A lifetime of artwork has earned Inuk artist Germaine Arnaktauyok a 2021 Governor GeneralSA国际影视传媒檚 Award in Visual and Media Arts and an associated $25,000 prize.
The announced eight recipients of the award on Tuesday, all chosen for their exceptional careers and their remarkable contribution to the visual and media arts and fine crafts.
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The award winners, who were selected by a committee of their peers, will receive a special-edition bronze medallion in recognition of their body of work. In addition, each artist is featured in a video portrait.
Listening to father's stories
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Born near Iglulik and now a resident of Yellowknife, much of her work depicts Inuit legends in pen ink drawings.
SA国际影视传媒淚 try to put myself in the story, you know, how they think, how they breathe, and I make them alive, I guess, in my mind,SA国际影视传媒� said Arnaktauyok.
