Barb Akoak in front of various out of focus white and green plants. Barb is an Inuk person with dark chin length hair and side swept bangs. Beginning at the top left, text reads “Arctic Plant talk” in white capital lettering, then “with Barb Akoak” in bright yellow. To the bottom left is bold white text reading “July fourth at five thirty P M, two four eight two Maynard Street, and over Zoom”. In the bottom left corner is a small yellow rectangle with “eyelevel” inside, written in white lettering.

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Barbara Akoak

Arctic Plant Talk With Barbara Akoak

4 Jul 2024
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Join us on July 4th at 5:30 pm (both in-person and live-streamed via Zoom) for Barbara Akoak’s talk on the uses of arctic plants— many of which can be found right here in Kjipuktuk/Halifax! Barb, an Inuk artist originally from Nunavut, will be sharing her knowledge of finding and using arctic plants as both natural medicine and art materials. We invite all who are interested to come and learn more about some of Kjipuktuk’s local flora, and how we can incorporate them into our daily lives!

This event will be held at the Wonder’neath Project Space (2482 Maynard Street). Please find access notes for the space here: eyelevel.art/accessibility. Masks are required and will be provided. ASL interpretation will be provided.

To register for Zoom attendance, please go to https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtfuyoqDoiHdPGhUFMa_2yaLHAScgW1pEx.

Photo taken by Megan Kyak-Monteith. 

About The Artist:

Barbara Akoak is an Inuk artist originally from Nunavut, and has been living between Halifax and Iqaluit for the last 12 years. She graduated from Nunatta Arctic College’s Jewellery and metalwork program to gain the skills to become a goldsmith. Not only is she a fine artist in jewellery, but she also enjoys skills from her culture such as sewing, and beadwork. Often incorporating knowledge from her culture into her work, and uses her work and platform to advocate for Indigenous rights.

[Full Image ID: Square image of Barb Akoak in front of various plants and flowers. The plants and flowers are white and green and are out of focus in the background. Barb is photographed from the shoulders up and is on the right side of the frame. Barb is an Inuk person, with dark chin length hair and side swept bangs. She is wearing white dangling circular earrings, black winged eyeliner, and shimmery eyeshadow. At the top left of the image is text reading “Arctic Plant talk” in bold white capital lettering with a thin grey outline. Directly below is text reading “with Barb Akoak” in bold, bright yellow with the same grey outline. To the bottom left is bold white text reading “July fourth at five thirty P M, two four eight two Maynard Street, and over Zoom”. In the bottom left corner is Eyelevel’s logo, a small yellow rectangle with “eyelevel” inside, written in white capital lettering.]

4 Jul 2024
2482 Maynard St.
Halifax, NS
Canada