Cape Dorset Prints, a Retrospective

Cape Dorset Prints, a Retrospective
Author :
Publisher : Pomegranate Communications
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0764941917
ISBN-13 : 9780764941917
Rating : 4/5 (917 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Cape Dorset Prints, a Retrospective by : Leslie Boyd Ryan

Download or read book Cape Dorset Prints, a Retrospective written by Leslie Boyd Ryan and published by Pomegranate Communications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1956 artist James Houston came to Cape Dorset as the northern service officer with the Canadian government's Department of Northern Affairs. One of his duties was to foster the production of carvings and other handicrafts by the Inuit residents. By 1959 the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative had been formed, laying the groundwork for a legendary printmaking tradition. Today the annual release of Cape Dorset prints, produced by the Co-operative's Kinngait Studios, is eagerly anticipated by collectors around the world. Cape Dorset Prints: A Retrospective is the first book to tell the full story of this historic printmaking community. - Publisher.


Cape Dorset Prints, a Retrospective Related Books

Cape Dorset Prints, a Retrospective
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Leslie Boyd Ryan
Categories: Inuit prints
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Pomegranate Communications

GET EBOOK

In 1956 artist James Houston came to Cape Dorset as the northern service officer with the Canadian government's Department of Northern Affairs. One of his dutie
Inuit Prints
Language: en
Pages: 104
Authors: Norman David Vorano
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Canadian Museum of History

GET EBOOK

Some fifty years ago, the remote Arctic community of Cape Dorset was introduced to the ancient traditions of Japanese printmaking by a Canadian artist, James Ho
Ningiukulu Teevee
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Leslie Boyd
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Pomegranate Communications

GET EBOOK

Ningiukulu Teevee thinks in pictures, and drawing is her language. She is a soft-spoken storyteller, but her message is clear and strong, and with it she is exp
Inuit Art
Language: en
Pages: 432
Authors: Richard C. Crandall
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: McFarland

GET EBOOK

Inuit--sometimes referred to as Eskimo--art is the primary art form of Canada and has a large international following, particularly in the United States, Japan,
Pangnirtung Print Retrospective
Language: en
Pages: 48
Authors:
Categories: Eskimo art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Catalogue to accompany selection of 35 prints produced from 1973 to 1986 for an exhibition at Expo '86 and at the Inuit Gallery of Vancouver.