The Dorset People - Canadian Museum of History
WEBCape Dorset. Dorset culture artifacts obviously reflect a way of life that was richer and more secure than that of earlier Palaeo-Eskimos. The change seems to relate to the Dorset people's ability and efficiency in hunting …
Dorset Island - Wikipedia
The island is 6.4 km (4 mi) long and 3.2 km (2 mi) wide, with its highest elevation 220 m (720 ft) above sea level.
On the southern end of Dorset Island, at an elevation of 243 m (797 ft) above sea level, is Cape Dorset (64°10′40″N 76°29′00″W / 64.17778°N 76.48333°W ), which projects into the Hudson Strait. It is part of the Kingnait Range (Kingnait, in Inuktitut, means "high mountains"). The cape …Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license- Location: Hudson Strait
- Highest elevation: 208 m (682 ft)
- Area: 143.48 km² (55.40 sq mi)
- Population: 1,396 (2021)
Inuit Prints of Cape Dorset - 1950s - historymuseum.ca
WEBAdapting and inventing, the Cape Dorset artists developed their own unique ways of making direct stencil and stonecut relief prints. The Inuit printmakers created their first official catalogued collection of prints in …
Canada’s first lady of Inuit art helped start co-op movement
WEBJan 24, 1998 · By NUNATSIAQ NEWS. JEANNE L. PATTISON. Special to Nunatsiaq News. TORONTO – The Inuit of Cape Dorset called her Arnakotak, or “tall woman” and …
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Pitaloosie Saila — DORSET FINE ARTS
WEBPitaloosie was born in 1942 on the southwest coast of Baffin Island near what is now the community of Cape Dorset. She spent her childhood years in various hospitals in Quebec and Ontario for treatment of tuberculosis.
Nunavut artist Kenojuak Ashevak, Cape Dorset’s gift to the world, …
WEBNews Jan 8, 2013 – 6:43 pm EST. Nunavut artist Kenojuak Ashevak, Cape Dorset’s gift to the world, dies at 85. “There was a spark of liveliness and of life to her” By SAMANTHA …
Killiktee Killiktee - Inuk artist, Cape Dorset | Native …
WEBCape Dorset 2019. Killiktee Killiktee - Inuk artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts.
Printmaking Resources — DORSET FINE ARTS
WEBCape Dorset Prints: A Retrospective is the first book to tell the story of the Kinngait Studios' fifty-year history, through thirteen essays by the artists, visiting artists, art historians, and …
Inuit Women Artists : Voices from Cape Dorset - Google Books
WEBTwelve women artists and writers open this rare window on the northern world of the Inuit. From the nine artists, reminiscences of life on the land and thoughtful comments on the …
Printmaking in Cape Dorset - The 2000's - YouTube
WEBNov 26, 2019 · Patricia Feheley recounts the evolution of printmaking in Cape Dorset during the 2000's
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