Annie Pootoogook 

Fishing, n.d.

Heather Igloliorte on Inuit Artistic Expression as Cultural Resilience 

Question: What is that he is beating on?

It’s a gourd drum. The drum represents the heartbeat of the deer.
Listen.
When the drum beats, it brings the deer to life.
We believe the water the drum sits in is holy. It is life.
Go ahead, touch it.
Bless yourself with it.
It is holy. You are safe now.

― Ofelia Zepeda, Deer Dance Exhibition 

Photo by Larry Pannell 'Half Dome Buck' 

“Poetry = Anger x Imagination”

― Sherman Alexie, One Stick Song

“Artists jam like musicians, but we jam quietly. We look at each other other's art. We have a relationship with a lot of other artists and we think, 'should I go in that direction? Is this good for me? Or bad for me?' Artist’s jam sessions take place over a long time and with many different artists and sometimes we even jam with the dead. We have a good relationship with them, but we tend to have it in private." 
—Jockum Nordström

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The Spirit of the Beehive (1973 Victor Erice)

Carving, flying bird. Koryak, Siberia, North Kamchatka (1901, Jesup expedition). Ivory, sinew © American Museum of Natural History.

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Weaving on a Cardboard Loom