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John Houston Inuit film screening/talk set Oct. 22
3:20 p.m., Oct. 21, 2003--Canadian filmmaker John Houston will host a public screening and discussion of his films “Songs in Stone: An Arctic Journey Home” and “Nuliajuk: Mother of the Sea Beasts” from 7-10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 22, in 120 Smith Hall. The free public event is being presented in conjunction with the University Gallery exhibit “Land of Ice, Hearts of Fire: Inuit Art and Culture.”
Houston also will discuss “Diet of Souls,” the upcoming third installment in his award-winning Triad Films/Drumsong Productions “Songs” trilogy.
An acclaimed filmmaker and son of James and Alma Houston, pioneer Inuit art advocates, Houston spent the first eight years of his life in the Canadian arctic. After graduating from Yale University in 1975, he returned to northern Canada, where he became active in developing the arts, including print-making projects in Pangnirtung.
Houston and his mother, Alma, established the Houston North Gallery in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in 1981, showcasing the world of Arctic animals, legends and daily life depicted in Inuit sculpture and print. They also started the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, an international festival featuring the music of the sea.
The Houston screening and discussion is sponsored by the Government of Nunavut, Department of Sustainable Development; Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada, as well as the Delaware Humanities Forum, the Delaware Division of the Arts and the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events.
“Land of Ice, Hearts of Fire: Inuit Art and Culture,” is on display in the University Gallery in Old College through Dec. 14.
For more information, call 831-8242.
Article by Jerry Rhodes
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