Agguaq Collective highlights the work of nine Inuk women from across Nunavut and Nunavik who visit museum collections to study Inuit ancestral clothing and piqutiit (belongings). In this panel, members of the collective will talk about their work creating new garments based on the patterns found in collections. 

Coffee, tea and small pastries.

Join us for the opening of the symposium! We will open events with a welcome to territory by Skawennati; a qulliq lighting and opening remarks by Heather Igloliorte.

In this panel, circumpolar artists who have shown their work both in community as well as at international art festivals and major exhibitions discuss their experiences engaging with the global contemporary art world.  Panelists: Kablusiak, Inuuteq Storch, Julie Edel Hardenberg, Sonya Kehlier-Combs in conversation with

On this day gourmet lunch boxes are available for conference registrants

Acclaimed Inuit fashion designers share in this exciting dialogue on how they began their careers in fashion, where they’re headed, and how they bring Inuit culture into their designs and practices. Panelists: On the Runway: Inuit Fashion and Wearable Art - Taalrumiq , April Allen, Victoria Okpik, and Julie Grenier in conversation with...

Circumpolar Inuit curators share their critical and culturally-grounded approaches to curating exhibitions and working with museums and galleries at home and internationally in this panel. Panelists: Jocelyn Piirainen, Dine Arnannguaq Fenger Lynge, Nivi Christensen, Nadia...

In partnership with Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership: The Pilimmaksarniq / Pijariuqsarniq Project, La Guilde is proud to present Amisut, an exhibition curated by Ooleepeeka Eegeesiak featuring the work of ten early-career Inuit artists: Natashia Allakariallak, Aedan Corey, Saelym Degrandpre, Malaya Kisa-Knickelbein, Mikak, Yvonne Moorhouse, Cassidy-Ann Netser, Jason Sikoak, Taqtu & Sarah Whalen Lunn. Going against the g...

Every evening from dusk to 11pm, ulitsuak | marée montante | rising tide by multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Glenn Gear will illuminate the Sherbrooke facade of the Michal and Renalta Hornstein Pavilion o...

Coffee, tea and small pastries.

International Inuit Day Country Food Lunch catered in partnership with the Southern Quebec Inuit Association and hosted at the MMFA. With special performances.

This is a mini kamik keychain or simple sealskin beaded keychain workshop hosted by two talented sisters from Nunatsiavut. Partcipants may choose which project they would like to make at the workshop depending on their level of skill and experience. Everyone comes away with a beautiful and practical creation in this exciting, all-welcome workshop! Sealskin (beginner) and Kamik (moderate) 

This presentation brings together drawings, photographs, sculptures and more in order to promote and share Inuit artistic and cultural heritage and make it more accessible to all audiences. Conceived in collaboration with Inuk artist and curator asinnajaq, ᐆᒻᒪᖁᑎᒃ uummaqutik invites us to meditate on the rhythms of...

Coffee, tea and small pastries.

This panel highlights the voices and perspectives of some of the early career artists featured in the exhibition at La Guilde, Amisut. The conversation is moderated by the exhibition curator, Ooleepeeka Eegeesiak

 In this Inuit-only conversation, Inuit tattoo artists invite conversation and knowledge-sharing about kakiniit and tunniit designs, patterns and meanings, and discuss their various experiences and best practices.    Panelists: Marjorie Tahbone, Arsaniq Deer, Malaya Kisa-Knickelbein, Sarah Whalen Lunn

On this day gourmet lunch boxes are available for conference registrants

Agguaq Collective highlights the work of nine Inuk women from across Nunavut and Nunavik who visit museum collections to study Inuit ancestral clothing and piqutiit (belongings). In this panel, members of the collective will talk about their work creating new garments based on the patterns found in collections. 

Join us for a wrap-up conversation to reflect on not only the symposium, but also examine the recent history of Inuit art, take stock of the contemporary moment, and collectively envision where we want to take Inuit art into the future.  

Curated by Heather Igloliorte and Taqralik Partridge, Ilagiit/Relatives features contemporary Inuit artists from throughout Inuit Nunaat whose works speak to ways of being in relation: to each other and community, the land, past and future generations, namesakes, and Inuit belongings. Inuit relational expressions are explored through painting, video, clothing, photography, textiles, ceramics and other practices; through both human and non-human rel...

Door open at 7:30, show at 8.  Suarluni, Emergence features circumpolar women whose performance practices are sometimes described as theatre, spoken word, song, or performance art. Evoking our vibrant homelands and the radical possibilities of performance, they call to us—performances by Sylvia Cloutier, Jessie Kleemann, Taqralik Partridge, and Allison Akootchook Warden.

Join us to celebrate at the ᕿᓐᓂᕋᔮᑦᑐᖅ Qinnirajaattuq / Ripples closing gala featuring DJ Andachan from Greenland! Cash bar with both alcoholic and non-alcoholic options available. Please note there is no food available at this event. We recommend that you eat dinner beforehand a...