Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Increasing Community Access to Inuit Artistic Heritage
Agreement Number:
1920-0951
Agreement Value:
$49,723.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 9, 2019 - Mar 31, 2020
Description:
The Inuit Art Foundation is working to increase community access to Inuit artistic heritage. This project will enable the organization to digitally preserve images and documentation of Inuit art, artists, communities, gatherings and cultural history, and make them accessible to the public, and in particular, to the Inuit themselves. The archive consists of slides, photographs and negatives of artwork, artists, Inuit communities and significant gatherings in the contemporary development of Inuit art. It is comprised of over 40,000 slides, photographs, negatives and contact sheets depicting artwork, artists, communities and events from every community in Inuit Nunangat (Inuit regions) between 1965 and 2005.
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:
Over the delivery of this project, the organization will digitize 10,800 archival items and make them accessible online, and will rehouse 30,000 items for better long-term preservation. In addition, the organization anticipates that approximately 2,000 people will view the digitized material online per month during the first year.
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, CA M6P 2T1
Reference Number:
129-2019-2020-Q1-00018
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Inuit Art Foundation
Program:
Documentary Heritage Communities Program
Program Purpose:
The Documentary Heritage Communities Program supports the development of Canada's local archival and library communities by increasing their capacity to preserve, provide access to and promote local documentary heritage.