Puvirnituq is one of the 15 Inuit communities in Nunavik in the Northern Quebec, well known by non Inuit people as Povungnituk or POV; about 1400 people live there.
In Inuktitut, « puvirnituq » means « it smells rotten meat ». Two explanations are commonly given for the name of this village, according to Taamusi Qumaq, [...]

In the Canadian Arctic, printmaking began in 1956 in Kinngait (Nunavut) thanks to the strong involvement of the Inuit people who live there added to James Houston’s support. The first annual print collection has been designed after two years of experimentation leading to elaborating a unique printing technique : stonecut.
Derived from the Japanese woodcut process, [...]

The Inuit word “katajjait” is usually translated in English by “throat singings” – katajjaq is the singular. Actually, in Inuktitut (the Inuit language) katajjaq refers to a game where two women imitate animal voices and natural sounds like the one from feet walking on the ice or the one from the wind and the sea. [...]

 
Kinngait is an Inuit community located in Nunavut (Baffin Island) 
The Kinngait Studios
More than 1200 people live in Kinngait and most families count with one’s one artist or more as carver, printer or drawer. The Kinngait hamlet is well-know on the international art market as the major art centre in the Canadian Arctic.
in the Canadian Arctic [...]

The Kinngait community is located on the south west coast of Baffin Island on the Foxe Peninsula of Baffin in Nunavut territory (Canadian Arctic). 1236 persons live there (Statistic Canada 2006) including about 95% of Inuit and 5% of Qallunaat (non Inuit).
Qallunaat people generally use the English name “Cape Dorset” to talk about the community [...]

Located on the eastern shore of Ungava Bay in Nunavik (northern Quebec), Kangiqsualujjuaq (formerly George River) began specializing in caribou antler sculptures since the 1970’s. « What we show in our carvings is the life we have lived in the past right up today. We show the truth. » say Inuit artists. Kangiqsualujjuaq means in [...]