Features
Playing It By Ear
Fiddling and dancing have entertained Northerners for the past two centuries. But in this age of constant distraction, will music survive?
Wesley Hardisty performs at the Alianait Arts Festival in Iqaluit. Photo: Angela Gzowski
Stories For A Long, Dark Winter
Shapeshifters, a haunted hotel, the echoes of past wars—here’s what happens in the North when the sun goes down.
Illustration by Beth Covvey
Letters From Home
A small Iqaluit publisher is learning how to tell Inuit stories
Sweetest Kulu, a tender poem written by Iqaluit's Celina Kalluk, is a top-seller. Artwork courtesy of Inhabit Media
Carving a Life from Stone
The hard realities of a Coral Harbour Artist
Coral Harbour carver Henry Nakoolak. Photo by Adina Tarralik Duffy
From A Different Mould
In the early sixties, the federal government brought ceramics to Rankin Inlet to build a traditional arts economy. They didn’t count on the artists actually getting creative.
Potential buyers found large vases, like this one by Yvo Samgushak, too big for their homes. Photo: Hannah Eden
The Tension And The Break
To tell the story of the North's ice cycles, Yellowknife composer Carmen Braden translates nature into music
Carmen Braden captures nature with her recorder, absorbs it through her headphones, processes it into music and exports it through her piano. Photo: Bill Braden
