Mark Tertiluk sits in the small workshop behind his home in Kangiqsujuaq on a September day. One light and a radio is all he says he needs to spend hours creating soapstone carvings. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)
Mark Tertiluk has seen the craft evolve from using an axe and round file to machines and polishing
Mark Tertiluk picked up his first rock 66 years ago and carved a seal from it. He tried to give it to a local white man in Quaqtaq, where he lived at the time.
Qalingu Napartuk, also known as Young Black Inuk, brought his cyphers and rhymes to a dancing crowd at Aqpik Jam in Kuujjuaq Wednesday. The energy was high on the second night of the four-day festival that runs until Friday. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)
Beatrice Deer invites William Tagoona, who is considered one of Nunavik’s fathers of Inuit rock, on stage for one song Tuesday during Aqpik Jam’s opening night in Kuujjuaq. The crowd expressed joy at the guest appearance by Tagoona, who had performed earlier on Tuesday’s opening night. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)