Under the Gaze of Giants
In a quiet alcove beneath towering canvases, a small group of youth sit cross-legged, whispering between museum murmurs. Their presence, casual and at ease, contrasts…
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Author: Tony Eetak
Tony Eetak is an emerging artist, musician and culture connector from Arviat, Nunavut, now exploring the arts in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A founding member of the Art Borups Corners, Tony has a demonstrated passion for photography, music, composition, and visual arts. With over five years of experience as a dedicated volunteer, collaborator and co-funder of several arts projects, Tony has been involved in various participatory arts events through organizations like the Arviat Film Society, Global Dignity Canada, Inclusion in Northern Research, and Our People, Our Climate. His contributions earned him recognition as a National Role Model by Global Dignity Canada in 2023. His work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council and the OpenAI Researcher Access Program.
Centering the Fragments
A compass mosaic of shattered pieces, reassembled with intention and grace. Laid into the stone floor like a secret map, the mosaic catches the light…
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Smoke Break, Truth Break
The sidewalk becomes a threshold—between class and conversation, between performance and pause. Smokers linger in the hush before reentry, clustered in quiet familiarity.
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Art on Campus
Inside a corridor built for function, time folds. Artists unfurl memory onto tables, turning concrete into ceremony.
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Soft Serve Frequencies
The cold hum spills sideways across time, tasting like the absence of plans. A cone dissolves before it’s named. Somewhere between ketchup packet and ceiling…
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City Seen, City Felt
Through this project, I sought to explore the spaces that make up Winnipeg—not as fixed landmarks but as living, breathing parts of a shared experience.
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Art Lives in the Silence Between Bites
In the still life of a Winnipeg diner table, time rests between granules. Sugar, salt, and ketchup — the elemental trinity of the everyday —…
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Digging Out, Nunavut Style
Residents of Arviat are shovelling out after a multi-day winter blizzard blanketed the community in deep snowdrifts, some piled nearly to the rooftops.
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March Break
It's our March break. Time for fishing derbies, short vacations and a breath of fresh air as we wait out the end of winter and…
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