The Arctic Arts Summit Digital Platform

Strengthening Arts • Shaping Policy • Sustaining Dialogue • Building Futures

 

2022 Whitehorse, Yukon: TETHER Exhibit Reception for Summit Delegates (Government of Yukon, Photo: Andrew Strain)
2022 Whitehorse, Yukon: Governor General Mary Simon delivers keynote speech (Government of Yukon, Photo: Andrew Strain)
2022, Whitehorse Yukon: Heather Igloliorte and Reneltta Arluk deliver opening remarks (Government of Yukon: Photo: Andrew Strain)
2022 Whitehorse, Yukon: Land Defenders Panel
2022 Whitehorse, Yukon: Emerging Perspectives: Paths Forward in the Arctic Arts Summit” panellists Bronson Jacque, Jonas Henderson, and Isabelle Uyaralaaq Avingaq Choquette, moderated by Napatsi Folger (Inuit Futures)
2022, Whitehorse, Yukon: Yukon Arts Centre Opening (Government of Yukon, Photo: Andrew Strain)
2022 Whitehorse, Yukon: In the Lavvu: Traditional Activism panel discussion with Beaska Niillas (Photo: Andrew Strain)
2019 Rovaniemi, Finland: Presentation materials for Arctic Design panel
2022 Whitehorse, Yukon: A Sámi delegate at the Nuiharuq event (Photo: Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)
2022 Whitehorse, Yukon: Hans-Henrik Suersaq Poulsen of Greenland performs at the Theatre in the Bush event (Photo: Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)
2022 Whitehorse, Yukon: Timmie Marak performs at the Nuiharuq event at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre (Photo: Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)
2022: Whitehorse, Yukon: The Silence Festival performs at the Summit's Nuiharuq event at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre (Photo: Mike Thomas photo/Yukon Arts Centre)
2022 Whitehorse, Yukon: Emil Kárlsen at performs at the Nuiharuq event (Photo: Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre)
Beatrice Deer at the Arctic Arts Summit's Nuiharuq event on June 29 in Whitehorse, Yukon. Mike Thomas photo/Yukon Arts Centre.
Erica Dee Mah at the Theatre in the Bush event during the Arctic Arts Summit in Whitehorse, Yukon, on June 29. Mike Thomas/Yukon Arts Centre.
2019 Rovaniemi, Finland: Kaisa Hildà Länsman and Tuomas Norvio perform at the 2019 Arctic Arts Summit (Photo: Kaisa-Reeta Seppänen)
2019 Rovaniemi Finland: Arctic Laboratory III: Sustainability through Art and Culture in the Arctic Panel (Photo: Kaisa-Reetta Seppänen)
2019 Rovaniemi:
A man presenting at a podium, with three individuals sitting on chairs, panel-style, on a stage
2019 Rovaniemi, Finland: Steven Loft presents the Making Visions True panel ©THE INUIT ART FOUNDATION
A view of two performers holding hands on a stage, bathed in blue light, with musicians on percussion instruments at either side in the background.
2019 Rovaniemi, Finland: Solju (Ulla Pirttijärvi and daughter Hildá Länsman) perform (Photo: Janne Jakola)
2017 Harstad, Norway: Artur Wilczynski, Canada’s ambassador to Norway and moderator of the summit (left), takes the stage in style. (Photo: Pernille Ingebrigtsen/Arctic Arts Summit 2017)
2017 Harstad, Norway: Arts in the Arctic - Arctic in the Arts Panel Discussion
2019 Harstad Norway: Iñupiaq artist Allison Akootchook Warden performs as part of the exhibition program for Subsistence
2017 Harstad, Norway: Exhibition Opening for Subsistence

An evolving hub connecting artists, scholars, and cultural practitioners across the circumpolar North. Through shared dialogue, diverse perspectives, and collaborative initiatives, we amplify Arctic arts and forge connections beyond borders. This platform bridges the conversations between in-person Arctic Arts Summit events, offering continuous engagement with emerging issues, artistic innovations, and policy developments shaping the circumpolar arts landscape. 

Join us in exploring the vibrant arts ecosystems of the Arctic – past, present, and future!

Featured Content

Harstad, Norway 2017: Establishing Arctic Arts Dialogue 

Rovaniemi, Finland 2019: Sustainable Cultural Practices

Whitehorse, Yukon 2022: Arts & Self-Determination

Qinnirajaattuq / Ripples: Making Waves in Inuit Art Symposium (2024)

Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Webinars

ALASKA
ArtShops: An Alaska Native Arts Leadership Program
Conversations: Music within Inuit Cultures and Languages

CANADA
Inuit Futures Residencies
Introducing Co-Delivery Pilot Initiative to Support Inuit Artists

KALAALLIT NUNAAT/GREENLAND
Katuarpalaaq Drum Dancing Festival
How Ivínguak´ Stork Høegh Layers Indigenous Futurity within Her Work

ICELAND
My Nature and the North/Icelandic-Canada Literature

NORWAY (SÁPMI)
First Arctic European Capital of Culture Opens in Bodø, Norway
Mázejoavku: Indigenous Collectivity and Art

SWEDEN (SÁPMI)
11 Sweden-based Sámi Artists Addressing Indigenous Pasts, Presents, and Futures
Exhibitions at Havremagasinet Länskonsthall on Urgent Issues of Our Time

FINLAND (SÁPMI)
Living in the Landscape
Ruska Ensemble’s Arctic Trilogy

RUSSIA (SÁPMI)/BARENTS
Bridge Over Troubled Water
A Visit to Teriberka, Accompanied by Komafest

Project Spotlights: Building Cultural Futures in the Arctic

The Arctic Arts Summit has consistently advocated for strengthening the arts and cultural infrastructure across the circumpolar North. These emerging and recently established institutions represent the tangible outcomes of policy dialogue, artistic vision, and community advocacy, creating spaces where Arctic cultural expressions can flourish for generations to come

Čoarvemátta – Sámi Theater, High School and Reindeer Herding School (2024)

 

Ida Isak Westerberg (Sweden) Ryafallet (n.d.) COURTESY THE ARTIST.