Registration for the 2018 Inuit Art Society Meeting is open! The 2018 IAS meeting will be held October 19- 21 at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City, Michigan. Featured participants include: Artist Damien Iqualla: Pursuing a theme […]
This 1981 carving by Eli Sallualu Qinuajua from Puvirnituq will be on exhibit at the 2017 IAS annual meeting in Corning, New York. In 1967, our conference guest, Nelson Graeburn, sponsored a contest for artists throughout
Most Inuit art collectors know James Houston for the time he spent in the Arctic. But he was only in the Arctic for 14 years. He spent the next 43 years working as a designer at
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
What are the basics of a collector’s library on Inuit art? There are some books every collector should have; some books collectors should have based on their collecting interests; some books that would be nice to
In his own words: Ole Gjerstad traveled the seven seas, mined for silver and logged giant Canadian timber before becoming an anthropologist, writer, radio broadcaster and filmmaker. He founded Words & Pictures Videos/Vidéos mots & images
IAS Annual Meeting Dennos Museum Center October 16 – 18, 2009 Comments by Bob O’Hara Everyone collects Inuit Art for a variety of reasons. Some are making an investment counting on increasing value over time with
Eventually the time comes to find a new home for a beloved collection. Here are some suggestions for individuals who wish to either sell or donate some or all of the art from their collections .
Peter Irniq, born in 1947, is an Inuit cultural teacher and has lived most of his life in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, including Repulse Bay, Coral Harbor, Baker Lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Rankin Inlet and Iqaluit.
