During Ashevak's stay at Parc Savard hospital in Quebec City, 1952 to 1955, she learned to make dolls and to do beadwork, crafts which attracted the attention of civil administrator and pioneer Inuit art promoter James Archibald Houston and his wife Alma.
She learned to make dolls and to do beadwork. This was during Ashevak's stay at Parc Savard hospital in Quebec City. Crafts were beadwork. These Crafts attracted the attention of civil administrator. These Crafts attracted pioneer Inuit art promoter James Archibald Houston and his wife Alma. Quebec City was 1952 to 1955.