# Kenojuak Ashevak

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Episode 17: Valerie Chaussonnett

From the Sorbonne to hitchhiking across Canada, from Berkeley to living with the Inuit in Nunavik, metal sculptor and painter VALERIE CHAUSSONNET has drawn inspiration for her artwork from the varied adventures life has offered her. Valerie’s experiences with the Smithsonian Institution preparing a…

Re-Designing a Kidnapped Childhood: Angel De Cora

You probably haven't heard of Angle De Cora, (or Hinook-Mahiwi-Kalinaka) but this artist and designer from the Winnebago/Ho-chunk indigenous community and once was considered "The First Great Indian Artist," (which today we're able to see as a twisted, backhanded, and incorrect compliment), but sho…

The First Artists in Human History were Women

If you think of cave paintings, you think of animals and handprints and dark caves. But have you ever wondered who was behind those prehistoric works of art? You probably immediately assumed men, and you wouldn't be alone in that. However, recent studies have found that nearly 75% of the handprints…

Grandma Moses: From Farm Girl to Folk Fine Artist

Stauney talks about a beloved American painter, Anna Mary Robertson Moses, also known as "Grandma" Moses. With a 20 year farming career alongside her husband and ten children, Moses didn't start painting for profit until her late 70's. However, her climb to acclaim was fast paced thereafter with he…

From the Arctic, all the way to Newfoundland: An exhibition of the art of Kenojuak Ashevak opens in Trinity Bight this weekend.

If you were around in this province in the 1980's, you may have seen an Inuit art print in a school textbook. The piece called The Enchanted Owl was created by the well-established visual artist Kenojuak Ashevak. An exhibition of Ashevak's work is opening this weekend in Trinity Bight, at the Engli…

Episode 37: Kenojuak Ashevak

In the Inuit language, there was no word for "art." Kenojuak Ashevak had artistic creativity in her that not only managed to escape, but it also vaulted her into the spot of the most renowned Inuit artist ever. Her creations are so colorful, fun and unique... it allows us insight into the culture, …

Kenojuak Ashevak: Life and Legacy

Jeanne Armstrong spoke to William Huffman with West Baffin Co-Operative Ltd. about the never before seen drawings from one of Canada's finest Inuit artists coming to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

From Poison to Praise: Edmonia Lewis

Stauney takes us through the life of Edmonia Lewis, the trailblazing biracial black and Native American sculptor whose neoclassical masterpieces captivated audiences during her lifetime. Despite facing discrimination and even an unfounded accusation of poisoning her peers during her college years, …