“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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Birds from the Sea, 1960 by Kenojuak Ashevak, artist of Inuit heritage

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FROM INUIT PEOPLE: If you squint enough, maybe you’ll see yourself in the idyllic northern visions of being one with nature that Kenojuak Ashevak created with her honest, unwavering hand—it’s rumored she never even used an eraser because nature doesn’t either.

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FROM INUIT PEOPLE: Throughout her extensive career Kenojuak Ashevak went from being the first woman on Cape Dorset to engage in arts to becoming the subject of many documentaries and news reports: no one could resists being fascinated with her majestic creatures.

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FROM INUIT PEOPLE: Kenojuak Ashevak had a lot of suffering in her life: for instance, 7 of her 16 children died due to the government’s involvement in the lives of Indigenous citizens, and tuberculosis. But you could never tell from her intricate, bright works.

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Kenojuak Ashevak | Woman of the Elements
Magnificent Body of Work ~ Endless Imagination w/ FirstArts

‘Spirit of the Raven’ 1979


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Ashevak Art~

Wisdom of the Elders

Bird Fanfare

Mother Earth

Peaceful Repose
- ‘A woman wearing amauti sits in meditative position where her legs transform into birds bringing her to float or fly, in order to help the spirits.’

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by Inuk artist © Kenojuak Ashevak (1927 - 2013)

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Kenojuak Ashevak
Birds Feeding among Spring Flowers
1983

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"There is no word for art. We say it is to transfer something from the real to the unreal. I am an owl, and I am a happy owl. I like to make people happy and everything happy. I am the light of happiness and I am a dancing owl." Happy Birthday Kenojuak Ashevak!

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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
Word of the day
ᐅᑭᐊᔅᓵᖅ
Ukiassaaq
U-ki-as-saaq:
Fall/autumn
(Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Autumnal Owl)

Listen here:
ᓈᓚᒃᓯᐅᒃ ᐅᕙᓂ:
https://t.co/GL4wmpa1H6

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Kakulu and Ashevak’s Black & White Works, with a

My Dreams, 1977
Birds Become Seals, and Human Transformation, 2000


Dog Sees The Spirits, 1960

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WIP - creating some new pieces for .today inspired by the late great Inuit artist

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Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013), "Loons Protect the Owl", 2002, stonecut on tissue 📸

The next Art At Home session profiles the life of Kenojuak Ashevak. Wed, Aug 26 @ 1:30pm. Register @ https://t.co/HaDMgRFX9i

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Kakulu Saggiaktok’s Artworks, and Kenojuak Ashevak, continued anchoring the studio with image and colours.

Controls rhythm of life on the tundra, lemming is an important food source for foxes, owls, and more.

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I finished another page of my paper so I allowed myself to spiral into my favorite region of indigenous art which is the Pacific Northwest and Arctic, and here is the artwork of Kenojuak Ashevak, a fucking rockstar and considered the founder of modern Inuit art.

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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
Word of the day
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᖅ
Unikkaaqtuarniq
U-nik-kaaq-tu-ar-niq:
Storytelling
(Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Storytelling of Ravens)


Listen here:
ᓈᓚᒃᓯᐅᒃ ᐅᕙᓂ:
https://t.co/Y2eY1P0Xck

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