Drawings from Kinngait, concentrates not on the walruses and owls so beloved in Southern Canada but on human figures ...
Highlighting the family- and community-oriented nature of Inuit culture, also modeled by Kinngait Studios, Ashoona’s figurative drawings depict people hunting, making art, or simply communing.
Through modern and staged historical sequences about the Inuit way of life (reenacted with the community), we learn that the islands' people still gather eiderdown to make their parkas.
Reid referred to the Inuit of Nunatsiavut as Innu. In speaking to the crowd that had gathered, Reid said the province was "honouring the Innu people of Nunatsiavut through the expression of art." ...
Selected by a joint committee, the artists will access WAG-Qaumajuq’s studio space, media arts equipment, and collections to create new work, provide insights, and promote Inuit art.