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NFB Inuit & Arctic Films

The objective of the National Film Board is to produce and distribute audio-visual works which provoke discussion and debate on subjects of interest to Canadian audiences and foreign markets; which explore the creative potential of the audio-visual media; and which achieve recognition by Canadians and others for excellence, relevance and innovation.
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The Sissons Collection

Judge Sissons, an avid collector of Inuit art, commissioned pieces documenting the outstanding trials of his northern career (1955-1966). Read more...

Carvers of Keewatin

In a faraway region of the Northwest Territories, in an area unique even in the Canadian Arctic for its lack of resources to sustain life, some remarkable stone sculpture is being created by carvers who belong to one of the strangest groups of people on earth. Read more...

Eskimo Nebula

A nebula (from Latin: "cloud"; pl. nebulae) is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen gas and plasma. Read more...

Influences and Interactions
The Unique Regional Styles of Inuit Sculpture

It is commonly agreed that art of any form is directly influenced by the environment in which the artist lives (such as geography, climate, economics) – and the individual creativity of the artist. Read more...

ESKIMO ART IN CAPE DORSET (1964)

Cape Dorset, on the southwestern tip of Baffin Island, has a population of three hundred and fifty Eskimos. At high tide, Cape Dorset is an island, with rocky coastline and hills up to nine hundred feet high. The settlement is at the mouth of a large bay, which provides a good harbour for ships, and a landing place for aeroplanes on floats in summer; in winter, ski-equipped aircraft land on the bay’s thick ice. Read more...

Eskimo Lolly

Kiwi candy ... Eskimo Lolly ...or racial slur? Read more...

Sanajaqsaq: Eskimo Handicrafts

In January 1951, James Houston wrote and designed this handicrafts booklet for the Canadian Guild of Crafts. Read more...

Eskimo Carvings
by James A. Houston

If you ask an Eskimo of the Canadian Eastern arctic if he carves art objects, sinourak, he will answer “Certainly”! For in a land where life is governed by hunting and where any one area will produce only enough game to support a few families there is no specialization. Read more...

The Inspiration for Inuit Prints

The tradition of carving stone, bone and ivory to create lamps, vessels and tools etc. has a long tradition among the Inuit. The creation of paper art in the form of stone cuts, engravings and lithographs is a much more recent phenomenon. Read more...