Artists Alexa Hatanaka and Patrick Thompson are raising funds for the Cape Dorset Mural Project. A collaboration between northern and southern artists, the project will bring Cape Dorset their first ever outdoor mural while teaching the community’s youth about contemporary mural art practices through a series of workshops. PLEASE VISIT THEIR INDIEGOGO PAGE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT.
– Cora, Indigenous Community Arts Coordinator & Communications Assistant, ArtBridges

“WHO? We are Alexa and Patrick, partners in life and partners in art. Together we travel the world making art and painting huge outdoor walls, and after many art projects in the arctic, Nunavut and Nunavik by far continue to be the most inspiring places for us.

Past successful projects in the North can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickevoke/sets/72157640390721495/

WHAT? We are very humbled to have been invited to Cape Dorset, Nunavut to paint a large outdoor mural on the hamlet’s co-op building and collaborate with local artists. We will spend two months in town hosting art workshops for youth and creating the mural.

WHEN? We will arrive in Cape Dorset on April 16th and wrap up the mural by the of June.

HOW?
– We have support from the Ontario Arts Council and First Air for flights and a portion of our cargo
– Alexa: I am volunteering to do this project as an aside to fulfilling a Chalmer’s Fellowship (my visit to Cape Dorset is supported by the Ontario Arts Council to experience the town and inform my career’s trajectory)
– We are the humble guests of the Kinngait Lithography studio apartment (accommodation is a major piece, many thanks)
– We are donating our original prints as perks for your support!
– Your support is needed to cover materials, cargo shipment, dangerous goods packaging (required to put paint on a plane), and artist honorariums for Patrick and two local artists
– Our campaign represents a modest budget for such a project to ensure we meet our goal, surplus funding will go towards higher artist honorariums and supplementing the high cost of food, and potentially painting additional walls (update we have already exceeded our estimated materials and shipping budget!)

We have seen some great work by those two individuals in our community and we feel it has helped a lot of our youth in feeling useful to the population.
– Paul Quassa (Hamlet of Igloolik), MLA for Aggu / Minister of Education, 2012”

Visit the Facebook page for more info and Indiegogo to DONATE.

Posted with permission from Patrick Thompson / Photos used with permission from Patrick Thompson

Rockin’ Walrus: workshops, Igloolik, 2012

Patrick and Gootileak Echo blocking in shape, Iqaluit, 2011