Museum of Contemporary Circumpolar Art (MCCA)

Workshop in Great Whale River by Chinkok Tan, Inuit Art, a history, Richard C. Crandall, p.201 Workshop in Great Whale River by Chinkok Tan, Inuit Art, a history, Richard C. Crandall, p.201 I introduced Batik and Silkscreen to the Innuit in Povungnituk and two other communities in Arctic Quebec. The Batik dye I introduced to the Innuit is a chemical dye. It is a colourless liquid dye when exposed to the sun, the colour appeared. The Innuit artists thought it was magic. Since the dye colour is fixed by the ultra violet light, it means it will never fade. I also introduce Silkscreen to them. Before that, they were doing Chin wrote on 13. June: Stencilling which is time consuming and they hated it. After I showed them how to silkscreened, I couldn't stop them from printing even though it was late at night. You see, they get paid, though not very much, for every prints they produced. Unfortunately, a year after I left, there was no one to help them purchased the materials and soon it died off. I understand also that the work didn't sell well as the public felt that they were not an Innuit medium but soon they were selling. By that time, I have gone on to my work, have a son and didn't return.