Inuit Artists’ Profile Interview Forms
Inuit Artists’ Interview Introduction
“Isaruit Inuit Arts: Pijunarnnivut” is a group of Inuit artists in Ottawa who started working to support Inuit artists in 2019. Isaruit is building a full website to serve and support Inuit artists in Creating, Knowing , and Sharing their work. It will also be a site that people who want to purchase Inuit art can go to. We have an Artists’ Profile section, where each artist can have a page, that gives your name, a short bio, a photo of yourself, and photos of some of the things that you have made in the past (Portfolio) . In the future, we hope his artists’ Profiles will be directly connected with our E-commerce Gallery, once we get it up and running. We’re hoping to have our website live by August 31st this month. We hope this Isaruit Arts website becomes really supportive and successful for Inuit Artists in all Inuit Nunanga.
Would you like to have a page on our artists’ gallery? / Are you interested in having a page ?
We have some questions we ask everyone… is it OK if I record this interview? – We’ll have your page in English and Inuktitut.
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- Can you send us a photo of yourself? To inuitwomensewing@gmail.com or Abby..
- Can you send us photos of some of the art work you have done ? (with captions on the photos telling what it is, if they want to ).
- Are there any other artists you know who I could ask if they want a page too? … Write down their names and phone numbers on the back of the interview page.
- Just want to let you know that I will write up your profile and it will be on the artists’ profile page of our website when it goes live at the end of August.
- We will send you a one time payment of $175 by EMT on the pay day following your submission of the photos for your profile. Please provide your email EMT address.
- Thank you! Let us know if we can help you in any way.
Isaruit Artists’ Profile Interview Template
**Date:
** means please write the answer on this paper
- **Your legal name: **Also known as:
- ** How you sign your art work (and pronunciation):
- **Your home community:
- **Where you are living now:
- Your Year of birth (Optional):
- **Contact information: **Email: **Phone: **Postal address (include street #, postal code etc.: s.0078
- (If you work, what is your profession or work?) (Optional):
- What did you love doing when you were growing up?
- **What traditional Inuit cultural activities are you involved in?What is the reason you are doing art?
- **What materials do you like to work with?
- **What kind of Inuit arts do you create?
- **What is your specialty?
- **What subjects do you focus on?
- Who encouraged or taught you to do art?
- How and when did that happen?
- **What have other artists commented about your art?
- Where do you most often sell your artwork? & What do you think are the best ways to sell your artwork –
I Online Isaruit website,
II Through a gallery
III At an arts and crafts show
IV Your own facebook
V In person
VI Get someone else to sell it for you?
VII Commissions
- Do you have any pieces for sale in a gallery now or before? Or do any of your relatives sell their art through galleries? **If so, which galleries?
- Have you ever had any art in an art show?
**If so, which one(s)? Where? When?
- Anything else you would like to say? Anything to say to encourage other Inuit artists? Or Inuit young people?
List of Inuit Visual Arts Activities – Sananguarusiit, (Sanrulujat, Sanaqataat)
Drawing/Painting: Tituranniq Drawing in pencil or ink Drawing in colour, pencil crayon or markers Cartooning |
Painting in acrylics or oils Water colour painting Print Making on paper
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Wall Hangings: Avaluamiutak Printing on Cloth Sewn wall hangings – appliqué or embroidery |
Woven Tapestries Three dimensional wall art |
Sewing: Miqq… Amautik making Parka Making Mitt Making Kamik Making Slipper Making Dress making Children’s clothing Hunting clothing Sewn skin hats | Sewing Crafts Crocheting hats Crocheting other items Designing clothing Knitting clothing Quilting Doll making Bags, purses Finger weaving Miniature parka pulls Other items |
Jewelry Making: Jewelry Making –Earrings Jewelry Making- Neck pieces Jewelry Making- Pins Metal Jewelry | Beading: Beading as Jewelry Amautik frontpiece beading Other clothing decoration Other items |
Carving: Carving stone Carving whalebone Carving antler or horn Carving ivory Carvings for installations outside or in buildings | Metal Sculpture: Of any kind |
Tool Making: Ulu making Knife making Qulliq Making Qajaaq (Kayak) Making Harpoon heads Harpoon making Net making Qamutiik (Dogsled) Making Niksiq (Gaff hook) Making Woodworking | Other tools: |
Other arts: Models of Traditional life Basket weaving (N. Quebec) Making replicas of traditional objects | Multimedia Works Photography Combining music/ spoken word recordings with visuals Combining a wide variety of objects / materials
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List of Traditional Inuit Cultural Activities
Hunting (all kinds)
Fishing
Family camping
Inuktitut language
Storytelling
Dancing
Drumming
Throat singing
Inuit games
Inuit sports
Inuit food preparation & feasts
Snow house building
Tent making
Dog teams
Qayaking
Qamutiik making
Foraging for plants for food
Surviving on the land/ sea
Inuksuk building
Tool making
Sewing
Making things from animal parts
Fixing & inventing things
Teaching the youth
Learning from and helping elders
Walking
Visiting in the community
