Spotlight: Montreal, Canada exhibit focuses on art by Inuit women
A unique exhibit focusing on works by Inuit women is underway at a Montreal, Canada gallery this month. Titled Inuit
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Culture (Canada)
THE REBEL – Jutai Toonoo
Artists often say they create art for themselves and don’t care what other people think. But when Eye on the Arctic’s Eilís Quinn tracked down Jutai Toonoo working in Nunavut’s Kinngait Studios in 2010, we got the sense that he really, really meant it.
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Polar Sea : major new Arctic adventure, science, social documentary series
A new documentary film series is part crazy sailing adventure and part environmental film showing the rapid and drastic changes
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Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq wins Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize
Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq was awarded Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize Monday night (September 22) for her album Animism besting
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Feature interview: ‘Gamifying’ Inuit art
A video game development company based in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, has been working for two years on bringing
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Found at last! Franklin ship lost for 166 years
The well-prepared ships left England in 1845 in search of the fabled Northwest Passage through the Arctic, to the Orient.
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Voices from Nunavut and Greenland unite
Greenlandic men’s choir Qissiat and three male Nunavut musicians will give a free concert together at Inukshuk High School, in
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Kenojuak Ashevak exhibition in Toronto, Ontario winds up this week
When reknowned Canadian Artist Kenojuak Ashevak died in 2013, she left behind a rich legacy. Her iconic images like Enchanted
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Rare World Series footage found in Yukon permafrost
A rare newsreel film has turned up in Canada of one of the most controversial episodes in baseball history. In
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Calls for arts institute in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories Arts Council is calling for an arts school in the territory. This week, the council released its
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Nunavut filmmakers turn the lens on suicide
The co-founder of Arnait Video Productions in Igloolik, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, says the group
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Feature Interview: The life and work of Itee Pootoogook 1951-2014
Canada recently lost one of its major Inuit artists when Itee Pootoogook passed away in March at the age of
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Madeleine Allakariallak to host CBC North’s Igalaaq
Starting April 1, Madeleine Allakariallak will take over as the host of CBC’s Inuktitut-language supper-hour news show, Igalaaq. “I am
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Feature Interview: The return of Inuit Art Quarterly (Audio)
Inuit Art Quarterly, long regarded as one of the most important sources of information on the art and artists of
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Quebec Government recognizes throat singing
Just last week, the government in the French speaking province of Quebec recognized Inuit throat singing as an official part
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