The origin of the living beings is one of the most popular Inuit myths in the Arctic as well in non Inuit territories. It is about the story of Uinigumasuittuq ” the one who did not want to get married “, so called Takannakaaluk ” the Big there below “; more known by Qallunaat as [...]

But what is an inuksuk*? Characteristics of the Arctic Regions, inuksuit are simply stony piles (inuksugait in inuktitut) which the silhouette sometimes looks like humans… But let us Paaliin Pilip, an Inuit author Inuit from Iqaluit, explain it :
Inuksugait always had a very big utility. They had different meanings. Inuit had at first two wayss [...]

Polar bears - nanuit in inuktitut (singular: nanuq) - are omnipresent in the Inuit culture and the daily life, formerly as today. It is not thus surprising that the bear is a subject of preference for artists in all domains such as carving as graphic arts.
Who saw contemporary Inuit carvings immediately represents himself a polar [...]

In spite of the effects of the christianization, the tradition connected to the shamanism (angakkuuniq in inuktitut) continues, but with adjustments. If Inuit are today Anglican, Catholic or Pentecostal, many people always believe in shamanism: “we believe in these two systems” say the elders in the Canadian Arctic.
Animals and Humans
Formerly, animals constituted an essential [...]

From 21st June to 1st July, 2008, Iqaluit will host the Alianait ! Arts Festival. This annual event organised in Nunavut’s capital city is devoted to Inuit arts and consists in ten days and nights of art, music, film, storytelling, circus arts, dance, theatre and much more.
Alianait is the expression of joy and celebration in [...]

Artistic diversity
The contemporary Inuit artistic production in the Arctic is extremely rich and varied considering the used practices and techniques as individual and local styles.
Each artist works according to his/her own individual and family experience which inspires its creations. The iconographic subjects, the styles and the way of representations which result from it determine the [...]

The Tupilaq (tupilait in the plural) is a strong identity symbol of the Greenlander Inuit today as the Inuksuk is the one the Canadian Inuit. Even if they are both spread on an international scale on the art market and the tourist sphere, Tupilaq as Inuksuk draw their origin from ancestral historic past.
In Kalaalisut (the [...]

The Espace Culturel Inuit (The Inuit Cultural Space) inaugurated on March 28th its new Parisian sub-branch at the Canadian Cultural Center (5 rue de Constantine, 75007 Paris). ” A large number of our partners wished to celebrate this event with us ! “, notices enthusiastically one of the person in charge of The Espace Culturel [...]

Kenojuak Ashevak, well-known Inuit artist from Kinngait (Cape Dorset) in Nunavut received on Friday, March 28 in Ottawa The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts, Canada’s foremost distinctions for excellence in these artistic disciplines, were created in 1999 by the Governor General of Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts.
” I just [...]

An important Inuit print sale exhibition will take place in France in the Parisian area in Souppes sur Loing, from May 31th to June 15ft 2008. This untitled event « The Polar meetings – in the Inuit land » gathers about 85 prints created by 41 artists from Nunavut, Nunavik and Northwest Territories in Canadian [...]