Virtual Tour: 'Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios'

Join us for a virtual tour of 'ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᓯᓛᕐᒥᑦ Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios'. Using footage filmed during the opening celebrations of the exhibition and installation photographs, this video provides viewers access to the exhibition while we are closed. We suggest exploring the digital interactive app and the short film Animation from Cape Dorset from the National Film Board to enhance the experience. --- Digital Interactive App https://tmc-exhibition-pwa.netlify.app/ The Textile Museum of Canada has developed a digital interactive app to deepen the content of the exhibition Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios. This app was available on tablets in the Museum gallery and can now be accessed through the above link The app allows visitors to hear directly from the Inuit community through audio or video interviews with contemporary artists from Kinngait Studios and Inuk fashion designers Tarralik Duffy, Martha Kyak, and Nooks Lindell. The app also features artwork by West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative artists and short films by Inuit filmmakers. --- Animation from Cape Dorset (Kinngait), 1973 https://www.nfb.ca/film/animation_from_cape_dorset/ 18 minutes Produced by Joanasie Salamonie, John Taylor Released in 1973, this collection features the first animated films to be made by Inuit artists at the National Film Board of Canada. Featured is work by Solomonie Pootoogook, Timmun Alariaq, Mathew Joanasie, and Itee Pootoogook Pitaloosie—all participants in the Cap