic Arts Summit exhibition highlighting the bonds across the circumpolar North.
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    • Interviews

    Kinngait Studios' New Print Collection Showcases Artist Collaboration

    Kinngait Studios Arts Manager discusses 2022 standouts.
  • Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona linocut print design selected for the 2022 Canada Post Truth and Reconciliation stamp series
    • Interviews

    Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona Print Chosen for Canada Post Stamp Series

    Inuk artist’s design is one of four selected to recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
  • Okpik: Little Village in the Arctic poster (2022)
    • Interviews

    Language, Life Skills and Legends in “Okpik: Little Village in the Arctic”

    Director Tiffany Ayalik explains the process behind the film about Kylik Kisoun’s quest for autonomy.
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    • Interviews

    The Magic of Improvisation in Tanya Tagaq’s “Ever Deadly”

    An interview with Chelsea McMullan and Tagaq on their new documentary premiering at TIFF 2022.
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    • Interviews

    Tracing the Narratives of Inuit Filmmaking Talents

    An interview with cultural historian Mark David Turner on his new book “On Inuit Cinema | Inuit Takugatsaliukatiget”
  • Shirley Moorhouse - To Honour the Firekeepers
    • Interviews

    INUA Curators Discuss How Inuit Artists Create Space for the Future

    A roundtable discussion with asinnajaq, Heather Igloliorte, Kablusiak and Krista Ulujuk Zawadski.
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    • Interviews

    Showcasing Cinematic Talent at the Arctic Arts Summit

    Curator Jeremy Emerson on selecting 50 short circumpolar films for the AAS's Pirruvik program.
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    • Interviews

    Sámi Co-Curator and Poet-in-Residence Talk Venice Biennale Part I

    Sámi artists discuss the topic of Indigenous sovereignty in colonial spaces
  • Mangiok Pasa - Prim Untitled (2020) Digital drawing
    • Interviews

    What was it Like to Work on a Virtual Exhibition in Lockdown?

    Interviewing Prim about her COVID artwork.
  • Window display of Ashoona: Enduring Art Stories
    • Interviews

    It’s a Family Affair!

    Goota Ashoona’s new exhibit celebrates the Ashoona family’s artistic legacy.
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    • Interviews

    Nyla Innuksuk on her New Film “Slash/Back”

    Director takes us behind-the-scenes for a look at the movie in the making.
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    • Interviews

    A Glimpse of Arctic Life Superimposed onto Toronto's Urban Environment

    A Q&A with Inuit artist Maureen Gruben on her exhibition Moving with joy.
  • Pat Feheley with Shuvinai Ashoona at the opening of Ashoona’s solo show We End Up Dreaming in February 2019
    • Interviews

    Gallerist Pat Feheley on 50 Years of Nurturing Inuit Artists

    This year’s Order of Canada recipient on the artist relationships she spent her life developing.
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    • Interviews

    Norma Dunning’s “Tainna” Wins Governor General’s Literary Award

    A Q&A with the Inuk author and poet on her career and winning the $25k prize in fiction.
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    • Interviews

    Nunatsiavut Artist Jason Sikoak Designs Coin for the Royal Canadian Mint

    Sikoak speaks with the IAQ about the inspiration behind their design.
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    • Interviews

    Tarralik Duffy Through 5 Works of Art

    Get to know the winner of the 2021 Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award.
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    • Interviews

    13 Questions with Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

    2021 Sobey shortlisted artist gets real about her recent work.
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    • Interviews

    Why Couzyn van Heuvelen Creates Giant Inuit Art Objects

    The IAQ talks with the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award shortlisted artist.
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    • Interviews

    What Drives Inuit Artist Tarralik Duffy to Create

    The IAQ talks with the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award shortlisted artist.
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    • Interviews

    How Inuit Photographer Eldred Allen Became an Accidental Artist

    The IAQ talks with KAMA shortlisted artist Eldred Allen.
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    • Interviews

    Kablusiak Turns Inuit Narrative On Its Head

    The IAQ talks with KAMA shortlisted artist Kablusiak.
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    • Interviews

    What Does It Mean to Be a Queer Inuit Artist?

    Alice Qannik Glenn, Jenny Irene Miller and Ossie Michelin discuss the intersection between Indigeneity, queerness and art.
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    • Interviews

    How Inuit Women Are Using Tattoos to Reclaim Their Own Skin

    Taking back traditional tattoos through the Inuit Tattoo Revitalization Project.
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    • Interviews

    Qanuq Inuit arnait makunga tunnirnik atuqattaliqpat suurlu uvinirminik utiqtinnasuklutik

    Utiqtittijut tunnirnik taakkutiguunaq Inuit tunniliurusinginnik.
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    • Interviews

    The Water Bears Witness - Niap’s Watercolour Landscapes

    How material use is intimately connected to being out on the land for one artist.
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    • Interviews

    Deantha Edmunds on Life as an Inuk Opera Singer

    The career and influences of Canada’s first Inuk opera singer.
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    • Interviews

    Behind-The-Scenes of the 2020 Cape Dorset Print Collection

    Studio Manager Jordan McQuaid tells all.
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    • Interviews

    What Supports Do Nunatsiavut Artists Need Right Now?

    Photographer and IAF Nunatsiavut Community Liaison Holly Anderson tells us what’s going on.
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    • Interviews

    What Resources Have Southern Inuit Artists Been Able to Access?

    Multidisiplinary artist and IAF Southern Canada Community Liaison Alberta Rose Williams gives us all the details.
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    • Interviews

    First Inuk Director of Alianait Tells Us What’s Next For the World’s Circumpolar Stage

    Alannah Johnston on her new role.
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    • Interviews

    How Culture and Climate Intersect

    Curator Amber Lincoln explores the relation between circumpolar Indigenous artists and their climate.
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    • Interviews

    The Grizzlies’ Anna Lambe Up Close

    The actress shares her experience working on-set.
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    • Interviews

    The Politics of Subsistence and Survival

    Napatsi Folger speaks with the curatorial team behind Subsist at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
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    • Interviews

    A Sobey Art Award Winner in New Zealand

    Stuck halfway across the world, asinnajaq talks her award win and future projects.
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    • Interviews

    Whale Hunt: An Interview with Megan Kyak-Monteith

    The artist talks shuttered solo shows, career growth and whale hunt memories.
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    • Interviews

    Forging Narratives: An Interview with Mathew Nuqingaq

    One jeweller interviews another
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    • Interviews

    A Conversation with Shary Boyle and Pierre Aupilardjuk

    Shary Boyle and Pierre Aupilardjuk discuss their ceramic collaborations and Aupilardjuk’s experience at the Matchbox Gallery in Kangigliniq, where he’s been making ceramics and teaching for over 20 years.
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    • Interviews

    Laisa Audlaluk-Watsko

    In this interview with IAF Senior Editor John Geoghegan, Laisa Audlaluk-Watsko, an artist from Grise Fiord, NU, talks about what she hopes to express through her photography on a personal and cultural level.
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    • Interviews

    Robert Kautuk

    In this short interview with IAQ Senior Editor John Geoghegan, Kangiqtugaapik-based artist Robert Kautuk talks photography and technology.
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