Artist Jolly Atagooyuk working in studio in Pangnirtung, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. (Eye on the Arctic)

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In the days before mass media reached the remote corners of Canada, before Twitter and Facebook, the art and artists of Canada’s Arctic were the main conduit for northerners to communicate their culture and communities to the rest of the world.

Today, the artists from this region continue to push boundaries, exploring everything from traditional culture and family life, to the climate and social change in their communities.

Since 2010, Eye on the Arctics Eilís Quinn has been travelling to these artists’ studios to hear about their inspiration and their work.

This summer, to coincide with Canada’s 150th birthday, we’ll be launching a special page featuring our conversations with the printmakers, graphic artists and carvers responsible from some of the most internationally recognized art out of Canada.

In the lead up to the project, we’re dipping into our vault and bringing you some of the interviews we’ll be featuring.

Today, we bring you our conversation with Nunavut artist and printmaker Jolly Atagooyuk, filmed at Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts in Pangnirtung, Nunavut in 2011.

Nunavut artist Jolly Atagooyuk on printmaking and inspiration

Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca

Related stories from around the North:

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Finland:  London gallery offers multimedia Sámi art, Yle News

Greenland: Canadian artist explores Greenland’s past, Eye on the Arctic

Russia: Karelian art on show in Russia, Yle News

Sweden:  Swedish Sámi visual artist shaping climate changes, Radio Sweden

United States:  ‘I Am Inuit’ goes from Instagram to museum in Anchorage, Alaska, Alaska Public Radio Network

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