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Nunavut Day!

Nunavut Day!

July 9 celebrates the passing of two Nunavut acts in Canadian Parliament – the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act, 1993.       Nunavut officially split from the Northwest Territories and became a Canadian territory on April 1, 1999. Nunavut…

Painting With a Cinematic Eye

Painting With a Cinematic Eye

On April 23, 1775, Joseph Mallord William Turner was born. English landscape painter and skilled architectural draughtsman, he produced sketches and paintings that capture historical images of landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes. Attracted to qualities of light, Turner studied its effects on the subjects of…