2019 Doris Sloan Memorial Program: The Power of Inuit Art

In this program, Collector Philip Power joins Inuit art experts Marion (Mame) Jackson (art historian and professor emerita, Wayne State University and the University of Michigan), and Patricia Feheley (owner and director of Feheley Fine Arts gallery, an internationally-renowned gallery specializing in early and contemporary Inuit art) in a conversation moderated by Vera Grant about the story of the Inuit collections gifted by Philip and Kathy Power. This conversation shares how two generations of the Power family connected Ann Arbor with the Arctic, and the relationship of both traditional and innovative ways of making art with the lifeways and environment of the Inuit peoples. Jackson and Feheley have worked closely with UMMA to develop the first exhibition of this stellar collection of nearly 250 objects from a formative period in Inuit art-making. Vera Grant is UMMA’s Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. To learn more about the exhibition “The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq,“ visit our website at