Nungnik’s embroidered and appliqued images tell the story of her life and that of her people, the Padlermiut, a small group of inland-dwelling Inuit whose traditional territory lay to the south of Baker Lake, Nunavut.

One of Canada’s most beloved folk artists, Maud Lewis (1903 – 1970) was famous in her lifetime for her brightly coloured and endearing paintings of rural Nova Scotia.