Friday, October 25
- 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
- Conference registration @ DoubleTree Hilton, Marketplace open
- 6:45 p.m.
- Bus to Mitchell Museum, Evanston, IL
- 7:00 p.m.
- Welcome and introductions
- 7:15 p.m.
- Leslie Boyd, long time employee of West Baffin Eskimo Co-Op and director of the Co-Op’s marketing office, Dorset Fine Arts Retrospective: The Works of Iconic Inuit Artists Kenojuak Ashevak and Kananginak Pootoogook
- 8:15 p.m.
- Welcome and introductions
- 9:00 p.m.
- Return bus to DoubleTree Hilton
Saturday, October 26
(All events at the DoubleTree Hilton, Skokie, IL)
- 8:00 a.m.
- Conference registration at DoubleTree Hilton, Marketplace open
- 9:00 a.m.
- Tony Weyiouanna, Sr., Inupiat artist from Shishmaref, Alaska
Presentation: Themes and Materials in Inupiat Art from Shishmaref - 10:15 a.m.
- Coffee/soda/juice
- 10:45 a.m.
- Charles Shabica, Ph.D., President, Shabica and Assoc., Adjunct Prof., Environmental Sciences, Northwestern University
Presentation: Living with the Coast – The Good Years and the Lean Years (focus on Shishmaref area, N. Bering and Chuckchi Seas) - 12:00
- Noon Box Lunch
- 1:00 p.m.
- Weyiouanna, Boyd, and Shabica panel discussion on environmental changes and their implications for the future of Arctic populations
- 2:30 p.m.
- Coffee/soda/juice
- 3:00 p.m.
- Documentary movie on Shishmaref with intro by T. Weyiouanna, Sr.
- 4:00 p.m.
- Annual Inuit Art Society Business Meeting (everyone invited)
- 6:30 p.m.
- Reception
- 7:15 p.m.
- Group Dinner
Sunday, October 30
- 8:00 a.m.
- Noon Marketplace open
- 8:45 a.m.
- Bus to Northwester University, Allen Center, Evanston, IL
- 9:00 a.m.
- Norman Zepp, Inuit art collector, curator, consultant and appraiser from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Presentation: The Foundations of Contemporary (Post 1990) Inuit Art and the Underlying Artistic Thought Process - 10:30 a.m.
- Coffee/soda/juice
- 11:00 a.m.
- Docent-led tour of Allen Center’s world-class collection of Inuit sculptures and prints
- 12:00
- Noon Return bus to DoubleTree Hilton