Biography of Koomuatuk (Kuzy) Curley
Koomuatuk (Kuzy) Curley. Growing up in Cape Dorset, NU, Kuzy was surrounded by carvings and carvers. The sculptor has a lot to show where he comes from and he does it really well with his stunning […]
Biography of Marion (Mame) Jackson
Marion (Mame) Jackson is Professor Emerita at The University of Michigan and Wayne State University (Detroit) and taught also at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada); she worked closely with Inuit artists and with Canadian national institutions in
Biography of Christine Lalonde
Christine Lalonde is a curator and art historian who has worked with Inuit artists since the mid-1990s and is currently the Associate Curator of Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Her many
Biography of Heather Igloliorte
Heather Igloliorte is an Inuk scholar and independent curator who holds the University Research Chair in Indigenous Art History and Community Engagement at Concordia University, which is seated on unceded Indigenous lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation,who
Inuit Art Society joins others to keep the Inuit Art Foundation and Inuit Art Quarterly in the black
Keeping a high-quality publication like the Inuit Art Quarterly going is a challenge. Earlier this year the Inuit Art Foundation, the publisher of Inuit Art Quarterly, was looking at a year end budget shortfall. A request
Yup’ik masks, Matisse, and more in Phoenix
There is still a little time to see Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit, a stunning exhibit of historic Alaskan Yup’ik masks and Matisse drawings influenced by them, at the Heard Museum in Phoenix,
Inuit Studies Conference: Call for papers and proposals
The Inuit Studies Conference will be held at the University of Quebec in Montreal on October 3-6, 2019. The Inuit Studies Conference is an international and multidisciplinary conference showcasing both Inuit traditional knowledge and expertise as well
New exhibits and a peek into the closet at the Dennos
This year’s Inuit Art Society meeting will open in Traverse City, Michigan, in just a few days. An annual gathering of people who love Inuit art, the meeting brings collectors (particularly American collectors) together to meet
Meet Bill Nasogaluak in Traverse City
Join us in Traverse City, Michigan, to meet Inuit artist Bill Nasogaluak! Bill Nasogaluak is an Inuit artist born in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1953. He started drawing at a young age then transitioned into painting.