Kenojuak Ashevak Art Exhibit
July 1, June 21, June 22, June 23, June 24, June 25, June 26, June 27, June 28, June 29, June 30 EVENT Art & Photo Exhibits Museum / FREE
10AM - 5PM
Kenojuak Ashevak is probably the best known and most acclaimed of all the remarkable Inuit artists who have emerged in the North in the last half century. Many of Kenojuak Ashevak’s drawings, prints and sculptures have become icons, etched into the public consciousness. Her bold shapes, bright colours and fantastical creatures have endured for some 50 years, reflecting a unique vision and a special relationship to the land. Born in 1927 in Ikerrasak, a campsite on southern Baffin Island, she lived a traditional nomadic life on the land before settling her family in Cape Dorset, where she still lives.
Kenojuak has received many special honors over the years, and has traveled all over the world as an ambassador for Inuit art. She is now a Companion in the Order of Canada, has received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, and last year she added to her list of honors the Governor General’s Award for excellence in the visual arts.
Now in her 80s she is the senior member of the Cape Dorset stable of graphic artists.
The Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum is pleased to present the exhibition KENOJUAK celebrating her 50 years of achievement in the visual arts.
Opening Reception - Saturday, June 20, 1:00 PM
Exhibition on view daily from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM,
June 21 July 1 for the Alianait Arts Festival.
For more information call the Museum @ 979-5537
Thank you to the Government of Nunavut, Department of Culture Language Elders and Youth and the Canada Council For The Arts for their assistance with this.