Month-long Exhibition to Feature Film Screenings with Eva Suluk from Isuma TV’s Inuit Makers Series
As part of our upcoming 2026 Spring Arts Exhibition in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario, we’re proud to feature Inuit artist and filmmaker Eva Suluk, whose work brings audiences into the lived realities and enduring relationship between people and caribou.
Her eight-part series captures land-based knowledge in practice—from harvesting and butchering to preparation and cooking—grounded in the passing of knowledge between generations. It’s a quiet, powerful look at how skills, values, and ways of life continue through time on the land.
Running April 17 to May 17, 2026, the exhibition brings together visual art, photography, digital and interactive works, and storytelling, alongside screenings of short films and television episodes. Set in Melgund Township, the exhibition offers a unique cultural experience rooted in Northwestern Ontario, connecting local audiences and visitors with northern and Indigenous perspectives.
This year’s exhibition is supported by The Arts Incubator Winnipeg, Art Borups Corners, Melgund Recreation, Arts and Culture, and the Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
About Eva’s work
A founding member of The Arts Incubator Winnipeg and Art Borups Corners collectives, Eva Suluk is a cultural connector specializing in traditional knowledge, drumming and oral history storytelling. A long-time member of the Arviat Film Society and Arviat Television, her work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and Isuma TV among many others.
An Inuk artist and grandmother residing in Arviat, Nunavut, she is renowned for her expertise in preparing dried caribou meat. She was recently featured in the IsumaTV series “Inuit Makers,” specifically in the segment titled “Drying Caribou,” which showcases her traditional skills and knowledge in meat preservation.
Part 1: Towards The Ice
Eva and her family get ready to head out onto the land, making sure they have got water for tea before getting the skidoo ready and heading out.
Part 2: Butchering The Caribou
Ingy fixes the screen to dry the caribou meat on, cutting wood to create four legs for it to stand on. And then butchers one of the caribou carcasses, saving the skin for someone to make a drum.
Part 3: Unfold It
Eva works, cutting the meat into thin slices that her daughters, Elizabeth and Stella take to the screen and unfold them so they will dry.
Part 4: Team Work
Eva teaches Elizabeth how to cut the meat so that it is unfolding and will dry well. They put a pot on to make caribou lard full of hooves, and leg bones.
Part 5: Working The Inuit Way
Ingy starts skinning another caribou and breaking it down into smaller pieces for Eva to cut up for dried meat.
Part 6: Caribou Heads
While Eva, Elizabeth and Nuatie work on the meat, Paul works on breaking down the bones and splitting open the caribou heads.
Part 7: Snow Melts Fast
Sophie, Elizabeth and Eva work hard to process the meat quickly as more black flies appear.
Part 8: My Favorite Part
Waiting for the next caribou to be skinned, everyone gathers around the cookpot, eating the caribou heads that have been cooking over the fire. Eva and Elizabeth gather the dried meat on the 3rd day.
About the Series
Completed in 2025, Sanajiit/Inuit Makers is a 13-episode documentary series—spanning over 90 hours—filmed in the Nunavut communities of Igloolik and Arviat, with two episodes in Montreal. The series follows 12 Inuit individuals—women, men, elders, and youth—each engaged in their craft, profession, or skill within their community.
Shot in a “Slow TV” style, the series offers an immersive, observational experience that preserves the natural flow of time in Inuit life. With a participatory yet unobtrusive camera, it captures both everyday moments and extraordinary practices with equal care, allowing viewers to draw their own interpretations.
You can watch the full series on Isuma TV and Uvagut TV at: https://makers.isuma.tv/episodes/eva-suluk
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