ABSTRACT

In this chapter, Igloliorte explores Indigenous forms of mentorship in terms of the historical calls for mentorship as a strategy to bring more Indigenous peoples into institutional structures as well as to address the need for Indigenous peoples to lead the discourse on collecting practices, the exhibition of arts and culture, and the dissemination of knowledge around Indigenous art and art history. Igloliorte specifically foregrounds a methodology of curatorial mentorship grounded in Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, which draws on two case studies from her own curatorial practice and experience, including a training and mentoring project she leads as well as an exhibition she has co-curated.