30th edition of Pangnirtung Print Collection on display

The Pangnirtung Community Print Collection celebrates its 30th anniversary this month with the release of the 2003 collection.

With its 30th anniversary collection, the collective that produces the work has come full-circle, writes Peter Wilson, general manager of the Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts and Crafts, in the program guide for the 2003 collection.

The collection includes the debut of Malaya Pitsiulak, the 18-year-old daughter of Lipa Pitsiulak, who led the first group of printmakers through the early years. A print by the elder Pitsiulak was reproduced as a postage stamp in 1977.

The 24 prints of the 2003 collection will be on display and for sale at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit beginning June 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Museum manager Brian Lunger has invited several Pangnirtung artists and printmakers to the opening, including Andrew Qappik and Jolly Attagooyak.