How does where we live influence the art we create?

Imagine... this is what you see when you look out

your window

Think... Feel... imagine...

• How does what you see influence the art YOU create?

Map of Nunavut in Canada

A closer look at Nunavut

Flags of Canada and Nunavut

Northern Lights: aurora borealis

• Electrically charged particles catch light in the Northern most and Southern most poles of the earth.

Near the Antarctic, these lights in the

sky are called “Aurora Australis”

“Northern Lights” by Germaine Arnaktauyok

Biography “I never questioned being an artist.”

v Sold her first painting when she was 11 years old

v Formally trainedv Illustrated children’s

booksv 2000 image called

“Inuit Drum Dancer” appears on the 2$ coin

2$ Coin designed by Germaine Arnaktauyok

Four interpretations of the northern lights of Nunavut