Cape Dorset Artwork

The extraordinary limited edition prints and original drawing of Cape Dorset's Kinngait art cooperative reflect historical traditions, deep connections to landscape and artistic vision of Indigenous Inuit artists of the Arctic Far North.

Dorset Fine Arts was established in Toronto in 1978 as the wholesale marketing division of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative. The Co-operative is in Kinngait Cape Dorset, Nunavut and is unique among the Arctic Co-operatives for its focus on the arts and artists of the community. Dorset Fine Arts was established to develop and serve the market for Inuit fine art produced by the artist

Rare, one-of-a-kind, hand crafted Canadian Inuit soapstone art, carvings and sculptures by master carvers and younger up-and-coming artists in Cape-Dorset, Nunavut.

Cape Dorset printmaking and carving have shared fragments of Inuit culture with the rest of the world. Art purchased from this community is held in very high regard internationally. Secondly, the Inuit of Cape Dorset have long supported their community co-operative.

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Printmaking was introduced in Cape Dorset in late 1957 by James Houston 1921-2005, an artist, writer and the Area Administrator for South Baffin Island. He was employed by the federal government to encourage the production of carving and crafts in the North and to promote Inuit art in the South. In Cape Dorset's newly erected crafts shop, Houston along with Osuitok Ipeelee 1922-2005

Inuit artists from Kinngait Cape Dorset have created thousands of drawings over many decades. An archive of over 80,000 drawings made between the 1950s and 1990 is housed at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, held in trust for the West Baffin Eskimo Co-op.

Inuit Prints from Cape Dorset makes Canada's national collection of Inuit prints from Cape Dorset, in Nunavut publicly available for research, scholarship and appreciation. This website was made possible through a grant from Canadian Heritage, the assistance of Dorset Fine Arts, and the assistance of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative in Cape Dorset.

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2024 marks the 65th year of Kinngait Studios' annual collection of prints from artists of the far north. Formerly known as Cape Dorset until February of 2020, Kinngait is an Arctic island located in Hudson Strait, Nunavut, Canada. Cape Dorset is world famous for its great artworkespecially printmaking, drawing and read more

Cape Dorset Annual Fall Print Collection. Inuit Art Cape Dorset Inuit Prints Eskimo Art at ABoriginArt Galleries an online retail gallery of fine Canadian Inuit Art including vintage and contemporary sculpture and prints. Select works from over 400 Inuit Artists Eskimo Artists.

Cape Dorset Inuit Print Gallery is a Graphic Devision of Inuit Gifts. We offer Inuit Prints for Sale. Buy Original Art by Cape Dorset Artists. Kenojuak Ashevak