Inuit Art Centre will include digital platform
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The Winnipeg Art Gallery has announced a new digital component to the upcoming grand opening of the Inuit Art Centre, the 40,000-square-foot building designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture that’s anticipated to open later this year.
The Visible Vault Digital Platform will host the artwork and stories of Inuit artists exhibited at the centre online, expanding the access of the WAG’s collection of Inuit art — the largest in the world — to a global level.
“We are tremendously grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for bringing this innovative project to life,” said WAG director and CEO Stephen Borys in a statement. “The WAG Inuit Art Centre will celebrate Inuit artists and perspectives, and the launch of this digital platform will amplify these voices like never before.”
The new online platform will offer Inuit-led multimedia presentations that share the stories behind the works of art within the collection through the use of interactive maps, photography, animation, audio and video. It will also feature access to the conservation studio at Visible Vault, offering behind-the-scenes access to the conservators and specialists at the Inuit Art Centre.
The program is led by Maxine Anguk, an Inuk originally from Whale Cove in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut.
“I look forward to leading this exciting project and am interested in involving many members of the Inuit community to take part in the research and storytelling around the works of art that will be on display in the new Visible Vault — allowing authentic Inuit voices to tell the stories and share traditional knowledge from their communities,” said Anguk in a statement.
To bring this project to the public, the WAG is working closely with youth and elders of Inuit Nunangat, an Inuktitut word that refers to the homeland of the Inuit peoples.
The WAG is also currently inviting aspiring and entry-level Inuit videographers and/or multimedia specialists to apply to create short videos that will be included in the Visible Vault’s collection of digital content.
The Inuit Art Centre is scheduled to open near the end of 2020 and contains over 7,500 stone carvings from the WAG collection (5,962 of which are in the Visible Vault) and art held on long-term loan from the Government of Nunavut’s Fine Arts Collection, organized according to geographic region and by artistic community.
For more information, visit wag.ca.
Frances.Koncan@freepress.mb.ca