Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak, Birds from the Sea (1960)

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Word of the Day
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᕐᓯᐅᒻᒥᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕕ ᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ
Arraagutamaarsiummit katimavijjuarniq
Ar-raa-gu-ta-ma-ar-si-um-mit ka-ti-ma-vijj-u-ar-niq
Annual General Meeting

(image: Kenojuak Ashevak’s Ravens Entwined)

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Word of the Day
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ

ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ/ᑲᑎᓯᓂᖅ, ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖅ
katiqatiqarniq/katisiniq, katimaniq
To meet/encounter, meeting

(image: Kenojuak Ashevak’s Shore Birds Gather)

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Loons Protect the Owl, 2002 - stencil, stonecut on tissue © Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013) - Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery

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Owls featured a lot in the work of Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak.
When asked what owls meant or represented to her she stated 'that the owl did not have any particular significance for her, but that every time she sat down to draw, an owl always seemed to come' 1/2

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September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day
ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 10 ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᐱᓕᖃᑦᑕᖁᔨᙱᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᕆᔭᐅᓛᕐᖓᑦ

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
Word of the day

ᐃᕿᒻᒥᑦᑎᔪᖅ
iqimmittijuq
Embrace

Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Protective Haven

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Stone cut printing, an Indigenous American relief printing tradition, is an exacting process resulting in extremely fine detail. 2 prints by contemporary Inuit artist, Kenojuak Ashevak, will appear in Bonhams' Modern Native American Art sale on 30 Aug:
https://t.co/WFuH9vLpQJ

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Today's post is "Owl & Friends" by Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013), from 1980. She was one of the first women in Cape Dorset to begin drawing.

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Word of the Day
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
Trails
ᑐᓪᓕᓃᑦ / ᐃᓪᓕᓃᑦ
tulliniit / illiniit
tu-lli-niit / i-lli-niit
Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Gulls and Ravens
listen here: https://t.co/IlaiQqar6b

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Today, we are sharing a selection of work by Indigenous artists from our Permanent Collection!
Kenojuak Ashevak (Inuit, 1927-2013), Sun Owl and Foliage (Lithographs by Kenojuak), 1979, lithograph on paper, Gift of M. Sharf, 1986.

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Kenojuak Ashevak's prints, that is all

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Moin moin 💞 Ihr Lieben 🌈 ❣️

Tag 11/12 Kenojuak Ashevak
Aus Zeitgründen erstmal ein schnelles digital gezeichnetes Bild.
Diese Inuit-Kuenstlerin gefällt mir so gut, dass es nicht bei dem einen Bild bleiben wird.
! B

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Tag 11 + 12: frei im Stil von Kenojuak Ashevak

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has launched ** Kenojuak Ashevak - Life and Legacy ** running March 2 - May 30, 2021 ** Learn more or book your visit online at 🔗https://t.co/RJWcoIJsQ7👉 For more great 🔗 https://t.co/efoCC9iHRx ❄️ When it's safe to do so,

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Sheojuk Etidlooie & Kenojuak Ashevak | The Reservoir Freedom For All ~ Teardrop Sky Waters of Matter: Motifs Symbolic Assemblage Signifies Earth’s Spheres Cohesive Ability to Renew Peace of Mind

- Young Kayakers

- TULUKKAARAMINIIT
Many Young Ravens

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Word of the Day
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ

ᓇᓪᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖅ
Nallinirmut ulluq
na-lli-nir-mut u-lluq
Valentine’s Day
(Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Raven's Proposal)

Listen here:
ᓈᓚᒃᓯᐅᒃ ᐅᕙᓂ:
https://t.co/96UkpbMyTR

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Word of the Day
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ

ᓇᓪᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖅ
Nallinirmut ulluq
na-lli-nir-mut u-lluq
Valentine’s Day
(Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Raven's Proposal)

Listen here:
ᓈᓚᒃᓯᐅᒃ ᐅᕙᓂ:

https://t.co/96Ukpc4air

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Today is Family Literacy Day.
ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᕇᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓘᒻᒪᑦ.

Word of the Day
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ


ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᖅ
unikkaaqtuarniq
Storytelling
(Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Storytelling of Ravens)

https://t.co/v7FEh4K5BZ

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“Di rado aprivo la porta nelle sere invernali senza udirlo: 'Hu, hu, hu, huru, hu', suonava profondo, con le prime tre sillabe accentate un po' simili ad ‘hao-der-du'(come state), e talvolta ‘hu-hu’ soltanto”.
(H.D.Thoreau)

Owl in Blue by Kenojuak Ashevak, 1991
©Dorset Fine Arts

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