Profile of Peter Wilson

General Manager

Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts [2001-present]

 

 

Peter Wilson has come to the Arctic from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and brings a wealth of experience to his role as General Manager through his background in creative writing, graphic design and small business management. His long-time interest in Inuit art and curiosity about the Arctic led to his applying to the Uqqurmiut Centre when the general manager position became vacant in 2000. He assumed his full-time duties in early February of 2001 and is now showing every sign of becoming a seasoned veteran of the North. Peter is aware that he must fit into big shoes, left empty by preceding managers Ed McKenna (1991 to 1995) and Geoff Ryan (1995 to 1999). The work done by these two individuals under the direction of the Uqqurmiut Inuit Artists Association has given the Uqqurmiut Centre a sound foundation for future growth. Over the past two years, Peter Wilson has built upon this foundation by continuing to work to raise the profile of the Pangnirtung Print Shop and the Pangnirtung Tapestry Studio, while working to expand southern marketing channels for the wide range of fine arts and crafts that originate in Pangnirtung. Peter has also overseen many building and equipment upgrades during the past two years, including bringing in a new lithography press on last November's sealift, along with thirteen sets of metal map drawers to re-house the Uqqurmiut Centre's extensive collection of original drawings.

 

While Peter Wilson is proud of his accomplishments so far at the Uqqurmiut Centre in Pangnirtung, his greatest sense of pride comes from his two children, Isobel and Orion, who live in Wolfville, Nova Scotia with their mother, master printmaker Judith Leidl.

 

 

 

Orion (now 8) and Isobel (now 10), riding their komatik in Pangnirtung, April 2002

 

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This page was last updated on Sunday June 04, 2006