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Inuit traditional food on newsprint, or birds of the
backyard, I can constantly move around.”
His latest piece is a polar bear from the Torngat
mountains on newspapers from the North. Which
is also another major influence for Saley. “I’ve
definitely got
Arcticus feverus
, Farley Mowat’s
made-up affliction of a love of the North and I
love to get back up there,” he says. “So I try to
get up there as often as I can. Which is almost
every year since 2005.” This past summer, Saley
travelled toWhale Cove, Nunavut (population
430) with fellow Drawnonwardmember Paul
Mantrop. Together they taught art classes to
artists both young and old selected by the
Kavalliq Inuit Association from throughout the
Kavalliq region. These northern trips provide
inspiration for Saley’s work itself, but also
motivate Saley to give back.
“We’re doing a fundraiser for the Kavalliq Inuit
Association,” he says. “That will be in February at
the Roberts Gallery in Toronto. We’re looking for
a corporate sponsor for the art school. We’re also
doing a bunch of stuff with Collingwood artists,
so we’re going to spend the fall going to places
that Tom Thomson visited.”
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