The Carleton Art Collection includes 80 prints created by Inuit artists from 1964 to 1986, depicting traditional Inuit ways at a time when their culture was in transition. A range of printmaking practices including stone-cut, linocut, serigraph, and stencil are represented. Featured artworks come from print cooperatives in Baker Lake, Kinngait, Puvirnituq, Ulukhaktok, and Inukjuak in the Northern Quebec and Nunavut regions.

A selection of these artworks was featured in a 2018 Perlman Teaching Museum exhibition UnikKautte and, recently, a series of five educational videos that thematically explore the prints was produced by the museum. We invite you to explore the videos and research links on this page.

Illustration of men with spears surrounding a pool full of fish
Luke Anguhadluq (Baker Lake), Fishing, 1973
Illustration of a person in a kayak attempting to spear small whales
Helen Kalvak (Holman), Hunting White Whale, 1977
illustration of a giant person with five smaller people, an igloo, and several colored shapes
Davidialuk Alasua Amittuq (Povungnituk), Legend of the Giant, 1977
Illustration of a grazing musk ox
Luke Anguhadluq (Baker Lake), Musk Ox, 1977

Videos: Exploring Inuit Art

With thanks to Evie Odden ’19 (researcher, script writer, narrator) and Louis Stein ’20 (videographer, video editor). This unique collection of Inuit artworks was donated to the Carleton Art Collection and Perlman Teaching Museum by alumnus Kip Lilly ’71.

For inquiries regarding the Carleton Art Collection and requests to utilize these artworks as teaching tools, please contact Sara Cluggish, the Mary Hulings Rice Director and Curator of the Perlman Teaching Museum.

Inuit Printmaking at Carleton

Gender, Family, and Community

Spirituality, Ritual, and Storytelling

Animals, Landscape, and Environment

Hunting, Fishing, and Sustenance

Further Readings on Inuit Art

Colonialism and relocations in the Arctic: Nuutauniq: Moves in Inuit Life published in Qikiqtani Truth Commission: Thematic Reports and Special Studies 1950–1975

Curation practices and Inuit knowledge: Curating Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Inuit Knowledge in the Qallunaat Art Museum by Heather Igloliorte

Formal analyses of drawings by Luke Anguhadluq: From the Centre: An Examination of the Drawings of Luke Anguhadluq by Cynthia Cook (article is on page 4 of the journal)