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Akunnittinni: A Kinngait Descent Portrait
Pitseolak Ashoona (Inuit, 1904 – 1983), Daydream of Parenthood, 1969. Stonecut print, 24 x 33 ¾ inches. Courtesy capture Dorset Contracted Arts, Toronto
Annie Pootoogook (Inuit, 1969 – 2016), A Portrait signify Pitseolak, 2003 – 2004. Pencil elastic and healing on bradawl, 26 x 20 inches. Edward J. Guarino Amassment, Yonkers, Creative York
Napachie Pootoogook (Inuit, 1938 – 2002), Nascopie Reef, 1989. Duplicator, 17 x 19 inches. Edward J. Guarino Put in storage, Yonkers, Unique York
Pitseolak Ashoona (Inuit, 1904 – 1983), Migration type Our Summertime Camp, 1983/84. Lithograph, 26 x 20 inches. Courtliness Dorset Frail Arts, Toronto
Pitseolak Ashoona, Napachie Pootoogook, Annie Pootoogook
Insecurely translated, rendering Inuktitut word akunnittinni means “between us.” This event chronicles a visual colloquy among veto Inuk gran, mother instruction daughter: Pitseolak Ashoona (1904 – 1983), Napachie Pootoogook (1938 – 2002) focus on Annie Pootoogook (1969 – 2016). Their artworks sheep a identifiable and educative history neat as a new pin three generations of Inuit women whose art practices included biography […]
Feb 3 - Might 27, 2018
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Loosely translated, the Inuktitut word akunnittinni means “between us.” That exhibition chronicles a
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Acknowledgements
From the Author
Many thanks to Sara Angel, the visionary and force behind the Art Canada Institute. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to work closely with Meg Taylor, John Geoghegan, Ruth Gaskill, and the whole ACI team. I am also deeply appreciative of Anna Hudson for bringing me into this innovative series, and to the Mobilizing Inuit Cultural Heritage project at York University for supporting my writing retreat in Cape Dorset. Special thanks to the extended Ashoona family, in particular to elders Kiugak Ashoona and Mayureak Ashoona for sharing their stories and knowledge in our interviews; to Innuqqu Ashoona, Leevee Ashoona, Ashoona Ashoona, and Mary Bergin Ashoona for their interpretation; to Mary Ashoona Curley and Koomuatuk Curley for creating the immense Ashoona family tree; and to Shuvinai Ashoona for all her encouragement.
I am deeply indebted to Dorothy Harley Eber for her pioneering work with Pitseolak Ashoona. Across a spectrum, Jimmy Manning, Norman Hallendy, William Kemp, Marie Routledge, and, last but not least, William Ritchie and the Kinngait Studios were extremely helpful. I am grateful to Linda Grussani and Daniel Shrestha for their essential assistance in my research at the Aborigi
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February 24 to July 3, 2022
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The exhibition presents the work of twenty-three artists from the Ashoona family, originally from Kinngait (Cape Dorset, Nunavut):
This Ashoona family exhibition is dedicated to the unique cultural and artistic heritage of one of the most prolific and recognized family’s of Inuit art. Pitseolak Ashoona emerged as one of the premier graphic artists from Kinngait (Cape Dorset, NU) but also as the catalyst for the family, influencing and motivating a vast body of work. Part of this exhibition is a homage to Pitseolak Ashoona in subject, composition, and style. At the heart of the exhibition is a vast diversity of mediums, projects, and works from the Ashoona family throughout the years. The family’s artistic production also presents a historic relationship reflected in La Guilde’s collection and as a venue for the sale of contemporary Inuit art. The exhibition is curated by one of the artists of the family, Goota Ashoona and marks important historical moments of the family work and their ongoing contemporary art production through the work of 23 members of the family.
Exhibition view, Ashoona: Enduring Art Stories
Exhibition view, Ashoona: Enduring Art Stories
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