Susan Avingaq

Production Designer and Co-Screenwriter Susan Avingaq has been a regular participant in Arnait projects since its inception. She was a key member of the production team for "Qulliq," "Ataguttaluk Starvation" and "Piujuq and Angutautuq" as writer, actor and musician. A renowned seamstress/artist in the Baffin region, she is also active locally in teaching sewing traditions to younger Inuit women. Susan was born on the land and moved into town in Igloolik in the mid-1970s. Her family still hunts and camps on the land part of the year.