Inuit Art Foundation

Summers in the North bring warmth, colour and vigorous life. This is seen in this enchanting print by Beatrice Alguina Goose titled "Birds of Summer". ⁠
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The colourful birds bask in the sun, perfectly perched as the morning light awakens their calls. ☀️🕊️⁠
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Read the full feature article "Summer Sights across the Arctic" for more summer inspiration through the link in bio now!⁠
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📸: Beatrice Alguina Goose Birds of Summer (1996) COURTESY DAVIC ART GALLERY © THE ARTIST⁠
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🎉📣 OUT NOW! 🎉📣 THE SUMMER ISSUE: 'BELONGING'⁠ IS NOW ON NEWSSTANDS 🗞️⁠
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In this summer 2026 issue of the IAQ, guest edited by Inuk writer, sewist, and scholar Dr. Krista Ulujuk Zawadski, we will examine the concept of Belonging and the ways the word can be interpreted both literally and figuratively in the context of Inuit art. From the idea of belongings, such as art collections or items that we possess and hold dear, to the stories that dive into a sense of cultural belonging that is often infused throughout Inuit art.⁠
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This issue will also feature a story about how to care for your Inuit art with tips on protecting your art collections from damage due to age and other types of wear-and-tear that often beleaguer artwork in mediums that are popular among Inuit artists, such as sealskin, stone, prints, painting, and textile arts.⁠
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With features covering the fascinating and short-lived practice at Kinngait Studios of translating popular Inuit art images into designs on metalwork and jewellery that happened with major Inuit artists during the 1970s, and the thoughtful discussion by long-time Inuit curator and artist, asinnajaq, about the importance of contextualizing artworks and the people who made them to imbue them with relationality. ⁠
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👉 Click here to find a newsstand: https://tinyurl.com/mrjdk3br

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📸: Ningiukulu Teevee, Raven Creation, 2017, REPRODUCED WITH PERMISSION DORSET FINE ARTS⁠
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Summers in the North bring warmth, colour and vigorous life. This is seen in this enchanting print by Beatrice Alguina Goose titled "Birds of Summer". ⁠
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The colourful birds bask in the sun, perfectly perched as the morning light awakens their calls. ☀️🕊️⁠
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Read the full feature article "Summer Sights across the Arctic" for more summer inspiration here: https://tinyurl.com/mt2t3k9c
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📸: Beatrice Alguina Goose Birds of Summer (1996) COURTESY DAVIC ART GALLERY © THE ARTIST⁠
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✨Throwback Thursday ✨⁠
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Pieces like this from the 14th–15th century—made from bone, ivory, or antler with geometric patterns—were commonly crafted for use in hunting, as toys, or for adornment. Do you know what this piqutik was used for? Comment below with your thoughts!⁠
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Artist Not Recorded “Unidentified Object (B)” (c. 14th–15th century) COURTESY IAF © THE ARTIST⁠
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Did you see our latest Inuit Art News Roundup?⁠
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The Sustainable Nunatsiavut Futures Artist-in-Residence has a new exhibition called 'Nunatsiavummiut Art for Sustainability' at The Rooms. 🙌⁠
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👉 Want to learn more about the exhibit, artists, and showcased work? Read the full roundup here: https://tinyurl.com/3baspfee

Image: Katelyn Jacque. Disoriented (2024). © THE ARTIST
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👏⁠Congratulations to Taqralik Partridge for being newly appointed as the Executive Director of the Aaqsiiq Theatre! ⁠👏⁠
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Interested in reading more about this story and more Inuit news? Check out the full News Roundup here: https://tinyurl.com/3baspfee
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📸: Rehearsals for Aukkauti (2026) Courtesy Aaqsiiq Theatre⁠
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🎉Happy Inuvialuit Day! 🎉⁠
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Today we're celebrating by revisiting an article featuring 40 Inuvialuit multidisciplinary artists! Click here to learn more: https://tinyurl.com/3m2np9e7
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📸: Shania Unalena Life (2022) Acrylic © THE ARTIST⁠
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✨Throwback Thursday ✨⁠
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Seemee Kanayuk's “Inuit World” displays an entire story made from bone, antler, and stone. Kanayuk's work depicts hunters as they hunt narwhal from above. The scene is a beautiful balance of ocean and earth told from the artist’s perspective.⁠
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Seemee Kanayuk “Inuit World” (c. 1980) COURTESY IAF © THE ARTIST⁠
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🌊 How does an artist sculpt a wave? 🌊 ⁠
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As the seasons begin to change, we reflect on the ways Inuit art expresses water through seasonal cycles. From spiritual lives to food harvesting practices, water is an essential component to Inuit life and art.⁠
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Click here to read more: https://tinyurl.com/4xcf6j7r
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📸: Mary Okheena Friends Forever (1994), COURTESY CANADIAN ARCTIC PRODUCERS ⁠
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✨ Throwback Thursday✨⁠
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Here you see a wall hanging by Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq. She began creating her captivating pieces in the 1960's with a group of other women in Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake), NU. The fabric shapes were cut freehand and embellished with colourful embroidery.⁠
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Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq “Untitled” (n.d.) COURTESY IAF © THE ARTIST⁠
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