Jocelyn Piirainen, associate curator in the National Gallery of Canada’s Indigenous Ways and Decolonization department, stands beside the Inuit art piece “Winter Games” by Pangnirtung printmaker Elisapee Ishulutaq and weaver Kawtysie Kakee, during a preview of “Winter Count: Embracing the Cold,” an exhibition coming to the gallery. (Photo by Nehaa Bimal)
Kenojuak Ashevak, Pudlo Pudlat and other renowned artists featured in National Gallery of Canada exhibition
Inuit knowledge, memory and resilience are at the centre of a new National Gallery of Canada exhibition that explores the way people across cultures have experienced and responded to the winter season.
Ottawa actor Zorga Qaunaq, left, who plays Millie on the CBC show “North of North,” models winterwear designed by artist Ittuvik Paquet of Salluit. The pair strutted in the Crafted on the Catwalk event Tuesday at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq. It was Paquet’s third time featuring work at the annual show. (Photo courtesy of Sherri Van Went/Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq)