Art and Waste in Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), Nunavut (Art Exhibition)

Start Date

Monday October 23, 2023

End Date

Friday November 3, 2023

Time

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location

Art and Media Lab, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

This event is hosted by the School of Environmental Studies, Office of Indigenous Initiatives, and Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.

The Art and Wastes in Panniqtuuq opening celebration will take place 6-8 pm Tuesday, October 24, 2023.

The exhibition includes over sixty works of art by Inuit artists Jupa Ishulutaq, Annie Kilabuk/Kawtysie Kakee. David Kilabuk, Talia Metug, Oleepika Nashalik, Malaya Pitsiulak Madeleine Quimauqtug and Ph.D. Candidate micky renders. Their work animates the issues of wastes and colonization in Inuit Nunangat.

It is open October 23rd-November 3rd, 10am-4pm, Monday to Saturday.

 

The special events are as follows:

Tuesday, October WELCOMING CELEBRATION opening remarks 6:30PM

  • Wed Oct 25 at 5:00PM ARTIST TALK Inuit Knowledge Holder Madeleine Qumauqtuq
  • Thurs Oct 26, 5:00PM -7:00PM TALKING & LISTENING CIRCLE 
    • ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IS GARBAGE about art, resistance, Indigeneity and waste.
  • Sat Oct 28 1:00-4:30PM ARTIST WORKSHOP with Oleepika Nashalik and Talia Metuq  @The AGNES Art Centre 

See queensu.ca/theisabel/whats-on for a full schedule of talks and workshops.

This event is for all students, with a special focus on Indigenous students. We would encourage Indigenous students and community members who want to participate in the Environmental Racism is Garbage - Talking and Listening Circle or the Living Traditions art workshop with sealskin to contact micky.renders@queensu.ca.

Tours are available to groups under 20. Contact micky.renders@queensu.ca