Messages Across Time and Space: Inupiat Drawings from the 1890s at Columbia University

a digital companion to an exhibition at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, September-November 2015

  • I. About this Exhibition
    • Curatorial Statement
    • Notes on Art and Cultural Survival
    • The Bush Collection
  • II. The Drawings
    • About The Drawings
      • Drawing A
      • Drawing B
      • Drawing C
      • Drawing D
      • Drawing E
      • Drawing F
      • Drawing G
      • Drawing H
      • Drawing J
      • Drawing K
  • III. Class Research
    • A. The Kivġiq
      • i. The Messenger Feast (Kivġiq) and the Eagle-Wolf Dance
      • ii. The ceremonial as an expression of Inupiaq values
    • B. Inupiat Art and Aesthetics across generations
      • i. Inupiaq Material and Visual Cultures
        • a. Atigi (Parkas)
        • b. Aqlitiiq (Dance Mittens)
        • c. Feather Headdresses
        • d. Wolf Tail Belts
        • e. Qilaun (Hand Drums)
        • f. Gaming Balls
        • g. Bow Drills
        • h. Video Games
      • ii. The Expansion of the Inupiaq Graphic Art Tradition in the Late Nineteenth Century
      • iii. Twentieth Century Inupiat artists
        • a. Angokwazhuk (Happy Jack) and Guy Kakarook
        • b. George Ootenna
        • c. George Ahgupuk
        • d. Ron Senungetuk
        • e. Larry Ahvakana
        • F. Sonya Kelliher-Combs
        • g. Sylvester Ayek
    • C. Some Inupiat Contexts
      • i. Some Inupiaq Philosophies of Making and Living
      • ii. Inupiat/non-Inupiat Relations
      • iii. Missionary education at Wales: the Lopps
  • IV. Credits, Resources, and Links
  • I. About this Exhibition
    • Curatorial Statement
    • Notes on Art and Cultural Survival
    • The Bush Collection
  • II. The Drawings
    • About The Drawings
      • Drawing A
      • Drawing B
      • Drawing C
      • Drawing D
      • Drawing E
      • Drawing F
      • Drawing G
      • Drawing H
      • Drawing J
      • Drawing K
  • III. Class Research
    • A. The Kivġiq
      • i. The Messenger Feast (Kivġiq) and the Eagle-Wolf Dance
      • ii. The ceremonial as an expression of Inupiaq values
    • B. Inupiat Art and Aesthetics across generations
      • i. Inupiaq Material and Visual Cultures
        • a. Atigi (Parkas)
        • b. Aqlitiiq (Dance Mittens)
        • c. Feather Headdresses
        • d. Wolf Tail Belts
        • e. Qilaun (Hand Drums)
        • f. Gaming Balls
        • g. Bow Drills
        • h. Video Games
      • ii. The Expansion of the Inupiaq Graphic Art Tradition in the Late Nineteenth Century
      • iii. Twentieth Century Inupiat artists
        • a. Angokwazhuk (Happy Jack) and Guy Kakarook
        • b. George Ootenna
        • c. George Ahgupuk
        • d. Ron Senungetuk
        • e. Larry Ahvakana
        • F. Sonya Kelliher-Combs
        • g. Sylvester Ayek
    • C. Some Inupiat Contexts
      • i. Some Inupiaq Philosophies of Making and Living
      • ii. Inupiat/non-Inupiat Relations
      • iii. Missionary education at Wales: the Lopps
  • IV. Credits, Resources, and Links

II. The Drawings

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Credits:

This exhibition was organized by Elizabeth Hutchinson, Associate Professor of Art History, Barnard College/Columbia University, with the help of the following students:

Charlotte Basch
Cannelle Bruschini
Emilie Chedeville
Ari Cohen
Sarah Diver
Christopher Green
Jaime Luria
Crystal Migwans
Emily Rogers

We are grateful to the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University Art Properties in Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, and the Columbia University Art History Department for their support of this project.

Participants

Recent Comments

  • Jasa Aqiqah on I. About this Exhibition
  • Ted Sitting Crow Garner on a. Angokwazhuk (Happy Jack) and Guy Kakarook
  • BROOK Wynn on i. The Messenger Feast (Kivġiq) and the Eagle-Wolf Dance
  • Caroline Atuk derrick on b. George Ootenna
  • Paul Ongtooguk on ii. The Expansion of the Inupiaq Graphic Art Tradition in the Late Nineteenth Century

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