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Tuesday, March 6                    Griffiths 123

Power of Thought: The Prints of Jessie Oonark

Slide lecture by Marie Bouchard

Marie Bouchard holds a bachelor's degree in art history and co-curated the exhibition Jessie Oonark: A Retrospective for the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1986 as part of the requirements for her master's degree in Canadian history. Having lived in the Arctic for ten years, during which time she worked with artists from Baker Lake, she has written and lectured extensively on Inuit art. She has had numerous opportunities to collaborate on exhibitions throughout North America. In 1993, she assisted the Baltimore Museum of Art with research and preparation for the exhibition Northern Lights: Inuit Textiles from the Canadian Arctic. Currently, she is organizing an exhibition of Baker Lake sculpture for the Inuit Heritage Centre in Baker Lake in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Ontario. She is also beginning research and preparation for an exhibition featuring the textile art of Baker Lake artist Marion Tuu'luq for the National Gallery of Canada.

Jessie Oonark Strange Huge Inuk, 1983 Stonecut and stencil on paper, 16 x 29 inches Courtesy of Arctic Inuit Art