Nuit Blanche Toronto 2022

Mark Igloliorte leads participating Ilinniaqtuit in the installation of Igloliorte’s work, Saputiit - Fish Weir Skatepark Plaza for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2022, Toronto ON, September 29, 2022. Photo by: Jason Sikoak.

Bronson Jacque (current Illiniaqtuk) and Jessica Winters (Inuit Futures alumni), contribute to the installation of Mark Igloliorte’s work, Saputiit - Fish Weir Skatepark Plaza for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2022, Toronto ON, September 29, 2022. Photo by: Jason Sikoak.

Shania Noksana (current Ilinniaqtuk), contributing to Mark Igloliorte’s work, Saputiit - Fish Weir Skatepark Plaza for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2022, Toronto ON, September 29, 2022. Photo by: Jason Sikoak.

Ilinniaqtuit attend a concert during Nuit Blanche Toronto 2022, Toronto ON, October 2022. Photo by: Jason Sikoak.

Ilinniaqtuit at Nuit Blanche Toronto 2022, Toronto ON, October 2022. Photo by: Jason Sikoak.

Dr. Heather Igloliorte (IF Director) and participating Ilinniaqtuit attend a curatorial tour of the exhibition, Up Front & Jordan Bennett x2 at Onsite Gallery, OCAD, led by curator, Ryan Rice, during Nuit Blance Toronto 2022, Toronto ON, September 30, 2022. Photo by: Jennifer Quapanuaq May.

Dr. Heather Igloliorte (IF Director), Ilinniaqtuit and Inuit Futures’ collaborators at the Land of None, Land of Us exhibition at Contact Gallery, Toronto ON, September 30, 2022. Photo by: John Luke.

Malayah Enooyah Maloney and Jason Sikoak, (two current Ilinniaqtuit) at the Land of None, Land of Us exhibition, Contact Gallery, Toronto, ON, for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2022. Photo by: John Luke.

Members of the exhibition team at the opening of Land of None, Land of Us at Contact Gallery, Toronto, ON, for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2022. Photo by: John Luke.

Alysa Procida and Dr. Heather Igloliorte (IF Director) at the opening of Land of None, Land of Us at Contact Gallery, Toronto, ON, for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2022. Photo by: John Luke.

Casey Koyczan, Ełeghàà; All At Once, Arctic XR, Nuit Blanche Toronto, 2022 (Ontario Square). Photo by: Priam Thomas.

Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Nyla Innuksuk, Mark Igloliorte, Tanya Tagaq, Melaw Nakehko, Casey Koyczan, Arctic XR, Nuit Blanche Toronto, 2022 (Ontario Square). Photo by: Priam Thomas.

Mark Igloliorte, Tuvak Akkushialuk Siaggijak, Arctic XR, Nuit Blanche Toronto, 2022 (Ontario Square). Photo by: Priam Thomas.

Nyla Innuksuk, Mikigiaq, Arctic XR, Nuit Blanche Toronto, 2022 (Ontario Square). Photo by: Priam Thomas.

Tanya Tagaq, AJAGUTAQ/PARHELION, Arctic XR, Nuit Blanche Toronto, 2022 (Ontario Square). Photo by: Priam Thomas.

Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Tartupaluk, Arctic XR, Nuit Blanche Toronto, 2022 (Ontario Square). Photo by: Priam Thomas.

Nuit Blanche Toronto

September 28-October 2, 2022

Nuit Blanche Toronto, Toronto’s award-winning, annual all-night celebration of contemporary art and North America’s biggest one-night art festival, took place from sunset on October 1st to sunrise on October 2, 2022. As part of Nuit Blanche, Ilinniaqtuit conducted artist interviews and gained hands on experience in the production of the event. In the lead-up to the festival, Ilinniaqtuit attended two panels during the Nuit Blanche + RUTAS Symposium: A Home for Our Migrations. Dr. Heather Igloliorte moderated the first panel, Dialogue / Conversatorio: Future and Sci-Fi, and the second panel, Dialogue / Conversatorio: Public Art(e) Acción (Part 3): Place and Memory was moderated by Inuit Futures Mentor Reneltta Arluk. Laakuluk Williamson Bathory delivered the symposium’s keynote address.

Ilinniaqtuit spent the next day helping Inuit Futures Mentor Mark Igloliorte in the production of his work, Saputiit - Fish Weir Skate Plaza. Mark Igloliorte had two works on display: Saputiit – Fish Weir Skate Plaza, andTuvak AkKusinialuk Siaggijâk in Arctic XR (alongside works by Tanya Tagaq, Casey Koyczan, Nyla Innuksuk, Laakkuluk Wiliamson Bathory and Melaw Nakehk’o).

Executive Director and Onsite Gallery Curator of Indigenous Art, and Inuit Futures Mentor, Ryan Rice, provided a curatorial tour of the exhibition, Up Front & Jordan Bennett x2, and Ilinniaqtuit also attended the opening of the exhibition, Land of None | Land of Us at Contact Gallery with Inuit Futures leadership group, alumni, mentors, coordinators and collaborators. Land of None | Land of Us debuted earlier in the year at the Arctic Arts Summit in Whitehorse, Yukon.