SARAH MEEKO NASTAPOKA
Born: 1925 Female E9-1519
Resides: Inukjuak
Sculpture, Crafts
"[Sarah, along with her son Davidee,] set up a private carving house or studio
on the bank of the [Inukjuak] River and spends part of each day there, carving
for sale to the co-operative and to fill mail orders received from southern
Canada. She signs her pieces in syllabics. As an added pastime she sews
distinctive [Inukjuak] dolls."*
Sarah is also the second wife of the well-known carver Abraham Nastapoka.
*from "The Inuit Artists of Inoucdjouac, P.Q."
(see reference below)
EXHIBITIONS:
1967 Eskimo Sculpture
Winnipeg Art Gallery
presented at the Manitoba Legislative
Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
August - Sept 1979 Women Carvers of Arctic Quebec
Inuk 1
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Sept 1980 - Feb 1981 Things Made by Inuit
La Federation des Cooperatives du
Nouveau-Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
Sept - Oct 1981 The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher
Collection of Inuit Art
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery,
University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
(illustrated catalogue)
Feb - August 1982 Les Inuit du Nouveau-Quebec
Musee du Quebec
Quebec, Quebec
(illustrated brochure)
Nov 1984 - Feb 1985 Stones, Bones, Cloth, and Paper:
Inuit Art in Edmonton Collections
Edmonton Art Gallery
Edmonton, Alberta
COLLECTIONS:
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Musee de la civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
SELECTED REFERENCES:
ABOUT ARTS AND CRAFTS/L'ART ET L'ARTISANAT: Special issue on
Crafts in the North. = Numero special sur l'artisanat dans le
Nord. About Arts and Crafts/L'art et l'artisanat, vol 5, no.1,
1982.
Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec
THINGS MADE BY INUIT. Montreal: La Federation des Cooperatives
du Nouveau-Quebec. Compiled and edited by M. Myers, 1980.
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
THE JACQUI AND MORRIS SHUMIATCHER COLLECTION OF INUIT ART.
Regina: The Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1981.
Roberts, A. Barry
THE INUIT ARTISTS OF INOUCDJOUAC, P.Q: Historical and
Biographical Information for the Viewers and Collectors of
Eskimo Art. Montreal: La Federation des Co-operatives du Noveau
Quebec with the co-operation of the Department of Indian and
Northern Affairs, 1978.
Saucier, Celine
IMAGE INUIT DU NOUVEAU-QUEBEC: By Celine Saucier and Eugene
Kedl. Quebec: Musee de la Civilisation, 1988.
Van Raalte, Sharon
INUIT WOMEN AND THEIR ART. Communique, May 1975. p.21-23.
Winnipeg Art Gallery
ESKIMO SCULPTURE. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1967.
(c) Inuit Art Section, INAC 1995
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