Read our March-April 2014 Newsletter
April 9, 2014
Click here to read our March-April newsletter, which features works by Henry Evaluardjuk.
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News
Itee Pootoogook, master graphic artist, dies at 63
March 21, 2014
Itee Pootoogook, one of Cape Dorset's most promising graphic artists, died this week at age 63. He pioneered drawings using colored pencil on black paper, creating subltle luminous effects. His work is featured in the gallery's current exhibition Views from the North: Original Drawings from Cape Dorset. Click here to read his obituary from Nunatsiaq News.
Ready our February newsletter
February 16, 2014
Views from the North: Original Drawings from Cape Dorset has been extended to March 30, 2014. Read about two exquisite wooden bowls. Click here to read the full newsletter.
Read More >>Books for your Indigenous Art Library
January 11, 2014
We have a selection of books that will enhance your appreciation of your collection. They include cornerstones like George Swinton's seminal "Sculpture of the Inuit," Leslie Boyd Ryan's comprehensive "Cape Dorset Prints: A Retrospective," Aldona Jonaitis' excellent survey "Art of the Northwest Coast," and Alan Wardwell's definitive "Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait." They also include a number of published collections and more specialized books. Click here for a list.
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Read our January Newsletter
January 11, 2014
Our January Newsletter features a rare Bella Coola carpenter mask, and introduces a selection of books for a collector's library. Click here to read the January Newsletter.
Read our December Newsletter
November 29, 2013
Our December Newsletter introduces our upcoming exhibit, Views from the North: Cape Dorset Drawings, and provides a link to a selection of works priced at $1000 or less. Views from the North will open with a preview reception on January 9, 2014 from 6-8:30 pm, and will be on view until February 28, 2014.
Read our November Newsletter
November 14, 2013
Read our November newsletter at www.lesk.com/gallery/news-nov2013.html
It features an extraordinary igloo scene by master carver Axangayu Shaa, and previews our upcoming exhibit of original drawings from Cape Dorset. Views from the North: Drawings from Cape Dorset will present original one-of-a-kind drawings by established and emerging artists in the gallery January-February 2014.
More on Cape Dorset Prints and the 2013 Annual Print Collection
October 6, 2013
This month marks the release of the 2013 Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection. Cape Dorset is a community of about 1200 Inuit (Canadian Eskimo) that describes itself as the “Capital of Inuit Art.” Every year since 1959, Cape Dorset has released a set of limited edition prints created by artists from the community. Click here for purchase information.
Cape Dorset prints originated through serendipity. For more background and for information about the artists represented in this year's collection, read our blog . . .
How to see and purchase the Cape Dorset 2013 Annual Print Collection
September 6, 2013
Cape Dorset 2013 Print Collection
October 18 - December 1, 2013
October 18 - December 1, 2013
Please join us at the gallery to preview the collection Thursday, October 17, 2013 6 pm-8pm. Or preview the collection online.
This year's print collection includes seven prints by Kenojuak Ashevak and six prints by Ningeokuluk Teevee, as well as prints by old masters like Pitaloosie Saila and Ohotaq Mikkigak side by side with works by relative newcomers like Nicotye Samayualie and Samaiyu Akesuk.
Sales of the print collection start at 9:30 am on Friday, October 18; after persons at the door at 9:30 am have made their selections, email and telephone reservations will be filled in the order they were received.
Read our September Newsletter
September 5, 2013
In this issue:
-- Cape Dorset 2013 Print Collection -- preview the prints online, come to our live preview reception, or order by phone or email.
-- Order your 2014 Cape Dorset calendars
-- There's still time to view our online exhibition entitled
Yuungnaqpiallerput: The Way We Genuinely Live, featuring "slice of life" sculptures that vividly depict traditional life in the Arctic.
-- Coming attractions: Views from the North: Drawings from Cape Dorset will present original one-of-a-kind drawings by established and emerging artists in the gallery January-February 2014.
Click on the link below to read the full newsletter.
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