Articles
Povungnituk Print Making
Perhaps unfairly tainted by the peculiar name of the settlement – Povungnituk translates as 'Place where there is a smell of rotten meat' – Povungnitu
Rankin Inlet
Anonymous undated essay
On the west coast of Hudson Bay, Rankin Inlet lies 300 miles north of Churchill, Manitoba. The area near the settlement is rocky and many small lakes
Sealskins and the Eskimo Economy
Canada’s Arctic is inhabited by nearly 15,000 Eskimo people. They are in many varying stages of transition. With government programs, economic developments, improved social services and the education system, all designed to enable a higher standard of living, many are taking advantage of wage employment and changing from the old way of living on the land...
Seams of Cultural Affirmation
Women around the globe have historically used needle and thread to create works on cloth that ultimately serve as strong political aesthetic statement
The Noice Collection of Copper Inuit Material Culture by James W. VanStone
Anthropology New Series Vol. 2, February 28, 1994
Fieldiana | Anthropology New Series Vol. 2 | The Noice Collection of Copper Inuit Material Culture
Tupilaks by Paul H. Maurer
The Tupilak plays a most important part in the weird array of figures appearing in ivory nakedness on the vast ice stage of the Greenlandic Arctic. Created by Eskimo shamans, working in secret, the tupilak emerges today in all its primitive beauty as an object prized above all other northern sculpture...
What 'Good' Art Is...
What 'good' art is... It's often subjective. Experience with a specific medium and type of art, as well as a knowledge of the artist's work and history, are important in determining what is 'good' art. How 'good' may be defined, ultimately, may depend on the subjective, but educated 'eye' of the collector or connoisseur.
