Indigenous Arts Archives - IOTA Institute

Welcome Meagan Musseau to IOTA!

Meet the Artists, PartnershipJuly 30th, 2020

IOTA Studio Gallery is excited to announce our new partnership with artist Meagan Musseau! Meagan is a Mi’kmaw (L’nu) artist from Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk (Bay of Islands, NL). She nourishes an interdisciplinary practice by working with customary art forms and new media, such as basketry, beadwork, land-based performance, video and installation. Meagan is currently working on the third piece in her performance triptych, titled

Congratulations to new Cultural Tattoo practitioners!

Meet the ArtistsMarch 22nd, 2019

To start the year IOTA partnered with Earthline Tattoo Collective to present this year’s Earthline Tattoo School 2019 – K’jipuktuk. Congratulations to new Cultural Tattoo practitioners, Quill Christie-Peters, Stacey Fayant and Mila Waseskwan!

Earthline Tattoo Demonstration and Discussion

Tattoo DemonstrationMarch 9th, 2019

The Earthline Tattoo Collective in partnership with IOTA Institute will be hosting a public tattoo demonstration Saturday, March 9th at the Natural History Museum.

The 2019 Earthline Tattoo School Guest Mentors!

Meet the ArtistsFebruary 28th, 2019

To guide them on their journey in (re)learning the cultural practice of Indigenous tattooing the 2019 Earthline Tattoo School participants will be working with inspiring guest mentors, Jerry Evans, Julie Paama-Pengally, Nakkita Trimble and Nahaan.

Earthline Tattoo Demonstration and Discussion – Sat, Mar. 9, 2019 @ 2pm

Demonstration and Discussion, EventFebruary 25th, 2019

The Earthline Tattoo Collective in partnership with IOTA Institute will be hosting a public tattoo demonstration Saturday, March 9th at the Natural History Museum. The event will start at 2pm with an introduction from Dion Kaszas and will feature a hand poked tattoo demonstration done by Jordan Bennett.

Artist Talk: Earthline Tattoo Collective

Artist TalkNovember 6th, 2018

Earthline is hosted by IOTA for an artist talk to discuss the revival of Indigenous tattooing traditions and how it can revive artists’ ancestral traditions through the stories of others who have been working at reviving their own tattooing traditions.