Between March 11-27, 2026, Inuk artist Shirley Moorhouse, was the 2026 Taqsiqtuut Spring Artist in Residence. Throughout this residency, Shirley created a time-lapse digital project, based on her largescale wall-hanging practice, transforming stitch movement into new media art.

Moorhouse also hosted a Living Artist, Living Art talk on Wednesday March 18, 2026 at the Sngequ House.

Shirley Moorhouse (b. Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Nunatsiavut; 1955 -) is a highly respected member of the national arts community. Her work has been featured in exhibitions such as the 2023 Bonavista Biennale (Bonavista Peninsula, NL), INUA: Inuit Nunangat Ungammmuaktut Atautikkut (Inuit Moving Forward Together), (Qaumajuq/Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2020); and SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut (2017), a nationally traveling exhibition that originated at The Rooms. Moorhouse’s work is held in public collections such as The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME); Indigenous Art Collection, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (Gatineau, QC); the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Collection; and Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Collection (Corner Brook, NL). In 2025, Moorhouse was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award, Circumpolar region.