Speaker Series | Heather Igloliorte "Instructors and Innovators: Unconventional Inuit Art in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries"

Heather Igloliorte
Concordia University 

"Instructors and Innovators: Unconventional Inuit Art in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries"

In this presentation Dr. Heather Igloliorte (Inuk, Concordia University Research Chair) examines the history of modern and contemporary Inuit art by investigating how artistic innovation and interventions have changed and expanded the field of Inuit art history and practice. Igloliorte examines the role of Qallunaat arts instructors and their Inuit collaborators in the past and present, and explores how artists have broken from conventions and expectations in Inuit art through a variety of styles and media.