Strutting Bird Cape Dorset_2022 Using a palette of bright

Using a palette of bright and punchy colours

A ceramic sculpture of a black sheep

Exploring the diversity of the Arctic’s wildlife and its relationship to traditional Inuit legends

and sometimes oil paint

Strutting Bird Cape Dorset_2022 Using a palette of bright2023 CAPE DORSET Annual Print Collection Stonecut Paper: Kizuki Kozo Natural Printer: Qavavau Manumie 64. 5 x 44 cm Saimaiyu Akesuk (b. 1988) was born in Iqaluit but she has lived in Cape Dorset her whole life. Her parents are Lau Akesuk and Olayuk Akesuk who was one of the first Members of the Legislative Assembly in Nunavut. Saimaiyu was inspired to start drawing by Ningeokuluk Teevee while they were taking a class together at the Nunavut Teaching