Walk & Talk: Curatorial Tour of Qautamaat

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Explore the exhibition ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ | Qautamaat with curator Taqralik Partridge and writer Emily Henderson as they offer a talk and tour highlighting the stories, ideas, and practices associated with the "Inuit everyday" that informs the work of over 80 artists and makers on view. Capturing acutely Inuk sensibilities, the exhibition highlights how such diverse images and objects represent the most powerful forms of Inuit expression in the public sphere today.

Originally from Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, AGG’s adjunct curator Taqralik Partridge is based in Ottawa where she currently directs Nordic Lab at SAW Gallery. Emily Henderson is a Greenlandic and settler writer and arts administrator based in Toronto whose work has been published in Inuit Art Quarterly, C Magazine, Studio Magazine, as well as imagineNATIVE. ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ | Qautamaat is organized and presented with the support of Canadian Heritage through the Museums Assistance Program.

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