Gloria Inugaq Putumiraqtuq is a young woman carrying on tan ancient tradition through modern materials. Inuit textile arts evolved out of the historical need for carefully fashioned skin clothing and camp equipment sewn by women. Since the 1960s the women of Baker Lake have translated these ancient skills into works of art, applying decorative felt forms and surface stitching to … Read More
Second Nature: Janet Kigusiuq
(Digitized catalogue below) To behold these recent works on paper by Janet Kigusiuq is to be seduced by colour and delighted by form. Kigusiuq was born in 1926 to Jessie Oonark, the first and brightest star in the Baker Lake firmament. Oonark taught her eldest daughter resilience and self-reliance during the difficult years on the Barren Lands through the 1940s … Read More
The Butler Collection: Early Baker Lake Drawings
(Digitized catalogue below) Foreword Patricia Feheley The Formation of the new Canadian territory of Nunavut on April 1, 1999 marks the most significant event in a year filled with celebrations for the Inuit and for Inuit art. Feheley Fine Arts is pleased to join in the celebrations and to pay tribute to the artists of Baker Lake in presenting The … Read More
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