Spacious gallery interior with abstract artworks and central display cases.

Family Programs

Family Sunday: Arctic Tales

Name: Family Sunday: Arctic Tales
Start: 2026-05-17T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-17T16:00:00-04:00

MAY 17, 2026 10 AM — 4 PM

In-Person
Family Programs

Inspired by the Inuit practice of stretching sealskin to dry on wooden racks, create your own stretched canvas artwork under the guidance of the artist and gallery instructors. This workshop was developed by Angela Aula, a painter and makeup artist born and raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Angela Aula

An Inuit painter, muralist, makeup artist, and cultural educator from Iqaluit, Nunavut. Now based in Toronto, Angela creates bold and expressive work that blends traditional Inuit imagery with contemporary storytelling. She began painting in 2010, drawing inspiration from landscapes, animals, and Inuit legends, and her practice has since expanded to include large-scale public murals across Toronto.

Portrait of Sheepa Papatsie, an Inuit Elder woman with a warm smile

Sheepa was born Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories now known as Iqaluit, Nunavut. She was raised in Pangnirtung, Nunavut.

Sheepa continues to hold her original Eskimo Identification Canada E6-1312 , first birth certificate that the government registered Inuit with. Her background is of Inuit and Cree with Inuktitut being her first language.

Sheepa was raised on the land in Nunavut and relocated to Durham Region in 1994.

She now finds joy teaching Inuit culture and traditions. She speaks to who Inuit are as people, where they originate and language to all ages. She also possess seal hide teachings as it has been and continues to be a necessity to Inuit culture

Her hobbies are crafting, beading, sewing and also teaches sewing Inuit clothing.

Family Sunday: Arctic Tales