#kinngait

[davidstanleytravel]

The entrance to this Thule house next to a pond in Mallikjuaq Territorial Park on Mallik Island near Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada, was under a low stone lintel. Animal hides would have covered the whale bone rafters of the roof.

[spockvarietyhour]

The wreck of the freighter Nascopie and later rescue of her crew, which spent some time in an Eskimo settlement off Cape Dorset [now Kinngait], 1947 [TPL Archives]

[oldcanada]

Street scene of Cape Dorset (Kinngait) - Nunavut(today)   December 1980

Location  Source - LAC

[lshefler]

Ooloosie Saila, Rock Formation (2017) 

Colored Pencil and Ink

[newyorkarttours]

Annie Pootoogook in ‘Akunnittinni; A Kinngait Family Portrait’ at the National Museum of the American Indian

The late Canadian Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook’s domestic scenes are sometimes tranquil, sometimes violent, but this portrait drawing of her grandmother, the artist Pitseolak Ashoona, radiates calm. (On view at the National Museum of the American Indian through Jan 8th). Annie Pootoogook, A Portrait of Pitseolak, colored pencil and ink on paper, ’03 - ’04.

[messoamerica]

Akunnittinni: A Kinngait Family Portrait

Loosely translated, the Inuktitut word akunnittinni means “between us.” This exhibition chronicles a visual conversation between an Inuk grandmother, mother, and daughter: Pitseolak Ashoona (1904–1983), Napachie Pootoogook (1938–2002), and Annie Pootoogook (1969–2016). Their artworks provide a personal and cultural history of three generations of Inuit women whose art practices included autobiographical narratives and chronicled intimate and sometimes harsh memories and historically resonant moments. The prints and drawings on view also include sardonic references to pop culture, which now infuses everyday life in Kinngait, as well as nuanced depictions of family and village life. Kinngait is a remote Arctic community located on Dorset Island, Nunavut, Canada. Artists of the region are known internationally for their work, produced in places like the now famous Kinngait Studios (West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative) since the 1940s. Among the most recognized are Pitseolak Ashoona, Napachie Pootoogook, and Annie Pootoogook.

—Andrea R. Hanley (Navajo), Exhibition Curator, Institute of American Indian Arts, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts

[davidstanleytravel]

Traditional Inuit clothing stands out for its embroidery, beading, colors, and distinctive style. Intricate costumes of this kind are considered valuable heirlooms and are often passed down. These women are from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut, Canada.

[davidstanleytravel]

An Inuit artist displays an iconic stonecut print he has just made at the Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop in Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Nunavut, Canada.