File contains budgetary documents, invoices, and correspondence about expenses and other financial matters related to "Strangers in the Arctic: 'Ultima Thule' and Modernity."
File contains a Canada Council Grant application for "Strangers in the Arctic: 'Ultima Thule' and Modernity," which includes an exhibition proposal, list of works, and other supporting materials. File also contains correspondence.
File contains correspondence with Maura Sheehan, Anne Katrine Dolven, Richard Prince, and Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, all of whom were artists featured in the exhibition "Strangers in the Arctic: 'Ultima Thule' and Modernity." File also contains the mailing addresses of all the artists and supporting materials from each artist, including photocopies of works, photographic slides of works, and other related items.
File contains correspondence with Ian McKeever, Jimmie Durham, Per Kirkeby, Sergei "Afrika" Bugaev, Jussi Kivi, Ulf Rollof, Pekka Turunen, and George Steinmann, all of whom were artists featured in the exhibition "Strangers in the Arctic: 'Ultima Thule' and Modernity." File also contains supporting materials from the artists, including photocopies of works, photographic slides of works, and other related items.
File contains correspondence about installation and shipment requirements for loaned works, as well as traffic receipts, shipping notices, lists of works, and crate lists for the exhibition "Strangers in the Arctic: 'Ultima Thule' and Modernity."
File contains a preliminary exhibition proposal, planning notes, correspondence, and photographs of works used for research for the exhibition "Strangers in the Arctic: 'Ultima Thule' and Modernity."
File contains correspondence with members of the public who attended the opening reception of "Strangers in the Arctic: 'Ultima Thule' and Modernity" and were disappointed by the exhibition, an exhibition leaflet with a list of complementary programs, an exhibition brochure for the opening reception, the June, July, and August 1997 edition of the "What's On at AGO" brochure, Vol. 5 no. 4 of the Members Journal, photocopies of news articles covering the exhibition, lists of guests invited to the opening reception, itineraries for the opening reception and Members' Preview Event, AGO press releases, and a press kit from Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc. about the film "Nunavut."
File contains correspondence, drafts of labels and panels, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, draft floorplans, and project schedules for the exhibition "Strangers in the Arctic: 'Ultima Thule' and Modernity."
File contains correspondence related to financial shortcomings at the AGO while planning the exhibition "Strangers in the Arctic: 'Ultima Thule' and Modernity," an exhibition agreement between the AGO and the Finnish Fund for Art Exchange (FRAME), an exhibition agreement between the AGO and the Northern Encounters Festival, and a copy of the Northern Encounters Festival Outline used as reference material.