Description

The Cape Dorset art story has been told thousands of times over. But no matter who tells it and how, the printers who actually produce the physical lithographs and stone cuts, often get left out of the narrative.

But many art experts consider these printers the unsung heros of the Cape Dorset success story.

So Eye on the Arctic wanted its visitors to meet one.

Niveaksie Quvianaqtuliaq has been working at Kinngait Studios for almost two decades. Here, Quvianaqtuliaq explains how he, and his fellow printers, work to create the perfect image and what working on the Cape Dorset print collection has meant to him both professionally and personally.

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inuit, art, the, new, raw

Art and Culture