Tony Eetak is an emerging youth artist and culture connector originally from Arviat, Nunavut and a founding member and funder of Art Borups Corners and its Winnipeg Arts Collective. established with strategic innovation funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse.
With a growing interest in photography, music and visual arts, Tony has been a dedicated volunteer for participatory arts events in his community, working for more than five years with organizations and projects including the Arviat Film Society, Global Dignity Canada, Inclusion in Northern Research, and Our People, Our Climate. His work has also been supported by the Manitoba Arts Council.
In 2021 he completed his first Creativity for Entrepreneurship online college course through University of Minnesota Duluth Continuing Education and with support from the UMD Cultural Entrepreneurship program. In June 2022 Tony presented some of his creative photography and experiences for the Auviqsaqtut Inuit Studies Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the Our People, Our Climate project and support from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In 2023 Tony was named a National Role Model by the non-profit organization Global Dignity Canada. In 2024 Tony’s work was accepted for support from the OpenAI Researcher Access Program.