The Art of Printmaking International: Kinngait Studios: A series of online talks from an international network of printmakers

Join us for a series of online talks connecting Edinburgh to 5 printmaking studios all over the world: Funen Printmaking Workshop in Odense, Denmark; Kinngait Studios in Nunavut, Canada; Powerhouse Arts in New York City, USA; Fondazione il Bisonte, Florence, Italy; and Spike Print Studio in Bristol, UK.

This programme of talks aims to build our relationships with similar printmaking studios around the world.  Invited representatives of each studio, as well as artist members, students or collaborators will give a talk and introduce their organisation, work, projects and facilities to an international audience of creative printmakers.  

The Art of Printmaking International online conversations will create a virtual space for sharing in our passion for advancing printmaking, sustaining communities and contributing to the cultural life of our countries.

 The second talk will be on Thursday 12th December from 5pm to 7pm (GMT) with Kinngait Studios, Nunavut, Canada.

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Speakers:

Niveaksie Quvianaqtuliaq, Head Lithographer

Juumi Takpaungai, Carving Buyer and Associate Manager

Kinngait Studios

In 1959, Kinngait Studios was established through the West Baffin Co-operative in what was then known as Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Kinngait, Nunavut). Every year since then, the studio has released a coveted collection of prints. 

Over the decades, the studio has developed programs for lithography, engraving, etching, and stonecut - a uniquely northern form of relief printmaking inspired by Japanese woodblock. Kinngait Studios is known as one of the pillars of contemporary Inuit art, and is the longest continuously-running printmaking studio in Canada.