Located on the northwestern Hudson Bay, between Chesterfield Inlet and Arviat, it is the regional centre for the Kivalliq Region.

Arviat ( 2011 population 2, 318 ; Population Centre 1, 810 ) ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ; formerly called Eskimo Point until 1 June 1989 ) is a predominantly Inuit hamlet located on the western shore of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada.

Arviat is the southernmost community on the Nunavut mainland and is close to the geographical centre of Canada.

In Arviat, Inuktitut and English are primarily spoken, having the third largest population in Nunavut, behind Rankin Inlet and Iqaluit.

The mayor of Arviat is Robert Leonard.

To the south, the town of Churchill, Manitoba is accessible by boat, snowmobile and Bombardier from Arviat and is often travelled to for supplies.

Arviat is well known around the Arctic for its artistic qualities.

It is a thriving community with many talented musicians: Susan Aglukark, a well known musician ; Simon " Johnny Cash of the North " Sigyariaq ; the band Uniaqtuq, with Arsene, Pelagie and Mary Angalik ; the Arviat Band, with John and Billy Kuksuk, Paul Kattau and others ; the Irksuk band, played by Paul Irksuk and sons.

Within the vicinity of Arviat, polar bears, millions of migratory birds, beluga whales, and caribou are often spotted.

The only access is by air and snowmobile, but the Nunavut government and the federal Senate member for Nunavut, Dennis Patterson, are investigating the possibility of a highway from Thompson, Lynn Lake, or Gillam to Rankin Inlet, through Arviat.

Arviat was originally inhabited by the Paallirmiut, a coastal / inland Inuit band.

In 1957, dying of starvation, the last remaining Ihalmiut, another Caribou Inuit band, were relocated to Arviat by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The Hudson Bay Quest sled-dog race was run from Churchill to Arviat for the first time in 2004.

An Examination of the Use of Domestic Space by Inuit Families Living in Arviat, Nunavut.

Dana, Leo, and R Anderson, The evolution of entrepreneurship in Arviat: the southernmost community of mainland Nunavut, http :// www. inderscience. com / search / index. php? action = record & rec_id = 43473

Pelts to Stone A History of Arts & Crafts Production in Arviat.

Attautsikut / Together Understanding Culture, Change and Success in Qitiqliq Secondary School and Arviat.

* Sharp, Jason M. Ground Truthing of Linear Magnetic Anomalies Near Arviat, Nunavut Territory.

Arviat Eskimo Point.

Susan Aglukark, a major recording star in Canada, was raised in Arviat in Nunavut.

Nunavut Arctic College's Head Office is in Arviat.

In November 2010, Billboard released its " Top 50 R & B / Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years " list and ranked her at number five.

" No Diggity " is ranked at # 91 on Rolling Stone and MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs, while Blackstreet comes in at # 214 of the Top 500 Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years.

* Various Artists — Past, Present and Future.

* ( Various Artists ) Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music

She has shared stages with Sarah McLachlan, Judy Collins, Marc Cohn, The Animals and Ani DiFranco, and was named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists Of The Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter magazine.

Shasha is a winner of numerous art awards including the Guild of Boston Artists ' Silver Medal and Rockport Art Association's Antonio Cirino Award for Excellence and was included in the 2007 group exhibition The Past and the Present-Time and Space Cannot Separate Them, the 85th Anniversary Exhibition of the North Shore Art Association, which featured distinguished artists of the association ’ s history.

The most outstanding of his awards have been the Presley Award at Hardin-Simmons University, the Howard Hanson Prize at the Eastman School of Music for his Third Symphony in 1963, recipient of an ASCAP Special Award each consecutive year from 1965 to present, the American School Band Directors Association's Edwin Franko Goldman Award in 1983, elected Fellow of the American Wind and Percussion Artists by the National Band Association in 1984, National Citation from Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity in 1985, in 1988 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia's Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award for his achievement and continued contribution to American music, Kappa Kappa Psi's National Service to Music Award in 1989, Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic's Medal of Honor in 1993, the John Philip Sousa Foundations Sudler Medal of Honor in 1999, and Past President of the American Bandmasters Association.

Past artists of the Artists Awards program have included Chuck Close, Alex Katz, and Julian Schnabel.

A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present.

* Romare Bearden and Harry Henderson, A History of African American Artists from 1792 to the Present, ( Pantheon, 1993 ).

A History of African-American Artists ( From 1792 to the Present ), pp. 293 – 314, Pantheon Books ( Random House ), 1993, ISBN 0-394-57016-2

* Taos as an Art Colony: From the Taos Society of Artists to the Present

Present day artists open their studios every other year for the Three Rivers Artists ' Biennial Studio Tour, which was started in 1994 by Elsah Cort ( then associated with the Cort Gallery.

30 Artists ' Notion of Home ( 2011 – 2012 ), Kosher & Co: On Food and Religion ( 2009 – 2010 ), Looting and Restitution: Jewish-Owned Cultural Artifacts from 1933 to the Present ( 2008 – 2009 ), Typical: Clichés about Jews and Others ( 2008 ), Home and Exile ( 2006 – 2007 ), Chrismukkah: Stories of Christmas and Hanukkah ( 2005 – 2006 ), 10 + 5 = God ( 2004 ), and Counterpoint: The Architecture of Daniel Libeskind ( 2003 ).

In A History of African American Artists from 1792 to the Present by Romare Bearden and Harry Henderson, Douglas was quoted as saying, " One day mother came home with a magazine a reproduction of a painting by artist Henry O. Tanner.

* Romare Bearden and Harry Henderson, A History of African American Artists from 1792 to the Present ( Pantheon, 1993 )

She has been included in exhibitions such as: Present Tense, Nine Artists in the Nineties, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, NowHere, Louisiana Museum, Denmark, The Museum as Muse, Museum of Modern Art, the Carnegie International ' 99 / 00, the Tate Modern Opening Exhibition as well as a project commissioned by Artangel in London.

" A History of African-American Artists ( From 1792 to the Present )", Pantheon Books ( Random House ), 1993.

Exiled in Paradise: German Refugee Artists and Intellectuals in America from 1930s to the Present was published in 1983 and updated in 1997.

Artists that appeared in the first discussions on the list included Autechre, Atom Heart, LFO, and Rephlex Records artists such as Aphex Twin, µ-ziq, and Luke Vibert ; plus artists such as The Orb, Richard H. Kirk, and Future Sound of London, and even artists like System 7, William Orbit, Sabres of Paradise, Tycho, Orbital, Plastikman and Björk. Autechre, notable electronic music act associated with IDM.

( 2008 ), Educating Artists for the Future: Learning at the Intersections of Art, Science, Technology, and Culture.

Jetsons: The Movie was originally slated for a 1989 release, but was delayed to avoid competition with Disney's The Little Mermaid, United Artists ' All Dogs Go to Heaven, and Universal's own Back to the Future Part II.

* 2009: Various Artists – Future Sound of Russia