"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

To access our detailed proposal go to the "Gallery" tab on this campaign

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/ 

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. 

• a series of youth workshops led by Thompson and Hatanaka: techniques, brainstorming/ concept development, mural basics, intro to contemporary mural art practices
• a series of youth workshops that will culminate in ten youth painting eight wildlife-proof garbage bins located around town

Northern News:http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2012-07/jul23_12art.html

Cape Dorset is an Inuit hamlet located on Dorset Island near Foxe Peninsula at the southern tip of Baffin Island. Sculptures have been carved in the arctic for thousands of years, but Cape Dorset and specifically Kinngait Studio, has been the centre of contemporary art in the arctic since the 1950s, producing world renowned original prints, carvings and drawings. 

The history of contemporary art in Cape Dorset: 

://www.cbc.ca/player/Digital+Archives/Arts+and+Entertainment/Visual+Arts/ID/2412768717/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq6yq_SCyOI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Dorset

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nunavut/part-3-cape-dorset/article651262/

• It is cold and dark for many months of the year, colour and imagination brings warmth to a frequented space in town.

• Public art is a significant part of creating healthy cities worldwide including Canada in a big way: why not in Cape Dorset, a place that gives so much creatively to Canada and the world? 

• Artistic exchange amongst Canadian artists

• We have done many previous precedent setting murals in the arctic that continue to be appreciated in their respective communities

• Connect with young artists, contribute to inspiring the next generation of Cape Dorset artists which is currently a challenge: 

• http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/08/24/etched-in-stone-documentary/

• 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!)

This is the site:

Images of the PERKS:

Cape Dorset Mural Project 

Lino Print

Ink on paper

12 x18"

for a larger image: 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickevoke/12430861883/

Edith, linoleum print (the perk is a screenprint from this image), 15x22" by Alexa Hatanaka

Edith is a friend we made in Igloolik who helped us out everyday while painting murals in 2011 and 2012.

View larger: 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickevoke/12266213933/in/set-72157640415057435

This print was selected for the Guanlan International Printmaking Bienniel, 2013, in Shenzen, China.

view larger:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16984862@N07/8445563361/in/photolist-dSiHKp

ADDHD

10 layer screenprint

edition of 25

(all pieces vary slightly in colour)

Patrick Thompson

etching on handmade paper, 9x15"

Alexa Hatanaka

View Larger: http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickevoke/13276...

We have been living in Nilaveli, Sri Lanka for three months working on our exhibition, opening in Zurich on March 20th. We just spent two days working with our friend Artist Sun, an 80 year old sign painter, who is the resident painter for the Cinema in Trincomalee, the larger nearby town. We often think about connections when we make our work and here is a nice one, linking our time in Sri Lanka to the Cape Dorset Mural Project.

OWN THIS ORIGINAL or get a postcard print for $15!!

Please follow this link to see some of our work done in the north over the past years:

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickevoke/sets/72157640390721495/

To access our detailed proposal go to the "Gallery" tab on this campaign

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