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Pioneering Inuit artist honoured with Canadian ‘heritage minute’

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 05:59
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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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Art Art (Canada) Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General 

Jutai Toonoo, iconoclastic Arctic artist, dies in Nunavut

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 14:34 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:34
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VIDEO: Eye on the Arctic documentary interview with Jutai Toonoo, 2010 Jutai Toonoo, the iconoclastic artist from Arctic Canada, died

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Image of the new Kenojuak Centre. (www.kenojuakcentre.ca)
Art Art (Canada) Canada Culture General 

Feature Interview: Arctic hamlet drives cultural centre campaign

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 20:42 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:51
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 Kinngait Studios is legendary in Canadian art circles. It’s housed in the small, ramshackle couple of buildings that stand across

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Art Art (Canada) Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General Science (Canada) Society Special Features 

Feature interview: ‘Gamifying’ Inuit art

Caroline Arbour
Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 22:01 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:04
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A video game development company based in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, has been working for two years on bringing

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'Carving with an axe,' 2006, Itee Pootoogook, coloured pencil & graphite, 22 x 29.75 (Courtesy of Marion Scott Gallery)
Culture Culture (Canada) Special Features 

Feature Interview: The life and work of Itee Pootoogook 1951-2014

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 15:52 — Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2018 at 10:27
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Canada recently lost one of its major Inuit artists when Itee Pootoogook passed away in March at the age of

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Feature Interview: Artist Itee Pootoogook’s unique take on contemporary Inuit life

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 20, 2013 at 15:49 — Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2018 at 14:44
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Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook is one of Canada’s most exciting contemporary voices of the moment. Known for his clean lines

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Print from 1959 Cape Dorset Print collection.
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Historic Inuit art collection fails to sell at Canadian auction

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 09:39
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Print from 1959 Cape Dorset Print collection. Legend of the Blind Man and the Bear by Pootoogook. (Dorset Fine Arts)

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Arctic Art Culture Culture (Canada) 

The New Raw – Contemporary Inuit art

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 05:00 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 19:36
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Ningeokuluk Teevee is primarily known for her work depicting Inuit legends and wildlife. But it wasn’t long before themes like the environment, pollution, drugs and alcohol, began making their way into her work.

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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