Program Highlights - Annual Meeting 2009

The Arctic Comes to Traverse City, MI, Oct 16-18

Program Highlights

• Keynote Speaker - Shelia Romalis

  

  Canadian author, curator, lecturer, collector and world-class expert on East Greenland Kalaadlit (Inuit) traditional culture, material culture and contemporary art, particularly the “Tupilak” spirit carvings.

  Shelia will speak on:

  “Tupilaks: East Greenland Spirit Culture”
  “Comparison of Greenland & Canadian Inuit Culture”

  » Read Shelia’s bio

• Guest Speaker – Bob O’Hara
  “Exploring the Land of the Inuit via Four Decades of Canoeing Arctic Rivers”

  

  Bob is a member of the New York Explorers Club and holds memberships in numerous other outdoor and environmental organizations.

  » Read Bob’s bio

• Guest Speaker – Lorne Balshine
  “Shamanism in Inuit Art”

  

  President and Director of the Arctic Art Museum, Lorne has worked tirelessly to promote contemporary Canadian and Greenlandic Inuit art and is one of the foremost collectors of this art form on the North American continent.

  » Read Lorne’s bio

• Special Event – 50th Anniversary of the Dorset Print Collection

  

  The Dennos Museum Center will host a special event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Dorset print collection. At least one print from each year of the collection will be on display. The annual Dorset print auction will also be held the evening of October 16.