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Global Affairs Canada (GAC) collaborates with Inuit Art Foundation

December 3rd, 2021

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and Inuit Art Foundation brought together Inuk writers and Canadian ambassadors to discuss pieces of Inuit art within the GAC collection, on display at Canadian embassies around the world. Each Inuk writer then provides an article (available in English, French and Inuktitut) for the Inuit Art Quarterly centering around a particular Inuk artist and their work(s).

Check out the following articles below.

Nov. 15 – What Arctic Char Means to Inuit Nunangat by Emily Laurent Henderson

Nov. 19 – What Inuit Art Can Teach Poland About Climate Change by Leslie Scanlon

Nov. 29 – What One Hunter Can Teach Another by Holly Andersen

 

Jennie Williams Nain Arctic Char 3 (2019) Photograph 53 x 78 x 4 cm COURTESY GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA, VISUAL ART COLLECTION © JENNIE WILLIAMS LOCATED AT THE CANADIAN OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA
Qavavau Manumie Composition (2020) Coloured pencil and ink 47.2 x 67.5 x 4.3 cm REPRODUCED WITH PERMISSION DORSET FINE ARTS COURTESY GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA, VISUAL ART COLLECTION © QAVAVAU MANUMIE LOCATED AT THE CANADIAN EMBASSY IN WARSAW, POLAND
Qabaroak Qatsiya Two Men Discussing Coming Hunt (1961) Sealskin stencil on paper 69 x 77 cm REPRODUCED WITH PERMISSION DORSET FINE ARTS COURTESY GLOBAL AFFAIRS CANADA, VISUAL ART COLLECTION © QABAROAK QATSIYA LOCATED AT THE CANADIAN EMBASSY IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

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