Arctic Art – In studio with Jimmy Kamimmalik
BAKER LAKE, Nunavut – The art and artists from Canada’s Arctic are famous around the world. Starting in the 1960s,
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THE OBSERVER- Jimmy Kamimmalik
We take you into studio with Jimmy Kamimmalik, an artist and printmaker working in Baker Lake, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut.
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THE MENTOR – Louie Nigiyok
Louie Nigiyok is a printmaker and artist from the Inuit community of Ulukhaktok (Holman), in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Eye on the Arctic’s Eilís Quinn sat with him to discuss his art, his inspirations and the rich history of Holman’s print program.
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Sami Blood: A coming-of-age tale set in Sweden’s dark past
After receiving accolades at major festivals around the world, Sami Blood has its Nordic premiere at the Gothenburg Film Festival
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Arctic Hunting Now
On a recent Eye on the Arctic reporting trip to Nunavut, we ran into a young hunter named Robin Aupilaq
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Alaska folk schools offer lessons in countering ‘convenience culture’
Raising urban chickens, making a leather belt or building a traditional kayak aren’t among the offerings you’ll usually find at
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Pioneering Inuit artist honoured with Canadian ‘heritage minute’
VIDEO: The new Heritage Minute that came out this week. Her name was Kenojuak Ashevak. A founding member of the Kinngait
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Inuit culture celebrated in Newfoundland, Canada
Dozens of artists, elders, researchers and policy makers gathered in the Canadian city of St. John’s this weekend for a
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Canada’s National Film Board shares its treasure trove of Inuit stories
The National Film Board of Canada is launching a new learning resource designed to feature and share Inuit culture and
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Sir John Franklin’s long-lost HMS Terror found: The Guardian
HMS Terror, one of Sir John Franklin’s two ships lost in the doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition, has been found in “in
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Canadian museum gets $15 million for Inuit Art Centre
The Canadian government will contribute $15-million dollars towards the construction of an Inuit Art Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)
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Winnipeg Art Gallery to feature Inuit art in France
The Winnipeg Art Gallery has the world’s largest collection of Inuit art and it’s planning to share some of this
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Observing Ramadan in Canada’s Arctic
Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic calendar when Muslims around the world fast for 30 days. It began
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Blog: Winter in the world’s coldest city
As Memorial Day Weekend kicks off the summer in the United States, what better time than to look back on
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Arctic bird cliff will be Norway’s next contribution to slow TV
Norwegian broadcaster NRK plans to broadcast live from a bird cliff in the far north-eastern corner of the country for
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