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Napachie Pootoogook & Mother Pitseolak Ashoona

Theme | Sea Creatures Water Works

Bird I Desire, 1960
Medium: stencil

Walrus Surprises Hunter, 1967

A Tent at Fish Lake, 1981


Dogs Eat Seal, 1981

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2020-08-15

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
Word of the day
ᓱᓕᔪᖅ
Sulijuq
Su-li-juq
true, what they are saying is the truth
(image: Shuvinai Ashoona's Stone Qulliq)

Listen here:
ᓈᓚᒃᓯᐅᒃ ᐅᕙᓂ:
https://t.co/f8iikosy8F

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2020-08-14

Have you seen this year's Dorset Fine Arts Archive Release?
This limited edition collection features prints by Peter Pitseolak, Soroseelutu Ashoona, Eegyudluk Ragee & Pitseolak Ashoona. Each are created at Kinngait Studios in Cape Dorset. https://t.co/Kyhdxgx2fo

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2020-08-12

Obras de su abuela como “Composition (Pitseolak Ashoona)”,“Pitseolak Drawing with Two Girls in Her Bed” y “Composition (Drawing of My Grandmother's Glasses)” (2007) manifiestan que su influencia es una fuerza de inspiración constante en su obra

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2020-05-17

🌎 On this Sunday morning, the work of Shuvinai Ashoona reminds us that we’re all 🙂 Stay safe, be well—from all of us at ACI! 📷 Shuvinai Ashoona, Composition (Holding Up the Globe), 2014, collection of BMO Financial Group.

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2020-04-19

lovers will also appreciate these prints: adorable Playful Bears by Pauojoungie Saggiak & powerful Prowling Bear by Ohito Ashoona. https://t.co/HhWUk8aedy https://t.co/6IM4gjZTSH

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2019-10-22

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
Word of the day
ᕿᑐᕐᖓᕇᑦ
qi-tur-nga-ri-it
Family
(Image: Mayoreak Ashoona's Walrus Family)

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2019-10-08

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ Word of the day
ᑎᓂᙵᔪᖅ
Tinngajuq
Ti-nin-nga-juq:
Low tide
(Image: Shuvinai Ashoona's Low Tide)

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2019-08-06

Enjoy this detail of a father at play in Soroseelutu Ashoona's stonecut print © Dorset Fine Arts. Generously gifted to McMaster by Mr. W.M. Berry who purchased many early Inuit prints while visiting his sons working in Cape Dorset.

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2019-06-16

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ Word of the day
ᐊᐃᕖᑦ
Aiviit
ai-viit:
Herd (walrus)
(Image: Mayoreak Ashoona's Walrus Family)

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2019-05-27

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ Word of the day
ᐅᖅᑰᔾᔪᑕᐅᓲᖅ ᓂᖅᑎᐅᕈᑕᐅᓲᖑᓪᓗᓂᓗ
uqquujutausuuq niqtiurutausuungullunilu
uq-quu-jju-tau-suuq niq-tiu-ru-tau-suu-ngu-llu-ni-lu:
Source of heat for cooking
(Image: Shuvinai Ashoona’s Stone Qulliq)

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2019-05-14

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ Word of the day
ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊ
makivvia ma-kiv-vi-a:
Easter
(Image: Shuvinai (Suvinai) Ashoona’s Hatched)


ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊᓂ ᕿᑲᕐᓇᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓐᓇᔭᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐊᕆᕗᓯ!
makivviani qikarnautillugu pinnajattiarniarivusi!
Enjoy your Easter long weekend!

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2019-04-18

2019 + lots of gallery-going! Thks to f/ including the highly-anticipated Mapping Worlds, a survey show of prolific practice. in their 2019 list. Opens 26 Jan-12 May. https://t.co/c5CnyWwWhb

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2019-01-05

I’ve become a little obsessed with the work of Pitseolak Ashoona...

https://t.co/oBK2UvvRPs

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2018-12-10

Pictured here: works by Tim Pitsiulak, Shuvinai Ashoona, & Padloo Samayualie |

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2018-11-15

Kinngait (#CapeDorset)-based artist drawings are where humans and monsters meet. ✨🐙 Read about her work “Composition (Attack of the Tentacle Monsters)” (2015) here: https://t.co/QQ3mrPziGw

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2018-08-08

Inuk artist Pitseolak Ashoona, Festive Bird, 1970

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2018-05-08

“I started drawing after other people around here had already started. Nobody asked me to draw. Because my son’s wife died when their two children were very young, his children used to be with me....

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2018-03-29

Recently added to Nanooq’s Cape Dorset Prints collection, Shuvinai Ashoona’s illustrative “Arctic Evening” (2003) and Story Boots (2012). Find them here https://t.co/Crntmc9MTa

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2018-02-19