Indigenous art book publishing in Canada: Conversations & considerations

This report investigates and documents the current landscape of Indigenous art book publishing in Canada as a niche category of the industry, and a space where Indigenous artists' work encounters two historically colonial institutions: book publishing and museums. Based on my work at Figure 1 Publishing, catalogue research, and conversations with gallery curators, publishers, artist, editors, and authors, I have compiled some current practices, considerations, and examples of extra care to be taken when publishing Indigenous art books. My hope is that this work starts conversations in the realm of Indigenous art publishing, leads to creative approaches to address power imbalances, and serves as a marker for future progress in Indigenous art book publishing.