Wednesday, November 6 to Friday November 8, 2024 Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership is an initiative that supports Inuit and Inuvialuit in their pursuit of higher education and professional development. Last week, they hosted a symposium on Inuit art titled “Qinnirajaattuq/Ripples: Making Waves in Inuit Art”. The event coincided with the opening of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts‘ new … Read More
Contemporary Land: The Birth of Contemporary Drawing in the North
Contemporary Drawing in Kinngait, 1995–2015 Drawing holds a long history at the Kinngait Studios. For many artists it served as their introduction to artmaking, as graphite pencil and paper were among the first media available to in the late 1950s and early 1960s. While drawings were purchased by the co-op, they were seldom marketed for sale and prints dominated the … Read More
Contemporary Inuit Art in Michigan
In July 2023, Feheley Fine Arts was invited by the Canadian Consulate General in Detroit to present an exhibition of contemporary Canadian Inuit art in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was a pleasure to have artists Gayle Kabloona (recently short-listed for the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial award) and Michael Massie come along with us for the event. The two presented an artist … Read More