Thursday AUGUST 25

Festival 2016 Opening at Cambridge Bay Community Hall | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

• Mayor, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and Government of Nunavut invited to speak
• The community of Cambridge Bay is invited to attend the opening celebrations of the 2016 Nunavut Arts Festival
• Live entertainment and refreshments provided
• Registration for festival workshops from 6-8PM
• Register table space for August 29th Art Fair

Friday AUGUST 26

Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association Annual General Meeting | 10:30am - 12:00pm   

• NACA members and artists residing in Nunavut are encouraged to attend
• Refreshments provided

Workshops (open to public, registration necessary at Festival Opening between 6-8PM August 25th, 2016) | 1:30pm - 5:00pm 

• Qiviut Spinning Workshop - Elizabeth Kolb
• Multi-media Workshop - Elizabeth Gordon
• Beading Workshop - Helen Iguptak

Saturday AUGUST 27

Workshops (open to public, registration necessary at Festival Opening between 6-8PM August 25th, 2016) | 9:00am - 12:00pm 

• Qiviut Spinning Workshop - Elizabeth Kolb
• Multi-media Workshop - Elizabeth Gordon
• Beading Workshop - Helen Iguptak

Presentation by the Government of Nunavut Department of Economic Development and Transportation, Cultural Industries Division on funding the arts | 1:30pm - 2:00pm  

• New: Community Tourism and Cultural Industries Program
• Arts Development Program

The Artist’s Forum: Presentations by organizations that support Nunavut’s arts and crafts sector | 2:15pm - 3:30pm

• Nunavut Business Credit Corporation
• Kitikmeot Inuit Association
• Community Futures
• Nunavut Tourism

Talk to the Galleries: An opportunity for artist to hear from gallery owners, curators and other arts professionals | 3:30pm - 5:00pm 

• Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
• Galerie SAW Gallery
• Arctic Cooperatives
• Nunavut Development Corporation
• L.A. Pai Gallery

Sunday AUGUST 28

Workshops (open to public, registration necessary at Festival Opening between 6-8PM August 25th, 2016) | 1:30pm - 5:00pm

• Goose Foot Baskets - Igah Hainnu
• Sealskin sewing project - Sandra Rideout
• Qupak (calf skin decorative trim for parks and maklaks) presented by Iñupiaq artist of Alaska -  Bobby Itta and Dora Brower

Monday AUGUST 29

Art Fair and Meet-the-Artists | 9:00am - 8:00pm

• Featuring Arts and Crafts from across the Territory
• Carving demonstrations by master carvers outside the Community Hall
• Qiviut Spinning  and Band Weaving Demo by Elizabeth Kolb