Through a different lens: Photographer Barry Pottle explores Ottawa’s Inuit culture

 Photo credit: Barry Pottle When Barry Pottle first picked up a camera, he wasn’t thinking of photography as an art form -- he was “just playing around,” the artist tells me, taking pictures at Inuit cultural events around Ottawa. But what started as a hobby soon became an artistic endeavour

Inuit Art: Traditional Yet Contemporary

 At the 2017 Venice Biennale, an exhibition which shows the best contemporary art from around the world, Inuit artist Kananginak Pootoogook’s work was displayed. It was a first for the Inuit art community. Inuit art has been popular internationally for decades, but this was the first time it was included