SPECIAL PROGRAM CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CAPE DORSET art
Pootoogook, Joyfully I See Ten Caribou (1959) Photo courtesy of Dorset Fine Art
Screenings:
Ghost Noise Thursday, October 15, 2pm Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario
Canada · 8 min · Beta SP Director: Marcia Connolly English and Inuktitut with English Subtitles
The Art Gallery of Ontario, in partnership with imagineNATIVE, are proud to present a special presentation on Cape Dorset art presented by Dr. Gerald McMaster, Curator of Canadian Art, Art Gallery of Ontario.
Third-generation Inuit artist, Shuvinai Ashoona was born, and continues to live, in Cape Dorset, Nunavut. She stands out amongst her peers for her fantastical representations of her co-existing interior and exterior northern life. In this short portrait film, Shuvinai shares her thoughts on drawing.
This program will consist of a screening of Ghost Noise and James Houston: The Most Interesting Group of People You’ll Ever Meet, followed by an interview with the filmmakers, and then a gallery tour of the Cape Dorset print show that is currently on display at the AGO.
Marcia Connolly is a Toronto-based filmmaker whose work has screened at The Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Palme in Paris, the Toronto International Film Festival, Artecinema in Naples, Italy, and most recently at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Free for Festival Pass Holders.
James Houston: The Most Interesting Group of People You’ll Ever Meet
Public Tickets: Members $15, Public $18, Students $12 Tickets available by phone at 416-979-6608 or on-line at https://tickets.ago.net or in person at the door.
Canada · 49 min · Digital Beta Director: John Houston English and Inuktitut with English Subtitles The Inuit call him Saumik, meaning “the left-handed one.” Appropriately, the film begins with Saumik, James Houston (1921–2005), sketching the northern landscape en plein air. We eventually discover his other identities – father, husband, friend, colleague, artist, author, arts administrator and grandfather – through a series of interviews with “the most interesting group of people.” Directed by award-winning filmmaker John Houston, this is a very personal examination of a remarkable man. An accomplished artist, James Houston was born in Toronto in 1921. He studied with Group of Seven artist Arthur
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