Shamans and Shamanism
The IAS virtual meeting in March 2023 was all about shaman and shamanism — you can see the art presented here:
Meet Drew Ann Wake
Drew Ann Wake is an anthropologist and media producer who has spent forty-five years working with Indigenous organizations in the Northwest Territories. She’ll be speaking at the 2022 Inuit Art Society meeting on September 30th in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is currently working on an exhibition, River Journeys, under the leadership of the Gwich’in Tribal Read More …
Abraham Anghik Ruben featured at IAS 2022 Annual Meeting
Inuit sculptor Abraham Anghik Ruben will be featured at the Inuit Art Society’s 2022 Annual Meeting in Vancouver. He’ll be speaking on September 30. Ruben was born in Paulatuk, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories in 1951 and is a major innovative force among Inuit sculptors. In 1971, Ruben began his formal studies in art under Read More …
Meet film artist Lindsay McIntyre
Lindsay McIntyre is a film artist from Edmonton of Inuk/European descent. She holds an MFA in Film and a BFA in Painting and Drawing. She will be speaking at the Inuit Art Society’s Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, on September 30, 2022. Her process-based media practice is largely analog and deals with themes of portraiture, Read More …
Meet emerging artist Amanda Jane Davison
Amanda Jane Davison is a 22-year-old Inupiak artist from Elim, Alaska. She has followed the traditional subsistence way of life from a very young age and admires and is inspired by the beauty and scenery that surrounds her. “Every season I gather greens, berries, fish, bird eggs, and other foods for my family.” Her paintings Read More …
Meet art collector Jamie Cameron
Jamie Cameron was a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, in Toronto, Ontario for many years and is well known in the legal community. She has also served on the board of directors for many organizations over the years, including the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Canada’s National Ballet School, the Canadian and BC Read More …
Dr. Norma Dunning to speak at the 2022 IAS meeting
Dr. Norma Dunning will open the first full day of presentations on September 30th at the Inuit Art Society’s 2022 annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada. A Padlei Inuk writer, professor, and grandmother, Dr. Dunning’s work primarily focuses on Inuit who reside outside of the tundra. An award-winning author, her short story collection Tainna (the unseen Read More …
Meet Sophia Lebessis: IAS 2022 keynote speaker
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 to Read More …
2022 Inuit Art Society Meeting: Sept 29 – Oct 2 in Vancouver, British Columbia
The Inuit Art Society is teaming up with the Arctic Arts and Culture Society (AACS) for this year’s Annual Meeting. We’ll be meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning on Thursday evening, September 29th and ending at noon on Sunday, October 2nd. The home base for our meeting will be Vancouver’s “West End.” The West End Read More …
June 5, 2022, virtual meeting features Alaskan artist Vera Shoogukwruk
Our next virtual meeting will be on Sunday, June 5, 2022. We’re featuring Alaskan artist Vera Shoogukwruk. Vera is a Siberian Yupik/Inupiaq from St. Lawrence Island and White Mountain Alaska who has produced a beautiful collection of parkas, kamiks, mukluks, mittens, as well as jewelry to compliment her creations. She will be discussing her passion Read More …