Transformation scenes are delighted topics among Inuit artists as well as Inuit art collectors. There is so many different transformations depicted in art from the Arctic and each of them is unique. Many artists depict transformation scenes into carving, drawing or print such as Nick Sikkuak, Matiusi Ayaituk, Simon Tukumi, Alasau Sharky, Joe Ikidlak, Maudie [...]

The new Kinngait (Cape Dorset) 2009 prints collection has just arrived down south and is now available in our gallery !
 
The 2009 collection of Kinngait count thirty six prints, made out of different techniques of making prints : stonecut, lithograph, serigraph, aquatint, etching, stencil. Itee Pootoogook, Kananginak Pootoogook, Kavavaow Mannomee, Kenojuak Ashevak, Mayoreak Ashoona, Ningeokuluk [...]

Have you ever seen a dancing bear represented into carving, print or drawing by an Inuit artist ? Of course you did and it is not surprising because in Inuit art, dancing bear is the most popular iconographic subject. We can see so many artworks illustrating dancing bears on the international art market !  But [...]

Kangiqliniq is an Inuit community located on the West coast of Hudson Bay. Kangiqliniq means in Inuktitut «the bay» and Rankin Inlet is its English name : the town was named by owners of the Rankin Inlet Mine which produced nickel and copper ore there between 1957 and 1962. The mine was the more important [...]

Formerly known as Lake Harbour, the name of the «Kimmirut» hamlet  means “form of heels” in Inuktitut linked to a marble outcrop located opposite the community. By 2006, a census of 411 inhabitants with 225 males and 180 females was taken in Kimmirut; the median age is 22.1 years old (Statistics Canada). The community is [...]

The name Arviat is derived form the inuktitut arviq meaning «whales». Arviat, called formerly Eskimo Point until June, 1989 is the southern most community in Nunavut, located on the western shore of the Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq area. By 2006, a census of  2060 inhabitants was taken in Arviat ; 1055 people is aged [...]

Qamanittuaq « where the river widens» in Inuktitut, is located in the Kivalliq area in Nunavut, 320 km inland from the Hudson Bay. Qamanittuq, formerly Baker Lake until 1977, is the Canadian Arctic’s sole inland community.  By 2006, a census of 1728 inhabitants and 450 families was taken in Qamanittuaq ; 47% of the population [...]

The first Inuit co-operatives
 
A co-operative –or the co-op - is a group gathering people together who work in the same way in order to achieve the same objectives.  By 1956, in Kinngait (in Nunavut), the Inuit artists who were looking for more autonomy established the first co-operative in their community with financial supports from the [...]

Iglulik hamlet is located in Qikiqtaaluk region in Nunavut, on a small island in Foxe Basin, close to Melville Peninsula (West of Baffin Island). Iglulik means in Inuktitut «there is habitations (iglu means «house, dwelling» whereas «snow house» -or igloo in English or French- is expressed by igluvigaq). By 2006, a census of 1538 Iglulingmiut [...]

Sanikiluaq, the most southerly community of Nunavut, is located in the Hudson Bay, on the Belcher Islands, in the Qikiqtaaluk region. Sanikiluaq is the only community on the Belcher archipelago 60-80 miles distant from the west coast of Nunavik (Northern Québec). By 2006, a census of 744 inhabitants was taken in Sanikiluaq with a census [...]