Feheley Fine Arts invites you to an enchanting evening of masquerade! On June 13, join us for an exhibition of phantasmagoric wearable artwork by Mathew Nuqingaq, including snow goggles and jewelry. Nuqingaq, CM, is an Iqaluit-based performance artist, photographer, sculptor, jewelry-maker, drum dancer, and Member of the Order of Canada. He is best known for his wearable works of art that draw on Inuit symbols and stories. The artist will be present at the opening.

The Co-op, now known as the Kinngait Studios which are part of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, have been intimately involved in the lives of the artists in Cape Dorset for the past 60 years. The studios have provided  working spaces, communal encouragement and opportunities for skills development. Generations of artists have celebrated the ‘Co-op’ in drawings with portraits of their colleagues and depictions of the buildings and  everyday operations.

Leading up to the 60th anniversary of the Kinngait Studios, this exhibition features sixty graphics, one from each year since its establishment in 1959. The works chosen showcase the many artists who passed through the studios (also know as the “co-op”) between 1959-2019, highlighting key artistic innovations and developments in style, technique, scale, medium, and subject matter.

In Inuktitut, the hamlet of Baker Lake is called Qamani'tuaq—“where the river widens.” Known as one of the most artistic communities in the Canadian arctic, Baker Lake is also one of the most geographically interesting: it is the North’s sole inland community with one of the harshest climates in North America. This selection of graphics by Baker Lake artists pays tribute to the land, culture, and life that has shaped their community. See work by artists Jessie Oonark, Janet Kigusiuq,…