Inuit Art Foundation

Inuit Art Foundation Dedicated to the promotion and support of Inuit visual and performing arts and cultural heritage from across the Canadian Arctic.

Banner image: Philippa Iksiraq "Flowers" (detail) (1990) Courtesy Feheley Fine Arts © the artist

✨Throwback Thursday ✨⁠⁠Seemee Kanayuk's “Inuit World” displays an entire story made from bone, antler, and stone. Kanayu...
06/04/2026

✨Throwback Thursday ✨⁠

Seemee Kanayuk's “Inuit World” displays an entire story made from bone, antler, and stone. Kanayuk's work depicts hunters as they hunt narwhal from above. The scene is a beautiful balance of ocean and earth told from the artist’s perspective.⁠

Seemee Kanayuk “Inuit World” (c. 1980) COURTESY IAF © THE ARTIST⁠

🌊 How does an artist sculpt a wave? 🌊 ⁠⁠As the seasons begin to change, we reflect on the ways Inuit art expresses water...
05/28/2026

🌊 How does an artist sculpt a wave? 🌊 ⁠

As the seasons begin to change, we reflect on the ways Inuit art expresses water through seasonal cycles. From spiritual lives to food harvesting practices, water is an essential component to Inuit life and art.⁠

Click here to read more: https://tinyurl.com/4xcf6j7r

📸: Mary Okheena Friends Forever (1994), COURTESY CANADIAN ARCTIC PRODUCERS ⁠

✨ Throwback Thursday✨⁠⁠Here you see a wall hanging by Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq. She began creating her captivating pieces i...
05/28/2026

✨ Throwback Thursday✨⁠

Here you see a wall hanging by Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq. She began creating her captivating pieces in the 1960's with a group of other women in Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake), NU. The fabric shapes were cut freehand and embellished with colourful embroidery.⁠

Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq “Untitled” (n.d.) COURTESY IAF © THE ARTIST⁠

Time is running out to secure your spot for our in-person Toronto workshop on June 10th! 🚨⁠⁠Participants who join us for...
05/27/2026

Time is running out to secure your spot for our in-person Toronto workshop on June 10th! 🚨⁠

Participants who join us for this full-day event will receive a $200 honorarium!⁠

🎨 Are you an Inuit arts administrator, or an Inuit working in the arts?⁠

Join us for an event designed to promote cultural confidence and develop strategies to engage with art institutions. This workshop is exclusively for Inuit.⁠

👉🏼Click here to learn more about the workshop or register as a participant: https://tinyurl.com/2rpw64xm

Have you seen Ulluriaq Imak's memorable appearance in season one of North of North?⁠⁠Abundantly talented, Imak has worke...
05/23/2026

Have you seen Ulluriaq Imak's memorable appearance in season one of North of North?⁠

Abundantly talented, Imak has worked on TV screens, on stage as a circus performer with Tupiq ACT, as a tattoo artist, and more! She has many talents that are helping her carve an exciting artistic path.⁠

This artist was featured in our bi-monthly newsletter. Interested in receiving artist profiles in your inbox? Click here and scroll to the bottom to subscribe: https://tinyurl.com/3dayzx9t 👉 📩⁠

📸: Still of Ulluriaq Imak as Customer in episode 8 of North of North (2025–present)⁠

📣 We want to hear from you! 📣 Pitch your idea for an article in Inuit Art Quarterly! ⁠⁠IAQ accepts pitches about Inuit a...
05/22/2026

📣 We want to hear from you! 📣 Pitch your idea for an article in Inuit Art Quarterly! ⁠

IAQ accepts pitches about Inuit artists and their work year-round, including topics such as: ⁠

✨ The influence of family practices on contemporary art makers⁠
✨ Community perspectives on local artists and their practices⁠
✨ Profiles of emerging artists⁠
✨ New reflections on the history of Inuit art⁠
✨ Explorations on how industry practices such as resale legislation and copyright infringements affect artists' livelihoods ⁠

Please send open pitches to: iaq [at] inuitartfoundation [dot] and include “Open Call” in the subject. Click here to learn more: https://tinyurl.com/36v5v7bz

Do you live in Saskatoon?⁠⁠Experience the exhibition, 'Sikuvoq, sikuerpoq / When the ice holds, when it breaks' now unti...
05/22/2026

Do you live in Saskatoon?⁠

Experience the exhibition, 'Sikuvoq, sikuerpoq / When the ice holds, when it breaks' now until July 5th at the .⁠

This show brings together collaborative works by Laakkuluk Williamson and Jamie Griffiths, alongside other works by Inuit artists. ⁠

👉 Click here to read more details about this exhibit: https://tinyurl.com/3sat56nn

📸: Laakkuluk Williamson and Jamie Griffiths, White Liar and the Known Shore: Frobisher and the Queen (2021) (detail), 2021. Courtesy of the artists.⁠

Like these works of art? Learn more about the beautiful graphic art of Helen Kalvak by clicking the link in our bio!⁠⁠It...
05/15/2026

Like these works of art? Learn more about the beautiful graphic art of Helen Kalvak by clicking the link in our bio!⁠

It is hard to believe Kalvak did not begin drawing until the age of 60. With 150 drawings made into prints, Kalvak's inspiring story is one you shouldn't miss! ⁠

Click here to read her inspiring full story and learn about her art: https://tinyurl.com/yfz75ytp

🖼️ Helen Kalvak Polar Bears among Ice Floes (1966)⁠

Helen Kalvak The Little Hunter (1982)⁠
COURTESY CANADIAN ARCTIC PRODUCERS © THE ARTIST⁠

📸 ⁠Photo of Helen Kalvak COURTESY IAF PHOTO TESSA MACINTOSH⁠

🎉📣 COVER REVEAL 🎉📣 SUMMER ISSUE: BELONGING⁠⁠In the summer 2026 issue of the IAQ, guest edited by Inuit writer, sewist, a...
05/14/2026

🎉📣 COVER REVEAL 🎉📣 SUMMER ISSUE: BELONGING⁠

In the summer 2026 issue of the IAQ, guest edited by Inuit writer, sewist, and scholar Dr. Krista Ulujuk Zawadski, we will examine the concept of Belonging and the ways the word can be interpreted both literally and figuratively in the context of Inuit art. From the idea of belongings, such as art collections or items that we possess and hold dear, to the stories that dive into a sense of cultural belonging that is often infused throughout Inuit art.⁠

This issue will also feature a story about how to care for your Inuit art with tips on protecting your art collections from damage due to age and other types of wear-and-tear that often beleaguer artwork in mediums that are popular among Inuit artists, such as sealskin, stone, prints, painting, and textile arts.⁠

With features covering the fascinating and short-lived practice at Kinngait Studios, of translating popular Inuit art images into designs on metalwork and jewellery that happened with major Inuit artists during the 1970s, and the thoughtful discussion by long-time Inuit curator and artist, asinnajaq, about the importance of contextualizing artworks and the people who made them, to imbue them with relationality. ⁠

👉 Click here to subscribe and receive your copy: https://tinyurl.com/43ppdwbb

📸: Ningiukulu Teevee, Raven Creation, 2017, REPRODUCED WITH PERMISSION DORSET FINE ARTS⁠

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