ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᓯᓛᕐᒥᑦ Printed Textiles from Kinngait - Exhibit Opening

The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum is excited to host a landmark exhibition, ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᓯᓛᕐᒥᑦ Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios, on loan from the Textile Museum of Canada. The exhibition introduces audiences to the little-known story of a group of Inuit artists and printmakers who produced a collection of bold graphic textiles in Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada, in the 1950s and 1960s – a period of social change that disrupted traditional Inuit culture. The exhibition features the creative and entrepreneurial activities of the Kinngait graphic artists. It will run from May 20, 2025, through October 26, 2025.

The exhibit will open at 7:00 p.m. on May 20, 2025, at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum with a Gallery talk by Roxane Shaughnessy, Senior Curator and Collections Manager, Textile Museum of Canada, followed by an opening reception.

This installation of the exhibit was made possible by a generous grant from The Coby Foundation, Ltd. and the Russell and Janet Doubleday Endowment.

More information about ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᓯᓛᕐᒥᑦ Printed Textiles from Kinngait can be found below:

https://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/exhibits/2025/printed-textiles-from-kinngait-studios.html

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