Nunavut Arts Festival in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut Aug. 2016

In August, gallery Director/Owner, Melanie Zavediuk, travelled to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut to speak at NACA's Nunavut Arts Festival. This annual festival brings artists from across Nunavut to show their works, collaborate with other artists and to experience working with different mediums. This year's festival was scheduled to coincide with the visit of the Crystal Serenity, the first luxury cruise ship to sail the Northwest Passage.  Here are a few photos of the area and some of the talented artists that were at the festival.

Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

Nunavut Arts Festival venue

After the "Talk with the Galleries". From left: Debbie Jones, Vice President of Art Marketing, Arctic Co-operatives Ltd, Tom Ka Director of SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Melanie Zavediuk, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Lisa Pai of L.A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa.

Lavinia Van Heuvelin, artist

Elizabeth Gordon, artist

Sandra Rideout, artist

Roy Klengenberg, artist

Lisa Pai of the L.A. Pai Gallery, Kathleen Nicols of NACA, Melanie Zavediuk, Inuit Gallery of Vancouver

In the process of raising The Maud

The Maud

Reclaimed timbers and spikes from The Maud

The Crystal Serenity, just outside of Cambridge Bay

Displays in the Cultural Center inside Kiilinik High School library.

John Sabourin, artist, Yellowknife