Meet this year’s IAS Board
While most of this year’s Inuit Art Society Board were also on the board last year, we do have a few changes. IAS officers for 2025 remain the same: President: Michael Foor-Pessin Vice-President: Leslie Saxon West […]
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IAQ’s 25 Top Inuit Art Events for 2025
Inuit Art Quarterly has published a list of 25 of the top Inuit and circumpolar Indigenous art happenings across the world. It’s an electic list that includes a wide variety of events, a few of which
Inuktut now available in Google Translate
Looking at a document, website, or even just a description on a piece of art written in a dilect of Inuktut? Now you may be able to get a translation online using Google Translate. This is
2022 IAS Board
The new IAS Board had their first meeting in December, welcoming Jim Renner to the board in the position formerly held by Janet Beylin. One other change has Marie McCosh taking over as Secretary for Fred
Inuit Art Society Virtual Programs – 2021
The Inuit Art Society proudly presented seven virtual programs in 2021, featuring a variety of works by Inuit artists from Canada and Alaska. From 20 to 30 homes logged in to attend each event. Three show-and-tell
The WAG Qaumajuq center for Inuit art and culture opens March 27
It seems like a long time since I first heard about the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s plans to create a special space for its enormous collection of Inuit art. The WAG certainly needed it, as they had
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
LINKED: When Contemporary Art Creates Awareness About Climate Change
An interesting exhibition (apparently not coming to a venue near us in USA) is currently showing in Europe. LINKED: When Contemporary Art Creates Awareness About Climate Change, an exhibit from the Cerny Inuit Collection in Bern,
Remembering Terry Ryan
We note the passing of Terry Ryan, long-time manager of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, on August 31, 2017. Beginning in the late 1950s he traveled the Arctic, settling in Cape Dorset in 1960 and assuming