Arts and Culture

0commentsArts and Culture  Oct 4, 2021

Granite statue honours legacy of legendary Kinngait artist

Koomuatuk Curley led effort to pay homage to his great grandmother, Pitseolak Ashoona

2commentsArts and Culture  Oct 1, 2021

Iqaluit art student wins $7,500 prize in national contest

Metalworker Erin Faulks is one of 13 winners in the BMO 1st Art! competition

1commentsArts and Culture  Sep 29, 2021

Kinngait artists allow peek behind the printmaking curtain

62nd Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection to be released next month

1commentsArts and Culture  Sep 29, 2021

Aircraft engineer reflects on 2011 rescue of stranded Nunavut hunters

William Ward’s story featured in new book, Canadian Courage

9commentsArts and Culture  Sep 29, 2021

Tanya Tagaq releases new song ahead of truth and reconciliation day

Tongues is being called her most explicit yet

1commentsArts and Culture  Sep 28, 2021

Arctic Comedy Festival to bring laughs amid reflection to Iqaluit

Festival to incorporate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation into festivities

13commentsArts and Culture  Sep 27, 2021

Residential schools in spotlight at National Arts Centre

Ottawa institution hosting workshops and talks ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

0commentsArts and Culture  Sep 27, 2021

New book spotlights acts of courage in Nunavut

Helicopter rescue and fight for affordable food feature in Canadian Courage

4commentsArts and Culture  Sep 21, 2021

Inuk artist’s design adorns new Royal Canadian Mint coin

Jason Sikoak said motivation for Nuliajuk design was to reclaim his culture

1commentsArts and Culture  Sep 20, 2021

Kinngait Studios to release ‘unique, provocative’ print collection featuring 13 artists

‘I think this one is going to be very popular,’ says Will Huffman, marketing manager at Dorset Fine Arts

1commentsArts and Culture  Sep 10, 2021

Red Fish Art Studio aims to meld welding and art in Cambridge Bay

The studio opened on Tuesday inside the site of the community’s former fish plant

0commentsArts and Culture  Sep 3, 2021

Alianait seeks northern performers for fall festival

Nunavut arts organization will be celebrating its 18th annual arts festival online Nov. 20, 21

2commentsArts and Culture  Sep 3, 2021

Inuit artists gather in Ottawa for collaboration-filled week

Igloolik’s Angela Amarualik is 1 of 6 Nunavut artists taking part

0commentsArts and Culture  Sep 2, 2021

Musician teaches Inuktitut over TikTok to 22,000 followers

Arctic Bay-raised Becky Han just released The Bee, a children’s book based on one of her songs

0commentsArts and Culture  Sep 1, 2021

Iqaluit group launching first-of-its-kind daily music program 

Program at Nakasuk Elementary School funded with Arctic Inspiration Prize winnings

1commentsArts and Culture  Aug 30, 2021

Inuit musician Shauna Seeteenak releases debut album

Therapy Sessions deals with weighty subjects, including suicide and residential schools

16commentsArts and Culture  Aug 26, 2021

Zacharias Kunuk explores Inuit shamanism in short animated film

Acclaimed Nunavut filmmaker’s latest production to make North American debut at Toronto International Film Festival

4commentsArts and Culture  Aug 20, 2021

Inuit youth team up for qajait-building adventure

Aasivak Arnaquq-Baril completing project with Nunavut’s literacy council

9commentsArts and Culture  Aug 19, 2021

A successful hunt: How Baker Lake hunters got their bowhead

Maktaaq from the whale will be shared with the region’s communities

16commentsArts and Culture  Aug 18, 2021

New Iqaluit STEAM camp sees high demand

Youth will learn about DNA, see how computers ‘think’ and try 3D painting

1commentsArts and Culture  Aug 17, 2021

Inuit artist Pitaloosie Saila dead at 79

Saila was known for her stonecut printing

1commentsArts and Culture  Aug 6, 2021

More than a game: new tools make learning Inuktitut interactive

Online tools aim to help children learn Inuktitut and digital skills

20commentsArts and Culture  Jul 30, 2021

Black and Indigenous communities in the North gear up to celebrate Emancipation Day

Musicians and dancers from across the territories to perform Saturday

2commentsArts and Culture  Jul 29, 2021

The race against the clock to create Mary Simon’s historic outfit

Nunavik’s Victoria Okpik and Julie Grenier describe their collaboration

4commentsArts and Culture  Jul 28, 2021

Kuujjuaraapik finds lost Hudson’s Bay trading post

Harpoon discovered on site of future parking lot for cultural centre