Celebrating the arts of the Arctic
Inuit on her mother’s side and Greek on her father’s side, Sophia’s unique cultural background influenced a keen perspective of culture and art. Growing up among master artists of the Kivaliq region in her family run art cooperative, Sophia was immersed in the procurement of Inuit art, from creation to distribution. Her lineage is tied Read More …
Join us in Traverse City, Michigan, to meet Inuit artist Bill Nasogaluak! Bill Nasogaluak is an Inuit artist born in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1953. He started drawing at a young age then transitioned into painting. For many years, he practiced his art in his spare time while he worked as a certified electronic technician. Read More …
Inuit sculptor Bill Nasogaluak will be featured at the 2018 Inuit Art Society Meeting scheduled for October 19-21, 2018, in Traverse City, Michigan. Bill is primarily a sculptor but also makes drawings and paintings in acrylics. Although he has been drawing and painting since he was a child, Bill only became a full-time artist around 1992. Before Read More …
In his own words: Ole Gjerstad traveled the seven seas, mined for silver and logged giant Canadian timber before becoming an anthropologist, writer, radio broadcaster and filmmaker. He founded Words & Pictures Videos/Vidéos mots & images in Montreal in 1992 and co-founded Piksuk Media in 2005. His 60-some documentaries have won many awards in Canada Read More …