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Helen Kalvak edits to practice:

Artistic Career
After moving to Holman, Northwest Territories in 1962, Kalvak was encouraged to draw by Father Henry Tardy at the Holman Eskimo Co-operative. She made over 1,800 drawings between 1962 and 1978, of which 176 were translated into stencil and stonecut prints as late as 1985. In describing one of Kalvak's prints, The Shaman's Tent, George Swinton wrote: "All of Kalvak's drawings are predominately linear with a firm line that functions both as outline of shapes and as descriptive element, leaving for the printer the opportunity to work with both shapes and lines in order to achieve the final image."