One of the most original young artists working in Kinngait (Cape Dorset), NU, today, Saila has gained an almost immediate, enthusiastic following in the South for her whimsical creatures and otherworldly landscapes.
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At the peak of summer the days are long, the skies are sunny and spiders and insects are out in full force. From the spring 2018 issue of the Inuit Art Quarterly we are sharing 5 Works, which highlight a few artists interpretations of sometimes pesky, sometimes friendly, critters.
Last week, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, the Honorable Carolyn Bennett, announced that the construction of the new Iqaluit Community Day Care is underway in Iqaluit, NU and will prominently feature commissioned works by Nunavut artists Lavinia Van Heuvelen, Looty Pijamini, Izalasie Kopalie and Barry Phillip as part of the centre’s Art Integration program.
On Monday July 9, 2018, in conjunction with Nunavut Day celebrations, Speaker of the House of Commons, the Honourable Geoff Regan, announced that Iglulik (Igloolik)-based sculptor Bart Hanna Kappianaq has been selected to install a new work in Centre Block, the main building of the Canadian parliament complex on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Happy Nunavut Day! In honour of the 25th anniversary of the land claims agreement that initiated the establishment of the territory, we’re celebrating by bringing you a selection of work by artists from Nunavut including Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Alethea Aggiuq Arnaquq-Baril, Tim Pitsiulak, Jesse Tungilik, Andrew Qappik, Jessie Oonark, Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, Kenojuak Ashevak and Hinaani Design.
For the first time since 2011, the Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts in Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), NU, unveiled a new print collection at a launch event on July 8, 2018 as part of the Nunavut Arts Festival in Iqaluit, NU.
