SELECTED THESES ON THE CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC

The purpose of this study was to explore and document the development of contemporary graphic art produced by the Pangnirtung Eskimo Cooperative, Baffin Island, Canada, from 1970 through 1986. The work consisted of an examination of the following: antecedents in Canadian Inuit graphic art; origin and history of Pangnirtung; processes and techniques of printmaking used in Pangnirtung, including the translation of drawings into prints; and finally a historical review of style and subject matter. The research indicated that soft-edged, stenciled prints depicting traditional Arctic genre scenes were dominant, however, style, medium and subject matter, as well as artistic and technical quality, varied in response to the expertise of the art directors serving the Pangnirtung Cooperative at a given time.